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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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I studied East Asian religions in college and was intrigued to hear that a Buddhist monk was delivering meditation and mindfulness via a mobile app. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? Rob Freelen: In a year of political and social disruption, I discovered Headspace, a meditation app.

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Facebook's Impact on Entertainment PR and Marketing

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Learn first-hand from an all-star panel how the entertainment industry is using Facebook and other top social networking platforms. Well cover best practices, case studies and strategies for success (as well as those to avoid). Monday, September 19, 2011 -- Facebook's Impact on Entertainment PR and Marketing.

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What I Learned In 2015: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

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Just this year alone we have studied 3,400 North American enterprise software companies including many in SoCal and dug in deep on over 200 of these companies. Frost & Sullivan just named MediaPlatform the product leader in enterprise video platforms.

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Social Media Marketing Dinner

SoCal Tech Calendar

Well look at latest trends in social media, branded entertainment, audience tracking, interactive ads, integrated and cross-platform marketing and much more, backed up by video case studies. See [link] (more).

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

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” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth.

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Moving Analytics | Sitting Kills, Moving Heals

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SoCal startup Moving Analytics is tackling this global problem. HV: I would also add one more thing — we have consulted with neuroscience professionals here at USC, and they have informed the development of behavioral science models that we have built into our platform. You recently conducted a pilot study.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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I recall being impressed with Jeff, but I was concerned that he was creating a platform, which often requires a significant amount of capital, takes an extended amount of time to establish and can be subject to margin pressure as the enabling technologies become commoditized. To: < *@gmail.com > Hi , Greetings from Twilio!