SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 13, 2009

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 -- Social Networking as a Business Strategy. Learn from an all star panel including Facebook, MySpace and YouTube on how to monetize the power of social networks. We will be exploring how to make money from social networking from many angles. Book early as this event will sell out.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Technology Council TCOSC 100

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JUNE 15, 2010

ReachLocal said that Bizzy will allow users to connect with local businesses, receive exclusive offers, invitations to events, tips, and news from their favorite businesses. Bizzy allows local businesses to create their own social networking "feed", and also connect with their customers via email, Twitter, and Facebook.

ReachLocal 228

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Sites Social Network 228

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Planana , a new online event service, is announcing today that it has launched a service which will connect sponsors to local events. trueRSVP was previously focused on helping to coordinate volunteers and events, and came out of a Startup Weekend event. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 153

Tech Coast Angels Social Network Services Startup 153

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JANUARY 21, 2009

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 -- Savor the Success, a boutique social network and PR cooperative for female entrepreneurs, will host its first Orange County chapter event. See [link] (more).

Orange County 100

Orange County Networking Social Network Entrepreneur 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Pushup Social, a startup that lets you add a social network to an existing website, has raised $300,000 to build out its technology and launch this Spring. Our early investors saw the potential right away,” said Pushup Social CEO Dan Lohman. “As Events and special offers can be shared with the community as well.

Social Network 105

Social Network Networking Advertising Sites 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2011

With the advent of social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, Internet usage has totally morphed, from a serious business medium, to a social and fun medium that still means business. Here are the current big three in social networking for business: Facebook is biggest, moving from social to business.

Social Network 95

Social Network Networking Sites Startup 95

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

amSTATZ is an online community that brings fitness professionals, athletes and fitness events together into one place. The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. Events pay a listing fee.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

More Visible Networking? Vince: On the consulting side we are working with a unique social network, a new television network and some original video content businesses. Tony: I personally am torn by choices around Networking Events in Los Angeles – you can go to something almost every night. I run a lot.

Startup 225

Startup Los Angeles Twiistup Social Network 225

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JUNE 13, 2011

Car Town , the automotive-themed, Facebook social game developed by Long Beach-based Cie Games , has inked a deal with NASCAR , where NASCAR will launch the NASCAR Pro Championship presented by Sprint, a social gaming event within Car Town. Financial details of the deal between NASCAR and Cie Games were not disclosed.

Long Beach 200

Long Beach Social Network Advertising Activity 200

TechCrunch LA

JULY 28, 2019

Indeed, the esports prize pool is one of the biggest awards for a popular competitive event. The biggest prize pool for an esports event in the U.S. It’s a cartoon version of the Hunger Games with no bloodshed, a lot of victory dances, and hours of social networking.

Competition 272

Competition Social Network Los Angeles Study 272

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JUNE 11, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section this Friday morning, we have How to Network in 10 Easy Steps , from angel investor Frank Peters , of the Frank Peters Show. Coincidentally, the Tech Coast Angels have been doing these meet-and-mingle events in Aliso Viejo, too; their next one: June 15th. (If Why should you care? Know what's tired.

Tech Coast Angels 145

Tech Coast Angels Networking Sample Venture Capital 145

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JANUARY 10, 2012

Social entertainment site Myspace , which is now owned by Irvine-based Specific Media, is making a big push this week at CES, and launched a new, social TV service with Panasonic Monday. READ MORE>>.

Services 178

Services Social Network Entertainment Sites 178

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JULY 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said today along with French firm Orange that they are in an advertising and content partnership. According to the companies, Orange Advertising Network will manage both premium and performance advertising sales for MySpace in France. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 183

Advertising Social Network Los Angeles Content 183

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JANUARY 31, 2013

In a way, the event--like the Demo Days from the other accelerators around town--seems to have focused the startup community and prospective startup community on the possibilities inherent in a new startup. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine).

Startup 256

Startup Commerce Santa Monica Mentor 256

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MAY 31, 2011

Socialcast , a developer of enterprise social networking tools which had started in Orange County but was later moved to San Francisco, has been acquired by VMware. Socialcast was previously known as Event Robot. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Socialcast Baseline Ventures , Menlo Ventures , and True Ventures.

Orange County 154

Orange County Social Network Tool Networking 154

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JUNE 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based RotoHog is in a partnership with social networking site Hi5 , Hi5 announced last night, and is using RotoHog to power a new fantasy sports game called 2010 World Futbol Challenge. Tags: rotohog social networking fantasy sports game videogame world soccer football futbol. READ MORE>>.

Social Network 150

Social Network Mission Ventures Sites Networking 150

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

La Jolla-based Nettle , the mobile and social apps developer founded Brian Dear and Dan O'Neill, has launched its first app, MovieGoer , on the Apple iTunes App store. Dear was the founder of Eventful, and O'Neill has been at MP3.com com and Vivendi Universal, among other firms.

Social Network 150

Social Network Google Mobile Networking 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I almost always stay afterward and meet as many people as I can until the post speaking event is over. I don’t really proactively ask often to speak at events but I’m always open to it provided it’s somewhere that I already need / want to be. The event is Startup Matchmaking Night organized by William Belk.

CalTech 222

CalTech Startup Santa Monica Venture Capital 222

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

EverySignal--which has been in soft launch since September--delivers email notifications to let users know about the important events in their social circle, rather than having to filter through a deluge of social networking updates and data. The firm's CEO and founder is Derek Merrill. READ MORE>>.

Artificial Inteligence 164

Artificial Inteligence Social Network Incubator Email 164

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JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks.

Social Media 268

Social Media Media Social Network Seed Funding 268

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

ACcording to HauteLook, it will begin offering up private sale events on Facebook starting tomorrow. The firm said it has created a new dedicated shopping page on the social networking site, and will also allow consumers to shop directly in-stream posts from their friends.

Sales 171

Sales Social Network Startup Email 171

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MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. Kieve Huffman: Dather is an event-based, multimedia timeline. What is Dather?

Startup 213

Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Plancast is a product where you list what upcoming events you’re planning to attend. I don’t live in Silicon Valley so I’m not always around the proverbial water cooler hearing about what the upcoming tech events are. I’m a big fan of social discovery. I hope more tools like this spring up.

Evite 240

Evite Tool Social Network Product 240

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AUGUST 11, 2009

The online site allows music fans to find bands, gigs, venues, and other information about local artists; the site also helps artists to promote their bands and events. Tags: loudvine music content social networking.

Orange County 133

Orange County Web 2.0 Social Network San Diego 133

TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

The event kicked off with a few words from CEO Evan Spiegel and soon transitioned into a succession of live-streamed pitches from the 10 startups in Yellow’s latest batch. The group occupies some familiar spaces for past investments, with a focus on niche social communities, mobile media tools and augmented reality.

Invest 237

Invest Startup Artificial Inteligence Class 237

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. In this case, looking for mobile developer events in the local area makes a lot of sense. You should definitely hit up the Startup Weekend events as well.

Guide 349

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 349

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MARCH 25, 2011

Palo Alto-based Color , the new Silicon Valley startup developing mobile photo sharing and social networking software which appears to have gained unprecedented attention from the press this week at its launch, has a Southern California connection. Photo: Pham at a Technology Council of Southern California event in Irvine).

Southern California 153

Southern California SoCal Technology Council Orange County 153

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JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica.

Santa Monica 178

Santa Monica Startup Activision Commerce 178

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Marty Zwilling.

Networking 100

Networking Entrepreneur Social Network Activity 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Will's post talks about lack of interest in working for startups here in Southern California, saying: we probably’d don’t have the: a) same support infrastructure (meet-ups, networking events, etc.); There are definitely lots of events going on. And there are tons of ways to use social networks.

Southern California 150

Southern California Startup SoCal El Segundo 150

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

He is well known in the Southern California Technology scene for his work producing the Digital Family event series, along with the MOTM (Meeting of the Minds) series. I've recently co-founded the first political social network FreedomSpeaks and CitySourced.com a real time mobile civic engagement tool.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Technology Angel 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Tech Events / Meetups - In Los Angeles, There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. You should definitely hit up the Startup Weekend events as well. And look at StartupDigest.com for lots of startup oriented events. Ask them about your concept.

CTO Hire 211

CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. Instagram happens to be one of the few social networks I regularly use along with Twitter. Clichés abound about, “You know what would be cool? Just checked their balance sheet.

Venture Capital 316

Venture Capital Pricing Social Network Acquisition 316

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The Los Angeles technology crowd turned out in full for last week's Twiistup 5 event--a showcase for startups looking for exposure and funding--with over 1,000 attendees at a private aircraft hangar at the Santa Monica airport. Tags: technology totspot startup twiistup twiistup5 angeles networking event cogi.

Twiistup 113

Twiistup Santa Barbara Santa Monica Social Network 113

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. In this case, looking for mobile developer events in the local area makes a lot of sense. You should definitely hit up the Startup Weekend events as well.

Guide 296

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 296

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Our “hot deal of the week&# turned out to be more of the “hot theme of the week.&# P2P lending networks are revived and brought it a whopping $40 million in investments announced recently. Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king. Peer-to-peer lending is back!

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Evvnt , an event marketing automation software developer based in London, says it has set up a U.S. Evvnt develops a software platform which helps event organizers manage and promote events across event listing sites, calendars, directories, ticketing, social networks and search engines.

Social Network 113

Social Network Media Software Development Los Angeles 113