Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

I like the summary of the competitive reality in a new book, “ Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age ,” by Ram Charan, who relates a wealth of current experience from global clients: Customers expect a personalized experience. Features, availability, and brand are just the price of entry.

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Competition Software Review Social Media Customer 142

InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

According to the author, 60% of Facebook’s revenue comes from mobile ads, double that of the prior year. As Facebook''s mobile ad revenue attests, marketers are stepping up their "phone based" spending. There’s a fundamental difference between the behavior of someone utilizing a mobile device and someone sitting at a desktop computer.

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Company Companies Mobile Advertising 200

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2021

The tougher question is whether you are also wise, in the sense of cultivating the right relationships, understanding team dynamics, and keeping to the correct side of the ethical line to maintain the trust of team members and customers alike. This locked in engagement from his employees and customers.

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Patents Mentor Customer Custom 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2021

It’s hard to invent and patent more “scientific” methods on how to match people. The trend is to more mobile and niche markets. So are customers. So sites have to invest heavily in viral marketing to achieve critical mass, which competes with current social networks, while users expect to join both for free. Marty Zwilling.

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Sites Social Network Competition Networking 134

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For instance, one of our targets are those who have large audiences, like mobile carriers. These large mobile carriers have audiences, but something they dont have content services to attract and retain subscribers to a mobile network. We build products and services tied to mobile carriers. Who are your core customers?

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

We were fortunate to be approached to provide mobile EV charging for Jaguar, and have developed that solution, and it's now a big part of our business. After doing the work for an internal event for them, that led to external, customer-facing launch events around the country. It's been an exciting two years. It's very exciting to me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2015

How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding. If your early traction highlights an opportunity they have missed, they can mobilize their huge resources and run over you. Martin Zwilling.

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Startup Competition Patents Resource 118

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

In a mobile world, what's a unique way to reach out to your friends and others? One way is to create your own, custom video clip which you can share via email, text message, or through a social networking site like Facebook. We have a mobile app, and a Facebook app, and all of that can be private labeled. READ MORE>>.

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Social Network Mobile Media Examples 246

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2014

How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding. If your early traction highlights an opportunity they have missed, they can mobilize their huge resources and run over you. Martin Zwilling.

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Entrepreneur Competition Patents Resource 110

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

In the world of mobile app and Internet startups, it''s not that often that you see companies who touch the hardware side of the world get funding nowadays. The firm recently raised a $15M series C funding, and we caught up with Kevin to learn more about why its customers, and investors, are interested in its technology.

Technical Review 213

Technical Review Software Review Networking Technology 213

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2018

How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding. If your early traction highlights an opportunity they have missed, they can mobilize their huge resources and run over you. Martin Zwilling.

Competition 51

Competition Patents Resource Entrepreneur 51

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

We were fortunate to be approached to provide mobile EV charging for Jaguar, and have developed that solution, and it's now a big part of our business. After doing the work for an internal event for them, that led to external, customer-facing launch events around the country. It's been an exciting two years. It's very exciting to me.

Startup 133

Startup Customer Custom News 133

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." NDAs or Other Protection So you decide you want to be able to share with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. You need all of these people to bake the cake.

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Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

For example, if your new software adds innovative new features and mobile access to a classic offering, you could name and degrade current vendors for their lack of support, or you could highlight your innovative additions over the current market leaders. Use real case studies and customer feedback.

Capital 63

Capital Competition Case Study Patents 63

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." NDAs or Other Protection So you decide you want to be able to share with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. You need all of these people to bake the cake.

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Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

Mobilizing all the resources of localized 3D design, 3D printing, traditional manufacturing and input materials for individual custom creations with added benefits of supporting our local economy,” says Jeremy Goodwin, co-founder of SYNCFAB. More technically speaking, SYNCFAB is a technical hybrid 3D print and design solution platform.

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Design Platform Patents Outsource Development 84

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave told us about how and why he and his co-founders--both previously executives at Twistbox--decided to start their own startup, specifically outside of the mobile industry, and a bit about the product. We've been steeped in mobile content development and publishing. How long has Bccthis been around?

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Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. I've always been a mobile enthusiast, in technology and design and user experience. How did you two connect?

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Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2013

CapLinked’s enterprise customers will also have the option to leverage Quipa’s innovative data-in-transit security technology for transferring files in and out of the cloud. This allowsCapLinked to offer its customers a security option that’s both state-of-the-art and unobtrusive.”. Cutting Edge Technologies.

Yammer 72

Yammer Journal Networking Software 72

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

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SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The next company up was Storitz , operating as an online reservation system for storage units (think Orbitz), the company helps consumers not only search for available listings, but also make reservations with real time feedback on availability and customer reviews. Looking for twitter trends on #TZSpotlight?

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One, is with cause marketing, engaging your customers around causes; second, is employee engagement around causes, and the last is corporate social responsibility, companies working with vendors or other folks they work with, and the public in general. Ryan Scott: We focus on a couple of things. We like to call ourselves a cause integrator.

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Causecast Startup Content Education 222

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2013

It’s hard to invent and patent more “scientific” methods on how to match people. The trend is to more mobile and niche markets. So are customers. So sites have to invest heavily in viral marketing to achieve critical mass, which competes with current social networks, while users expect to join both for free. Marty Zwilling.

Sites 86

Sites Social Network Networking Patents 86

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The Black Tux online tuxedo rental, which is reinventing the customer experience in the antiquated $10B+ tuxedo rental and sales industry. Eventum’s customers include Anheuser-Busch, Arena Football, Diageo, Langham, Hilton, Starwood Hotels, and event planning agencies. They focus on quality and experience.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

Beast Mobile (Kirkland, WA). How will Beast Mobile cut down the cost of your ever-increasing cell phone bill? Targeted mobile advertising. They are bridging the communication gap between citizens, law enforcement, corporations and all branches of government with their mobile app. Culpability (Atlanta, GA).

Startup 79

Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Stitcher - San Francisco-based service that lets users customize talk radio programming on their mobile devices. My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire’s business model focuses on providing complete application solutions to businesses, while its open API enables applications to be customized in virtually any fashion. Using CallFire, anyone with a cell phone and a laptop can become a virtual call center.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Choose an email system to connect with customers ( Constant Contact , MailChimp , Sendgrid ). Pick a Customer Relationships Management System (CRM). Decide on possible discounts, specials and coupons to attract new customers.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Check out the inaugural Startup UCLA companies, as self-described, below: Accelsor – Accelsor simplifies custom website creation into a single step by eliminating the prototyping and coding stages. Play In Motion – Play In Motion is developing a social mobile location-based platform for casual gaming. RiJCFI 30 minutes ago.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Gagnier consults technology firms on policy issues ranging from patent law reform to communications issues, such as Network Neutrality. Gagnier has customized Gagnier Margossian LLP’s technology practice to broadly serve the needs of “startups.”

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IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

The proof nowadays is certainly in winning customers--whether that is a consumer or in the enterprise. At GRP, we don't care about patents--they're nice to have, but not required--but we're looking for defensible IP in an area with an interesting, and big, idea. What we are looking for, first and foremost, is the right entrepreneur.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

Right after that, I established connections with lots of artists--who were customer and friends--and started publishing books for them. Don Patterson: It also uses your personal history, and other sources on your mobile client based on point-of-interest databases, plus your calendar. We imported animation artwork into the U.S.,

Startup 100

Startup Research UCI Social Network 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Sustainability is comprised of the many facets of everyday industry: energy, water, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing methods, mobility, etc. UCLA itself has been prodigious in patent filing, and recently launched their own VC fund. Back to a previous topic, Ian talks about sustainability and its many faces.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Michael Schneider – CEO of Mobile Roadie. Michael Schneider is the CEO of Mobile Roadie , the leading self-service mobile app engagement platform. In just a few minutes, anyone (no programming knowledge required) can create a mobile app. ThinkNear helps you target mobile ads to consumers at precise locations.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Even though their business model was tweaked a little while ago to give customers additional leniency, the business is still expecting to break $100 million in revenue this year, up from $25 million in 2010. I worthy cause, with a tough customer, the DOD. It also won a number of key patents bit.ly/RiJCFI I think he qualifies.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75