socalTECH

MAY 15, 2019

FabFitFun said the move into the UK is a part of an international push for the company, which previously only offered its products up in the U.S. and Canada. FabFitFun's founders are Co-CEOs Daniel and Michael Broukhim, and Editor-in-Chief Katie Rosen Kitchens. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

According to one study a decade ago, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Separate marketing from sales for further leverage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). In my experience, finding real innovation in existing company environments is even tougher. From time to time, include customers and sales members in ideation sessions.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. With 28 Million Users by December 2012 Pinterest commands a huge social network that’s the population of New York City, three and a half times over.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2013

The company said the effort is part of an effort to both support the startup community--as well as connect with future integration partners. Nimble is led by Jon Ferrara, and offers up a service that helps users better track their contacts, customers, sales prospects, and more, and communicate with them via email, social networks, and more.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2010

We had special guest Denise Grayson of The Social Network. Social Media User's Bill of Rights. TechCrunch Sale to AOL: [link] news/ci_16195749?source=rss& Pre-Crime Data Mining Company Social Intelligence. Guest: Denise Grayson of "The Social Network". . source=rss& nclick_check=1.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2012

The startup is headed by Joaquin Ayuso de Paul, one of the angel investors in Border Stylo and co-founder of Spanish social network Tuenti.com (acquired by Telefonica). The company said it is in the midst of a $10M funding round for its efforts. Source of the funding was not disclosed.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Working with professional athletes combined with my natural leadership ability and experience in business development makes me uniquely suited to lead a technology company in the health and fitness industry. Bobby’s strong sales acumen, genuine charisma and leadership abilities make him an invaluable asset to the founding team.

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Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Berkonomics

JULY 11, 2013

There is such leverage in high gross profit margins once a company is past breakeven. A ten percent increase in revenues for a company with 50% gross margin and 5% net profit before the increase would double net profit for the period with that ten percent increase in revenue. That’s impressive sales leverage.

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.Net Sales Tool Social Network 207

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a trusted image (Amazon.com, Ebay). Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. The bad news for startups is that your company can lose big if it’s caught in the middle.

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Custom Customer Technical Review Symantec 137

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2016

Woodland Hills-based United Online has sold its StayFriends social networking site, to German company Stroer Content Group GmbH , the company said Thursday afternoon. United Online said it will receive 16.0 million euros ($18.3M US) for StayFriends.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

funding round for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The filing indicates the round had a first sale on February 17th. mEgo allows users to create their own online avatars, used for social networking websites. The filing indicates the round covers a Series A preferred stock round.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2016

The company said it will allow its only remaining operating business--its communications segment--to continue under B. The sale of United Online came after a long and tortuous path, where United Online spun off flower delivery firm FTD , sold its Classmates unit, and its StayFriends social networking site, and battled both with B.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2014

Boingo will also manage advertising services and sales for the venues. The company said the deal calls for it to design, install, and manage integrated small cell networks for both facilities, which will help spectators better share their videos, photos, and comments on social networks during games. READ MORE>>.

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Social Network Networking Advertising Los Angeles 153

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

According to the company, the new round will go towards growing its social marketing software, plus expansion of sales and marketing. The firm's software helps marketers launch and track promotions across Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, and other social networking platforms. READ MORE>>.

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Social Network Los Angeles Tool Software 183

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based BakeSpace.com , the online social networking and recipe site, has a new product for you. The company said the cookbooks can be priced at anything from $0.99 Bakespace.com takes a commission on sales, which covers the Apple app store transaction fee and credit card processing fees. READ MORE>>.

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Services Social Network Web Tool 207

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Ribbon, the developer of a social commerce platform which lets users list items for sale, distribute that through their social networks like Facebook , and accept credit card payments--said today that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round. Curious to what Siemer has been investing in lately?

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Draper Seed Funding Commerce Social Network 164

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said today along with French firm Orange that they are in an advertising and content partnership. According to the companies, Orange Advertising Network will manage both premium and performance advertising sales for MySpace in France.

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Advertising Social Network Los Angeles Content 183

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2011

According to TeamAutomation, it will offer up Nimble's software to its customers, allowing them to manage their email, calendar, and social networking connections with contacts. Financial details and business arrangement between the two companies was not announced.

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Santa Monica Social Network Tool Customer 174

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

CEO of a recruiting firm who “virtualized” her company after a decade of maintaining a fixed office location. Much larger recruiting companies were in trouble, with high fixed costs for facilities that could not be shed quickly. It is a management skill that was not taught nor learned until recent times.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, Now we have a thousand large companies into it, and if you name a big company, they're a customers of ours, from Starbucks to NASA.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

Being a seed investor is a tough job--being early to a company doesn''t necessarily mean you''ll see a return--and it''s usually a long road to see any reward. Fab.com is an online fashion and flash sales site, which has a huge following both here in the U.S. and oversease.

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Invest Social Network Commerce Venture Capital 170

Berkonomics

APRIL 2, 2020

Take for example, the public’s quick acceptance of Facebook, Instagram, Twitted and other social networking portals, leaving early leader MySpace wondering what happened to their comfortable lead and large fan base. Today the speed of obsolescence is even faster. No expensive consultants?

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Southern California Examples Social Network Press 177

socalTECH

JULY 26, 2011

Baroda was also joined by actor Ashton Kutcher , as well as Menlo Ventures, First Round Capital, The Washington Post Company, SoftTech VC, SV Angel, Guy Oseary and A-Grade Investments, Zelkova Ventures as well as angels Kevin Rose, Jon Anderson, Don Baer, Josh Kushner, Dave Morgan, Ben Ling, and David Tisch.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Elabelz was pulling in $23 million in revenue off of the sale of 150,000 boxes of clothes — so the logistics and fulfillment and brand partnerships would be a breeze. The company has 200 brands that have already signed on as of today’s launch including: AG, JBrand, Hudson, Retrobrand, Boyish, MadeWorn, Junkfood, Mavi and Edwin.

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Social Media Commerce Los Angeles Social Network 184

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Woodland Hills-based United Online said Tuesday that it has hired an investment banker to sell its European social networking website, StayFriends. The company recently sold its Classmates unit as part of a similar move to divest non-growing assets at the company. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Driving Purchase Decisions in the Social Media Era. TCOSC Marketing and Sales Executives Society. Social media is evolving rapidly and is dramatically altering how purchase decisions are made. See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Separate marketing from sales for further leverage.

Startup 97

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 97

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2010

Brian McKelvey: We're building a virtual world, which attaches to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and all the social networks. Brian McKelvey: I'd been looking around at all the social gaming platforms and virtual worlds online, such as Second Life, Farmville, and other apps on the Apple App Store for inspiration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Engaging in social media and blogging on a regular basis is a low-cost way to achieve visibility, and become the “go-to” person for that topic and the voice that people trust in your industry. That’s how you brand yourself as an expert in your niche and make your company the one that others seek out and turn to. You need to be there.

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Social Media Media Platform Customer 142

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

After college Joanne worked for 4 years in retail apparel at Macy’s where she initially managed sales reps on the floor and then worked as a buyer of clothing. After 4 years of retail she went to “the other side of the business&# working for a clothing brand where she sold apparel to department stores and other companies.

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Startup Sales Venture Capital Entrepreneur 311

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Since Bill Hewlett joined with Dave Packard in 1939 to create what is today one of the world’s largest computer companies, there has been an evergreen debate as to who is more important in starting a tech company: the techie or the business guy? founder and CEO of Gust, the angel financing platform used by over 50,000.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We caught up with Dan to hear about how the firm is going beyond online sales, and making shopping online for fashion as much entertainment as e-commerce. Fascinating idea for a company. Can you talk about what Little Black Bag is and the origins of the company? It's loosely based on the Japanese concept of a "lucky bag sale".

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Commerce Sites Entertainment Social Network 153

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days. I help internet companies make money. What’s the short version?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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