Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For example, most e-commerce platforms today offer millions of products, with a changing mix daily and a changing market, such that it’s virtually impossible to manually predict a strategy for mapping customer demographics to products displayed online. No human or paper tracking systems are a competitive alternative.

Artificial Inteligence 84

Artificial Inteligence Metrics Commerce Software 84

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

It is what is commonly referred to as “vanity metrics” as in, “Look at how many more followers I got us! But if you want to be able to repeat your success on your next campaign you need to know more about how you drove those clicks: Which social platform were they published on? Or Likes – LIKES! Today awe.sm

Marketing 307

Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

Startup 55

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

The company has raised $1.9M We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company. Spencer Price: Halla is the only software company to dynamically profile human tastes so we can help people make better choices. We're an AI company that works at the intersection of personalization and food.

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. What's the story behind Ranker?

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

The afternoon, with Tech Wildcatters ‘ Gabriella Draney and a handful of still-stealth eCommerce ventures, solidified that the industry of commerce is in Texas. 0, eCommerce platforms: Volusion and BigCommerce (which raised $40M last year with Steve Case). Offline engagement platform EyeQ. Texas and eTail.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. But don’t stop there.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

This was a chance to blow open the story on their companies, to address a room full of potential investors, mentors, partners, customers, and press. Weekly inspiration talks with founders and CEO’s of successful tech companies (Box and Mailchimp to name a few). of the run rate came from foreign companies.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

According to a recent Harvard Business Review article , only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

I spent six years in e-commerce, developing e-commerce platforms, and am pretty familiar with that. UCLA Anderson really seems to be a hotbed of entrepreneurs nowadays - did you know going into the MBA program you'd be starting your own company? Did the experience at Anderson help you with starting the company?

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UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Define relevant metrics and measure. What’s the problem?

Social Media 104

Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. A business profile starts with a business account using your company logo as your picture (avatar), rather than your photo or a picture of your cat. Define relevant metrics and measure.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. Your last two positions Google Photos and United Online were really big companies.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

An example from Fullscreen: Optimizing user analytics tracking on a Fullscreen product, only to find out Facebook (which his company uses to broadcast user content) had completely changed their layout. Instead, focus on what metric outputs, more views, more downloads? Sometimes, the challenge comes from optimizing prematurely.

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87