socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

We''ve now reached critical mass in content, and in Asia we''re number three in the amount of information on products and suppliers online. We went from no suppliers to now over 160,000 suppliers, over two million products online. Michael Kleist: Oh gosh, that could be pages. How long has company been around?

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2013

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. Viral marketing is a deliberate marketing action, designed to grow attention at a compound rate, without further stimulus, by word-of-mouth.

Marketing 99

Marketing Entrepreneur Startup SEM 99

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Let’s face it– between finalizing your product for launch and working with developers to get the site or app up (or maybe you are a developer yourself), a marketing strategy, big or small, can feel like a bad hangover the same morning you need to go into work. Play around with clean, bold design. Website design: Less is more!

Guide 105

Guide Startup Marketing Template 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2012

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. Viral marketing is a deliberate marketing action, designed to grow attention at a compound rate, without further stimulus, by word-of-mouth.

Marketing 95

Marketing Startup SEM Blogging 95

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Ask yourself where are the influencers in your market, the majority of your target customers, and what type of interaction will be most productive to your business? Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM). Assess your target customer demographics.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2011

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. Viral marketing is a deliberate marketing action, designed to grow attention at a compound rate, without further stimulus, by word-of-mouth.

Marketing 90

Marketing Startup SEM Blogging 90

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2015

As eBay, we have the ability to really focus on a more, family friendly experience, and put more customer service behind our product. That''s a major differentiator in the way we''ve designed this. That''s the part of eBay and our infrastructure that give us a competitive edge.

San Diego 100

San Diego Mobile Marketing Sites 100

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

The company also made quite an impression with its viral video --which you have to watch to appreciate--of CEO Michael Dubin extolling the virtues of the company's products, and panning overpriced, expensive razor brands. That's the one we'll mass product. We talked with Dubin earlier about the company. It's David vs. Goliath.

Dollar Shave Club 210

Dollar Shave Club Startup Pricing Sample 210

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Having a clear focus means it’s easier to communicate what your product is and who it’s for. By trying to appeal to everyone and adding features left, right and centre, you will actually dilute your message and could end up with a complex, bloated product. I set up a regular design meetup for startups, UX Café , for this reason.

Startup 78

Startup Design Customer Custom 78

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad. So the Yellow Page business was always “pay for placement.&#. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet?

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Web API Design Best PracticesThis session will cover the basics of Web API but dig deeper and take attendees past basic CRUD operations on resources and dive into how to create a robust API using Web API. I will also demonstrate how various techniques can vastly improve app performance, such as localStorage and Single Page Web Apps.

Training 65

Training Technical Review Technology Software Review 65

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2010

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. Viral marketing is a deliberate marketing action, designed to grow attention at a compound rate, without further stimulus, by word-of-mouth.

Marketing 56

Marketing SEM Blogging Design 56

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Having a defensible competitive advantage or “barrier to entry” is another critical step to funding, and another common stumbling block during all phases of the funding process. Build a prototype product. This must be someone who is willing to pay real money for your product or service. Close at least one initial customer.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The reason the firm says inspired it to design Mimiboards ; adding to its passion for Africa, love of technology and being into local content. The Mimiboard beat ten other apps from Africa to be the best at the App demo competition held at the Nairobi Open Innovation Summit in May. The holding company behind Mimiboard is Umuntu Media.

Advertising 91

Advertising Media News Content 91

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Having a defensible competitive advantage or “barrier to entry” is another critical step to funding, and another common stumbling block during all phases of the funding process. Build a prototype product. This must be someone who is willing to pay real money for your product or service. Close at least one initial customer.

Invest 99

Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take.

Statistics 415

Statistics Startup Report Research 415

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Having a defensible competitive advantage or “barrier to entry” is another critical step to funding, and another common stumbling block during all phases of the funding process. Build a prototype product. This must be someone who is willing to pay real money for your product or service. Close at least one initial customer.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. You’re right.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Xconomy

JULY 29, 2016

For consumer robots, though, people want to talk naturally and we need to design casual dialogs that make it easy to express desires without having to give every small detail. Why not just design them to be nice all the time? This is an example of AI that can understand humans, in both competitive and supportive roles.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Examples Research Design 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For the rest of us, we need a business plan, as well as a product plan. Some of you may be convinced that your product specification communicates the product message even better than a business plan, so why be redundant? Professional investors and even customers invest in people, rather than just a product.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Microsoft, meanwhile, announced a new 5,000-person group Thursday dedicated to the development of AI technologies and products that use them. As the technology has advanced, so has the competitive landscape.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Technical Advisors Research 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

I faced the same challenge not being able to form a team because most people joined the competition with friends that they had already planned on working with. It was a wonderful feeling to win in a competition for the 3 rd time in a row, but much more rewarding that finally it was for my idea, creating something from my vision.

Startup 100

Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Webtide is designed to be a company which is the expert on using Jetty in companies. We also provide production support, and we're also very proactive in monitoring items that might affect them, supporting the specific versions of software they are running. We also work with Google's App Engine and widget toolkit.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. They are afraid of their competition finding out about the idea, a bigger company trying to steal it or some other entrepreneur doing it first.

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Simply click on the title of the panel you like and you will be taken to their SXSWi panel picker page. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Simply, there are thousands of agencies, design shops and communications firms across the world, all. Bootstrapping development, minimum viable product, startups. .

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

Give everybody pages of the deck they’re to cover or parts of the demo for which they are to talk. The best ones are visual, high-level, have a narrative, move swiftly, are designed to prompt questions as much as “pitch&# your company and importantly have a narrative. Competition. What should be in the deck?

Venture Capital 340

Venture Capital Slides Doc Startup 340

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Whether it be product development, marketing, sales, negotiating or raising capital, I find myself trying harder to not get bogged down with unnecessary details.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

is the second largest designated market area (DMA) in the country, so youre starting with a natural talent pool of very interesting people, and also, a market from which to sell your goods and services into. If you look at Google in the way they operate, you have two products, one is called AdWords, one is called AdSense, okay?

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

They became both a thought leader in the space as well as a beautifully designed product. eCommerce is an enormously competitive search term. So you developed a product for the mommy community? Do you have sales productivity software? A blog post is just like a product. Mint.com is the second result.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. Angels will largely take a product risk (they bet on the product or idea and your ability to build it). “A” The team, of course, is just as important as the product or idea.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 12, 2010 This is part 1 of the series: 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches. Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast. Make it unique.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. He thinks the very nature of video is changing.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210