Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2021

Most entrepreneurs dream of achieving the exponential expansion of a Google or Amazon, but few investor pitches I see outline any strategy beyond simple marketing to make this happen. Incent friendly competition with prizes. To build a startup, entrepreneurs need a laser focus on providing an innovative solution to a real problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Accelerate: speed is life in this new world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

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. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In my experience as a business advisor, one of the best ways to get all of these, is to publish a book on the technology, the journey, or some relevant lessons learned. Your book need not be a best-seller, and it probably won’t make you any money directly, but it’s the best business card you could ever imagine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2021

Good examples of startup focus before success include Google with their search engine, Facebook with friends networking, and Apple with personal computers. This was highlighted in the classic book “ Do Less Better ,” by John R. Maintain an intimate knowledge of the competition.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

As the school year kicks off for college students, one of the big tasks of the year is buying books for their courses. One startup, SwoopThat (www.swoopthat.com)--started by a recent college grad Jonathan Simkin --has made it much easier to buy books for student, by pulling up books based on a student's schedule.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

He brings knowledgable experts from varying points of view but never books anybody that engages in yelling matches. I haven’t read the book nor deeply reviewed Project Aristotle but the conversation on this morning’s show really resonated with me. I often find myself having the opposite reaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. I also recommend the app development strategies outlined in the classic book, “ Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World ,” by Robert Tercek, who has lived on the digital edge for many years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2023

In this context, I was pleased to find some positive guidance from real experts in a new book, “ Thrive With A Hybrid Workplace ,” by Felice Ekelman, JD, and Julie Kantor, PhD. For example, Google has consistently been ranked as one of the best company cultures, and claim big numbers, because of their focus on culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Alibaba, today the counterpart in China to Amazon, Ebay, and Google here, has demonstrated leadership in this area, and provides guidance for all of us to learn from in a new book, “ Smart Business ,” by Ming Zeng. No human or paper tracking systems are a competitive alternative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

In the popular press, it’s easy to find articles that will convince you that companies with a good culture, such as Google, do it by lavishing perks and benefits , including some combination of free meals, trips and parties, financial bonuses, gyms, and a dog-friendly environment.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

One of the most influential books of my career is The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clay Christensen. Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. Sony, the iPod.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Orchard for e-Books”. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books. Competition: Pingg, MyPunchbowl, TinyPrints , PaperlessPost. Competition: Apple iPhone App Store Genius.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

If you read Reid Hoffman’s important book, “ Blitzscaling ” you’ll realize that in some markets that are large, global and being disruptive sometimes being first to global scale can be more important than short-term unit economics. They also were exclusive to Bird so they gave the company a competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Accelerate: speed is life in this new world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2015

These fears and how every business can counter innovation assassination are explored in a new book, “ Robert's Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation ,” by Robert F. Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

I just finished a new book by Stephen J. As a self-made entrepreneur and former chairman of Diamond Resorts International, he asserts that the five biggest companies by market value today, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple, aren’t really tech, but hospitality companies.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), co-founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As a business consultant, I admit to being misled by the hype, and was impressed by the insights offered in a new book, “ Driving Innovation From Within ,” by fellow consultant and founder of the strategy firm Outthinker, Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff. These included the PC, mobile phone, the internet, and MRI imaging.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

We also work closely with manufacturers like Kia and Suburu, and work with research sites like Kelly Blue Book and Edmunds, who both utilize our imagery as well. Gina Callari: That's our competitive advantage. What is so fantastic about EVOX, is we provide automotive imagery for 20,000 dealership websites.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

But while competition remains fierce, the advancement and accessibility of smart solutions are making it easy than ever for startups to find their feet. Read our guide to the best VoIP desk phones to check out its competition. Check out how it compared to its competition in our guide to the best CRM marketing platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad. I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. But many people naturally revert back to the question if they should just show ads.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And they need it because nobody senior at Stripe, Discord, Coinbase or for that matter Facebook, Google or Snap is leaving without a ton of incentives to do so. He also wrote this excellent book on the Venture Capital industry that I highly recommend ? (HP Style) are dead. Secrets of Sand Hill Road.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

If you haven’t read Adam Lashinsky’s awesome new book about Apple , you should. That student is Erin McCann who formerly worked in sales at Google, so she has some ground to stand on in her assertions. My list of excuses includes: product, pricing, competition and lack of sales support.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest , former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? How do you stand out?”. Meredith Publishing.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

How did what was a staid publisher of phone books become a hotbed of online talent? Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? With Google, they are obviously the big dog, no matter who you are talking about. Outside of Facebook, Google is the internet. The process was nearly flawless.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

How did what was a staid publisher of phone books become a hotbed of online talent? Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? With Google, they are obviously the big dog, no matter who you are talking about. Outside of Facebook, Google is the internet. The process was nearly flawless.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Most entrepreneurs dream of achieving the exponential expansion of a Google or Amazon, but few investor pitches I see outline any strategy beyond simple marketing to make this happen. Incent friendly competition with prizes. To build a startup, entrepreneurs need a laser focus on providing an innovative solution to a real problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. I also recommend the app development strategies outlined in a new book, “ Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World ,” by Robert Tercek, who has lived on the digital edge for many years. Look for value points to control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

It sure would put pressure on Google if they had Facebook competing on one side of them for share of users’ time and Amazon flanking them on the other side by providing search to every website out there that might threaten AdSense and even Google’s core search business. That little online book company. Not Google.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

I recently wrote a post about avoiding the “ Deferred Life Plan &# and some related thoughts about personal productivity that came from Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek. Tim Ferriss gave this extra emphasis in his book. OK, before you all tell me about Google Voice, let me say the following.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 8, 2018

In the 17 th & 18 th centuries, deep thinkers such as: Milton, Bacon, Locke, Franklin and Darwin jotted down their ideas in Commonplace Books that they maintained throughout their lives. Modern-day entrepreneurs use Evernote, Google Keep, etc. Competition – which competitors will prove to be the most formidable?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. exabytes per month at the end of 2016, of which half was video. Make strategic versus opportunistic decisions.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

Ross Weber: We''re not here to replace ad platforms like Google Adsense. What our technology does, is it offers up an exit ad unit, so if a user hasn''t booked on a publisher they have look at, that ad unit will show relevant ads. our primary competition is Intent Media, which has raised $51M in venture money.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

No summary of what we did, no easy way for me to recommend my trainer to my friends, and no way for me to easily book the next appointment. Andy, a trainer, uses amSTATZ to book appointments, handle payments and message with multiple clients. Any competition in LA? We haven’t identified any competition in LA, specifically.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Our cost is very low, which allows us a key, competitive advantage. For example, someone would book an appointment or service with an application, and the idea was that application would take a payment for that lead as their monthly payment. Instead, we give it to them for free. Eighteen to twenty percent of the revenue is services.

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