co-founder at Artist Exploder.com
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- co-founder at Artist Exploder.com
- Past
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- Co-Founder at madKast
- co-founder at Zemble.com
- Speechwriter and Assistant at Office of CA Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante
- Education
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- University of California, Los Angeles
- Connections
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- Industry
- Internet
Doug Ludlow’s Summary
Social media expert, with experience both in the private sector managing an emerging internet startup, and the public sector working for the Lt. Governor of California.
Doug Ludlow’s Experience
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co-founder
Artist Exploder.com
(Music industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Artist Exploder.com is a white label Facebook application platform that helps musical artists distribute content, gain fans, sell music, and communicate with fans. Artist Exploder makes the creation of a Facebook application a 5-minute process, making the possibility of having a customized Facebook application a reality for thousands of artis, to whom a Facebook application used to be out of reach.
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Co-Founder
madKast
(Internet industry)
May 2007 — March 2008 (11 months)
madKast is a content sharing tool for bloggers, that allows sharing through email, SMS, and integration with leading social bookmarking tools. madKast is the 3rd largest sharing service on the web, with over 10 million icon placements per month.
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co-founder
Zemble.com
(Internet industry)
March 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Mobile messaging platform that allowed free group SMS, used primarily for marketing, notification distribution, and event organization.
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Speechwriter and Assistant
Office of CA Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
December 2005 — August 2006 (9 months)
Doug Ludlow’s Education
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University of California, Los Angeles
2000 — 2005
Additional Information
Doug Ludlow’s Groups:
Colorado Software and Internet Association, 8/07 – Present
Los Angeles Venture Association – 10/06 – Present
Doug Ludlow’s Honors:
TechStars, 2007
1 of 10 companies selected out of 400 companies by a team of venture capitalists and successful entrepreneurs for the Boulder, Colorado based-TechStars mentoring and investment program.
Recipient of Highest Honors, UCLA History Department, 2005
Graduated with Highest Honors in History, based upon both academic performance and honors thesis. Highest Honors is awarded to less than 1% of UCLA history graduates.
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 2000
Speech and Debate Champion, National Forensics League
State finalist, and nationally ranked speech and debate champion, 98 – 00.
Doug Ludlow’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
