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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In addition to individuals, Zenvoy provides its services to associations, conferences, and other organizations to help those groups enhance networking within their own members, and add value to their services. Zenvoy says it now has 3,500 organizations and 1,300 cities in its network. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Los Angeles-based AllGear Digital--which owns media sites GearJunkie, Switchback Travel, Bikerumor, and others--said on Thursday that it has raised $40M in a funding round. The company said the new funding will go to "organic growth initiatives" and to bring on additional publishers.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 10, 2008

Since I posted on this and since I've been using this approach for quite a while, it has become pretty obvious that part of the reason that old school organizations / event producers are not getting the value of providing this kind of list. But there's no attendee list in site. I can't find them listed on any kind of social site.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Internet Brands' Bob Brisco said the acquired companies all have strong organic traffic, and revenues from a mix of small, medium, and large advertisers. The firm said it has now acquired more than 100 web sites in total. Financial details of the acquisitions were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 14, 2014

Organizers at SXSW and the ACLU scheduled a rare and relevant live interview with privacy advocate Edward Snowden, live streamed from an undisclosed location to a very interested audience. The post SXSW Organizes Rare Edward Snowden Interview. Please, stop using Google Hangouts for public conversations. Then Google Ruined It.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

org , around that group's organization of protests at the Presidential Inauguration. Dreamhost had just celebrated a win in pushing back on a subpoena, filed by the Department of Justice, requesting the IP address of every single visitor to DisruptJ20.org READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2009

Los Angeles-based Society6 is launching an online site to help artists find patrons today, saying that it has created a platform which will help artists share their work and exchange opportunities and resources. Grants can be either in the form of money, or opportunities--such as providing free supplies or services to an artist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). For credibility with investors, stick to the organic SEO model and other revenue streams until you have the high traffic to survive on PPC revenue. Cost per action (CPA). Marty Zwilling.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Are you an event organizer, and expect your parking lot to be packed with EVs needing charging? Los Angeles-based EV Safe Charge has the solution for you: a new service which offers up mobile chargers for event organizers and others.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The winner was part of a sweepstakes with charity donation site Omaze. According to Virgin Galactic, more than 164,338 people entered the sweepstakes, which was part of an effort to raise money for the nonprofit Space for Humanity organization. According to Virgin Galactic, Keisha S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This model facilitates donations to charities and creative projects, and has been around for a long time via sites such as GoFundMe. This model been popular in many countries for years, where banks loans are not available, via sites such as LendingClub and Kiva. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Move Your Mountain , an online crowd-funding site which competes against GoFundMe, has been acquired by Tustin-based Cornerstone Payment Systems , Cornerstone said. Cornerstone Payment Systems is a independent sales organization in the merchant processing industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

What most people don’t realize is, according to recent statistics , despite top positioning, only a quarter of sites selected comes from paid search. Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Cost per action (CPA).

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

LoveIt is a site for individuals and groups to discover, collect, organize and share images they love in public or private collections. The feedback primarily fell into three categories: better ways to discover new content, better organization tools and the option to have private collections. What is LoveIt and why the name?

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AUGUST 15, 2013

The people search site said the new options make it easier for business and nonprofit users to search for people for their own purposes; for example, for business users to find new customers, and for nonprofits to find new donors. READ MORE>>. software people redesign nonprofit business search spokeo'

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, PASHpost , said today that it has lauched a new service called PASHGroups , a social destination which aggregates posts from such sites as Craigslist, Google+, Reddit, and YouTube, and sorts content from those sites into a single, interest-focused community.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The site features videos of celebrities promoting their causes, profiles of nonprofits, and ability to donate to organizations.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 29, 2021

You know what I mean… The conversation goes something like this: “We found it on x site and using y app with z as our data object.”. Yet, many times that other person tries to explain an important finding or breakthrough, or make a significant comparison, using names of destination sites or apps or tools we have never used or heard of.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

The World Health Organization approved their sanitizers, which the company will produce in its warehouse in San Francisco. Bulk quantities will be distributed to healthcare organizations and facilities that need them. Bulk quantities will be distributed to healthcare organizations and facilities that need them.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

A new, Los Angeles startup, Pheebo --started by two former Apple Store employees--said that it has launched a brand new app which looks to let users access their favorite videos from such sites as YouTube, Reddit, Vimeo, and other sites, all from a single place. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 14, 2017

StackIQ was venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Grayhawk Capital, Avalon Ventures, and crowdfunding site OurCrowd. According to Teradata, the deal also includes StackIQ's team of engineers, who will join the company's R&D organization. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2019

Woo was most recently Head of Product at Whalerock Industries, where Evite said he had been leading the product team that launched the Kardashian/Jenner family native apps and sites across iOS and Android. Evite offers up an online service which lets you organize events and parties, and is a subsidiary of GCI Liberty.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Los Angeles-based Nationbuilder , the startup developing online tools which helps organizations create web sites, organize volunteers, outreach to supporters, and more, is expanding its efforts beyond politics, the company said Tuesday.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. That was the genesis of the site. The first, is popularity rankings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

That means starting your search through contract services sites, rather than conventional career hiring sites. Of course, as you work with contract players, explore the potential for a long-term relationship, and wait until your organization matures to pursue career positions.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp , which operates such sites as CraveOnline, totallyher Media, GameRevolution, and LiveOutdoors, said today that it has launched a new online advertising product. The company said its INgage product semantically maps site content and helps online advertisers reach site visitors. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based NationBuilder , a startup developing an online system to help political candidates and other organizations to create web sites, organize volunteers, coordinate campaigns, and more, said Thursday that it has raised $6.3M in a funding round.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

San Diego-based Climber.com , which operates an online site to help job seekers network with recruiters, announced today that it has acquired Affinity Circles , an online social networking site focused on membership organizations. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Mingle is headed by Michael C. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based eHow , the online question and answer site owned by Demand Media, has revealed a new site redesign today, saying it has launched a new look-and-feel plus additional site enhancements. eHow said the new organization makes the site more useful to advertisers. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Evvnt develops a software platform which helps event organizers manage and promote events across event listing sites, calendars, directories, ticketing, social networks and search engines. The company said the move comes as it has received an investment from three U.S. newspapers, and signed up its first U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

I continue to be amazed that more than a quarter of new businesses don’t even have a website , and many more don’t pay attention to social media, or monitor feedback on sites like Yelp. At minimum, that requires a modern website, and visibility on relevant social media sites, likely including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. Don’t settle, demand the best.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2017

According to Zadara, organizations in Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico can use its services at no charge for six months while they rebuild their business infrastructure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2021

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Most people accept that no person or organization is perfect. Quickly address every negative.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2013

The startup said it had over 100 nonprofit organizations and foundations signed up to the site already. The startup allows users to offer up their services--anything from math tutoring, cooking lessons, yoga lessons, to making a video-- with anything earned from those efforts going to a charity of their choice.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2012

EcoMom , the online e-commerce site focused on organic and eco-friendly products for children, disclosed this week that it has raised $4.7M in an additional funding round. The round came form Blue Pacific Ventures , Crosslink Capital , Cue Ball, Rising Tide , Vegas Tech Rhodium and Embarcadero Ventures. EcoMom (Won Inc.)

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