Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". Tech Law Tip of the Week: explanation of a frequently-asked IP law question for tech companies.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand above the rest. They will exit quickly.

Web 117

Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

I agree with my friend Lon Safko, and his classic book “ The Social Media Bible ,” which asserts your team can be successful at social without the cost of an expensive expert or agency, by following these five basic steps: Start with the dominant players. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 billion users).

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your business and gaining valuable online exposure, ultimately bringing in more customers. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Make your blog your website. Conversational style.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

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. See my recent article “ Smart Entrepreneurs Plan Key Networking Activities ” on how and where to get started. Give and you will receive.

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. See my recent article “ The Do’s and Don’ts of Today’s Business Networking ” on how and where to get started. Give and you will receive.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Attracting key stakeholders requires sensitivity.

Social Media 66

Social Media Media Tips Platform 66

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand out. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand above the rest. They will exit quickly.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

The menu should include a link to your blog, separately set up on Blogger, Wordpress, or TypePad – all free. Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Maybe it’s just another example of nature abhorring a vacuum, but I prefer to think it’s a natural evolution of the pervasive social networking communities where people relate to, and expect to interact with businesses and products they like. They drive the market, rather than the other way around.

Startup 101

Startup Tips Education Customer 101

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Sherrie Madia and Paul Borgese have addressed the positives of this challenge in their book, “ The Social Media Survival Guide ,” on “everything you need to know to grow your business exponentially with social media.” The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Startup Tips 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand out. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand above the rest. They will exit quickly.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

He is a marketing professional with over 8 years of extensive online and social media marketing experience. He gives up the goods and a few tips on what you could do to help market your company. No social network has stood the test of time. Once momentum shifts from a social network it’s hard to get it back.

Sites 61

Sites Marketing Social Media Social Network 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand out. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

The presentation is meant to give an unbiased overview of how to get involved in the tech community; what blogs to read, who to follow on Twitter, who the angel investors are, what areas in LA are home to the most startups and what resources there are to further educate yourself.

Rustic Canyon 74

Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Business Etiquette Tips for dealing with VCs and Corporates at Conferences. Then I get people sending me Twitter comments, blog comments and tons & tons of email intros. Thanks for the tip – we’re now actively engaged in discussion.&#. This is part of my ongoing series with Startup Advice.

Startup 322

Startup Conference Email Venture Capital 322

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

Before social networking, an unhappy customer might tell three people. Marty Zwilling Disclosure: This blog entry sponsored by Visa Business and I received compensation for my time from Visa for sharing my views in this post, but the views expressed here are solely mine, not Visa''s. Respond online to feedback received online.

Social Media 99

Social Media Customer Custom Media 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2012

I think these tough economic times and social networks have re-awakened consumers to the fact that there is more to a business transaction than price. From my own research, here is a collection of seven top tips on how a startup or any company can build and maintain real customer loyalty: Communicate more personally more often.

Customer 104

Customer Custom Startup Competition 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that business often make, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Give them something they can use – tips, incentives, new ideas, fun, and inspiration.

Social Media 85

Social Media Media Startup Content 85

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

He told me in some combinations of device / OS / network they are crashing 4 times per 100. All applications crash and this is especially true in the nascent mobile world where dealing with device types, OS’s & networks adds one hell of a configuration management problem. In our next meeting I asked them how often it crashed.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations.

Funding 112

Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2010

I think these tough economic times and social networks have re-awakened consumers to the fact that there is more to a business transaction than price. From my own research, here is a collection of seven top tips on how to build and maintain real customer loyalty: Communicate more personally more often.

Satisfaction 49

Satisfaction Customer Custom Startup 49

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 101

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

Youtube.com, 48 hours of uploads every minute and three billion views daily, according to Youtube.com’s official blog in May of 2011. With producing at our finger tips, we can film our lives to post for the word to see. The social networks have figured out how to share them.

Startup 65

Startup Content Design Organization 65

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Removing the Middleman: Embedding Shopping on Your Blog. In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Entrepreneurism / Monetization blogging, Entrepreneurship, monetization. . Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. Unger, John T.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

In all seriousness, though, an extra tip to the good work being done at Breathometer, in light of a hugely saddening and tragic drunk driving incident that marred the positive festival feel of SXSW Music Week. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. A hit with the SXSW party crowd).

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). the world’s largest celeb endorsement network). Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2014

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. That doesn’t address social networks and other lists you may have. Social networks have added additional layer of complexity to this challenge.

Tool 92

Tool Software Review Social Network Email 92

SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

- Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea. Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

CTO Hire 150

CTO Hire Venture Capital Startup Social Network 150

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

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. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. Give yourself a month.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2014

People are always asking me for an inside tip on Internet sites that will be “the next big thing.” Here are my favorites: Social and business networking sites. Just for starters, Wikipedia now lists about 200 sites by name (once over 300), which they claim is just some of the more notable social networking sites.

Ideas 110

Ideas Entrepreneur Sites Yahoo 110