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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Berkonomics

JANUARY 28, 2016

If you have not done so, let Google tell you whether your web site is responsive. Go to https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile–friendly/ and enter your web address for a quick, free, analysis. And treat the result seriously. How about your emails? Same thing.

Email 120

Email Marketing Web Mobile 120

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are your key Startup Metrics ? What are some good examples of similar sites? What special data, content, APIs, etc. Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? Content Management - do we need to allow easy editing of content in the system? Content access controls?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are your key Startup Metrics ? What are some good examples of similar sites? What special data, content, APIs, etc. Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? Content Management - do we need to allow easy editing of content in the system? Content access controls?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal. And perhaps to stimulate new connections.

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Southern California TechEmpower Technology Council Metrics 150

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. The content comes from other places. To be clear Los Angeles Tech is a jump off point.

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Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Should you be buying key words from search engines, building fabulous web content, blasting out e-mail campaigns, or putting all your efforts into viral videos or social media? In fact, the first challenge is to build a strategy, put together a budget, and define measurement metrics.

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Marketing Metrics Social Media Content 96

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Image Metrics (www.image-metrics.com) recently landed a $6.5M, Series B funding round for the firm's facial animation products. I was introduced to Image Metrics a year before I joined, and was helping them along. Editor's note: you can see Image Metrics "Emily" demo on their web site ).

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Metrics Startup Sales Newsletter 100

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

What are your key Startup Metrics ? What are some good examples of similar sites? What special data, content, APIs, etc. Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? What's the User Interface Beyond the Web Site ? How will you be taking this to market? SEO for Startups )?

Software Development 292

Software Development Develop Development Startup 292

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

And finally, Scott demonstrated his internal management tool for managing the metrics of his business. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Includes content mobile guides, ie. Makes money by partnering with brands and marketers to publish location-triggered content. It’s awesome.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

We've applied mathematical logic to give each piece of content a score, which tells you how vibrant that piece of content is, based on likes, comments, and shares. From there, because you can drill down on a week, month, and year basis, you can look and say--at any time, what top 5 pieces of content are interesting?

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Social Media Startup Tool LAMP 203

socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

Our startup interview this morning is with Josh Stomel , founder of ResumeBucket (www.resumebucket.com), a new web site that is focused on helping people share their resumes with the world. Stomel--who is bootstrapping the startup from his recruiting firm, NeoHire--explained the site to us. What's the idea behind the site?

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Startup Yahoo Sites Oversee.net 140

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. Mobile Web America, Inc. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence. We utilize the content of your existing website and create a mobile version on-the-fly.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2015

A survey by the Webs Small Business Digital Trends revealed that 63% of small business owners are using digital strategies in their overall marketing efforts. Pull your audience with content. With online marketing, marketers produce great content to pull the audience towards their brand. Focus on customers. Share them.

Guide 40

Guide Social Media Content Advertising 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

It's analytics around users and visitation on web sites, and it's knowledge of the consumption of photos--for example, GumGum--or video images on the web. They've got some nice metrics behind them. Tags: content media investment fundraising fund startup capital venture ventures crosscut garrett brian interview.

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Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

This year, it being our third year in a row conducting on site interviews and live streaming, we definitely had to ensure this year’s lineup was up to snuff with the great ongoings of SXSW. Doug Krugman – Web Thrift Store , supporting charities through buying/selling online. Here are some sites from the trade show floor!

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. My guess is that will be the case with a lot of different kinds of content and applications. I'm working quite a bit with startups who are leveraging social media, but I'm finding it hard to predict success and metrics.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2012

He is the Content Strategist and CEO of FatDUX, headquartered in Copahagen, Denmark, a global company specializing in user experience with offices worldwide in Los Angeles, Budapest, Zagreb and Prague. On the other hand, when looking up the ‘user experience’ definition, it has a different set of authors and is very web focused.

Social Media 101

Social Media Design Los Angeles Media 101

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Here’s the block that you see when you look at a blog enabled by Disqus (a third party commenting tool that can be embedded in blogs and other content): It allows you to authenticate yourself using Facebook Connect , Twitter Oauth (sign in with Twitter), OpenID , and Yahoo Browser-Based Authentication. Example What do I mean?

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Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

NOT just because they have the best deals on web based business tools. It’s the only site aside from Google I go to every single day so that I don’t miss out on an incredible offer. Noah has what I believe he called “Thank You metrics”. Question is, how do we focus on community first when we have utility bills to pay.

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Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Patrick is the man behind all the marketing aspects of what could be called one of the funniest sites on the web. How do you market the Funniest site on the internet? People become aware of Funny Or Die through our content. Content is King – Have great content. The perception that you make a ‘viral’ video.

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Sites Marketing Social Media Social Network 61

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. How long has the site been up and running? What have you learned so far in getting the site up and running?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The day after we shut down the site, we got an email from this company, saying they had a big opportunity they'd like to talk to us about. We had some investors very interested but wanted us to validate some metrics, so we spent time building things to prove those metrics. We had a lot of reasons we had to do a lot of things.

Software Review 100

Software Review Startup Metrics Content 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We said to the studios--you have this amazing content, why not let us clip it all up, find the best moments in film, and allow users to post those to their blogs and Facebook pages, and let us create curated channels on the web? How is this different than the movie clips floating around the web now? Fascinating story.

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Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2013

Make your startup valuable and visible, with great content that can not be missed by online search, influencers, and offline events. Use social media in concert with a web site and offline media. entrepreneur startup metrics marketing sales business' Attract and get found by the right prospects. Marty Zwilling.

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Sales Startup Metrics Custom 105

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Content, of course, is the same!]. How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Online radio music service.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

First, let me recommend reading a previous blog, called omg I’m just a startup, I can’t do those fancy metrics. The main things I like to look at are new versus return visitors, top content pages, what pages are causing bounces, etc. Every web product ultimately has a bunch of user flows contained within it.

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