socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

This potential merger is another example of media companies getting together in what seems like a monopolistic way that still might find itself as prey for market innovation of the future; like Hulu for example. Tige and I discuss an excellent blog post written by the CEO of Hulu (Jason Kilar) on the future of advertising.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. But be sure that along your ascent they’re going to notice you and respond.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. I have a process I use for blog posts, too. I look carefully at who is speaking before me.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

A good example of growth hacking was Andrei Marinescu’s role as head of customer acquisition for Hulu. During an interview, he discusses that Hulu had its free version with 25 M uniques, which they needed to actively covert into premium subscribers. About Richie Hecker. Richie is also an entrepreneur, connector and Investor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2010

One video blog (now called vlog) on YouTube has over two million subscribers. Their revenue from advertising may approach one billion dollars this year, with most consumed by bandwidth and associated costs, YouTube isn’t even profitable yet. Hulu is for TV what NetFlix is for movies, but its growth has been dropping off sharply.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

It should be the next generation content/ entertainment portal that leverages millions of user profiles to more accurately provide data to advertisers on what is appealing to specific demographics. Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). startup scene so hot. What makes L.A. a great place for startups?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

In long-form online video, companies were also broad in nature: Hulu, Netflix, Amazon and Apple TV. And the more you succeed the more advertisers in search of endemic audiences want to advertise with you. Once you have stronger rate cards on advertising you accrue more money and you can develop or acquire more shows.

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