Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I kind of think LA is just LA and doesn’t need some clever marketing term. A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs. That’s OK with me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter. c-level entrepreneur funding startup titles' Chief Brand Officer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2010

In retrospect, however, Bill Gates did a lot of things right as a startup that I still look for today in aspiring entrepreneurs and their companies: Build a strong team. Bill Gates ran the technical show, but Steve Ballmer never let him forget the marketing and business side of the equation. Market vision, focus, and opportunity.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

Their featured speakers, who range in marketing and business expertise, will lead four intimate breakout discussions. and most recently Myspace, where he ran an online marketing team focused on SEO, social media, and paid traffic acquisition. Garth pioneered Klout’s first Influence Marketing campaign with Virgin America.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2017

Certainly it’s important to optimize current operations, but in this age of rapidly changing demands and competitors, it’s more important change quickly as the market changes. Strategic decision makers need to see the data, in addition to marketing and sales. Your tech guys may know how to read data, but you must read the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter. The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

One of my friends, the CIO of a large healthcare system, did a study with Verizon of their facility, and found that there were 3 million SMS messages sent in a month. That''s important in how we market. What''s the biggest lesson you''ve learned, as an entrepreneur? That is a very important aspect of our lead generation.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The idea was pioneered by renowned and award winning high impact serial entrepreneurs, Robert Sussman and Lance Fanaroff. ABSA Jewish Entrepreneur of the Year – WINNER (This award was actually presented by Gill Marcus) – (Annex.13). Ernst & Young – World Entrepreneur Awards – FINALIST (Annex 13).

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Most companies use Microsoft Project, and although there are a bunch of other projects, Microsoft has the most market share. So we built this product, and we believe we're the first ones to have it in the market. Tags: project management startup dipanshu entrepreneur interview microsoft kadonk nokia sharma.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CIO) and a product lead (CTO). Traction means forward progress. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Everyone in the outside world is talking about how great you are but internally you know that your sales aren’t ramping, your product isn’t shipping on time, you have doubts about the quality of your code, you’re not convinced you’re doing a good job on marketing – whatever. Your solution? My advice: don’t.

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