Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

I wouldn’t bet against MySpace. I know many of their founders and early employees, and one of the co-founders of Intermix (the parent company of MySpace) is an investor. MySpace has lost the battle as the “place for friends”. The following are my 7 Ways on How to Save MySpace. MySpace = Yahoo2.0: MySpace = Yahoo2.0:

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We want to provide our audience with not only amazing presenting startups/newly released products (submissions still open Apply Here ) but also outstanding people that can help you grow as an entrepreneur and lead a successful business. Most recently Mike Jones served as the CEO of Myspace. Community Sponsor.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 2, 2020

A business making those necessary items ignored the signs of progress and found itself without a market. Take for example, the public’s quick acceptance of Facebook, Instagram, Twitted and other social networking portals, leaving early leader MySpace wondering what happened to their comfortable lead and large fan base.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth begins to stall. These are appearing earlier and earlier in emerging companies, as well as in mid-sized and mature companies: Your original market becomes saturated. Competitors see the same opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Isn’t it frustrating to think you understand something new in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president Ignite Social Media , of one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

Design a product or service that you can sell. Sure, you may need to give the product away for free to get traction, but assume you will have to sell something someday to get profitable and stay alive. MySpace, for example, boomed after launch for five years without a revenue model.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2012

Hollywood-based Cocodot , the online invitations startup headed by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, has made a subtle shift into the e-commerce sector in recent days, adding jewelry, chocolates, gifts, and more to the site. It's unclear when the shift happened, although the company just began emailing users about its various products today.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2016

The company said the new funding will go towards product development and sales and marketing. Whitmire was previously at Cornerstone OnDemand; Zandstra worked at MySpace and OneScreen; and Sluty was at Rothstein Kass. The startup is led by Mike Whitmire, Cullen Zandstra, and Chris Sluty. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Irvine-based Specific Media , the online advertising provider--and parent firm of MySpace--said today that it has launched a new advertising targeting product which allows automotive advertisers to target households based on what cars are currently in their garage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2021

For example, most people thought Twitter was a total snoozer, when Jack Dorsey was looking for funding, especially with MySpace already owning that territory. Yet today, Twitter is a fifty billion behemoth, and MySpace is forgotten. Markets, customers, and competitors evolve, and you must continually update the business to stay ahead.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Irvine-basd Specific Media , the online advertising network which also owns MySpace, said Monday that it has tied with Nielsen Catalina Solutions , which measures advertising performance. Nielsen Catalina Solutions is a join venture of Nielsen and Catalina Marketing. Financial details of the link between the firms was not disclosed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth begins to stall. These are appearing earlier and earlier in emerging companies, as well as in mid-sized and mature companies: Your original market becomes saturated. Competitors see the same opportunity.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

a new, Santa Monica based company headed by former Myspace CEO Mike Jones , announced this morning that it has scored capital and funding, and is building a "technology studio" to develop new businesses, provide them with advice, and provide them with funding. > Science, Inc. ,

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. It’s only been in the last decade or two, that social media companies, like Facebook and Twitter, have achieved market valuations in billions of dollars (unicorn status), while clearly sacrificing revenue to gain users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. It’s only been in the last decade or two, that social media companies, like Facebook and Twitter, have achieved market valuations in billions of dollars (unicorn status), while clearly sacrificing revenue to gain users.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

Having developed games for the social game market, what do you think makes a game successful or popular in this market? Michael Witz: For us to be successful, the game has to be innovative, and it has to have really high production values. It needs to capture a space of game play that hasn't been done before.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? MySpace grew faster because Friendster’s servers couldn’t scale. MySpace didn’t handle images or video well. So users put all their photos on Photobucket & their videos on YouTube and shared them with their friends through MySpace.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. HelloSociety’s successful marketing and branding campaigns run on Pinterest for a reason.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Without a doubt, the maturing cryptocurrency markets paired with growing blockchain technology will have a bold impact on the technology industry in 2018. Mike Jones is an internet executive, investor and strategic advisor and CEO of Science, Inc. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2022

No business or startup wants to be the next Myspace, or even the next RIM (BlackBerry), where changes in the marketplace were subtle. For example, if it’s getting harder to charge a price premium for the product you’re marketing, or others are offering your subscription service for free, it may be time to start thinking in a new box.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. Former CEO of Myspace. Most recently Mike Jones served as the CEO of Myspace. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza and drinks!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president of Ignite Social Media , one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

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Berkonomics

MAY 16, 2013

A business making those necessary items ignored the signs of progress and found itself without a market. Take for example, the public’s quick acceptance of Facebook, Zinga, Mixi, and other social networking portals, leaving early leader MySpace wondering what happened to their comfortable lead and large fan base.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Carter was a co-founder/partner at Amplify.LA, and also was founder of Vertical Technologies, Thoughtstar, and S5 Wireless'' Hurff was formerly the EVP of Engineering at MySpace, and also was an EIR at Science Inc. We created a product that would allow you to print barcodes. How many companies or products will you work on at once?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. Market Opportunity.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

We spoke with Josh Brooks , the founder and CEO of the company, about what the firm is doing, his background at MySpace, and what's next for the company. Josh Brooks: The goal of Postcard On The Run, is I'm trying to develop a product that speaks to the crossroads of analog and digital, and online to offline. They're still around.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the social media firm headed by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, said this morning that it has made a minority investment in Toronto-based CoveritLive. CoveritLive develops live blogging tools and related products for creating live, online events. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

Design a product or service that you can sell. Sure, you may need to give the product away for free to get traction, but assume you will have to sell something someday to get profitable and stay alive. MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth begins to stall. These are appearing earlier and earlier in emerging companies, as well as in mid-sized and mature companies: Your original market becomes saturated. Competitors see the same opportunity.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Alon Goren: I am loving all of the ai products out there and use x.ai I love it because it shows how there are so many ways to innovate, not always hi-tech, and if you find the right market / problem to tackle, it doesn't have to be super-complicated. Next year, we'll be hiring on a larger team to help us throw gasoline on the fire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president Ignite Social Media , of one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Please join LA Scrum Club and Rally Software for a special evening on Monday, February 9th with local Agile luminaries: Christophe Louvion, CTO of Gorilla Nation, Scott Downey, ScrumMaster at MySpace, and George Schlitz, Principal Coach at Big Visible Solutions.At

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

www.science-inc.com), the startup �studio� led by former MySpace CEO and technology veteran Mike Jones , just saw its third acquisition out of its portfolio this year�the acquisition of FameBit by Google/Youtube. Los Angeles-based Science Inc. If there is any one piece of advice you'd pass on to entrepreneurs, what would it be?

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. His latest startup, Factual, is aimed at the data mashup and open data market. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2011

Artin Nazarian: The goal of the project, is to make the life of folks in the nightlife industry better, by providing tools to better market to the exact demographic they need, to get them to attend clubs and bars. I connected those two about three years ago--back when MySpace was actually MySpace, and Facebook was Facebook.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I like to invest where I have a personally strong connection with the entrepreneur and/or a strong intuition on the market from prior experience. They have very a very good sense for what is going on a market but not a well-honed knowledge of an industry and what will define success or failure. Access to Deal Flow. Domain Knowledge.

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