TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

Nuggetverse : a web comics media startup. Earlier Yellow bets skewed more toward content investments as Snapchat was scaling Discover. Charli Cohen : a “next-gen” streetwear fashion brand. Hardworkers : a professional network for blue-collar workers. SketchAR : an augmented reality drawing app with social tie-ins.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Incubator: Amplify LA. Social Media: Snapchat. Developed by four Stanford University students, Snapchat , now located in Venice, is a new way to share moments with friends and family. Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Think of web vs. mobile. The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. Traditional software vs. SaaS. SEO marketing vs. social marketing.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2014

Those channels still exist today, and get around 200 million views a month--we ended up becoming one of the largest movie networks for video on the web. But, what that really did, is it allowed us to use that network to incubate the software we are building now for YouTube. Plus, they''ve invested in Los Angeles. That goes a long way.

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