Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost. Networking no longer is primarily a face-to-face serial activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Accelerate: speed is life in this new world.

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Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2019

Create a specific plan to network to get the help you need. If you need funding, make a list of people you know who might help, and plan to attend specific business events where you can use your pitch and written plan. Don’t forget the local Chamber of Commerce and local business executives.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2016

How do you help online brand owners both reduce the abandonment of a shopping cart by online shoppers�and also get the word out about their brands? To help them convert more visitors, we allow brands to give visitors a discount, and we make that discount intelligent. We're doing that before the transaction. What is your background?

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Network Examples Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. exabytes per month at the end of the year. Accelerate: speed is life in this new world.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Well, Los Angeles-based KarmaGoat (www.karmagoat.com) has figured out a way to help people get rid of those unwanted items they have--and provide those proceeds to charity. That gift of livestock can help families out of extreme poverty. I spent six years in e-commerce, developing e-commerce platforms, and am pretty familiar with that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 18-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 7.2 Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. exabytes per month at the end of 2016, of which half was video.

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Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

In a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 81% in 2013 and will reach 1.3 Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. zettabytes by the year 2016. Accelerate: speed is life in this new world.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Social networking continues to be a superior force in marketing, especially Facebook. percent of all social network ad spending worldwide. How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? That was $15.5 billion in 2015 alone.

Marketing 40

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. Start social networking with peers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost. Networking no longer is primarily a face-to-face serial activity.

Startup 61

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. How did it help you? FI and Adeo have already been helpful making introductions to several of the leading early-stage investors for casual gaming companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. Start social networking with peers.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2015

Not only that, it has also improved how we communicate with others via our social media networks, e-mail addresses and voice chats. A single click can help you browse over a store’s website for the products you need. And then fast forward to the 1990s-2013, we enter into the digital culture or e-commerce frontier. Pro or con?”.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. It's a full-blown, B2B social network. It's a double viral loop.

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