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JANUARY 16, 2013

How was Monrovia, California-based Green Dot able to quickly launch itself into the mobile banking category? Through two strategic acquisitions, one made in late 2011, and one made in early March of 2012. in assets, and with the acquisition in March of last year of mobile software developer Loopt. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Monrovia Acquisition Startup 153

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

At The Pool , the Los Angeles startup which develops a service to help users meet new people based on their common interests, told its users over the last week that it is now in 120 countries and is covering 3,053 cities -- a dramatic growth that was driven by the launch of a set of mobile apps three months ago. READ MORE>>.

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Social Network Mobile Activity Networking 200

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 11, 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 -- Opportunities in Mobile Space: Networking and Panel discussion.

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Mobile LAVA Networking Services 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 9, 2012

Thursday, March 15, 2012 -- Mobile Healthcare Applications Development. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 -- Graziadio Alumni Network of Los Angeles presents their Small Business Breakfast Series: New Trends in Mobile and Online Marketing. With the global internet population exceeding 2 billion people and the ?New accounting for 3 times the market value of the traditional ?Old Old Media?,

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Search Engine Optimization Mobile Marketing SEO 113

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MAY 1, 2012

a provider of products for the fixed and mobile data network market, Allot announced this morning. The company said that the acquisition will be accretive on a quarterly basis by the end of 2012, contributing between $3.0 in revenues for the second half of 2012. in revenues for the second half of 2012.

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Mission Ventures Acquisition Mobile Networking 145

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MARCH 9, 2012

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid debit card provider headed by Steve Streit, said this morning that it has acquired Silicon Valley mobile social networking firm Loopt. in cash for Loopt, which will become its Silicon Valley hub for its mobile technology and product development team. READ MORE>>.

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Monrovia Social Network Mobile Acquisition 150

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JULY 25, 2013

According to ScoreBig, it saw 600 percent revenue growth in 2012, and the expansion will help grow the company further. Wilson was previously at Sidebar, and also had served at GoTV Networks, JAMDAT Mobile, and Citysearch, where he was founding engineer.

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CitySearch Ticketmaster Entertainment Los Angeles 183

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JUNE 4, 2012

The company said it saw a 47 percent, year-over-year increase in its ticket sales, plus a 29 percent year-over-year increase in monthly visitors, totaling 34 million in May of 2012. Fandango also said it had about 28 percent of its total tickets sold via mobile in May, which appears to be one of the growth areas for the company.

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Fandango Sales Screening Mobile 150

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JANUARY 27, 2014

the Superconductor Technologies spinout which is developing radio frequency filters for the mobile industry, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $14.0M Resonant said it is developing a new technology called Infinite Synthesized Networks to build RF filters, used to filter radio signals for things like mobile phones.

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Santa Barbara Mobile Acquisition Design 157

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The race to get your SXSWi panel to as many votes as possible so that you will be selected to present at the coming 2012 SXSW. Emerging Technology: Mobile Engagement: Reaching the Connected Consumer (Miller PR, Avatar Labs). Badges & Beyond – Gamification and Mobile Apps (Mobile Roadie, Soundcloud).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rodgers O’Neil came up with the concept back in 2012 when she was working as a marketing executive for General Electric out of Boston. To date, the company has raised $1.75 million from investors and entrepreneurs from the Richmond, Va.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 8, 2012

Friday, December 14, 2012 -- MediaBistro Social Gaming Summit. This is a conference focused on the intersection of mobile gaming, immersive worlds, real-life brands and social networking. See [link] (more)

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Social Network Conference Mobile Networking 124

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JANUARY 7, 2013

In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine). Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence).

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Southern California Technical Review SoCal San Diego 168

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Join us at CES LaunchFest on Jan 11 in Las Vegas for dinner, program and networking from 6pm-10pm. Network with hundreds over delicious four course dinner followed by panel on Attracting Venture Capital, and Top Trends for Social Media, Mobile Apps and Consumer Devices. At CallFire.com , they try to make using VoIP, simple.

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Social Media Newsletter Mobile Startup 84

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 26, 2012

Friday, June 1, 2012 -- The Israel Conference. Israeli innovation and inventiveness are palpable at The Israel Conference, an international business conference held in Los Angeles on May 31 and June 1, 2012. See [link].

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Conference Entertainment Advertising Los Angeles 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 25, 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012 -- The Israel Conference. Israeli innovation and inventiveness are palpable at The Israel Conference, an international business conference held in Los Angeles on May 31 and June 1, 2012. See [link].

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Conference Entertainment Advertising Los Angeles 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. This has been a very welcome addition. Distribution costs have, too.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 26, 2012

Friday, June 1, 2012 -- The Israel Conference. May 31 and June 1, 2012. The Israel Conference is a fast-paced business conference showcasing the vitality and growth of Israel-facing business through a variety of panels on hot industry topics and trends with world-class speakers and high-quality networking. See [link] (more)

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Conference High Tech Commerce Class 113

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MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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Startup Mobile Advertising Organization 196

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

In today''s mobile world, SMS has widespread, near ubiquitous adoption, which is great for consumers who want to communicate with their friends and family. By giving them your mobile number, you''ve created a priority channel. They realized you can''t have that kind of information out there lying on people''s mobile devices.

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Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

I founded my first company in 2010, building a daily deals site based on a mobile platform around a fraternity, Alpha Kai. Then I founded Tradeupwebs in 2012, and Supperking is the first, big company that Tradeupwebs is going to launch. We turned that into a social platform. Kai Stubble: Supperking is a social discovery app.

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Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 250

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 29, 2012

Monday, June 4, 2012 -- aunchFEST Demo Night. Angel Launch, a new event for startups and investors, is producing a networking venture pitch, networking dinner and party the night before E3 Expo in LA for digital media, mobile and tech startups. See [link] (more)

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Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Clearstone Pasadena 113

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

I founded my first company in 2010, building a daily deals site based on a mobile platform around a fraternity, Alpha Kai. Then I founded Tradeupwebs in 2012, and Supperking is the first, big company that Tradeupwebs is going to launch. We turned that into a social platform. Kai Stubbe: Supperking is a social discovery app.

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Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 247

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 22, 2012

Thursday, June 28, 2012 -- Trends and Best Practices in Enterprise Security. See [link] (more)

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AITP Cloud Computing Southern California Mobile 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Thursday, December 13, 2012 -- MediaBistro Social Gaming Summit. This is a conference focused on the intersection of mobile gaming, immersive worlds, real-life brands and social networking. See [link] (more)

Social Network 100

Social Network Conference Mobile Networking 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 25, 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012 -- The Israel Conference. May 31 and June 1, 2012. The Israel Conference is a fast-paced business conference showcasing the vitality and growth of Israel-facing business through a variety of panels on hot industry topics and trends with world-class speakers and high-quality networking. See [link] (more)

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Conference High Tech Commerce Class 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 -- Women in Technology International Launches Santa Barbara Network: Citrix Executive Elizabeth Cholawsky to Speak at Kickoff Event. s technology professionals face as the industry moves from the PC era to the Cloud era and the workforce becomes more mobile and distributed.

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Santa Barbara Technology Mobile Networking 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 18, 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -- LA Games Conference. Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games.

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Conference Hollywood Ideas Mobile 100

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

So, at the beginning of 2012, we picked a website that we owned, to make it awesome. We work with Google to help monetize our traffic, and we''re also working with a variety of other networks. Instead, we build a very good product, get organic traffic, and those networks pay well. That also particularly fits well on mobile.

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Google Sites Startup Web 236

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JANUARY 4, 2013

We connect consumers to great content from around the Internet, from social networks, from thousands of branded video channels, and around any particular topic they're interested in. We caught up with Blair to learn more about his new startup, and why he thinks we need Frequency. What is Frequency? Finally, what's next for you?

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Social Network Startup Services Organization 232

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The wind, he said, “refers to the ever-growing desire for quality by mobile gamers.” ” Breaking the wave, on the other hand, entails TiMi applying new development tools to building high-budget, high-quality AAA mobile games. “TiMi didn’t succeed in China because of WeChat and QQ. That’s finally changing.

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Tips Activision Mobile Tool 149

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Our judges for this Startup Weekend LA included: Howard Marks (Start Engine), Paige Craig (BetterWorks), David Waxman (PeoplePC, Firefly Networks, SpotRunner) and Tyler Crowley (Sqweal, OAF, Launch, TWiST, Mahalo). The 1st place winner was SnazzyRoom, an online styling tool for mixing and matching items on the web ( SnazzyRoom.com ).

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Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

billion in its Greater Los Angeles area wireless and wireline networks in a move to make communications in LA reliable and spread internet coverage and network performance. 950 Wireless Network Upgrades. 950 Wireless Network Upgrades. For years, AT&T invested more than $1.9 billion Investment.

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Invest IP Los Angeles Mobile 68

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MARCH 10, 2017

What that means, is for companies that have a physical presence in the real world, stores and the like, interaction with consumers today on mobile is now primarily through things that represent their stores, rather than directly with their brands. So, as you are heavily into the mobile area, what have you learned over the last few years?

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Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. We can tell that they're using a voice-over-IP phone number or prepaid mobile phone, and we might not allow them to register because their experience is that a majority of their fraudulent activity comes from those type of phone numbers.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238