socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media, the startup headed by former Userplane CEO Michael Jones, said today that it has acquired Better Inc, the SEO and pay-per-click marketing software firm headed by Ben Padnos. in 2001, after having previously served at Yahoo! Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Better Inc.'s

Tsavo 100

Tsavo SEO PPC Userplane 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Microsoft's MSN, and Santa Monica-based media firm BermanBraun Interactive said today that they have rolled out a new celebrity news site called WonderWall , which will feature information on what the companies described as the "hottest" pop culture stories, personalities, and trends. READ MORE>>.

News 100

News Sites Paramount Santa Monica 100

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

In other words, it uses what is happening: with the content out in the network with searches that land on the site, what happens when people visit the site, and various other kinds of behaviors. There are some very cool new features being released all the time as part of the software that powers this system.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. The company’s analytics comprehensively monitors customer behavior over multiple networks, including location-based mobile networks.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo. You don’t. Get over it.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2011

Video chat by Stickam.com Last Friday, about 80 business leaders assembled at the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, CA, for CallFire’s first ever “un-conference&# called Biz2Beach. Having previously worked at notable companies including Myspace, PayPal, Yahoo!, ROBYN WARD. KRISHNA SUBRAMANIAN.

Social Media 71

Social Media Mobile SEO Media 71

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

Santa-Monica based Tapiture has grown in traffic by 300%, monetized from year one and raised $2.25 Prior to founding Tapiture, he spent quality time at big tech companies including Earthlink, Overture and Yahoo. million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. I am drawn to it.

Seed Funding 40

Seed Funding Funding Commerce Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). MusicMatch was acquired by Yahoo!

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

(sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. RSVP: AGENDA. 6:00 – 7:00pm – check-in. Diamond Sponsor.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

The late night didn’t make for a productive start to the morning but by the time Sean Percival got on stage to host the panel with Chris Brogan, Micah Baldwin (who started #FollowFriday) and Ben Huh (ICanHazCheeseburger) there was a great discussion on what it takes to be an Uber-blogger and social networker.

Twiistup 228

Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! 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. Why am I excited about in-stream advertising then?

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. Ian Rogers – Topspin Media Ian Rogers was the GM of Yahoo Music before heading to Topspin Media in April 2008 as CEO. Mediacode was sold to Yahoo. Named as one of the 20 most innovative startups in the country, based in Santa Monica.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Further to the south are the legendary companies of Cisco, Apple, Intel, eBay, Yahoo!, I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice. In fact, so many DID NOT that companies like Google & Yahoo!

Technology 313

Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. You have huge hiring volume coming from the new growth firms (Twitter, Zynga, Facebook) and huge retention battles & hiring from Google, Apple, Cisco, Yahoo!, Great companies like BeachMint that are growing at a rapid clip have to dig deep into their networks to meet hiring needs.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And my specialty was computer networks. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet. ” Get lots of data points and say, “Okay, well, I kind of heard what people think about being located in Santa Monica versus Venice, the pros and cons.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

NAME Yahoo. Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo. The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44