Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2013

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in an old article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2014

In a second, with Google, I can find a phone number that was assigned to you ten years ago, but it takes me an hour to find your phone number on that business card you gave me last week. That doesn’t address social networks and other lists you may have. Social networks have added additional layer of complexity to this challenge.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. In business you spend your life in email. Enter Xobni.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2013

In a second, with Google, I can find a phone number that was assigned to you ten years ago, but it takes me an hour to find your phone number on that business card you gave me last week. That doesn’t address social networks and other lists you may have. Social networks have added additional layer of complexity to this challenge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in an old article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget.

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Search Engine Optimization Content Social Network Google 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. The reach is very broad, with a network has 30 branches extending to 80 different countries. AngelList.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, People were not just going to Google, they were looking all over the place. com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. What is CareerArc?

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2012

The inspiration for this blog post via a recent Tweet , Hunter is a force of good at Youtube and Google. is a well respected author, photographer and consultant but he’s also generally a great guy to follow on any social network. Instead, let’s talk about the men of Pinterest. The few, the proud, the Peen-terest. Hunter Walk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2011

In a second, with Google, I can find a phone number that was assigned to you ten years ago, but it takes me an hour to find your phone number on that business card you gave me last week. That doesn’t address social networks and other lists you may have. Social networks have added additional layer of complexity to this challenge.

Technical Review 83

Technical Review Technology Software Review Social Network 83

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2012

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in an old article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget.

Search Engine Optimization 85

Search Engine Optimization Content Social Network Google 85

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

By Evan Britton Each day, millions of internet users post updates on a variety of social networking sites. This information is often relevant and useful for entrepreneurs and startups - so you need to understand the alternatives and implications. These are real-time results that Google have mixed in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2011

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in a prior article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget.

Web 93

Web Search Engine Optimization Content Social Network 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. New England Investment Network. angels entrepreneur funding groups startup' Keiretsu Forum. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2012

The startup has come up with an app now fully integrated with the giant social network and can be used to comment ,like, tag, browse through events, statuses, comments or swipe through videos as you rank them relevant or unwanted without leaving Facebook. We have been serial entrepreneurs since we knew each other.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

One of the most difficult things to do as a first time entrepreneur is to get to know the investors you might be working with if you accept money. He got into the industry through the same traits required for entrepreneurs – persistence & resiliency. Competitors: Google. You’ll hear this story in the video.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. The reach is very broad, with a network has 30 branches extending to 80 different countries. AngelList.

Angel 67

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 67

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Whether someone is in Google address book, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, they all end up in one place. It also generated search alerts--like a Google alert, for mentions of that person's name, company, and also keywords. Tags: tyler koblasa mingly contact startup interview entrepreneur social networking.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

There are a lot of users, with lots of different email and instant messaging accounts, who are finding that there are too many ways to communicate with their friends and associates. People are using email, IM, soc nets like LinkedIn and Facebook, SMS, and video chat -- all of these are really places to communicate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

These offers that you see on every social network and Craigslist are invariably scams. To stem the tide, the web giant Google late last year launched a legal battle against more than 50 companies that allegedly infringe upon the Google name to promote "work-from-home" scams. Google name or details.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. New England Investment Network. But now to answer one of the most common questions I get “How do I find Angel investors?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2010

In a second, with Google, I can find a phone number that was assigned to you ten years ago, but it takes me an hour to find your phone number on that business card you gave me last week. That doesn’t address social networks and other lists you may have. Social networks have added additional layer of complexity to this challenge.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Technology Software Review Social Network 48

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. How does it work? The service provider – create a profile, multiple adverts. Everyday!

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Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. That was in addition to the social media work I'd done. That, combined with being early on the social web, was the nexus from where MomentFeed came about.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Check Google , Yellow Pages , and local directories to ensure your business name is not taken. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Create and manage your social media presence. Set up your computer and network.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

All that combined is what lead us to the amazing group of participating companies that follow: CapLinked lets entrepreneurs focus on what they do best, while making sure their investors always stay in the loop. Import your content from a Google Maps Account, KML file, or create it from scratch using their content management system.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We will be bringing you some of the hottest startups around to give you a quick rundown about their companies and get to know the entrepreneur behind those companies. This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Feel free to email or drop a tweet with any questions about the journey, no matter what stage you’re in.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. As I like to say, in the era of social networks and transparency if you can’t figure out how to get introduced to a VC then hang up your cleats now.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 19, 2012

I like that people can watch a long-form discussion with VCs and entrepreneurs covering the issues of our day. Is App.net right the rail against ad-supported social networks or ad-supported products more broadly? Facebook, Twitter, Salesforce.com, Apple, Google … channels all. Jonathan Strauss is ex Yahoo!).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Asymmetric – Before Twitter most social networks had “symmetric” relationships meaning that when somebody wanted to follow you, you had to follow them back in order for us to be connected. Our Twitter handle has become our identity, on par with an email address. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

On the one hand innovation is clearly at an all time high unleashed by smart phones, fast telecom networks, social networks that spread commerce and the fact that we are all one click away from buying things on Amazon, Apple, Google or PayPal. The cycle before that was Google, Salesforce and LinkedIn, amongst others.

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