We're Social

Interview with Matthew Arevalo, Founder of Master Works: The Best Friend Your Brand Could Ever Have!

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

Getting noticed in LA is hard – whether you’re a wannabe actor/reality TV star or the next big brand about to make it big. Every good product needs an even better strategist to launch it into the spotlight. Enter, Matthew Arevalo; as the Founder of Master Works, Matthew’s passion is partnering with brands to help [...]

Interview with Nicole Cifani, Head of VIP Client and Partner Relations at Mobile Roadie: The Geek Goddess Sings Us a Sweet Tech Lullaby.

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

Geek is not a dirty word for Nicole Cifani, head of VIP Client and Partner Relations at Mobile Roadie, a mobile app platform that brings the joy of amazing apps to everyone with an iPhone or Android; the word “geek” is music to Nicole’s very sonically inclined ears. Nicole embraces the title with a “more-cool-points-for-me” [...]

Interview with Tony Adam, Founder and CEO of Eventify and Visible Factors: Multi-Tasking Man of the Year.

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

Tony Adam is what you might call a permanent member of the “Cool Kids Club.” Scratch that — Tony is a permanent member of the “Uber-Achiever Cool Kids Club.” Currently, the Founder and CEO of Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, AND the Founder and Principal of Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company,Tony [...]

Interview with Van Jepson, GroupPrice CEO & Founder.

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

I know what you’re thinking. This man has an unfair advantage. And you may be right. With a name like “Van Jepson” – which elicits images of a “rockstar slash futuristic larger than life character” that may just be saving the world from alien invasion in his spare time – this very human individual has [...]

Interview with Robyn Ward, Tech Startup Rockstar.

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

Robyn Ward has been consulting, advising, and working at early-stage Tech/Internet businesses in LA and NYC for over a decade. Most recently, she was VP Business Development at fast-growing LA startup, Docstoc. Currently she works for BetterWorks, where she is known as the “Startup Rockstar,” responsible for business development and sales. At the upcoming Biz2Beach [...]

Interview with Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder of Mobclix: Mobile Advertising Just Got Smarter.

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

Krishna Subramanian is a typical underachiever: he dropped out of med school (puh!), taught himself about online advertising (loser!), became part of the founding team at ad network company BlueLithium (uh-huh), then went on to launch Mobclix which was acquired in October 2010 by Velti (ok, what the?).  I mean…really Krishna? From med school to [...]

Infographic of the Week: Dolla Dolla Bills Ya’ll!

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

It’s Infographic of the Week time! Make-it-rain-themed: Dolla Dolla Bills Ya’ll! For more Infographics and some words, follow me @carmella_nicole!

Interview with Jen Bilik, Founder of Knock Knock: Putting the Fun in Functional.

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

Jen Bilik is a certified, entrepreneurial bad ass.  She has used her creativity, intuition, and openness to “serial learning” to build Knock Knock, a Venice, California-based company that creates unique products that can add “spice” to any boring ol’ office or home environment.  Knock Knock marries the verbal and the visual, the intelligent and the [...]

Interview with Dinesh Ravishanker, CEO & Co-Founder of CallFire.

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

On August 19, 2011, Los Angeles-based CallFire will host “Biz2Beach” – an event that will bring together innovators, entrepreneurs, tech industry leaders, and small business owners from Southern California under one roof for a day long “unconference.” I sat down with CallFire CEO & Co-founder, Dinesh Ravishanker, to learn a little bit about his company, [...]

Kids and Technology Make Bad Playmates: The Rundown, Aug. 6-12, 2011.

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

The medical world has finally caught on to what I’ve known for years – technology is bad for kids. The developmental health debate has been going on for the last decade and recent studies confirm the digital world isn’t the best babysitter: “There is absolutely nothing in technology that is developmentally healthy. Any time spent [...]