socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. We caught on with the right product, at the right time. company.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. We automatically add tracking and point those product references to e-commerce merchants.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. But, they could not write, and did not know what to write from the travel perspective.

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

Last week Fred Wilson and I sat down in Santa Monica for an hour+ discussion with the video cameras rolling. ” He has publicly espoused building products for “non logged in users” and has benefitted greatly from his thesis of large networks of socially connected & like minded individuals.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Writing Blogging 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

For the first half of our show, we actually set up a store front on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, and put their product in a retail setting, and let consumers and investors run through the gamut, allowing them to interact in real time, and get feedback on their packaging and products, and even recommend it to their friends.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. I like that.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. That network effect is a subtle but has a powerful effect with all this new technology.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. Now she had an extra $50,000 to start building out her team. She focused on her customer.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We work with Google to help monetize our traffic, and we''re also working with a variety of other networks. Instead, we build a very good product, get organic traffic, and those networks pay well. That might be good if you''re writing a book report, but people love quick facts. How does your revenue model work?

Google 236

Google Sites Startup Web 236

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. As the mobile ecosystem has grown the industrialized world is now carrying a mini computer in their pocket that is connected to a cellular network. PHONE CALLS.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. Great companies like BeachMint that are growing at a rapid clip have to dig deep into their networks to meet hiring needs. So can you really build a great tech firm outside of Silicon Valley?

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

When I as a 41-year old living in Santa Monica with 2 young boys type “Halloween Costume&# into Google it is pretty clear that there is a highly likelihood or intent by me to shop for Halloween goods. People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I spoke a lot about the need for “personal branding” which I plan to write about soon. And my specialty was computer networks. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet. You’ve talked a lot about integrity in your writings and things.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

We write and create our own content for the game. Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91