Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. Thus team makeup is the critical success factor.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

How did we go from collaboration to competition, from consensus to dissention, from a reliable digital resource to an amplifier of questionable information? Here one can list pervasive search engines, access to extensive information repositories, consumer aids, entertainment, education, connectivity among humans, etc.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2012

Tal Siach is a life-long serial entrepreneur who has mastered social media as a guerrilla marketing tool. I began our discussion by asking Tal about his use of social media to blunt Intuit’s threatening suggestion that Mint was participating in false advertising regarding the manner in which they were counting “users.”

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

The mobile app and website that allows people to capture and share images and videos of events through social media. The cool thing is we were not only taught about film and TV, but also about new media. One of our teachers was teaching new media and it was really inspiring. Our most popular product is our Facebook app.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2020

And as physical events and the entertainment industry that depends on them shuts down, virtual things have come to epitomize the popular culture of the pandemic. “Our plan was to have an LA specific release and do a competition, but that was obviously thrown off,” Mullins said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn. He entertains no sense of a static business. Too many businesses only think of new products when in crisis mode.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

You can press a button, and it scans the social media chatter and organizes highlights aroundyou, of relevant conversations around a particular location and particular time. Ali Khoshgozaran: Before we started the company, me and my partner had participated in the USC Viterbi startup competition. How did Tilofy come about?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, still waiting to be found: Find strategic partnerships. If your B2B contacts check-in regularly at certain types of locations (entertainment venues, stores, etc.)

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The conference will feature rising leaders in entertainment, technology, new media platforms, entrepreneurship and investment. WHEN : Silicon Beach Awards – Venture Competition: Sept 12 (by invitation). Silicon Beach @ USC. Conference & Presentation of Silicon Beach Awards: Sept 13.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. If your B2B contacts check-in regularly at certain types of locations (entertainment venues, stores, etc.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2019

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. Thus team makeup is the critical success factor.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Venues will also be able to setup custom promotions and reward their loyal guests as a result of the social media features built as a front-end to the professional business tool. All something that the $23 billion industry needs desperately to turn another corner into the digital age.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

In fact, for the past 27-years, he has specialized in bringing exotic travel destinations to those of us who are healthy and active but whose competitive sporting days are long behind us. Then we started advertising and getting media attention. Also, advertising in print media just doesn''t have the ROI that it once did.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

As outlined by Adam Holden-Bache recently on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. If your B2B contacts check-in regularly at certain types of locations (entertainment venues, stores, etc.) Thought leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2019

As disruption examples , the rise of ride sharing, e-commerce, and social media were clearly driven by changing customer trends, more than technology. It’s time for designing and thinking outside the box, to offer a level of quality and performance customers can’t resist and the competition can’t beat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

We had a good relationship with the team, and they are at the sweet spot where they understand media, small and medium-sized businesses, and it was a great fit. We're a company at the intersection of media and technology, so this is a very fertile place for us to grow. They wanted to lead our round, so we relocated to Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The old media companies were resistant to change. Early on GumGum began to experiment with overlaying rich media ads through Flash with photos until technology progressed and they moved over to Javascript. Though competitors have sprung up, Tanz welcomes the competition to help define the market. Much bigger.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. Thus team makeup is the critical success factor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD.,

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD., Producer of Mixergy & AsAble.com.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2015

No matter where you spend your time — TV; radio; newspapers; podcasts; fashion , technology , business , and entertainment websites; shopping portals; or social media — you’ve probably been exposed to dozens of mentions of Prime Day by now. Beat The Competition.

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Xconomy

JULY 20, 2018

Time to curl up in your cubicle, pop open one of these in-depth, entertaining reads, and catch up on some of what you missed during a busy week. You’ve made it to Friday. This week we’re taking a look at all the political stories that are coming out of the tech world.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 7, 2011

TGFF includes aspects of competitive interaction, territory building, resource management and synchronous game play create a more immersive game world allowing players to enjoy longer. The Godfather: Five Families combines elements of MMO-style play with the connectivity and interaction of social networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A very big thanks to Alexandra Harris, the founder of FanCause , a company that aims to connect entertainment brands with their fans to raise money. Entrepreneurs should also use social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) Sounds like a noble cause. She created the notes and carefully noted the times. Hope you all enjoy.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

If the user shares the add on social media, they earn an extra $.25. Quirktastic Media (Durham, NC). Tapping into a niche community is part of Quirktastic Media’s competitive advantage. WythMe is changing the way people find businesses with discounts and within their budget for entertainment. Price: $1.99

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. Bootstrapping Marketing Strategy, social media marketing, web applications. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization cosmetics, social media, women in tech. . Nick Francis, Brightwurks.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

LAGbook expands your social experience, we’re the social network for meeting new people. A Social Discovery Network. Myspace is a social entertainment network that suggests new musical acts to you and keeps you updated with new releases of your favourite musical acts. What is your business model?

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