SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2010

The New Media ecosystem is growing rapidly with content distribution networks, mobile devices and social networks connecting and interconnecting consumers like never before. Will new technologies drive market dominance or are entirely new business models required? See [link] (more).

Media 100

Media Enterprise Forum CalTech Social Network 100

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2012

Most focus on two things though, the amount of women that use the site and the amount of money dirty marketing people are going to make from it. His boards include some great collections of dream cars and iPhone home screens. If you’re in the market for a new bag, Chris may have already pinned it for you. Evan Sharp.

Blogging 178

Blogging RSS Social Network Screening 178

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

We’re in a market where 800-pound gorillas throw their weight around and the rest of the market races to react and survive. It is the same movie I saw 10 years ago when every VC would say to me, “yeah, I get that you’re an online document sharing service, but what’s going to happen when Microsoft enters the market?

Google 325

Google Press Marketing Content 325

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. Unemployment coupled with a stock market drop will stop this spending cold IMHO. So why the ’09 bounce?

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role. and Excite in particular as well as all of the Internet companies with grandiose stock market valuations.

Content 386

Content Google Media Hulu 386

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Kincast is another app that was created out of a gap in the market. Sure, Facebook, Instagram and other Social Networks provide the ability to upload and share your content, but none make it as seamless and easy as Kincast. His co-founder, Tom Belote is the programmer and product architect.

Screening 81

Screening Content Startup Email 81

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

Snapchat 82

Snapchat Social Media Social Network Media 82

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). social amplification (from which memes are spread) by Twitter and the like; and … commenting. And the fan producers all help market your show because they too want the attention. I repeat – free marketing. means specifically one thing.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

We spoke with Sherry Gunther, CEO and founder of the firm, earlier this week to get a better look at the company and the dynamics behind the virtual world market nowadays--as well as why Sherry decided to make the jump from the world of entertainment media to online. What's special about your virtual world? Why start another one?

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. Gogii spent way more effort marketing to what I call “The USA Today market&# rather than the tech blog market.

Gogii 310

Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Network to the maximum with investor connections.

Invest 99

Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Research your target market to find out who they are and how to reach them. The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Allowing your social media efforts to stagnate. Social media is about maintaining a dynamic conversation between you and your customers.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Startup Tips 93

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The opportunity to innovate and take ZunguZ forward and make it a reality transpired with the uptake and traction of Social Networks in the early 2000’s and more specifically with the launch of Facebook in 2004 and its momentum gained over the next few years. Omidyar Networks – head of investment. Barclays Bank – Vice President.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. Solaborate is a professional social media network. LB: Nothing is hard, it’s really hard.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). Enjoyed this post? The Application.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I’m just listed who I perceive as the market leaders. It’s the input screens where we enter data or search requests. It’s the screens that pop up our restaurant locations, calculate our exercise outputs or show us our bank balances. Public stock market trades by senior executives of corporations.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

What does the world have in store for the mobile games market, and how do mobile games developers look at the world? When iTunes started selling games in 2008, it coincided with one of the biggest market corrections, one of the biggest global economic corrections in our history and in my lifetime.

Mobile 168

Mobile Java Google Startup 168

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup.

Funding 92

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 92

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

On the other hand, 10 years ago when we all felt like this last time the total market size for any company was at maximum 100 million potential users. So you’re saying that a decade ago we had 100 million addressable market connected some of the time and now we have 2+ billion connected all of the time. Let’s repeat that.

Ideas 294

Ideas Startup Marketing Pricing 294

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement. All of these generate social interaction. There's been a fair bit of discussion that Branchout is a bit too aggressive in its push for social interaction. More on this below.

Examples 331

Examples Startup Course Networking 331

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement. All of these generate social interaction. There's been a fair bit of discussion that Branchout is a bit too aggressive in its push for social interaction. More on this below.

Examples 323

Examples Startup Course Networking 323

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

If I’m totally honest it started as a marketing exercise. I’m the same but without a big following and without wanting to put in the effort to market myself to create a community I can achieve what I need to on Quora. Obviously it is build on a social network “follow people&# model that is asymmetric like Twitter.

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Research your target market to find out who they are and how to reach them. The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Allowing your social media efforts to stagnate. Social media is about maintaining a dynamic conversation between you and your customers.

Social Media 85

Social Media Media Startup Content 85

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2015

A survey by the Webs Small Business Digital Trends revealed that 63% of small business owners are using digital strategies in their overall marketing efforts. An integrated digital marketing strategy can do that and so much more. These two forms of marketing are meant to work hand in hand. Pull your audience with content.

Guide 40

Guide Social Media Content Advertising 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Nowadays, when you post something online, whether that is an image in a gallery or social networking site, it only has a lifespan of just a few seconds. I ran program and marketing for MySpace for a little over three years. I created something like 80 to a 100 screens. I did content for that company. They're still around.

Email 218

Email Startup Ideas Burbank 218

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). He displayed a deep mastering of the power of the Internet, direct marketing and Twitter to manage his business. Mark Suster, QD3, Brian Solis, Chamillionaire, Ian Rogers, Brian Zisk.

Twiistup 228

Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

People are doing it for the love, not to make money,” Larry Shapiro , Head of Talent at Full Screen. Jeffrey Harmon, CMO of Orapup , a company that primarily uses YouTube to market their brand, says to grow a YouTube channel distribution is key. For more tips from Harmon on how to market your video click here.

Content 76

Content Tips Buzzfeed Tool 76

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Social networking meets online personal health management. WakeMate has you record things like the last time you had caffeine before sleeping, your last meal and when you last had computer or TV screen time. There are some competitors in the market such as MyZeo , but I love my wife too much to wear a headband to bed.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The goal of any cartel is to control production, distribution & marketing of a set of goods with the goal of maintaining high prices. Hulu emerged in the social networking era and yet Boxee has been way out in front in terms of creating social viewing experiences. Tags: Tech Market Analysis.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 59

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. Unlike those IM clients with a small (ineffective) footprint, Meebo experience is a website and a full page screen. Because you put ads in front of user for a long time and cover the whole screen Meebo click-rates are very high. For Meebo 1.3%

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2010

A bright and beautiful screen thanks to the Super AMOLED display. ECLAIR) / ANDROID MARKET. SOCIAL HUB. Integrates SMS, Social Network Services, email, and calendar accounts. Dedicated zoom buttons, double tapping the screen and multi-touch pinch-zooming are all available to you. ANDROID SAMSUNG UI.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Screening RSS Web 40

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

It has nine pictures or more on screen, and in each location there are pictures that contain pictures from your category or have different letters in different locations. Social networking sites, and even the general enterprise has need for this. That might be a car, boat, or an airplane. It's not used for authentication.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

“I found it to be the best social network, connecting people on a deeper level. People stopped worrying about social status.”. Park had a screen-printing business in 2004, starting with his own $4,000 investment. Marketing Your Product. Park was very careful in marketing his new company on Instagram.

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings. The mobile app revolution also gave birth to mobile marketing. Suddenly, maintaining a company website and a social media account is no longer enough.

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40