socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni, an online genealogy and social networking site, upgraded the firm's services last night, adding new statistics features and gift accounts. The gift accounts will cost $50, and allow recipients to gain access to the site's additional features. Geni allows users to create online, Web 2.0-style

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socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed, online family tree and networking site, said today that it has added a number of new features to its site, including the ability to search for similar profiles on the site, and improved access to popular features. Geni operates a service which lets users create their own Web 2.0-style

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Hollywood-based Geni , an online site that allows users to share family trees and network with relatives and family, is the latest Web 2.0 site to add "pro" accounts to their services. According to Geni, its new pro accounts will cost $50.00 annually, or $4.95

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Newport Beach-based CircleUp, which provides Web 2.0-style style group messaging services, said today that it has launched a new platform to help groups communicate with their members. The new platform--billed SmartMessage--helps groups send messages among members and others.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0) you were sure to get a rush of 60,000-70,000 new user registrations, a ton of pageviews and interest from a rash of people from investors to people trying to sell you services. It’s the same thing for me as a writer.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

Users of the Instagram mobile application--which runs on iPhone and Android--are familiar with how that app has become one of the key ways people socialize and share their life with others, all via the service's photo sharing and comments. Edward Park: When we first launched, we were a business to consumer service site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

Can you believe all the talk these days about Web 3.0? I’ve been doing some research to assess how much of it is reality, since I have to admit that I seem to have missed the clues to the transition to Web 2.0, After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0 and I’m determined that it won’t happen again.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 Over 150 educational institutions are using our free screenwriting software, and we've attracted writers to our community by providing a free, web-based alternative to expensive screenwriting tools like Final Draft and Movie Magic, which charge $200 to $250 for their tools.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. Explain how your service works? Are you transacting sales through the site yet?

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Search Engines – Google, Yahoo, MSN, ASK redirect billions of searches everyday.Search engines have the potential to drive millions of visitors to a given site.Wikipedia and About are two of the most popular sites on the web, but the majority of their traffic comes from referrals from search engines, not people going directly to their site.To

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

Patterson was working on at UC Irvine and applied it to the world of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. Ruan and Patterson tell us a bit about the service and how it was inspired by Twitter, the company's experience spinning out technology from UC Irvine, and what its plans are now.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever. The bare bones of FreedomSpeaks is online advocacy as a service. Kurt and I are pretty Web 2.0 It was a pain.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Then, we spoke to the firm's founder, Alex Aydin, and discovered that he wasn't just your usual Web 2.0 They can come to the site, and identify where they can qualify for a loan. What's the business model behind your site? We decided it doesn't make sense to raise tons of money and spend money to establish the site.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Last week I was having coffee with an ex engineering student of mine now on his second startup (and for a change it wasn’t a Web 2.0 they released a new 2.0 they have purchasing intent ).*. It’s also the wrong answer. Should I Get My MBA? What should I do?’.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Search engines have the potential to drive millions of visitors to a given site. Wikipedia and About are two of the most popular sites on the web, but the majority of their traffic comes from referrals from search engines, not people going directly to their site. Find a way to engage users in other content on your site.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). Finance and a host of other wonderful services brought to you by their sponsors. Then came blogs. Did you stop reading TechCrunch?

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Where I use LinkedIn: * I definitely use LinkedIn for Specific Requests - Ex. event I did last fall. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. We were on services called CompuServe and Prodigy. The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. cheap accessible digital hardware].

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

Of course, a lot of that time was spent convincing people that the Internet was going to grow, and therefore there was going to be a need to make it easy for people to find content and sites on the Internet. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

I dropped out of college, and eventually, we grew the site to be the 7th most popular website on the Internet (Microsoft was #8 at the time). Eventually, the site was acquired by CMGI/YesMail.com and later sold to another public company named TechLabs. Take care of the customer: Good ‘ole fashion customer service works.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Game mechanics have become a popular way of increasing user engagement and pushing user adoption, referral and retention, and many startups have sought ways to incorporate game mechanics into their sites. Your service: the game.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Less is More; More is Difficult" Think about successful products and services such as the iPod, eBay or Google. Their strategy was to provide very minimalist, easy to use products and services. People often spend too much time on the methods and lose site of the results. Dont Think Too Much. Stop Chain-Thinking!"

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. Traditionally, growing an enterprise software company is very different from a dot-com or an application service provider solution.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Liquidation After developing one of the most popular sites on the Internet and inventing a technology platform that enabled companies to grow their user base and generate revenue through online advertising, I felt it was time to take these experiences to market on a much larger scale. Acquirer 9. Leaving 10. Acquired 12.

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