Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

They are going to Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Snapchat. by 15 million users since 2017, as young people ages 12 to 17 migrate to Snapchat and Instagram. Don’t connect the latest platform, which may be transient, with the larger phenomenon of digitally enabled social conversations. When the glass is only.04%

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. “We saw the impact that the rise of mobile was having on linear. .” ”

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socalTECH

MAY 12, 2017

The way we're doing that, is we are creating video content, which we distribute across social platforms. We've taken the latest change in technology and motor sports, and everything, which has been under-represented online, and built Donut Media. Talk a bit more about your cross platform strategy?

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2017

We've combed through our database of companies to figure out which companies are involved in this industry here, ranging from key developers of military UAS/UAV platforms, to startups developing the software behind the growing consumer drone market. How is the parent company of Snapchat involved in drone development? Our list below: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

LA has a serious technology scene. Last week displayed the best of LA last week for a gala event of all of Upfront’s portfolio companies + the CEOs of many of LA’s top technology companies + 75 VC firms from LA, SF, NY & Boston + 25 LP Funds + the Chairman of Yahoo! And I’m proud of that, too. Maker Studios.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Snapchat. Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. by 15 million users since 2017, as young people ages 12 to 17 migrate to Snapchat and Instagram. When the glass is only.04%

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. He wanted to bring the same level of technology focus and energy that Mayor Bloomberg had brought to New York City.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging. Yet, the ways that enterprises and businesses are monetizing that user interaction is sort of archaic, compared to the evolution of the technology.

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LATechDigest

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Venice-based SRFR just launched a technology to easily stream video content from your mobile device to smart television, including videos from Facebook, Dropbox, Snapchat, and your camera roll, all without having to purchase a separate dongle or stick to plug into your TV.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Snapchat. Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. in 2017, as young people ages 12 to 17 migrate to Snapchat and Instagram. When the glass is only.04% Maybe they just don’t care.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Brad Brooks: The biggest news from TigerText this year is that we're evolving from what was a pure secure messaging product to a comprehensive clinical communications platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. An ad:tech Innovation Award-winning company, SteelHouse is the technology industry’s real-time marketing solution for online retailers.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on the year from Southern California's technology community. The idea of entrepreneurship as a path and of technology as a change catalyst is taking root in cities and ecosystems all over the world. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Snapchat. In 2014 Tumblr overtook Instagram as fastest-growing social platform, and Snapchat is the fastest-growing mobile app, driven largely by Millennials and teens. You can do so using conversation platforms like forums, Facebook groups or build something yourself.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2014

For example, if you are watching the World Cup streaming from ESPN or your favorite WB show, you can grab your favorite moments and share them across any medium, whether that''s a chat platform, Snapchat, or anywhere. Mauhan Zonozzy: Our team has lal worked in the technology and media industry in the past.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2018

When we started the business, we really didn't have a lot of funding, but it made a lot of sense, and we got lots of drivers on the platform. The trucking industry, as you mention, isn't great about technology. There's not a lot of technology in this industry, and even text messaging can be advanced technology for them.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 30, 2016

What’s happening with technology in our culture and society is just evolution. Technology is not undermining real human interactions. This superficial behavior tends to concern pundits who think that technology is the cause of this appearance driven, attention seeking behavior in teenagers. By the 60s, it was the TV.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2020

Our interview today is with Scott Grimes , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Stackin' , which operates a text-based, financial messaging platform. Scott Grimes: Ultimately, we are a text messaging platform build on top of Twilio. Stackin recentlyraised $12.6M We see a lot of this is based on text messaging?

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2014

Our first set of technology in the stack was around rights management, because, as we started uploading licensed content from the studios, we found out that many fans had figured out a way to upload those same scenes on their respective channels. Then, we took that same technology stack, and thought--what more can we do with this?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Put your customer at the top, rather than technology. For young consumers today, it may be Instagram or Snapchat, while B2B offerings should take a hard look at LinkedIn and other business forums. Now is the time to integrate and solidify your brand across all the channels and platforms you have selected.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

If you wanted to find someone who truly understands the convergence of the media and technology, you need to go no further than Peter Csathy , the CEO of newly launched CREATV Media (www.creatv.media). The big opportunity is the fundamental, transformation of media via digital technology, which is a tremendous opportunity.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 29, 2019

Equidate, one of the trading platforms that help employees sell their shares in pre-IPO unicorn companies, rolled out a new name today and announced a $35 million expansion of its $50 million funding round publicized in July.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and other applications. Don’t connect the latest platform, which may be transient, with the larger phenomenon of digitally enabled social conversations. If you can figure out why people care about your product, you’ll have success regardless of the platform du jour.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

It will be interesting to see if any new startups can compete against the industry giants in picture and video sharing: Instagram, Vine, FaceBook, and SnapChat. This service most certainly caters to existing content and volume platforms. Head-tracking provides interesting opportunities to deliver ads.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2016

You will build out features or expend to platforms — often before you have enough market feedback to warrant it. Second-base entrepreneurs often know a large number of talented technology professionals and other executives who would gladly come back and work for him or her so team assembly is both quick and impactful.

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LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Of course our great technology industry did itself rise on the back of infrastructure created by telecommunications & cable infrastructure as well as decades of media production. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. This is where I see cryptocurrencies today. This sounds to me like fraud, pure and simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The most common theme of being a startup in today’s world is that the computing environment and platforms change so rapidly that only the best equipped teams survive the transitions (think Facebook’s shift to mobile or Snapchat’s embrace of augmented reality). Think about Snapchat.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

You see – running a SaaS platform for customers like you is the ONLY thing our team does. We have strong theses in key technology areas. How responsive are they to your needs now? Do they carry pagers and respond to outages 24/7/365? Because we have an entire tech-ops team whose sole job is to support our up time.

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