socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

That popularity helped drive Instagram's recent acquisition by Facebook for $1 billion. Since my background is in environmental sciences, as well, I couldn't help noticing all of the things that hadn't been addressed properly. We think we're opening up another channel to help companies monetize.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 So we can say no based on geography, we can say no based on it doesn’t fit in our themes.“… “Then we engage with the product and the entrepreneur and because we know these areas very well we don’t have to spend a lot of time understanding the market or understanding the customer.”.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” Consultants Don’t Pivot, Founders Do - Steve Blank , May 13, 2010 Consultants can help startups leverage their limited resources. was having coffee with a friend who teaches at the U.C.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0 Seems an obvious fit.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

founder, Steve Cunningham, this is exactly the thought process he went through when developing a product to help you take in and use information faster. And there lied a problem for an entrepreneur to solve. Like Gary Vaynerchuk, Cunningham built the family business 10 fold through creating branded web content with a viral touch.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

We caught up with Greg Brogger , the firm's CEO, to understand the service and how it might help private investors. I became general counsel, an investor, and an entrepreneur, and played a bunch of different roles at companies--so I know security laws intimately. Given the advances in communications technology, and the Web 2.0

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

One of the very interesting things people were doing, which is the foundation of Quub, is what we've since stated calling micropresence--providing short little bits of information to help people reading their instant messages a clue of what was happening on the other side of the instant messaging line. What's the business model behind this?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

You could just sit and add people to your own family tree program, but people hadn't applied Web 2.0-style, We basically built the tool to help people stay connected, and we've been using it internally for six months. Before that, creating a family tree was a solitary activity. Now, let's talk about Yammer.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

to help bloggers and blog readers with comments. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this. Maybe this meme will help. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

I hope you’ll excuse me when I do the latter in combination with the former to try and explain how I see macro trends and help you think about the mind of a VC. I learned that he was originally with William Morris as a junior talent rep but wanted to be more in the business of helping digital startups. “And importantly Web 2.0

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Then, we spoke to the firm's founder, Alex Aydin, and discovered that he wasn't just your usual Web 2.0 first time entrepreneur, but had taken a company IPO and ran it as a public firm in the 90's--Prostor--which he eventually sold to Sun Microsystems. Now we have the technology, and are ready to go to market with it.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

We've got a couple of other partners who have great experience in the communications sector, a serial entrepreneur who has done lots of media investing in India--but we wanted to stick to what we know, out of the gate, and we've quietly been at it now for a year now. I spent a lot of time watching the evolution of Web 1.0,

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Dave McClure is a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, startup investor, and blogger. Richard Rosenblatt. Bambi Francisco. Dave McClure. . Alex Quilici.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 But let’s be honest – they’re mostly the same old shit as Web 1.0, So what changed that ushered in the new era that was officially dubbed Web 2.0? Social Networking in Web 2.0: And importantly Web 2.0

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Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

Build a SWAT team By Frank Addante (Part 4 of a 5 part series: " So, you need to develop a product? ") Any entrepreneur, CEO or CTO should always have a development SWAT team on hand. The SWAT team helped us kick-start the project and get it to market in less time that it would have taken us to interview and hire a small team.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Kanye West. Advisory Board. He's awesome.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

It was an “enterprise 2.0” panel at the dawn of what people began calling “web 2.0.”. Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. My political science degree was more helpful than my economics degree. I have talked about this before. Don’t get me wrong – I loved economics.

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

As he was standing there explaining the surgery in a very serious tone, I couldnt help but think to myself "this guy saves lives." If I had a 95% success rate in starting companies, launching products and selling, I would be, by far, the most successful entrepreneur ever to live. And he was about to save my dads.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. The web is interconnected, and traffic flows between sites that interlink.The more sites that link to you, the more sustainable traffic you build overtime. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts).

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Referring Traffic / Press - The web is interconnected, and traffic flows among sites that interlink. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts). But fortune favors those who persist. Distribution Deals.

Web 62

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? . -

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. Let’s help get their funding get finalized or the company sold if it’s already in play. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because.

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Frank Addante

JULY 5, 2007

Smart people figure things out and will help evolve the business. Entrepreneurs People who are driven to build something, will. See my previous posting: " Hire Entrepreneurs! " Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Plus, they bring a fresh perspective.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

We didn’t hire resumes and experience, we hired smart, good people who wanted to be entrepreneurs. I helped the company’s Board to clear the company from the mess and cooperated with the SEC. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Every person on my team was A-class.

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