Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches?

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

.&# I took it to mean, “making decisions with small amounts of money (pennies) that end up making bad sense for affecting larger amounts of money (pounds, as in Great British Pounds).&# I thought of it as people who cut corners on small costs but paid dearly in terms of lost productivity on expensive staff. I Love Scrappy.

Startup 333

Startup Class Conference Product 333

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. Be sure it matches your business, and get a hosting agreement from one of the popular providers like GoDaddy. Open an account with PayPal.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. Be sure it matches your business, and get a hosting agreement from one of the popular providers like GoDaddy. Open an account with PayPal.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. How has your history with Jason Spievak , Colin Kelley and the rest of the former CallWave team shaped and benefited the company?

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. Be sure it matches your business, and get a hosting agreement from one of the popular providers like GoDaddy. Open an account with PayPal.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2012

Matthew Goldman: We're helping people to simplify the decision they make when they pay for products. To merchants, what is in your wallet looks just like a regular credit card. But, it's not a new line of credit, and it's not a new account. It's just an access point for all of the other cards I your wallet.

Help 157

Help Social Media Incubator Services 157

Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2022

Many of these businesses will take a while to gain some momentum, but there are already some fresh faces on the tech scene that are worth keeping your eyes on as the next year progresses. “We’ve been in your shoes. The first is a free tier, which allows users to securely connect their bank account to the app.

Startup 203

Startup Invest FAQ Examples 203

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2013

If you aren’t so sure, need something fast, or need to keep your costs low, then an LLC is the best legal and taxable entity to facilitate your startup. Here are the key steps: Form the simplest legal entity early to cover your efforts. Now would be a good time to see your lawyer or accountant if you need more details.

Startup 93

Startup Tips Examples Guide 93

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

He argues for a world he calls POSO (post social) in which we will only use social applications which drastically cut down our time involvement and/or increase our productivity. As a software developer I wrote code on what was called a “dumb terminal” because it literally had no processing capability.

Web 355

Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

Berkonomics

MARCH 17, 2010

As the new generation of digital natives enters the work force, management is being pressed to open their networks and their thinking to allow social networking inside the firewall, workers who are more productive and comfortable anywhere but in a cubicle, and management of a virtual workforce. 1. A great smartphone. 9.

Mobile 149

Mobile Doc Google Resource 149

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jim Semick: I’ve been launching and managing software products for 15 years now, going back to when you and I worked together at Expertcity before it was acquired by Citrix. I have always worked on early stage products. Some of the products I’ve helped validate and launch include GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and AppFolio.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

As you probably know, PayPal just opened up their platform to outside developers, and we took a look at that and the opportunity it presented, and build something based on the PayPal API. Lottay's gift are virtual things--anything you want--attached to real money, in a PayPal account. So, is this launched and fully usable tomorrow?

Evite 157

Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We took into account innovation and entrepreneurship, style and appeal, originality, community, and value. Codeita is a powerful, easy to use, cloud-based, web development environment. It allows users to code, develop, brainstorm, communicate and then publish projects and files to your web server. 22, 2010.

Company 106

Company Companies Web Evite 106

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Determine whether your business name needs to be trademarked, and if does Trademark it at the USPTO. Protect your written works and code through the Copyright Office. If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Vet your idea with the idea checklist.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2012

So far, I’ve covered how to decide which type of app you’re looking to create and how to use your market research to decide what features you want your app to have. If you’re new to software development, you may be asking yourself, “What the heck is a User Story, anyway?”

Marketing 84

Marketing Screening Social Network Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2014

There are 3 vital questions to ask when putting together a campaign; 1- Is the thing I’m raising money for a great product? 2- How am I talking about my product? He shared, ‘When creating a campaign it’s key to remember that people are fans of you – not the actual product, so you want to be sure to communicate your why.’.

Startup 109

Startup Examples Social Media Media 109

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google. In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product). It now seems that Mark is more firmly in control.

CTO Hire 309

CTO Hire Organization Google Course 309

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

After you sign up for an account, super easy if you have a Facebook account, you are taken to a page with available lounges for you to view video. You can also create your own lounge. Everything from hip hop music videos to entertainment news and gossip, there is sure to be a lounge to suit your taste.

Content 74

Content Conference News Social Network 74

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. Who are your customers, partners or suppliers? accessibility.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

On the day of Miigle’s public launch, we chatted about developing his team, lessons learned, and how World Cup soccer fits into his vision. TZ: In our last interview you said that you were about 25% at capacity of your original vision for Miigle. For example, take someone who is developing a travel solution as a mobile application.

SoCal 104

SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

One useful technique for keeping your eyes focused on what really matters is Cayenne Consulting’s Venture Value Scorecard™. The Venture Value Scorecard is a one-page summary of your company’s achievements and assets: the factors that contribute to the value of your organization.

.Net 89

.Net Metrics Competition Template 89

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys.

Startup 89

Startup Entrepreneur Report Summary 89

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

In terms of topics we spoke about: - Do VC’s send your presentations around to other people if they don’t fund you? Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. short answer: very, very rarely. But it does happen.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Startup Report Summary 95

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2012

So far, I’ve covered how to decide which type of app you’re looking to create and how to use your market research to decide what features you want your app to have. If you’re new to software development, you may be asking yourself, “What the heck is a User Story, anyway?”

Marketing 53

Marketing Screening Social Network Email 53

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

First you need to know exactly what you are looking for, then find out from all the options which is the best suited for you and your startup, and you can't forget about pricing. You may find a application that seems perfect from the description page, buy it and come to find out it was not what you were looking for.

Startup 49

Startup Social Media Tool Sites 49

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys.

Startup 94

Startup Entrepreneur Report Summary 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

“You don’t mentally process how much you’re under stress because of your personality but your body still perceives the stress. So while you’re mind feels calm, your body is becoming a mess. That stress – plus your unhealthy eating and lifestyle – have given you acid reflux.”

Tips 150

Tips Startup Help Mobile 150

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

The way you talk about your business, develop your brand voice, gauge demand, and connect with your audience. To know who and where the product is coming from allows people to see first-hand on how the product is made. The cardinal truth is you put your social capital on the line.

Startup 74

Startup Funding Capital Help 74

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In short, if you are always on the go, apps are your best friend. It is no wonder that the average apps user spends 139 minutes per day browsing them, according to a report by Flurry, a company catering to app developers. The premise is simple: if you want to engage with your customers, go where they are and where you can matter.

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Zareh Baghdasarian: 15desks is all about managing your educational lifestyle, all the way from early education to your graduate work. Later on, when you are at a university, you might manage things like your resume and portfolio. Later on, when you are at a university, you might manage things like your resume and portfolio.

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Let's talk about your product first, tell us about your hardware? We use a Camera SLR camera, which works with any of our three products out there. We developed an automatic book scanner. It did very, very well, and based on all of the feedback we received, we designed our latest product, the Bookdrive Pro.

Google 100

Google Startup West Los Angeles Content 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Facebook just hit 1 billion active users globally and that was great but a new social payment application is set to make Facebook users across the world get more from their connections and even allowing companies to sell or receive payments from their pages. As we know, developers always give their product a code name.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Many people have speculated a variety of revenue sources such as charging 3rd parties for their data, charging power users for their accounts, charging “verified users&# for their certified accounts, etc. A healthy eco-system of application developers is required for any software or Internet company to be massively successful.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286