Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Success is the right balance of both for fun and profit.

Startup 160

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 160

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology.

Web 117

Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Advertising revenue is generated from each site visitor, paid or otherwise. David Cohen from TechStars, someone I look up to as an entrepreneur, says that they don’t invest in ideas, but teams. The post amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder appeared first on TechZulu.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2022

If you're talented and have always toyed with the idea of a startup, financially it makes sense to do it now. Need less expensive advertising? Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free. They have higher overhead, long-standing bills, yearly advertising contracts and high office leases signed years ago.

Startup 103

Startup Advertising Social Network Ideas 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2022

They must be constantly on the lookout for new ideas and intuitively grasping their potential implications, seeing and seizing opportunities for change. Mark Zuckerberg envisioned Facebook as a virtual social network built on a lifetime of friendships, while offering advertisers a powerful and targeted marketing tool.

Examples 131

Examples Entrepreneur Technology Resource 131

Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Not every new game-related site is a Steam, and surely not every social network is a Facebook. Sometimes, it is just the right idea to brand your product inside that of a known presence. Google became an overnight industry standard for search strictly by word of mouth, never spending a dime on advertising in its early years.

Sites 156

Sites Product Social Network Press 156

socalTECH

MAY 4, 2011

Norgard is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded NewRoo (acquired by Fox Interactive Media/MySpace) and co-founding Twitter advertising startup Ad.ly. Where did the idea come from and how did you start working on this? Dan and I, my co-founder, obviously have social networking and advertising backgrounds.

Social Network 273

Social Network Startup West Hollywood Ideas 273

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In the early days of the Internet as an advertising medium the industry organized to create “standard ad units&# for which most media companies would sell their inventory. The standards were set by the IAB ( Interactive Advertising Bureau ), which was founded in 1996. You prefer free AND no advertising. I know, I know.

Media 288

Media Advertising Screening Content 288

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

For today's interview, we caught up with Clark Landry , the chairman of GraphEffect (www.grapheffect.com), a Santa Monica company which is helping other companies to hone their advertising on Facebook. Clark Landry: GraphEffect is a company that helps other companies advertise effectively on Facebook. Thanks for the time today!

Advertising 198

Advertising Startup Santa Monica Social Network 198

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

As highlighted in the movie The Social Network , the Winklevoss brothers are embroiled in a protracted lawsuit with Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook. They claim that Mr. Zuckerberg “stole” their idea of creating a social network for the Harvard student community. My corresponding response is shown below.

Writing 150

Writing Social Network Ideas Entrepreneur 150

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

First of all, what's the idea behind StockTwits, for people who haven't used the service? Howard Lindzon: StockTwits is a verticalized community for people to share stock ideas and market ideas, 24/7. We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance. It's fun, I guess.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. Vince: On the consulting side we are working with a unique social network, a new television network and some original video content businesses. Example here: [link].

Startup 225

Startup Los Angeles Twiistup Social Network 225

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2019

If you're talented and have always toyed with the idea of a startup, financially it makes sense to do it now. Need less expensive advertising? Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free. They have higher overhead, long-standing bills, yearly advertising contracts and high office leases signed years ago.

Startup 80

Startup Advertising Social Network Ideas 80

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2019

They must be constantly on the lookout for new ideas and intuitively grasping their potential implications, seeing and seizing opportunities for change. Mark Zuckerberg envisioned Facebook as a virtual social network built on a lifetime of friendships, while offering advertisers a powerful and targeted marketing tool.

Resource 97

Resource Entrepreneur Social Network SpaceX 97

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Below are 50 ideas for step 2. We get it!

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Advertising presence.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

To do that, the firm has combined the world of social networking and personal finance with its newly launched service. When I shoed up with a few pages of conceptual, early stage ideas around consumer finance, it was immediately captivating, and it really lined up with what he wanted to do. Tell me the story behind Payoff.com?

Startup 197

Startup Ideas Southern California Social Network 197

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

Our interview this morning is with Babette Pepaj , CEO and founder of BakeSpace (www.bakespace.com), a local Los Angeles startup focused on social networking around food. Babette Pepaj: BakeSpace is a food social network and recipe swap. So very much a social network involved? What is BakeSpace?

Social Network 174

Social Network Startup Sites Networking 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2017

If you're talented and have always toyed with the idea of a startup, financially it makes sense to do it now. Need less expensive advertising? Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free. They have higher overhead, long-standing bills, yearly advertising contracts and high office leases signed years ago.

Startup 77

Startup Advertising Social Network Ideas 77

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Success is the right balance of both for fun and profit.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2017

In the world of social networking, there are lots of apps and services which connect you with people you know, but not so many which help you connect with others like you. Is there a need for yet another social networking app? This is the year, according to all the data, where mobile messaging will surpass social.

Startup 100

Startup Social Network Southern California Mobile 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Fascinating idea for a company. We had been looking at the social commerce category, broadly speaking, and I thought that here was an interesting opportunity to fuse together entertainment, gaming, shopping, and social networking online, and that this concept accomplished that incredibly. Thanks, and good luck!

Commerce 153

Commerce Sites Entertainment Social Network 153

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with. See specific guidance on “ How to Give Your Startup Idea The Sniff Test.”

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2016

To get a discount, we ask customers to share information on the brand on Twitter and in the future, other social networks, and that discount is based on how influential they are for that brand. Where did the company and idea come from? Gatsby was a pivot on a couple of other ideas. We're doing that before the transaction.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Network Examples Startup 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. What's the idea behind Sometrics? Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. So who is using your software?

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. If you're a big influencer, you might get paid by a brand, but every day, people are providing word-of-mouth advertising, posting about their favorite things.

Help 113

Help Commerce Platform Orange County 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2015

David Dundas: Decisive analyzes images and videos on social networks, to help brands understand what makes their fans want to share and not share. Fortunately our previous business was an advertising business, and we processed terabytes and terabytes of data a month. What is Decisive? David Dundas: This is hard stuff.

Content 100

Content Burbank Startup Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Advertising presence.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

He remarked, “It’s true that with Facebook connect all websites can immediately have access to your social graph. What we’re doing at Meebo is trying to socially enable websites by allowing them to immediately get not only the social graph information but to do useful stuff with it. For Meebo 1.3%

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. What's the idea behind Sometrics? Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. So who is using your software?

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Success is the right balance of both for fun and profit.

Startup 100

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

As an experienced business advisor, here is my current summary, with some of the pros and cons or special considerations for each: Product is free, revenue is from advertisers. The challenge is to get the first million customers, before advertisers will sign up. Facebook spent $150 million getting started.

Pricing 66

Pricing Customer Custom Advertising 66

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2013

Justin Mateen: The vision for Tinder, is about social discovery. There are plenty of other social networks out there, who do a good job of connecting you with your existing network of friends. Do you have any idea how many people are actually going beyond the app and actually meeting in person?

Mobile 245

Mobile Southern California News Snapchat 245

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2013

If you''re talented and have always toyed with the idea of a startup, financially it makes sense to do it now. Need less expensive advertising? Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free. They have higher overhead, long-standing bills, yearly advertising contracts and high office leases signed years ago.

Startup 99

Startup Advertising Social Network Ideas 99