socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Pasadena-based Central Desktop, a provider of on-demand project management and collaboration software, has rolled out new social networking features on its site. Central Desktop said the idea is to "deepen customer-to-customer" engagement within its platform.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Pasadena Tool 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. They also add that LAGbook ranks #2 in the city of Yaba-Lagos, where the social network was incepted, and #37 in the city of Hirtshal, Denmark. Thus, the need for social discovery networks arise.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2017

As an angel investor, I sometimes worry that all the viable unique ideas must already be taken. We all want to get out there ahead of the crowd, and invest in that truly innovative idea that seems so obvious in its appeal that you wonder why nobody ever thought of it before. Yet another social networking site.

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Ideas Sites Social Network Startup 87

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2014

Those are hard, since someone has to invent something innovative, but I do have some views on other ideas whose time has come and gone. Here are my favorites: Social and business networking sites. I hope you have a better idea than Women Behind Bars , or Herpes-Date.com. For other ideas, the wave has simply passed.

Ideas 110

Ideas Entrepreneur Sites Yahoo 110

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2023

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Yet most investors agree that the “idea” is worth nothing alone, and it’s the entrepreneur execution that counts. Your personal life is now public.

Startup 117

Startup Ideas Social Network Technical Review 117

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2018

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Yet most investors agree that the “idea” is worth nothing alone, and it’s the entrepreneur execution that counts. Your personal life is now public.

Ideas 59

Ideas Marketing Startup Entrepreneur 59

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

” The idea Koch say began when he was working on his dissertation and needed a tool to organize his research to share with his colleagues has grown to be of help to thousands of researchers acrss the world. .” The post ResearchGate, Social Network For Scientists Acquires Scholarz.net appeared first on TechZulu.

Social Network 78

Social Network Networking Research News 78

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

.” MediaLab is a holding company that owns several other mobile properties , including anonymous social network Whisper and mixtape app DatPiff. MediaLab said it has “some ideas” for developing Kik going forwards, including making the app faster and reducing the amount of unwanted messages and spam bots.

Social Network 153

Social Network Los Angeles Social Media Blogging 153

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2023

The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “open leadership.” Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other.

Social Media 112

Social Media Media Software Review Social Network 112

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 20, 2009

You should likely check out some of his ideas from posts: 5 Ways to Maximize Your LinkedIn Profile Add a picture Update your status Get recommended Update websites Get your name in your public profile Great suggestions. Couple of additional thoughts… First, have a photo ready so you can add it to any social networking site.

Social Media 150

Social Media Ideas Media Blogging 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Idea management.

Coach 137

Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 137

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. Real innovation in the business world is still rare. Marty Zwilling.

Ideas 105

Ideas Tips Organization Entrepreneur 105

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 7, 2019

The company is one of a growing number of startups trying to rejuvenate the music streaming market by combining it with social networking so that audiences can listen to the playlists of their favorite athletes and entertainers… and their friends. Social music app Playlist lets you listen to music with others in real time.

Entertainment 224

Entertainment Social Media Social Network Media 224

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2023

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. But unfortunately, most of these ideas fail at the execution level, or are not truly innovative. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Innovate or die.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Competition 101

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2020

The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “open leadership.” Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other.

Framework 159

Framework Social Media Software Review Social Network 159

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Facebook popularized the short-form “status update&# and this initially is called the “feed&# but over time starts to become known as the “ stream.&# Twitter then popularizes the idea of having only a stream (e.g. So PPC (pay-per-click) advertising on social networks has performed poorly to date.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Idea management.

Coach 144

Coach Metrics Social Network Competition 144

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. But unfortunately, most of these ideas fail at the execution level, or are not truly innovative. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Innovate or die.

Startup 171

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 171

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The common term for this is networking, but I find that many aspiring entrepreneurs like to do all the talking about their latest new idea and fail to listen. Reserve some time each day for your favorite blogs and influencers, follow up with social networking and expand your personal contacts offline.

Startup 142

Startup Case Study Course Entrepreneur 142

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

David Cohen from TechStars, someone I look up to as an entrepreneur, says that they don’t invest in ideas, but teams. The post amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder appeared first on TechZulu. Braintree Payment integration is another.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2022

During my many years of mentoring professionals and entrepreneurs in business, I more often see people focusing on how to get their ideas heard , than how to promote themselves. I’m convinced that great results are better than great ideas, and a great perception of you as a person is better than both ideas and results.

Tips 121

Tips Social Media Mentor Technical Review 121

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

A new lawsuit, targeting Venice, California-based Snapchat --the hottest company to emerge out of the area''s high tech startup cluster in recent years--says that the company''s founders stole the idea for the company from him after forcing him out of the company early on in its history. snapchat legal lawsuit social networking mobile'

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

According to the company, its new service lets anyone send other people its digital currency on Twitter, with the idea that people can pay for micro content and make micro donations using the popular social networking and communications service.

Tips 171

Tips Social Network Los Angeles Content 171

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

What does social networking have to do with the stock market? Vinny talked with us about his start, which allows users to discuss and collaborate on their stocks and finances in a social way. We wanted to tackle that problem, by using a social network. In that network, we bring in content from all over the web.

Social Network 239

Social Network Startup Networking Content 239

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Yet most investors agree that the “idea” is worth nothing alone, and it’s the entrepreneur execution that counts. Your personal life is now public.

Startup 132

Startup Tips Ideas Entrepreneur 132

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2023

Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. As an angel investor, I quickly look behind the idea or solution, to gauge the mindset and the leadership capabilities of the entrepreneur. For them, adapting and stretching their limits is the norm.

Entrepreneur 118

Entrepreneur Startup Social Network SpaceX 118

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

At least six, Southern California companies -- Nimble , ParkMe , Quarterly , Beachmint , Chromatik , and Dollar Shave Club -- have been named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Brilliant Companies list today, a healthy share of the publication's annual look at the best ideas, hottest industries, and innovators.

Dollar Shave Club 231

Dollar Shave Club Southern California Entrepreneur Company 231

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Success is the right balance of both for fun and profit.

Startup 160

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 160

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Mahalo offers you the choice of sign-up / registration via a host of social networks (powered by JanRain). At the heart of this is two main advantages of having social network sign-up / registration. Allowing the user to click on the Sign-Up / Register via a social network such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Design 225

Design Mahalo Social Network Email 225

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2021

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. This is a concise, well-practiced description of your idea or your startup, delivered with conviction to start a relationship in the time it takes to ride up an elevator. Don’t skip all business social settings.

Entrepreneur 140

Entrepreneur Startup Social Network Mentor 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2022

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. Real innovation in the business world is still rare. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 125

Marketing Tips Organization Ideas 125

Eric Greenspan

MARCH 1, 2013

” The idea here is Subway is listening and if not, they should be and most likely will be soon. Social networks have changed the way we communicate and share ideas. But they are soon to changed they way we buy goods and services.

Social Network 171

Social Network Examples Ideas Marketing 171

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

Helping solicit new business ideas and patents from individuals, federal research labs, universities and other R&D organizations countrywide. Social network for investors. It gives members access to the disruptive power of the crowd to vote, comment and refine, and impact ideas in development to help build viable companies.

El Segundo 76

El Segundo Social Network Startup Patents 76

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2021

Also, for most of us, not having done it before, we have no idea where or how to start. It’s always good to have someone to test your ideas, keep your spirits up, and hone your business skills. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. Explore finding a business partner. You don’t even need an investor.

Startup 156

Startup Social Network Activity Ideas 156

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. The time is now to think bigger.

Entrepreneur 133

Entrepreneur Organization Social Media Social Network 133

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2011

Gutierrez and co-founded by Cary Harwin--said it is looking to help techies with great ideas who need funding. The site looks to get "micro-pledges" from backers, using social networks, to help support technology projects like video games, smart phone apps, web software, sustainable energy, inventions, and more.

Social Network 153

Social Network Ideas Sites Web 153

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123