TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it! A solid LLM integration can transform the way they interact with your platform. Everyone struggles with empty text boxes. Populating them can be hard work, especially when the content needs to be just right. Drop-off on the first page of an application is bad news.

Generative AI 295

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 295

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. For startups, this is an engagement opportunity worth billions of dollars.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

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. Record live data in full for all internal business elements.

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!

Marketing 307

Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

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. Competition: Gilt Groupe , Ideeli , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , OneKingsLane , department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2019

Over fifty percent of our founders are already revenue generating when they apply and pitch, and one of the factors that seems to make a company stand out and indicate they are bound for success, is their understanding of the metrics of their particular market, and what they need to compete versus competitors.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Metrics Los Angeles Help 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. For startups, this is an engagement opportunity worth billions of dollars.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. For startups, this is an engagement opportunity worth billions of dollars.

Startup 55

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. For startups, this is an engagement opportunity worth billions of dollars.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

Spencer Price: The customer experience with e-commerce has become less and less human, as algorithms on digital platform replace human interaction. The challenge of any AI platform, is to understand that. Some of th epilots have made it far enough to have some metrics, to the point we're having conversations about integration.

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

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

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

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. Our traffic metrics have been growing, and we're now up to over 2 million monthly uniques, and 7 million monthly page views.

Startup 195

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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. Fundraising through online platforms and crowdfunding. Professional investors now look for startups through popular online platforms, including Gust and AngelList.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Define relevant metrics and measure. My advice is to pick one, start slow, and spread out as you learn. But don’t stop there.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Define relevant metrics and measure. My advice is to pick one, start slow, and spread out as you learn. But don’t stop there.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

Famebit is the world’s first full service platform to connect brands and marketers to Youtube content creators. In seed stage funding, we’re often told that the investments are ultimately about the people/teams, and not necessarily the metrics. Shippo is changing the game for e-commerce shipping.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

I spent six years in e-commerce, developing e-commerce platforms, and am pretty familiar with that. The site looks to be very well executed, where did you get the technology expertise to pull off the site? James Chung: My previous background is in software engineering.

UCLA 256

UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Define relevant metrics and measure. My advice is to pick one, start slow, and spread out as you learn. But don’t stop there.

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. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Define relevant metrics and measure. My advice is to pick one, start slow, and spread out as you learn. But don’t stop there.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Instead, focus on what metric outputs, more views, more downloads? Jen is currently Head of Product and oversees the Engineering team at Big Frame where she defined, managed and launched Big Frame’s web platform. Steve currently manages Fandango’s web and mobile commerce platforms.

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87