Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). Overall I like the principles in the classic book “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. Idea management. Observe and measure.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Over a million of these gamers clicked to the company’s game web site each month for new information and to form an early Internet game community. I negotiated a settlement with the partner for $100 thousand which I paid, then filed all of the overdue tax returns of various types, and cleaned up the books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). Overall I like the principles in the classic book “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. Idea management. Observe and measure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2013

Most struggle with the idea and practice of marketing and sales, and see these as a necessary evil, if even required. A great resource for all is a new book by Drew Williams and Jonathan Verney, “ Feed the Startup Beast: A 7-Step Guide to Big, Hairy, Outrageous Sales Growth.” Attract and get found by the right prospects.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Aliso Viejo-based Buy.com is continuing to report good sales this holiday season, saying today that it has seen its revenues grow over 40 percent for the first 15 days of December, compared with 2007. Buy.com sells consumer electronics, hardware and software, books, games, clothing, music, toys, and more on its online site.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , the developer of a vacation rental marketplace and software, said that its relationship with travel site Travelocity is paying off for its clients. LeisureLink's platform allows hotel clients to send their room rates and information to Travelocity, as well as other online travel sites. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Santa Monica-based Goodreads , the online community for book readers headed by Otis Chandler, said today that it has separated itself from its former reliance on Amazon.com's book information, and is now gathering its data from Ingram, the largest wholesaler of books in the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site headed by Scott Painter, has scored a new, equity investment and partnership with direct marketing firm Guthy-Renker , the firm announced today. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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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. What is so fantastic about EVOX, is we provide automotive imagery for 20,000 dealership websites. If you've looked for a car, you've come across one of our images.

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Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Amazon used its popular affiliate program to spur additional growth, getting reviewers and publishing sites – including us here at Tech.co – to link to Amazon in exchange for a small payout whenever a reader bought something by following that link. Amazon started with books, so we will too. But, Amazon is cutting back on such perks.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Online rare book seller Alibris said this morning that it has joined Aliso Viejo-based Buy.com 's online marketplace. Alibris, which sells new, rare, and used books, said that Buy.com will feature its catalog of books through Buy.com's web site. Tags: buy.com alibris book sales used ecommerce. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Sales – Many publishers, including Grit, encouraged newspaper boys to create new routes and expand existing ones by aggressively selling subscriptions to non-subscribers. This pay-per-newspaper formula directly rewarded the children’s sales efforts and sparked a life-long entrepreneurial fire in generations of newspaper boys.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal said today that it has launched three, brand new services today, including a new website focused on the booking of home services. All of those new services were launched in addition to the new consumer service, ClubLocal.com.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

MyTime's website -- which has been running only in Los Angeles, but is now in midst of expansion to other markets -- lets users book appointment times directly on the site, for a wide range of personal services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

The case for zero paid media as the new marketing model was highlighted a few years ago in the classic book, “ Z.E.R.O. ” Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. Long-term sales. Real customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books. Of course, once you have a brand and more resources, it can pay to expand your book selling to a full e-commerce site. Did you know that both YouTube and Facebook started out to be dating sites? It’s tough for an elephant to be agile.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books. Of course, once you have a brand and more resources, it can pay to expand your book selling to a full e-commerce site. Did you know that both YouTube and Facebook started out to be dating sites? It’s tough for an elephant to be agile.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2013

Tealium is a developer of software used for "tag management" on company web and e-commerce sites, and counts such clients as Petco, Lenovo, A+E, Mattel, Fox Networks, NOkia, Urban Outfitters, and Sony Online Entertainment as customers.

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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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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Several times in my investing life, as the final board member making the arrangements to dispose of remaining assets, I have literally been the one to turn out the lights, carry out the documents, books and records to my car, and become the only remaining contact between the failed business and the investors, bankruptcy court, or creditors.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Over a million of these came to the company’s game web site each month for new information and to form an early Internet game community. I negotiated a settlement with the partner for $100 thousand which I paid, then filed all of the overdue tax returns of various types, and cleaned up the books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

With the appearance of do-it-yourself services on the Internet, entrepreneur curriculums at every university, and a wealth of new books on the subject, the need for expensive consultants and business advisors has also been mitigated. Work out of your home, and keep your own books. Social media facilitates marketing and sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Scott, published a classic book that I still recommend, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. One of these experts, David T. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

It makes logical sense to scour the job boards, engage an executive recruiter, or scan the networking sites like LinkedIn for a good array of candidates, and then interview the ones with the best resumes. There are several books written on this subject. He must nail down a sales process that fits the domain and economy.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 28, 2016

If you have not done so, let Google tell you whether your web site is responsive. Although both metrics vary widely between types of audience, you should work to exceed a six percent open rate and two percent click rate for your emails containing sales or marketing information. And treat the result seriously. How about your emails?

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2012

How do you cut out all of the effort required to discover, find, and book venues for your event, wedding, or conference? As a reminder to our readers who haven't used EventUp, what is the site all about? At the end of the day, we're looking to change the way people book events. is trying to figure out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, in a classic book “ The Automatic Customer ,” by John Warrillow, who runs the successful subscription based research business The Value Builder System ™ , I saw the nine most common variations on the subscription model today. If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot. Network model.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

According to FatTail, the new software allows advertisers to book ads, including banners, rich media, video, and mobile ads, on publisher web sites. The new software is a web-based system which allows advertisers to browse available inventory and book their own advertising, and is FatTail's first move into self-service ads.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

I found some help in catching up via a classic book “ Sell Local, Think Global ,” by marketing message expert Olga Mizrahi. Consider collaborating via shared marketing efforts, trade-show both space, co-branding promotional products, referral agreements, and cross-linking web sites. Modernize the user website experience.

Marketing 107

Marketing Technical Review Startup Innocal 107

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? BookRenter – plus a discussion about Chegg … what is going on in the university book market? We talked about the analogies between what NetFlix achieved in movies and whether this is relevant to the book market. Online text book rental service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

There are also many other good sources of guidance, including the classic book “ Click Millionaires ” by Scott Fox. Nice to have” sites like Facebook and Twitter look attractive, but they are much higher risk, and a thousand fail for every one that succeeds. Position yourself as an expert. Use the Internet to outsource staff.

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Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of software-as-a-service tools for managing investors communications and exchanges between startups and their investors, told its users today that it has added a number of new features to the site. The firm--which is headed by very early PayPal vet Eric M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Many people have tried to outline and refine these important attributes, including Kawasaki in his classic book “ Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions. ” After-sales support, comfort, accessories, and brand image are as much a part of owning a Lexus as the car itself. The selection is incredibly deep.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

I found some help in catching up via a classic book “ Sell Local, Think Global ,” by marketing message expert Olga Mizrahi. Consider collaborating via shared marketing efforts, trade-show both space, co-branding promotional products, referral agreements, and cross-linking web sites. Modernize the user website experience.

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Mobile Marketing Technical Review Startup 173

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

And a natural sales person. I used to ask Deborah to book my travel plans in France and Germany were I went 1-2 times / month. There were online tools to book this stuff but the Internet booking sites were early. I’ve sat through so many meetings where sales reps didn’t ask for the order.

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JULY 16, 2012

I like to refer to that as the ultimate brand fan page, or to take the example from the apparel industry, where I come from, a virtual look book for a brand. Does this look like a Facebook page, or is this a separate site? Jeremy Gocke: Fliptu is a separate site and community. That's where the initial idea for Fliptu came about.

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JULY 13, 2010

Mehdi Daoudi is CEO of CatchPoint Systems (www.catchpoint.com), a new Los Angeles startup focused on the web site and web application monitoring industry. We're trying to make monitoring of web sites and applications sexy and simple. If you can't book on Expedia, you go to Orbitz. What does CatchPoint's software do?

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