socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based startup accelerator MuckerLab is booting up its first Demo Day later this afternoon, debuting nine new startups out of its incubator focused on Internet software, services, and media.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

We talked to Ted Dhanik, the founder of Engage:BDR, about his company and the future of marketing. I moved in marketing for NextTag and I was part of the team that launched consumer lending products. After MySpace was acquired by Fox, I learned that there was a huge market for ad inventory. Let’s talk about marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Establishing your brand with interactive social media. The cost of social media done well is low. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Well, perhaps it’s time to consider an incubator/accelerator program: Programs like Silicon Valleys’ Y Combinator which essentially put entrepreneurs through a 3+ month startup boot camp. Joey Flores , founder of Earbits (a Y Combinator company), a music-related marketing platform with interactive radio experiences.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences. Well now is your chance to find out thanks to upStart.LA. 10th from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (SMCA).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Investors are showing an increased appetite for new stocks, with a good percentage of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Establishing your brand with interactive social media. The cost of social media done well is low. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Social media marketers looking to figure out what works--and what doesn't--on Pinterest.com have mostly been going on their gut. But, not for long.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2014

Erik Rannala: Really, it''s the quality of the companies in the market, plus the level of activity. We spent our early days validating the hypothesis that Los Angeles is a good market for seed stage investments through MuckerLab. What''s the biggest thing you''ve learned in your time in this market? READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

They don’t realize that these are still rare, require a large risk, and may not be the best way to keep up with change in the market. As an alternative, I usually recommend more incremental innovation , derived from recognized market changes, done on a regular basis, without the big-bang expectation.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences. Well now is your chance to find out thanks to upStart.LA. 10th from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (SMCA).

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Yup That’s the one!

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Josef Gorowitz , Swagbucks (Torrance, online marketing/rewards). Amanda MacNaughton , PromoJam (Glendale, marketing software). Sam Teller ,LaunchpadLA (Los Angeles, incubator). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). Adam Goldenberg , Intelligent Beauty/JustFab (El Segundo, fashion).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Today, we're featuring Erik Rannala , founder of MuckerLab , the startup accelerator focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. The challenge is to find these just-in-time, including community and university startup incubators, accelerators, and advisors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Sources should include local startup incubators, blog owners, and government support organizations, such as SCORE. Make sure you can get consistent names on Twitter, Facebook, and other key social media sites. Check out local sources for coaching and assistance. At this stage, good relationships are more important than knowledge.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based HelloSociety , the influencer marketing agency which is part of Science, Inc. , HelloSociety develops tools to help marketers reach influencers on social media, including on Instagram, Pinterest, Vine, YouTube and blogs. has been acquired by the New York Times, the company said late Friday.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital. Ross Levinsohn of Fuse Capital also is involved in incubating Tecca. We set up a digital media fund, which had the goal of investing in new digital media properties, ideas, and concepts.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. The first phase was the rise of the media platforms: YouTube, Instagram, etcetera, that allowed creatives to build audiences. With new followers — today her account, @weworewhat , has 2.2

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify , which develops software for merchants to set up e-commerce, mobile, social media sites, online marketplaces, bricks-and-mortar stores, and more, is setting up a space for entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

So this fall, we launched Science Blockchain, a new incubator that partners with leading entrepreneurs to build a portfolio of blockchain and cryptocurrency related businesses. I think we will see the rise of a newer and larger mobile-focused media companies and the continued evolution in traditional television entertainment.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Dealmaker Media LA. Early stage investing is booming and we are finally seeing the kind of exits that show signs of a potential IPO market in our future. What role do angel fund and incubators like Ycombinator and Techstars play in nurturing entrepreneurs to build better, bigger companies?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. And make-up artists. And sound engineers.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Yup That’s the one!

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Venture Capital Media Capital Steamboat Ventures 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. The challenge is to find these just-in-time, including community and university startup incubators, accelerators, and advisors.

Entrepreneur 137

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). The world is a now single market, both homogeneous and heterogeneous. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 31, 2010

Marketing Plan. It should discuss the different strategies you intent to utilize to market your product. Do: Utilize multiple sources of marketing. Higher ROI: Referral marketing, Social Media Marketing, PR, Advertising. Do: Track the return and convertion rates on your marketing sources.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2011

They are looking for coders, roboticist, marketing managers, and community managers, to fill the areas of their Green Tech, Social Media, Big Data, and Enterprise companies. That’s right folks Idealab is hosting a job fair at their offices for 10 of their startups companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Investors showed an increased appetite for new stocks, with 18 percent of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit).

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The program, which is run in Burbank, includes both early and venture-backed startups in the area of media and entertainment. According to Disney, the three month mentorship and investment program will run through the summer, with a Demo Day in October. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. For those not familiar with accelerators and MuckerLab, explain what it's all about?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago. That's the most important thing.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Marketing: SteelHouse. An ad:tech Innovation Award-winning company, SteelHouse is the technology industry’s real-time marketing solution for online retailers. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Incubator: Amplify LA. Social Media: Snapchat.

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