TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In layman's terms, while conventional search mechanisms demand exact phrases or keywords to return relevant results, LLMs can understand and interpret the intent and context behind a query. This means users can pose questions or enter queries in a more natural, conversational manner without being limited to specific keywords.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 346

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Joey Flores to learn more about the service, plus hear more about the new on-demand service and the challenges it is trying to help musicians and labels deal with in the age of Internet streaming. But, since it was radio style, on-demand was something we didn't allow. What is Earbits?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example. My articles never appeared on Digg so I didn’t focus on it at all. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery. ” Here are some examples: 1.

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Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Gil is one of the founders of Applied Semantics, the firm acquired by Google for its AdSense technology. In your launch you mention that Demand Media and others are using the platform. In the case of Demand Media, they looked at us to be a host for their data within the health vertical. How does that work?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). I sure hope that Apple is working with Google to make this work. Thus we see lots of movement from Google, Verizon, HTC, Dell, HP and others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

The classic example from several years ago was United Airlines not staying tuned in to social media, resulting in a unrecoverable customer problem causing great damage to their reputation, escalating to countless articles , and even a book, “ United Breaks Guitars.” Demand professional business skills and customer advocacy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. Another approach is to ask the investor for references, where their involvement has made a real difference, leading to success.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

At Microsoft, I was part of Bing Maps, which is Microsoft''s response to Google Maps. We now have a team of nine engineers and scientists, with experience from companies like IBM, Demand Media, and Google, all part of our core engineering team. That was a completely different view of the same problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

A while back, I published an article on “ Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art ,” describing what investors do to validate your startup before they invest. Do a simple Google search like you would on any company or individual before signing a contract. Due diligence should always be a two-way street.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. Another approach is to ask the investor for references, where their involvement has made a real difference, leading to success.

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Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Check out a sample demo of their Google Glass product, due to arrive in 2014 (well, it was due to arrive then). I’ve used the word unsettling three times in this article already and we’re barely a couple minutes in. Apps & Software Business Google AOL CrunchBase entrepreneur Free Use People+ Startups TechCrunch'

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Google 74

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

A while back, I published an article on “ Understanding the Dreaded Investor Due Diligence ,” describing what investors do to validate your startup before they invest. Do a simple Google search like you would on any company or individual before signing a contract. Due diligence should always be a two-way street.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2011

We were able to sit in the middle of that, and benefit from both demand and the supply of deals. I saw an article recently, which stuck with me, where they said "value is the new black". There is so much demand from consumers, merchants are hungry for sales, and we're all trying to understand how to manage deal and promotion strategy.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 29, 2012

If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Avoid too much specificity, as you may risk sounding like yet another startup that is, “Waiting For Google.” Like Godot, you will likely find that Google will never come knocking.

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Entrepreneur Google Invest RSS 145

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2014

” Smart products need to have added value, according to Itzkovitch in his article published on Medium. Price point is undoubtedly a factor (the Samsung fridge goes for $3,600), and there just isn’t much demand for app-enabled kitchens. That’s why consumers aren’t clamoring for connected kitchen appliances.

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Belkin Startup Google Press 92

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. If you install it on your website then users can copy text from your website (by doing control-C and copying a sentence or paragraph) and when they share it with others via email it provides a link back to the whole article. So hot that even Google is getting in on the act.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If there was strong market demand for their product then this investment might pay off handsomely. One of them is profitability.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! In each instance, it was noted that the search was “Powered By Google” – even though many people at the time were not aware of Google’s brand. Kiss of Death ConTraps. Do Not Surrender Arbitration.

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Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 170

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2010

A typical definition (from Wikipedia) is that “cloud computing, is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand, like a public utility.” That’s about 25 words which I’m certain doesn’t paint much of a picture to the entrepreneurs I know.

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Cloud Computing Demand IBM IBM 48

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. They can add photos, video and even a blog article to improve their profile. What is your business model?

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Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

what you can see with out scrolling down) probably get well over 85-90% of all of the downloads (much like on Google). Here is a really interesting article recently about the trend, check it here. There are probably 150-200 different apps for something as simple a “Mortgage Calculator”, yet the 5 apps that show up above the fold (i.e.

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Mobile Search Engine Optimization SEO Startup 82

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Put simply – if you invested early in Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. A day after I published this Changing Structure of VC article I noticed at least one “Angel Prorata Fund” on AngelList. For institutional money prorata rights are compulsory and usually non-negotiable. ” Some do, some don’t.

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Guide Venture Capital Startup Writing 336

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! In each instance, it was noted that the search was “Powered By Google” – even though many people at the time were not aware of Google’s brand. Kiss of Death ConTraps. Do Not Surrender Arbitration.

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Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Order a reprint of this article now. NAME Google. The southern migration is taking place as companies like Google. Google says on its website.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there. Google, iTunes, the Android Market, Crosswa.lk, Chomp, Appolicious, and other sites are great starting points. You can choose to see what’s currently hot on the market or you can look at your daily life and pin-point pains you have.

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Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

The costs of launching your business Silicon Valley and the fight for talent — with fresh faces quickly snapped up by behemoths such as Google, Apple and Facebook — means this can be a challenge and many are turning to these other locations to home their startup. NORTH AMERICA: In Toronto startups fight for new graduates.

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Technical Review Startup Incubator Media 40

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

If you look at why Google is so successful today, the overwhelming majority of their revenue is from sponsored search. Google out-executed us, so, you know, hats off and theyve been victorious, but a lot of that kind of innovation happens in L.A. Google acquired that and incorporated it. Okay, thats AdSense.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Performance marketing also demands accountability. Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Sebastian’s Pamphlets If you’ve read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. Topsy , for example, does respect the content producer — so morons using “Python-urllib/1.17″ or “AppEngine-Google; (+[link] appid: mapthislink)&# could obey the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP), too.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The topic of whether the web is dead was kicked off by Chris Andersen of Wired Magazine in this article. We could give more control to allow users to do things like scroll a map on Google Maps. Check out this chart on Silicon Alley Insider, which shows that total time spent on Facebook has now surpassed that of Google sites.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. TechCrunch article. InviteMedia (acquired by Google). Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers. Online video: is Hulu’s inventory really “sold out” as they often claim? These are both either “remnant” or free ad types. Competitor: Slide.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Fox bought MySpace for $580 million and then did a deal with Google worth more than the purchase price to serve up ads. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 Google turned YouTube into one of the most valuable future Internet properties. The Past (1985-2002).

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Creating Incremental Strategic Value - Ask the Angels , June 17, 2010 We can easily overlook the level of demand pull when we are assessing strategic value. " We sliced our Google Analytics data every which way, and these 4 patterns emerged." See my previous article on “ How Much Should You Pay for a Great Domain Name?

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Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. The philosophy of OPEC has been that if they can limit the amount of oil supplied to the world they can maintain high prices in a world where demand and competition should naturally have downward pressure on oil prices. We are entering the age of “second screen&# TV viewing.

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Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. When you start a company in the Bay Area you can often get your first biz dev deal done with Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com, eBay, Yahoo! I’m in Seattle this week. People keep asking me if I’ve “seen anything interesting.&# Of course I have. Can’t list them all.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

GroupOn, Living Social, AdMeld, Gilt Group, Demand Media, ShoeDazzle, Tumblr, FourSquare, etc. We tend to be more excited about things that we read in the press and/or articles being forwarded to us by our peers. I have two articles on the topic: 1. But of course that’s horse puckey. It’s human nature.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

So by now everybody know that 30% of all of the Tweets from the first week of July were about Google+. One story is, “Hey, maybe there’s something to this Google+ product?”. It’s where Google goes to create real Buzz (I know, I know). Or how about Google? The more missed story is, “Holy shit. It is the town hall.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307