Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. So I thought I’d write a piece on how not to suck when you give a presentation. Show some energy!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? You fish where your customers are. Mostly, I love writing. I know this because you’re not a young teenager. I knew this from day one.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. The opening paragraphs of that first newsletter are indicative of the captivating and accessible writing style, which eventually cultivated a huge audience. And of those 35 people.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Attending his speaking events is not only educational and useful to your business but it has often been described as very comical and entertaining. October 14: Putting the content into content strategy – effective writing for interactive media. Putting the content into content strategy – effective writing for interactive media.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. No doubt, he did. Prototype Your Work.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

When we talk to customers, we hear about these pain points. After college, I didn't go into engineer, I went into the marketing and entertainment side. Gabe Grifoni: I had actually transitioned to the writing side, and focusing on tech. We're really growing our customer relations.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. I saw so many different applications for virtual reality in education, entertainment, mental health and communication,” he said. That really manifested into us doing events. And UploadVR was born.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Synhergy Marketing originally was a company setup to be a full service marketing company for the entertainment industry – the record label, the webzine, everything you would need as an artist. It’s similar to American Idol , but they judge more on your song writing ability rather than your ability to cover other songs.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. The amateur is probably our target customer, but a professional also looking to transition to digital would also be pretty interested in what we are doing. He's been working Hollywood, too, and is a real Cinderella story.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Prior to co-founding EdgeCast, he was a co-founder, chairman and CEO of KnowledgeBase, a hosted enterprise knowledge management company with many Fortune 1000 customers. Before co-founding Bitium, Scott was VP of Product for Fastpoint Games, a sports and entertainment gaming company that sold to WePlay in 2012.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Microsoft Dynamics CRM has over 30,000 customers and 2 million users worldwide. Xbox LIVE has nearly 40 million members, making it the biggest social entertainment network in the living room. Credit for the writing and research of this article and content goes to Zack Schuler of Cal Net Technology Group, Founder & CEO.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 16, 2015

If someone writes a note to you in the margin of your book or draws an arrow for you on a map, they are annotating a document for you. While this is certainly entertaining, the applications of this technology in fields like education and the arts are as exciting as emerging technologies get. Virtual reality replaces the real world.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. Any competition in LA?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

Central Desktop’s angel was amusing without alienating potential customers. Of the 228 exhibitors at ad:tech, Brittany Fleit, writing for Allvoices , voted Central Desktop’s booth as her favorite, despite the fact that the company was outspent by nearly all the other attendees. His lines proved evocative - from “Hey, come over here.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. ESPN, Forbes, AOL were customers. What’s your point of view on next generation video entertainment? (34:30 I’m now back & ready for action. The company later sold for around $300 million. Tell us more about Highland Capital (14:30 – 16:30). 34:30 – 37:00).

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

When the group was formed, George’s role was supportive with John and Paul writing and singing most of the group’s hits. Your startup should strive to offer as much value to its customers as possible. Entrepreneurs can learn from their achievements as well as their failures. Book Verdict.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

From devising a tweet length pitch to having an easy to remember name, each branding opportunity is a touch point for a new customer to be attracted to what you have to offer. The best way to get a journalist’s attention is to know who you are writing to and what interests them. You want them to want to come to your booth right?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Addison McCaleb – Mediahound , making it easier for you to discover entertainment. Joergen Aaboe – Momentfeed , combining life foot traffic with reduced customer acquisition costs. Jared Golden – Pear, connecting local community groups to their sponsors. Chris Cox – Invoc , inbound call analytics.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Tim Street – Topping Mashable’s list of Social Media VIPs in Los Angeles Tim Street is a Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, New Media Consultant and Web Video Branded Entertainment Pioneer. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. These are all creative processes.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

That’s why Canecto developed a cutting-edge, AI framework designed to be a web analytics assistant and help provide owners relevant insights around their customer base and learn how visitors interact with their content. For retailers, this will mean selling more product, fewer returns and happier customers. Culpability (Atlanta, GA).

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Tim Street – Topping Mashable’s list of Social Media VIPs in Los Angeles Tim Street is a Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, New Media Consultant and Web Video Branded Entertainment Pioneer. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2012

They realized that they had to conform to their customers’ collective reality in order to succeed. Select a team from sports, entertainment, fiction, politics, etc. Write down five factors that you feel contributed the most to your dream team’s success. Dream Team Exercise.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

A Writer Is Someone Who Writes. A writer is someone who writes, not someone who goes about telling their friends that they are “a writer”. If your character cracks under the heat of a startup, your stakeholders will feel cheated, just like the ceramic customers in ancient Greece. Hint: He was an entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

With all these companies vying for attention & others just here to soak up the vibe I thought I’d write a much broader piece on how startups can make the most of their attendance at conferences & events. Feel good in knowing that while they’re at the latest conference, you can be back home stealing all their customers !

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. The future is a computer vision world, from autonomous vehicles to robotics to security, training, education and entertainment.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of. Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

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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. Clarity for the team that is building the product, clarity for the customer who’s using the product, and clarity when you’re marketing the product. Sounds like a noble cause.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I had been selling large content management systems and storing documents for industrial-scale customers. Many of the biggest customers wanted to be able to physically walk through our data center – how could I give up something so strategic? I see the same again with the entertainment industry. Think about it.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. Think of about the rise of Japanese Anime , Spanish Novelas , Korean Drama or the rise of Bollywood entertainment from India.

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