socalTECH

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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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I received dozens of long emails each day with press releases, pitches, news and information. Gyft’s team sent a very brief email asking politely to set up a time to demo their product. Users will be able to learn about their favorite DJ, discover new artists, find every bit of info in one place instead of scouring the web.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 10, 2012

This year’s 2012 International CES is my very first, and will not be my last. The press room has been loaded all day with people sharing details about this year’s some 20,000 new products being launched and over 37 football fields worth of exhibit space featuring some of the top companies. What an amazing show.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

TechZulu is heading out to CES and we have tons of products/gadgets/games/companies to review and interview. For double points Like Us on Facebook and leave a comment on our page on the product you want to see covered. We want to hear from you as well and get what you are really interested in. So make sure you Follow @techzulu.

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Social Media Newsletter Mobile Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is a big news day at Upfront Ventures. In other news we announced the closing of $61 million in funding at Maker Studios , which I’ll talk publicly about soon. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

Tech Reporters: These individuals will write and edit informative and practical articles on a range of topics including Startups/Entrepreneurs, Gadgets, Mobile Tech, Tech in Entertainment, Gaming, Apps & Software, productivity, and cover breaking tech news. Will also report on local tech events in their respected area.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2012

Responding to the news that high voltage battery supplier A123 Systems has found a manufacturing issue with its battery cells, Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive said today that it has enhanced its warranty and will provide complete battery replacement to owners of its 2012 Fisker Karma.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

It was a tough judging panel indeed as we watched McClure grill the girls behind Perfect Beauty , a niche ecommerce website for beauty products and interaction, followed three other eager pitches. Hunt strives to improve product search with crowdsourcing through product questions, comments, and reviews. likely relate to.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches?

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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. They are, in fact, great news for traditional venture capitalists. Fast forward to 2012 and none of these conditions hold. The Exit Problem.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

In addition, I was honored to speak with such notable entrepreneurs as: Kevin O’Connor (Founder DoubleClick and FindTheBest), Brad Feld (Founder TechStars, Partner The Foundry Group), Marten Mickos (Founder MySQL and CEO of Eucalyptus Systems) and Len Short (CMO, (Product) RED, AOL and Charles Schwab). 2012 And Beyond. Do They Believe?

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Asher Delug: We have had amazing growth coming from our smart wall product, our inter-app interstitial ad product, which patent pending. Plus, our In-App Banner Apps product has also been scaling very fast. Asher Delug: We''ve been very product focused, and focused on innovation since inception. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

November 8, 2012 6:00 PM Only $20! by Michael Carney on November 8, 2012. Got A News Tip? send news to tips@pandodaily.com. PandoMonthly presents: A fireside chat with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek pandodaily.com/2012/11/08/pan… 31 minutes ago. pandodaily.com/2012/11/08/how… 1 hour ago. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

In 2012, total entrepreneurial activity in the United States hit its highest level since their survey started in 1999, according to Babson College. That’s the good news and the bad news. It’s a jungle out there. Treasure – Most entrepreneurs assume that treasure means funding. Money is no substitute for these other treasures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Production costs have fallen more than 90%. These same top networks – Maker, Machinima, Zefr, FullScreen, BigFrame – and the like have create nearly 1,000 new tech / media jobs in LA in the past 3 years alone. Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. hours of TV / day. They read less than 30 minutes.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 13, 2012

This week at CES we’ve become witness to multiple celebrity endorsed products. As 2012 gets underway, The House of Marley, a collection of premium quality, earth friendly personal audio products, is making way for new designs and products to enjoy the music that moves you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

The good news is that a few of these do have an envious success record. Y Combinator , led by Paul Graham, claimed success in 2012 with 172 companies over 7 years, which then had a combined value of $7.78 The bad news is that the odds of getting in are still hugely stacked against even the most dedicated entrepreneurs.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Sam Teller, the Managing Director of Launchpad LA hinted that big news would come soon. Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

The good news is that a few of these do have an envious success record. The bad news is that the odds of getting in are still hugely stacked against even the most dedicated entrepreneurs. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 12/17/2012. Overall the learning opportunities are essentially the same.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

With the SOLD OUT Startup Weekend Los Angeles quickly approaching (February 24th-26th, 2012) it’s time to start getting in the creation mindset. Those dynamics offer new opportunities for entrepreneurs as well as ‘teacher-preneurs,’ educators who have a passion for building scalable solutions.”. But according to Ms.

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Education Entrepreneur Startup Mentor 71

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

Already live, the service is available in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., Reserve gives the most prestigious brands a new way to reach our large and desirable audience,” he said. with more cities coming by year end. Premium Deals.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

LOS ANGELES, December 10, 2013 – Some big news for local startup Plug.DJ By partnering with Javelin Venture Partners for their $1.25M seed round, they’ll be looking to support future product developments to grow and provide support for international growth. and their user-curated music sharing platform. About Plug.DJ.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 7, 2013

Launched in 2012, RebelMouse allows users to aggregate together all their social media content and is being used by individuals, bloggers, firms, brands and many more others. Berry is confident the new team will perform and will push RebelMouse to the next phase as they all have tremendous experiences from top firms. Amazing Talent.

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Funding Journal Social Media Startup 71

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 14, 2012

Able Planet received a load of awards from this years event including the Design & Engineering Showcase Award in the categories of In-Vehicle Accessories and Health & Wellness, Popular Science’s CES 2012 Product of the Future, and several others. JBL’s latest line up for 2012 was solid.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. So what next?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. A main goal is to meet other people through the content they publish and find products and services you are looking for. 2012 has been the year of internationalization. When was it launched and where? Who are its founders? Future plans?

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The top five tournaments for “StarCraft 2″ in the month of June 2012 had combined prize-pools of over $150,000. If you said 6 million (as of April 2012), you’d be close, because JustFab is growing by nearly to 500,000 members a month. Adam Goldenberg’s JustFab is one of the new heavy-hitting membership fashion sites.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

PuddleWorks – PuddleWorks is developing interactive mobile games and leveraging these products and capabilities to develop a powerful franchise. by Michael Carney on September 13, 2012. Got A News Tip? send news to tips@pandodaily.com. Think the new products are the only big things happening for Apple today?

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. Quality tech news from around the web. So they do everything, all the time, which really means they do nothing. What a boring mess.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

There is also more going on in every location, so this personal need and super sensitivity to the local community has spawned a new breed of Internet startups, called “hyperlocal.” It is possible to build a successful site that has components of #1, #2 and #3, but some good product or service right from the beginning helps viability.

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Sites Content Sales Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The immediate goal is to reach 5M photos by early 2012, all accessible via their streamlined subscription-based service with real time celebrity photo coverage and older archives. In just over three months, they’ve doubled their library to 3 million photos and are adding 40,000 images per day.

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Press Entertainment Pricing Blogging 69

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

So this combination of following people you found interesting who share links drove a sort of “news exchange&# that mimicked many of the features of RSS readers except that it was curated by other people! In most instances news is now breaking on Twitter and then being picked up by news organizations.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The object is to exploit the convergence of people, information, products, services and places with today’s smartphones and tablets, which drive online orders in addition to purchases from brick-and-mortar stores.”. It has been predicted that this method will continue to increase in popularity in 2012. Getting Mobile-Ready.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 17, 2012

Others such as BodyMedia Fit were there displaying there latest product, an arm band that’s worn an monitors and measures everything your body does. A product highly endorsed by Jillian Michaels. Overall CES 2012 was an absolute blast. Great work to all the companies and their products on display this week.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In high school, he founded Solar Devices, a firm that sold plans and kits for solar energy products. In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I grew up in this city, so I never have a problem finding an excuse to set foot in my hometown; and even better to check out Pepcom’s vampire themed party with dozens of tech companies eager to show off their latest mobile gadgets, software, products, and perhaps, some innovations. “BUT IT’S SO OBVIOUS” I exclaimed.

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