SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Game mechanics have become a popular way of increasing user engagement and pushing user adoption, referral and retention, and many startups have sought ways to incorporate game mechanics into their sites. Why You Should Write. Status / reputation.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 5, 2012

Others shun translucent run-of-site Google ads, because they are distracting and monetize at extremely low rates. What’s So Cool About Coull? Coull, allows technologically unsophisticated advertisers to create interactive video ads on a self-serve basis, effectively making it the first DIY, video performance network.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Mark Suster , fellow venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, has written extensively about YouTube’s evolution from dogs-on-skateboards to its current status as an entertainment medium rivaling cable television networks. Feeding The New Networks. Most of his online viewing is spent on YouTube. He is not alone.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 1, 2012

StatusPeople notes on their site that their results are inexact, as their algorithm samples a portion of a Tweeter's followers and then extrapolates relative percentages across the entire data sample. Although one can imagine that the temptation to cheat is strong among handlers responsible for managing a celebrity's social media network.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. His picture of all of the different elements you have to deal with infrastructure (network, storage, os, db, etc.), Stamps.com - two back-ends - mainline service vs. marketing site. All about end-user requests.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

FreedomSpeaks is a startup developing a business around connecting people with information about their political representatives, and also enabling organizations and others to do the same. We caught up with Jason and Kurt to hear more about the company. What's the story behind the company and how it started? It was a pain.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Wordpress in particular is fairly resource heavy right out of the box so speeding up everything else is a critical piece of running a site on this platform. Share Buttons Work… In A Way Share buttons on your post help your content reach a greater audience by creating easy channels to social networks.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

SaaS applicant tracking and recruiting tools also allow companies to quickly plug customized job boards into their sites. For instance, with two clicks, The Resumator allows its customers to post their jobs to Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter and request referrals from specific people in their network. Share and Enjoy.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. We are about to head on a four-month, 48-state road trip to help people across America bring their ideas to life and shine the light on some of the amazing entrepreneurs and communities. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). The site has since grown to nearly 7.5 Idea Mensch.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

JanRain Engage provides a convenient way to enable social logins on a site via a single API. Implementing JanRain Engage on your site is a lot less work than implementing each login provider one by one. Of course, youll need to use a social login to get into the site. yoursite" will be replaced with the name of your site.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 This is the same with competing activity streams in various social networks.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick. startup scene so hot. What makes L.A.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. The Twitter pest that costs you hard earned money WTF I’m ranting about?

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The units, asking $500,000 to $2 million, hit the market in about a month. In February, Googles YouTube signed a lease for about 40,000 square feet of production space in Playa Vista. And in August 2011, Facebook began leasing about 13,000 square feet in Playa Vista. VENICE RISING. Venice: 13% | L.A. County: 0.9%.

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