Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Now, businesses gathering data in California must inform consumers about what personal information is being collected and its intended use. How about youth under 18? How about $2,500 for EACH violation (that means individual or device if unintentional, or $7,500 if intentional? You’ve got to be kidding. But I digress.).

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APRIL 18, 2019

The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Pause to think about how remarkable that truly is. But what is unique about Bird is that with each generation of scooter platform we launch our unit economics get better and better. It was a fascinating discussion in which he also talked about the early days of building Bird.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

“The entire app store paradigm is about to change dramatically, and AppOnboard is perfectly positioned for this disruption,” said Heydon in a statement. Zweig says that the service is the first from a third party to be directly integrated into a platform like Google’s Play store.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you. Google knows it. THE FULL STORY.

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MARCH 31, 2012

If you haven’t read Adam Lashinsky’s awesome new book about Apple , you should. It takes on many of the lessons MBA programs and Corporate America have been teaching about business for the past 50+ years and questions whether lessons from Apple might be more applicable in thinking about the future. Specifically, 1.

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socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2012

If so, you might make sure you have Google Goggles , the free Android and iPhone app from Google, loaded on your phone. The expansion comes in addition to an increase in the public Wi-Fi access at both sites, and a number of mobile pages providing information about daily events, tours, lectures, and more there. Paul Getty Trust?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 7, 2016

Thursday, July 7, 2016 -- Learn About AMP - Accelerated Mobile Pages. Come join GDG Los Angeles as we gratefully welcome Malte Ubl to speak to us about AMP, Accelerated Mobile Pages. He previously spent 5 years at Google making JavaScript based apps go fast and in his free time, he is one of the co-organizers of JSConf EU.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

For Ethan it came down to two companies – BuildOnline or Google. ” I proclaimed to Ethan, “Google is at $400 / share. ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. What do we like about OpenTable?

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MAY 22, 2019

A Startup I’ve Been Excited to Tell You About for Years A few years ago I spent time in prison with Trevor O’Brien , the founder of Projector. They teamed up to solve this problem and when I heard about their approach it completely resonated with me. Announcing Projector?—?A Yes, I always imagined announcing the company that way.

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MARCH 15, 2014

.” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. I have thought a lot about anonymity over the years and actually have enjoyed debating the topic with those passionate about anonymity’s benefits because of course that’s how I learn.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Sony Pictures has released The Interview online, available for streaming, on YouTube , Google Play , Google Play, Xbox Video , and on its own website, seetheinterview.com , in a surprise Christmas gift to North Korea. theinterview youtube xbox google play hollywood censorship hacking hackers north korea content streaming'

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2019

Image by Origa via Wikipedia I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Larry is the primary thinker about the company’s future direction, and still weighs in heavily on key hiring decisions. It didn’t disappoint me.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2017

The issues raised by the 10-page memo on the suitability of women for certain engineering and leadership positions at Google (culminating in the firing of its author) have implications for all of us.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2013

A local consumer watchdog group has uncovered a court filing from Internet giant Google , which says that the firm doesn''t believe users should expect privacy when they use Gmail. Consumer Watchdog said that users who care about email privacy should not use Gmail. google privacy consumer watchdog gmail scanning wiretapping wiretap'

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

We did know about Snapchat as early as anybody. But that narrative was fresh in my head when I first had the discussion about Snapchat. I don’t feel badly about that — Jeremy is smart, successful and a friend and there’s no reason to sit around and be jealous about his success — I’m genuinely happy for him.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

A promotional deal by City of Industry-based NewEgg briefly crippled Google Offers this morning, after Google offered $40 to spend at NewEgg for only $20. The offer--which rapidly sold out this morning--apparently caused lots of issues for prospective buyers, according to widespread Twitter messages. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2010

I sent out a Tweet tonight asking whether anybody uses Google’s Buzz product independently of Twitter. And I guess that is one of the features people loved the most about FriendFeed. Don’t get me wrong – I’m no Google hater. Am I just missing the buzz about Buzz? It’s annoying.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Once a city has spoken with Google about bringing Fiber into their hood, there’s a process for the city to go through. Two new cities are exploring Fiber with Google and they are Chicago and Los Angeles. You know the drill. A lengthy one. Checklists. The whole nine yards. … Read More.

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MARCH 27, 2011

This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. 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.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Despite the announcement this week that Google has plans to hire more than 30,000 employees by the beginning of next year, and reports today that it was overwhelmed with over 75,000 job applications this week, those plans do not appear to have yet impacted Google's jobs listings in Southern California. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. It’s part of our job to ask questions about their plans, challenge their assumptions, and suggest paths to success. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about. Commenting?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

I have written about the deceiving nature of early successes before – in particular in the SaaS or B2B world leading to a phenomenon called “shelfware.” This is why I loved Brad Feld’s recent post about the “ illusion of product / market fit.” It’s ok to live-and-die by Google early.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2010

Search engine giant Google revealed today, for the first time, the revenue split the firm provides to publishers through its AdSense advertising program. According to Google, it pays out 68% of the revenue it collects from advertisers to publishers through AdSense, and about 51% for search advertisements.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 9, 2017

Los Angeles Times cited by Google for "annoying" ads, Faraday Future HR vice president departs, and Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1 rocket research costs about $228 million.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2012

Irvine-based YouMail has a message for all of those browsers in the Google Play store, the place where Android users go to download apps: don't believe those reviews.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

In a sign of the growth of the Silicon Beach technology world, last year, Google moved its headquarters out of a space on Arizona Avenue in Santa Monica, and into a new fancy headquarters space in Venice. We talked with Walter Grieves , who is working on ROC's Community Integration efforts, about the space and what's happening there.

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AUGUST 14, 2011

I agreed to do the interview because the story was about what other companies can learn rather than about airbnb in particular. If you have information about a situation that has gone terribly wrong don’t cover it up. ’ You’re being talked about for the wrong thing. Make the story be about your market.

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MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). no, I''m not talking about SVB, Comerica, Square1 and the like.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

My inbox was getting filled up with emails about it. Naturally, I Googled it, found a solution and turned my attention back to other matters. When they are asleep, Google is always up. We now have our phone in hand, iPad near and soon, we will just say “ok Google” and Glass will have our answer.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

We have made 5 online video investments in total – some we will talk about later this year. But here is the most misunderstood fact about YouTube that I think most smart business people have missed in their rush to criticize revenue splits* or CPMs. I’ve written about that, too.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Why AltaVista Failed To Become as Successful as Google. Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. So, what Quigo would do is analyze a web page for Overture and tell them what they thought it was about. So, he built an auction.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Listening to young people talk about social networking as a new phenomenon is a bit like hearing people talk about a remake of a famous song from my youth as though it was the original version.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2010

What do Google Analytics and print newspapers have in common? I’ve been using Chartbeat for over a month now to track performance of my blog and I find myself looking at Google Analytics much less these days. In fact, I’m surprised by how antiquated Google Analytics feels. Basically, it rocks! Let’s see.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

And yet, as I recall the greatest thrills, the memorable events, the best of memories, almost none are about the money. If you are in such a good place in your life, find a local angel investing group by Googling “angel investing”. Your most satisfying journey will never be about the money.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Google, it’s worth noting, is doing something similar with its Mobile Edge Cloud. The general idea here — and that’s not dissimilar from what Google, Microsoft and others are now doing — is to bring AWS to the edge and to do so in a variety of form factors. Google, meanwhile, is betting big on Anthos.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. Most venture capitalists who have been in this business for a long time foresaw this correction and have been talking about it privately for the better part of the last year or two.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 1, 2007

I just saw a Forbes article talking about Google Hell - getting placed in the secondary index. It doesn't prevent Google Hell, but it certainly reduces the chances. I've worked with several businesses that were essentially based on driving traffic via search engine optimization (SEO).

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