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.

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Ideas Web Startup Content 248

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Enter Xobni. It sucked.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. I first discovered him or her as a commenter on Fred Wilson’s blog. There are many things I am – but different than what I say on this blog is not one of them!

Technical Review 329

Technical Review Blogging Examples Startup 329

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. And if you are – what on earth are you reading such a boring blog as this?!?

Gogii 310

Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email.

Startup 75

Startup Social Network Networking Mentor 75

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email.

Startup 108

Startup Social Network Mentor Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 108

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. 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 ). And so it goes with social networking.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

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. Put yourself on the site.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email.

Startup 97

Startup Tips Social Network Networking 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 96

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. Put yourself on the site.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

You can also establish authority by writing and public speaking. Actively participating in social media is the place to start, including blogging and positively responding to customer feedback, to build a growing crowd of followers. Show your ability to build customer consensus.

Social Media 58

Social Media Customer Custom Entrepreneur 58

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

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 daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Put yourself on the site.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. He knew he was an entrepreneur because he couldn’t stop thinking about ideas. On the west coast, generally the response is how to improve on an idea.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Traction means forward progress.

Funding 112

Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Startup Social Network Mentor 58

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Good idea & plan: You must start with a good idea and a PowerPoint deck (my outline is here , scroll down mid way). The key to getting money is that the people writing the check trust you. When I write an angel round check I always tell me wife, “let’s assume that money is lost.&# So goes angel investing.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Traction means forward progress.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 104

Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

More importantly, while you may sit in the hospital waiting room or the airport and have really no idea when your loved one will be out of harm’s way or your plane will truly arrive, at MIW we call you, often more than once, immediately and the conversation usually goes like, “…our technician is on the 405, traveling 11.5

Social Media 214

Social Media Customer Custom Media 214

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Traction means forward progress.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 101

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. A new social pipeline, the quick blogging style, the similarity to texting: all these things were great for Twitter. Twitter’s retweet button was an incredible invention of a new social psychology. It’s no different for platforms.

Platform 40

Platform Startup News Content 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Traction means forward progress.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

What is the idea behind Knowledge Genie? You could create a business process design Genie, and announce it through public relations or social networking efforts, and direct them to a login page. Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge.

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

As I write these words I already imagine my next deposition in which I’m asked to read this out loud. Even when I’m not the one being sued I find myself being dragged into deposition after deposition and my blog (along with all my emails) are being served as evidence. Most ideas are fungible.

Startup 150

Startup IP Writing Ideas 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

On my blog I’ve been hesitant to take the topic head on. But last week I noticed a blog post by a woman, Tara Tiger Brown, that asked the question, “ Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC Blog Posts? In it she observes that only 3% of the comments on this blog are from women.

Entrepreneur 341

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Blogging 341

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Nevertheless, it was fantastic showcase of new ideas and a glimpse into the future of tech. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. Anima Sarah Lavoy – Connect , Geo locational convenience for your social networks. A special thanks to our guests/interviewees!

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Share Buttons Work… In A Way Share buttons on your post help your content reach a greater audience by creating easy channels to social networks. By placing a “share on Twitter&# button or “post on Facebook&# icon, you make it easy for readers to bring the page to their network and increase your traffic.

RSS 29

RSS HTML JavaScript Doc 29

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? but: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Idea Mensch. We are about to head on a four-month, 48-state road trip to help people across America bring their ideas to life and shine the light on some of the amazing entrepreneurs and communities. Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

We’ve gotten to the point where after the film The Social Network and now with our own ironic HBO drama “Silicon Valley,” (makes it sound like writing a algorithm can easily net you $10 million without trying) one might think starting a company is a bit like the gold rush where riches flow to you with ease.

Startup 419

Startup Entrepreneur Design Funding 419

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2010

Technological change is astounding and I think none more than the impact that social networks has had on our lives. If you haven’t read it I think it’s a pretty interesting piece on change in the era of Twitter (as distinct from previous social networks). Writing has a way of forcing focus and reflection.

Social Network 320

Social Network Journal News UCSD 320

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. You had no idea how important that brand name was until you left it behind. If you haven’t spent time over there you should. Yeah, right.

Entrepreneur 338

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Google 338

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups. Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 20, 2013

Brad Feld seems to write books faster than I can read and write about them. He teamed up with his wife, Amy Batchelor , to write about about the impact that entrepreneurship has on relationships and what to do about it. ” … my idea of success and happiness has changed. I am more open to ideas.

Entrepreneur 370

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Social Network 370

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Asymmetric – Before Twitter most social networks had “symmetric” relationships meaning that when somebody wanted to follow you, you had to follow them back in order for us to be connected. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. Most wont write stuff publicly because they fear retribution.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

10 Blogging Tips. My 1,000th Post on This Blog - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , July 21, 2010 Last night I was halfway through a draft post patting myself on the back, illustrated with champagne glasses, when my youngest daughter, Megan, called from San Francisco, where she lives now. Here’s why. Silly, right?

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217