socalTECH

JULY 30, 2019

The ArtCenter College of Design , based in Pasadena, and social networking and 3D avatar site IMVU announced on Tuesday that the two have launched a new "studio partnership", which will let students in a course design their own, 3D experience in the IMVU world.

Pasadena

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

StartEngine's Demo Day launched BedAbroad (international student housing marketplace); CARBON 38 (online luxury fitness destination for women; Smilu (cross-platform, multiplayer video games); WhereMyDogsAt (mobile social networking for dog owners); Ember (demand side, real-time bidding for online video advertising); Osurv (mobile research and surveys), (..)

Startup

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

” The idea Koch say began when he was working on his dissertation and needed a tool to organize his research to share with his colleagues has grown to be of help to thousands of researchers acrss the world. The post ResearchGate, Social Network For Scientists Acquires Scholarz.net appeared first on TechZulu.

Social Network

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine said that the companies--who have all gone through the 90 day mentorship process at StartEngine--include the BedAbroad (international student housing marketplace); CARBON 38 (online luxury fitness destination for women; Smilu (cross-platform, multiplayer video games); WhereMyDogsAt (mobile social networking for dog owners); Ember (demand (..)

Santa Monica

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. That’s how the Internet was conceived and nurtured.

UCLA

Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] There are a number of ways to do this effectively, including the use of social networks to create buzz, seeding product acceptance through early adopters or celebrities, or by creating a small niche market that shows unusual acceptance and more.

Case Study

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We spun this out of university research labs, where the founders and all of the team still are involved, and commercialized that research. Talk about how your research led to this startup? It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. We didn''t know how big that was.

Metrics

socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2012

In a bid to spur more startups out of the University of Southern California, the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation said Wednesday that it has awarded $498,700 to six research projects. READ MORE>>.

USC

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

The second piece, is we distribute that across search engines and social networks. If you're coming through a social network, you're most likely sharing, a different experience. If you're coming through a social network, you're most likely sharing, a different experience.

Marketing

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga – Another obvious trend is Facebook. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” Much like iPhone is the only mobile platform in town, Facebook is the only “closed network” social networking platform in town. Seems an obvious fit.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

In fact, for the research of this post I just noticed that they announced funding today – congrats. I’m a big fan of social discovery. Tools like this that allow you to track what’s going on in your social networks and one-step beyond them are really powerful. I’m loving the product.

Evite

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". In "The Social Network" Denise portrays Gretchen, the attorney of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.

IP

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 2, 2011

Virtual worlds have become an important part of the information economy, not only for entertainment, but for education, scientific research, social networking, and military defense. Formal regulation, informal agreement, private contract, economic incentives, and social norms all play a role.

UCI

socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Recently, San Diego-based Rippol (www.rippol.com) launched its web site, a service which uses social networking to help people find and discover interesting videos related to their interests. So is this more social networking, or is this search? We caught up with CEO Aaron Crayford to learn about the company.

UCSD

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

The firm said it is targeting hosting, SaaS, social network, content distribution networks, and cloud computing companies with the hardware. The firm's technology is based on software research at Caltech, originally designed to accelerate file transfers over the Internet2. Pricing on the new product was not released.

Product

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

GGL operates a video game social networking site, which provides news, communities, and online gaming tournaments and competitions. The firm is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels; the firm's technology is a result of CIA-funded research efforts at USC. READ MORE>>

Tech Coast Angels

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

Helping solicit new business ideas and patents from individuals, federal research labs, universities and other R&D organizations countrywide. Social network for investors. Social capital rewarded. El Segundo, CA based JumpStarter Inc.,

El Segundo

Eric Greenspan

MAY 7, 2013

Mommy bloggers are one of the most influential social networking resources that lead to increased awareness and sales. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster. They’ve allowed us to sell it to the public.

IBM

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2021

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

Entrepreneur

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We spun this out of university research labs, where the founders and all of the team still are involved, and commercialized that research. Talk about how your research led to this startup? It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. We didn''t know how big that was.

Metrics

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

Based on traditional research, getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers. Every new business quickly realizes that revenue coming in every period on a committed basis is the Holy Grail to survival and growth.

Startup

Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

So often I find myself coaching others on how they behave on social networks. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster. So I figured I’d share my thoughts publicly: 1. If you are new friend, perhaps give it some time before inviting me to like your page.

Social Media

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We spun this out of university research labs, where the founders and all of the team still are involved, and commercialized that research. Talk about how your research led to this startup? It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. We didn''t know how big that was.

Metrics

Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

Using new tools in a social age. There are several ways to do this effectively, including the use of social networks to create buzz, seeding product acceptance through early adopters or celebrities, or by creating a small niche market that shows unusual acceptance and more. Advertising money moves to the most rewarding media.

Case Study

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Sherry Gunther: MyMiniPeeps.com is a unique, online community for kids ages 6-13, which is both a social networking community as well as a game site. As I watched my kids' eyeballs move over, as well as looked at the research data and advertising data which saw TV's share shrinking, I started looking into new media.

Media

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent. PR isn’t something that can be delegated – The other thing that tech execs often want to do is to delegate the PR to their marketing person.

Startup

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

The New York-based company was founded last year by Gina Bartasi, a fertility industry vet who previously launched Progyny, a fertility benefit solution for employers, and FertilityAuthority.com, an information platform and social network for people struggling with fertility.

Mobile

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

For today's interview, we connected with George Ruan and Dr. Don Patterson, the co-founders of Irvine-based Quub (www.quub.com), which has taken research which Dr. Patterson was working on at UC Irvine and applied it to the world of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. What's the idea behind Quub?

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Because they wouldn’t have the enormous amounts of profits that they’ve been able to sink back into research & development. People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks. The same debate always occurs with the pharmaceutical industry.

Ideas

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Understand the basic tools – the social media trinity. Blogging (Wordpress), micro-blogging (Twitter), and social networks are the trinity. Key social networks are Facebook (500 million consumers) and LinkedIn (60 million professionals). Put your social network links on your stationery, business cards, and email.

Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Most consumers now research online product reviews, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, for authoritative guidance. Social psychology in general deals with how individuals relate to one another.

Custom

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Alec Meikle: I was in the early stage of building a social network for travel, and thought it would be a great idea to create this for that service. I then left that job for an independent research provider doing analytics in San Francisco. How did the idea for the service come about? From there, I started with this idea.

Content

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Research current success stories and role models. Reserve some time each day for your favorite blogs and influencers, follow up with social networking and expand your personal contacts offline. Successful entrepreneurs love to share, but they respond better to pull rather than push.

Startup

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

Many people find it difficult to figure out the best course of action, so they will use an Excel spreadsheet to measure out the pros and cons, use the Internet, and ask friends, and other research. The social networking and sharing will get richer. Basically, it's going to be market research.

Research

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2017

We've combined online therapy with phone calls with licensed professionals, and also added an online social networking aspect and mood checkup. The third, is the platform, and anonymous social network we built. Aaron Robin: Essentially, iExhale is an online, on-demand, wellness and mental health platform.

Social Network