Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. If you believe you have a market-leading position in your product space I would worry a bit less about it. That used to be the standard.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

In this article you’ll discover how to start a blog that makes money. There are four types of blogs; written blogs, video blogs, photo blogs and a combination of these. We’ll primarily be discussing written blogs. There are two different components to make money blogging. Let’s discuss. Not really.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media. Owned media.

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Tech.Co

JULY 29, 2020

The change will affect “nearly all” of Google’s 200,000 employees, including contractors and full-time workers, according to The Wall Street Journal , which first reported the news. In a blog post in May, Google announced it would begin reopening its offices from early July this year. Remote Working: What Is Twitter Doing?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Not so long ago, business leaders operated behind the scenes, and even long-time employees rarely heard from them or saw them in the news. Today, with the Internet and social media, if you aren’t visible in a positive way to everyone, including customers, your leadership efforts will be lost.

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Mentor IBM IBM Social Media 145

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). It super charges a business that is closer to product delivery.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media. Owned media.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The new team-up has a lot of moving parts: Shopify even termed it a “first-of-its-kind” partnership in its announcement blog post. But it's a decent market fit, too: Many of Shopify's stores are offering boutique and highly-targeted products, from handmade jewelry to a suite of men's beard care products.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

One of the most frequent questions entrepreneurs ask about when they raise a little bit of money or are getting close to launching their first product is whether they should hire a PR firm. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

With the advent of social media and the pervasive move to smartphones, even customers who still prefer to purchase in brick-and-mortar stores have dramatically changed their shopping habits. I still see too many websites that look like they have had no updates or blogs in months or even years.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2016

What was the biggest news from you or your firm this year? With the advent of social media, open publishing platforms, and instantaneous communication, the world is flatter and more interconnected than anyone can truly grasp, and the next great wave of innovations can and will come from anywhere.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Turn on your phone and look at the productivity folder. But you know, with a social aspect and extra cute buttons. You’ll be more productive within three weeks time. And for the 81,000 avid users, we’ve got some exciting news. We discuss productivity, emails, communication, and the dynamics of the team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

Marketing 106

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media. Owned media.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

He started the call by telling me he had exciting news. He was about to be featured in a major US news magazine as one of their “hot&# picks. A positive news story means NOTHING about the core performance of your business. I’d love to do a 30 minute call just to update you on our exciting news.&#.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media. Owned media.

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Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Twitter is pretty unstoppable as it related to news and global reach, but StockTwits is that extra layer that deciphers the news for people who love stocks. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Over 500,000 new businesses were created last year, or about one per minute of every day. Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

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Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 94

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Tonight I was reading a good blog post ( here ) from Sean Powers with Alistair Croll on preparing yourself for the TC50 “bump” – the rise in traffic that a company gets from presenting at TechCrunch 50. We started building 4 products so that our end-to-end, supply-chain services would be complete (MVP? We closed a $16.5

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. Tech news keeps proclaiming “phone calls are dead,” which is useful except that the data suggests the exact opposite. Calls are changing but not dying.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

We have really big news, California! We are relaunching ourselves as SCE Carrier Solutions with a brand new look and website. For us, our new website is the cornerstone of the rebrand as it demonstrates our commitment to serving you, our customers and partners, in a timely and responsive manner.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

I wanted to spend the rest of the blog post telling you why we decided to fund the company, how we settled on the final product design and our unique way of launching the app. I was simply blown away by their long-term vision for building a video company that stood out both technically and from a product vision. is non trivial.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Business blogs are an extension of your website and can effectively communicate the value of your business.

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SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging PPC 95

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Bedloo is a social media voting platform for those who want to find the right answer in life. TechZulu catches up with one of the co-founders of Bedloo, Vincent Plummer, and talks to us about social media, startups, and Bedloo. Since Bedloo is a social media voting platform. Which video was funnier?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. In 2008, Mitch was named Canada’s Most Influential Male in Social Media, one of the top 100 online marketers in the world, and was awarded the highly prestigious Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a. NewTek Inc.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

“You are cordially invited to join New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors Marie Lu, Tahereh Mafi, Ransom Riggs, Adam Silvera, David Yoon, and Nicola Yoon in Realms of Ruin, a collaborative fantasy epic filled with dark magic, intrigue, and unique characters — launched online in a thrilling new way.”.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Social Media. Increase the production of your content.It’s a simple formula, go to Google and type in this query site:“ name of your site.com ”.The The type of sites that might link into you are blogs, traditional press online, forums or bulleting boards, or content rich sites that are focused on a similar topic.To

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2017

We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S. Speculation is rampant about a possible sea change in consumer attitudes toward the tech industry and its products—a shift that might affect sales, the regulatory environment, and other factors important to companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Scott Stratten - President of Unmarketing - This session covers the ideas that blogging with passion and emotion, not frequency is what makes a blog great and the ability to take a stand on topics is what separates you from the rest. Collecta will be powering TechZulu's real-time BlogWorld and New Media Expo stream!

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Social Media Blogging Media Web 63

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. Social media. Social networking. Social games. blog comments powered by Disqus. what’s hot?

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. In 2008, Mitch was named Canada’s Most Influential Male in Social Media, one of the top 100 online marketers in the world, and was awarded the highly prestigious Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a. NewTek Inc.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

As lawyers in the social media and Internet law space, this duo brings to the table practical experience counseling clients in real time and explaining breaking legal news in plain English. About The Show: TZLaw Segments are: News You Can Use: a weekly roundup of top tech law headlines and analysis geared towards lean startups.

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IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2014

There are 3 vital questions to ask when putting together a campaign; 1- Is the thing I’m raising money for a great product? 2- How am I talking about my product? He shared, ‘When creating a campaign it’s key to remember that people are fans of you – not the actual product, so you want to be sure to communicate your why.’.

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Startup Examples Social Media Media 109

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

If that’s news to you, here are eleven of Los Angles’ best and brightest. Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Social Enterprise: Hub LA. Part accelerator, part lab, and part café, Hub LA is a diverse community working for social good.

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