TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Its “content arm” Entity Mag has quite interestingly gone viral on social media and has more than 1.1

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. Most entrepreneurs I know admit to a poor first media interaction, and many are still waiting for the instant replay. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.

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socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2017

How to you take the recurring revenue model--which has been popular with software and other online services--an apply that to physical products and services? Employees love it, because not only are they getting better tasking, healthier products, but also because they are continually discovering new snacks.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

To hear how he bootstrapped the company to that size, we caught up with Asher earlier this week for a quick interview. Asher Delug: Airpush is a mobile ad network, similar to an Admob or Millenial Media. Plus, our In-App Banner Apps product has also been scaling very fast. One big new category for us is data and targeting.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We had worked at another organization together in online marketing, and learned every aspect of the business, from closing new deals, on-boarding new clients, to building media plans. We worked together for four years, and I ended up heading up media buying at that company, and he headed up sales. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products. We set up a digital media fund, which had the goal of investing in new digital media properties, ideas, and concepts. That's where our initial database of products is coming from.

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Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Our interview this morning is with Robin Richards , the CEO of Los Angeles-based CareerArc (www.careerarc.com). Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Our clients are retail, technology, consumer product goods, and other companies who are trying to address challenges with a very complex, digital marketing mix they face every day. As you might imagine, I started as a brand manager in the consumer product goods market. Carla Bourque: My background is in marketing analytics.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Our interview this morning is with Lolita Carrico, founder of Gloss Network for Women (www.mygloss.com), an online network of sites focused on women. Lolita was founder of ModernMom.com, which she sold to Richard Rosenblatt's Demand Media last year, and we caught up with Lolita to learn more about her newest venture.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. They aggregate other people’s content and curate it into categories.

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

version notice boards are disrupting publishing and news content aggregation in Africa, influencing even how media houses on the continent relay news. Johan Nel, CEO and founder of Umuntu Media says,” Mimiboards will help people on the continent record and handle issues live as they emerge. Mimiboard, virtual, 3.0

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Advertising Media News Content 91

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

From left to right above is Tristan Walker (founder of Walker & Co), Magic Johnson (successful NBA basketball player and successful business man – his two life goals), Beatriz Acevedo (founder of Mitu, the largest Latino digital media company) and Troy Carter (founder of Atom Factory and Cross Culture Ventures).

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Technical Review Startup Course Entrepreneur 150

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2014

Everyone thinks that it''s all about media and content because of those big industries in town. We''ve invested in security software, software-as-a-service, marketplaces, and many other categories I think people wouldn''t necessarily think--looking from the outside--would exist in LA. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

All of them offer the same kind of coupon information for a store or category, but many of those sites that show up have very poor results. From that experience, I was looking at every coupon, deal, and product site out there, because they were very active on the M&A front. We have complementary skill sets. READ MORE>>.

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Internet Brands Content Startup Sites 257

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

I connected with Andrea Gouw , the founder of ShopperSeeks.com , on Twitter (thank you social media), when reaching out for women CEOs and founders around the country. I must say I’ve become a regular user of ShopperSeeks every since this interview. And you will to after this interview. Did you ever expect such growth?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

The headlines in the media are filled with that latest stats. They had interviewed telecom operators, handset manufacturers and corporate buyers. I said, “So you interviewed the people to get a plausible story line and then just did a simple estimation of the numbers going forward? How to Interpret Analyst Reports.

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Statistics Startup Report Research 415

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. The whole category of “sponsored search&# came from a successful LA company, Overture. (my If you want to hire very experienced product managers there are less of these than I would like.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. You could just outspend. There is a much better technique.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. We discussed whether investing in the second largest player in a category makes sense given that Groupon is 10x the revenue, 3.5x Segment Two: “Deal of the Week”. AppDynamics.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Turn on your phone and look at the productivity folder. You’ll be more productive within three weeks time. No folders, submenus, or “category-container-box-lists” Write your reminder with a string of hashtags: #todo #pickup autobiography of arnold schwarzenegger from #amazon. We’ve been there.

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Product Ideas Email Organization 99

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

The feedback primarily fell into three categories: better ways to discover new content, better organization tools and the option to have private collections. We’re fortunate that our primary investors are also very active Board Members who are working with us closely to build a great product that’s engaging for users.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

They saw the natural connection, and we were funding in August with our product, and started marketing in March. Steve Goldman: Ad agencies are loving our product for a couple of reasons. On the fly, they can make changes to their media plans, and creative rotations, and optimize their buys.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Today, we support four categories: house cleaning, dry cleaning – pickup and delivery, wash and fold – pickup and delivery, and dog walking. Do you think the main visuals are the appealing factors in digital media? Build a minimum viable product and test it out in the market. Your chores can be outsourced through Porter.

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Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

How we do so, is we help consumers discover new products and shop for them. Historically, ThisNext has always been the umbrella brand to help people shop for product they are interested in, across multiple verticals. Traditionally, that has been products in fashion/beauty, home/garden, sports/outdoors, and parenting and green.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a recent interview, Goldenberg stated that the online apparel market was a “bigger than $100 billion” business and that his company and others like it were poised to “take market share from traditional retailers”. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. Follow PandoDaily: Search. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content.

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SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. By the time this point has been reached, the focus has ceased to be the technology and the product, but on organization.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

We don't show what those brands are, but let them know by category--say, high end denim--and there will be a benchmark which shows how they did in a time period and over time against a like brand, how dependent those sales are on discounts associated with an item, and also see the history of how their events have performed with us.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

TechZulu caught up with co-founder Calvin Schemanski chat about their upcoming launch, their product and why Long reviews suck. You can use myfab5 to share your foodie knowledge by ranking up to five of your favorite places for any food or drink related category (e.g. What is myfab5? my favorite places for #DeepDishPizza in Chicago).

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Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

It's in the automated translation category of the industry. There's lots of media and blogs in Southern California, who could use it as well. An example might be Demand Media, which as a ton of corporate portals and content sites, and would be an ideal target to target customers in global markets. What is NativeTung?

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Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Lisa Nicole Bell – CEO of Inspired Life Media Group. Idea Mensch.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

8 ) SocialStay is effectively a B-to-B, SaaS product that requires you to simultaneously speak to several audiences (hotels, travelers, travel sites, etc.). Your team operates out of a barn on your idyllic, coastal property, yet you have created a world-class product. Yeah, I have made plenty of mistakes in this category in the past.

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