Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million. ” The Details.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Yammer Case Study Study 102

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

Jeff Overall: It all started back in 2011, when I was going to the University of Santa Barbara. How did you go from those prototypes to a real product and manufacturing? So, I started reaching out to the stores that were carrying GoPros, and as you might expect, all of the big companies were hesitant about the product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Yammer 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products. If you can figure out why people care about your product, you’ll have success regardless of the platform du jour.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Platform 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

. · Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

We've only got 40-45 people, versus if you look at a Verizon or AT&T, where they have tens of thousands of people having to support their network and provide customer support. Our customer support is in-house, and we have a light-touch customer support model, and we don't have to manage a massive network.

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Startup IP Networking Encino 245

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. Based in LA, and launched in 2011 by Eric M. Jackson said, “We’re using the proceeds from our financing round to invest in our technology, build new features, and increase sales and support.”.

Draper 68

Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. We have 115 paying customers right now. Any competition in LA? How many users? What is your business model?

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

It’s payments API allows platforms and marketplaces to accept payments for their customers without pre-existing merchant accounts. The name came from the earliest iteration of our product, which helped groups of people pool money for shared expenses. Rich oversees the company’s product and marketing effort.

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Startup Tool Capital Customer 71

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities. Do your customers understand the need for your product, and has that been an issue? Wes Nichols: I'd say that for 2011, what we are going to see is a dramatic rollout of our software.

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Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. Being close to your customers, your vendors, or even your competitors can make all the difference. It’s just the first of many. Exposure is another key ingredient.

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Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. This means build a plan that hits all the hot buttons; problem/solution, executive team, competition, business model, reasonable financial projections, and what’s in it for the investor. Overall, investors put $7.5 That represents a $1.5

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Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 93

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

We did some informal research toward the end of 2011 when the “pinning” phenomenon emerged because we found it very interesting. When we discussed the feedback we saw an opportunity to use our backgrounds in search and discovery to help us stand out from the competition. What inspired you to launch LoveIt? What is your business model?

Organization 90

Organization Content Tool Blogging 90

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." By doing the job.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Explain what your products do? Who are the typical customers for your products? It's a month-to-month rental, although many of our customers buy the product--but they can do it on an operations budget. I think we've got a great team, with the right product, at the right time in the market.

Startup 113

Startup CTO Hire Resource Venture Capital 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

It’s clear things have changed for good and the need for managing remote communities of employees, customers and partners has become ever more important. In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community.

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Software Startup Tool Customer 234

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). customers who paid for services often get burned. If you are interested the Vimeo is here. And so on down then line.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

TenHands was Incorporated on January 11, 2011 and launched its first alpha service in November of 2011, private beta in April 2011 and open beta in July 2012. Our first-of-its-kind architecture yields a delivery cost model that is highly disruptive and that translates to great affordability for our customers.

Cloud Computing 65

Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. The Exit Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

Do you really still need a Powerpoint deck in 2011? Competition. Progress to date of your company (when started, key milestones, what shape is the product in, any pilot / beta customers, financing). Can’t you just demo & talk? Market sizing. Potential future exit possibilities.

Venture Capital 340

Venture Capital Slides Doc Startup 340

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

But one common theme I’m hearing from there in 2011 is that it’s impossible to recruit. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. If you hit a groove on funding and customer growth it does become a challenge to ramp quickly.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313