Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

SEO marketing vs. social marketing. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. And so is venture capital. Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS. Connections? FourSquare. Everywhere. Commitment.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and others have had to raise tons of capital and have super-solid foundations to go with the hyper-local play. How did you connect with Kevin and ScOps Venture Capital, and why did you decide to raise a round?

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. In our industry we call that a TAM (total addressable market) and I’m sure you can even Google methods for calculating a TAM. billion in sales and thus controls less than 10% of the market. Let me be very direct. Market Structure.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Check Google , Yellow Pages , and local directories to ensure your business name is not taken. Find sources of capital— friends & family, business bank loans , angel investment , venture capital or even crowdfunding ( Crowdfunder , Fundable ). Create a sales forecasts and financial projections regularly.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Dan Yomtobian: Scour is a social search engine, which meta searches Google, Yahoo, and MSN. We overlay our own algorithm and decide what listing to show, in what order, based on how Google, Yahoo, and MSN spit back data to us. People are so used to the Google mold. We use our own algorithm, as well as user votes.

PPC 113

PPC Sherman Oaks Advertising Yahoo 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Platform Startup Resource 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The firm says nearly 20% of all brides now shop for or sell a gently used wedding dress online, compared with just 6% in 2009 and they firmly believe Recycled Bride is helping make the sales even more possible. Then funds are released to the seller, and Recycled Bride takes a 9% commission on each sale. What is Recycled Bride?

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84