Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Consider collaborating via shared marketing efforts, trade-show both space, co-branding promotional products, referral agreements, and cross-linking web sites. With informality, these must be win-win relationships. Build word-of-mouth into your product or service.

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Marketing Technical Review Startup Innocal 107

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Information is certain to grow faster than anything else generated by humans, and the Internet of Things (IoT) is a huge contributor. Build your own marketplace platform.

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Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Someone has to design and create those entertaining or informative messages that are designed to be passed along in an exponential fashion, often electronically or by e-mail. It’s harder than it looks to exploit people’s propensity to share humorous, enjoyable or useful information - jokes, special offers, and games.

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Marketing Startup SEM Blogging 139

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Consider collaborating via shared marketing efforts, trade-show both space, co-branding promotional products, referral agreements, and cross-linking web sites. With informality, these must be win-win relationships. Build word-of-mouth into your product or service.

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Mobile Marketing Technical Review Startup 173

Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Once installed, the malicious program can steal sensitive information, credentials, slow down your internet, and can even hijack your device to harm other technology. Phishing attacks are attempts by a malicious attacker to get the end-user of a message or email to provide sensitive information. Malware Attacks.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

What happens when you apply big data and computer science to digest all of that social data being fed into Twitter and other social platforms--and cross match that to location information? Our mission is to organize all of the world''s real time location information. What is Tilofy about? My degree is from USC in big data.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 dot-com bonanza. At Upfront we have always done 40% of our investing in Greater Los Angeles and it’s precisely for this reason. there are many other great firms here.

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Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

But while competition remains fierce, the advancement and accessibility of smart solutions are making it easy than ever for startups to find their feet. RingCentral Startup tool: Web conferencing app Price from: $11.99 If you manage remote or hybrid teams, RingCentral provides the best web conferencing software we've reviewed.

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Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 128

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

However, I saw that the people building traditional products were still not familiar with the social web. There was a real opportunity for me to arbitrage the last decade and a half of my experience in the Internet, and apply that to a products company, and to get some real competitive advantage. A lot of that information is obtuse.

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Web Social Media SEO Media 225

Berkonomics

AUGUST 5, 2011

Over the years, I have often heard the complaint from CEO friends that they have become so swamped by the demands of their growing businesses that they feel themselves further and further from the center of their industry, no longer at the forefront of information and competitive development.

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Marketing Demand Media Resource 191

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. That is the quandary which entrepreneurs face today in building models for new companies around a web presence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

A few years ago, I first saw an interesting step in that direction via the classic book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. His framework seems to be picking up some traction, and is already in use informally by several entrepreneurship platforms, universities, and even high school programs.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

For example, if I were to have a room full of bouncing balls, we couldn't share that today because of the amount of information involved. The win is we don't have to exchange all that information. If you have a bunch of bouncing balls, they all bounce identically, and you don't have to exchange information.

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Platform Startup Examples Web 168

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

This year an associate from Upfront Ventures – Glenn Poppe – helped me pull together more information about how our industry is changing. Of course the concentration of capital in growth firms and the intense competition to fund the best deals leads to some risks. These are most notable in late-stage, D-round, investments.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Writing 362

Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2018

Over the years, I have often heard the complaint from CEO friends that they have become so swamped by the demands of their growing businesses that they feel themselves further and further from the center of their industry, no longer at the forefront of information and competitive development. The risk of the daily routine.

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Marketing Demand Media Entrepreneur 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2010

In the spirit of highlighting new startup opportunities, I think we need some new companies who can track down and remove unwanted content on the web. The legal hiring market is very competitive.” According to a December survey by the Ponemon Institute, a privacy research organization, roughly half of U.S.

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Content Web Technical Review Innocal 49

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 13, 2011

In addition, there is a wealth of data beyond their borders, on the web and social media. How can this deluge of data be transformed into information for decision making and forecasting, ultimately differentiating your company?

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AITP Social Media Competition Examples 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Information is certain to grow faster than anything else generated by humans, and the Internet of Things (IoT) is a huge contributor. Build your own marketplace platform.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Friday, November 5, 2010 -- Knowledge Management at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Abstract Bob Payne, Tim Frank, and Mark Britton, will share experiences working knowledge management and web 2.0 Tim Frank is currently the IT Program Manager, Strategic Systems, Information Technology Support, Integrated Systems sector of Northrop Grumman.

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Web 2.0 Competition Web Organization 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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Startup Tips Web Platform 233

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage. So, for us, competition is good.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 22, 2008

The term, eHealth, characterizes not only a technical development, but also a state-of-the-mind, a way of thinking, an attitude, and a commitment for networked, global thinking, to improve health care logically, regionally, and worldwide by using information and communication technology. We’ve already seen how Web 2.0

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Web 2.0 Web AeA Journal 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with ecommerce, your latest invention, or personal services. But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. like Google.

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Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce, your latest invention, or personal services. But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Do them all.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Someone has to design and create those entertaining or informative messages that are designed to be passed along in an exponential fashion, often electronically or by e-mail. It’s harder than it looks to exploit people’s propensity to share humorous, enjoyable or useful information - jokes, special offers, and games.

Marketing 107

Marketing Invest SEM Startup 107

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The Web won’t change overnight, but over time we’ll start seeing subtle signs of net neutrality’s demise that will gradually make a more pronounced impact on our daily digital lives.

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.Net Web Content Services 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Brilliant web and iPhone app design. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Gemini Partners (www.geminipartners.net). Middle Market Investment Banking.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

In that network, we bring in content from all over the web. Unlike anywhere else on the web, you can then respond directly when you see that comment. Having that experience has given me an understanding of how information flow, and how important social networks are. We wanted to tackle that problem, by using a social network.

Social Network 239

Social Network Startup Networking Content 239

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has released traffic statistics for its LIVESTRONG.COM web site, its joint venture with cyclist Lance Armstrong, saying that the site now has more than 4 million monthly visits and over 650,000 registered members. The site, which launched in June, is focused on health, fitness, and related information.

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Santa Monica Statistics Demand Sites 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

In particular we talked about how 3rd-party apps have a lot more access to your personal information than you think – especially if a friend of yours gives access to an app it can inadvertently give that app access to your details, too! Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. Total raised: $5.0mm.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0 portfolios.

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

That results in huge savings--up to 75 percent--in price, and you can also do it all in about ten minutes, because we've integrated directly with your course schedule, and filtered through the entire web simultaneously. It seems like all that course information would be difficult to pull, how do you do that?

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UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

FreedomSpeaks is a startup developing a business around connecting people with information about their political representatives, and also enabling organizations and others to do the same. What really differentiates us from our competition is the data set we have. Our competition doesn't have that data. It was a pain.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2014

The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Consider collaborating via shared marketing efforts, trade-show both space, co-branding promotional products, referral agreements, and cross-linking web sites. With informality, these must be win-win relationships. Build word-of-mouth into your product or service.

Technical Review 106

Technical Review Startup Innocal Mobile 106

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

The volume of Tweets is enormous and growing at a rapid pace so tools are emerging to help brands manage this information. They could then publish information and it would go in the “stream” of information when you were logged into Facebook. The currency of the real-time web is, for now, your Twitter address.

Social Network 235

Social Network Writing Tool Startup 235

Southern California Edison Blog

JULY 31, 2020

Enterprises and organizations are increasingly taking advantage of what the cloud has to offer to stay competitive and expand their services. Benefits of Increased Bandwidth. Bandwidth and network traffic issues are usually caused when your organization has too many devices or too many users on the same network at the same time.

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Tips Networking Organization Southern California 59

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. I also read them “my speech” which goes something like this: . ‘If

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Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232