socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Alec Shankman is CEO of Santa Monica-based Gotcast (www.gotcast.com), an online site focused on casting of actors for television shows, movies, and other productions. Alec Shankman: Gotcast is the largest online interactive casting platform. Let's talk a little bit about the intersection of technology and Hollywood. READ MORE>>.

Hollywood 252

Hollywood Startup Sites SEO 252

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

This empowers local florists to take advantage of things like organic SEO, and also helps them promote their current business, as well. It''s more about connecting then with customer, than BloomNation sending orders through the platform. I have such respect for other platforms and technology.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I was an early user of Quora and like all new technologies they take a bit of playing with them for a while, discussing them with others and reflecting on them to let them sink in. When Quora went into Beta and became the “hip product to have access to&# in Silicon Valley I felt compelled to play around with it.

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Startup 105

Startup Search Engine Optimization Summary Customer 105

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company. and most recently Myspace, where he ran an online marketing team focused on SEO, social media, and paid traffic acquisition. Tony has previously worked for organizations like PayPal, Yahoo!

SEO 85

SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Search Engine Optimization 58

Search Engine Optimization Startup SEO Customer 58

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

The second, is we provide fulfillment services, such as product shipments. Third, is we provide customer care and phone support for orders; the fourth is the software technology, the platform that powers everything. We're all technology guys in the way, and were not in the apparel space.

Venture Capital 113

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Mike built a white label product that let large publishers leverage text based ads by building their own marketplace rather than using Ad Words. They had a great team and interesting technologies. Do you agree that Google SEO optimized results for high volume search terms are broken? (49:35-51:30). 40:30 –41:30). 41:30-42:00).

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

Southern California 150

Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Tips 93

Tips Search Engine Optimization Summary Startup 93

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2011

CallFire also used Biz2Beach as a platform to showcase its newest iteration, CallFire Version 3.0. Tony Adam is the Founder and CEO of Eventify, an LA-based venue marketplace that began at LA Startup Weekend, and Visible Factors, an SEO consultancy. Having previously worked at notable companies including Myspace, PayPal, Yahoo!

Social Media 71

Social Media Mobile SEO Media 71

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Customer 96

Customer Custom Search Engine Optimization Summary 96

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The intersection of entertainment and technology has been a long time coming. Top CEO’s, entrepreneurs, technology gurus, venture capitalists and executives will be looking at the tech ecosystem from different perspectives, including e-commerce, enterprise software, digital media and consumer technologies.”

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

0, eCommerce platforms: Volusion and BigCommerce (which raised $40M last year with Steve Case). Offline engagement platform EyeQ. One of Austin’s fastest growing companies, product video producer Invodo. This article has been syndicated in partnership with SEO’Brien. Two of the top 5, perhaps the top 3 (?0,

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Recycled Bride is the world’s largest wedding marketplace; a peer-to-peer platform that connects buyers and sellers of designer wedding dresses, accessories, and anything else wedding-related. Tracy DiNunzio is the founder, and was 30 years old with no background in technology when she started the company. What is Recycled Bride?

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Milo Sindell: Knowledge Genie is a software platform that anybody can use to capture, package, and publish what they know into an interactive online software application. Our online publishing platform allows users to monetize and share what they know. What is the idea behind Knowledge Genie? How did the company start?

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Alon Schwartz

DECEMBER 14, 2008

I’m being asked this by technologies, of course, but also from other, non-tech people like private investors, VCs, SEO experts, marketing guys, potential hires, partners, and any random guests that just happen to stop by and say hi to Jason (of course…). We need to choose the right technology just as we choose the right people.

LAMP 45

LAMP PHP Java CTO Hire 45

Alon Schwartz

DECEMBER 14, 2008

I’m being asked this by technologies, of course, but also from other, non-tech people like private investors, VCs, SEO experts, marketing guys, potential hires, partners, and any random guests that just happen to stop by and say hi to Jason (of course…). We need to choose the right technology just as we choose the right people.

LAMP 40

LAMP PHP Java CTO Hire 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. The challenge, as with all new technologies, is to present it effectively, and avoid wasted effort and expensive mistakes.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Alon Schwartz

DECEMBER 14, 2008

I’m being asked this by technologies, of course, but also from other, non-tech people like private investors, VCs, SEO experts, marketing guys, potential hires, partners, and any random guests that just happen to stop by and say hi to Jason (of course…). We need to choose the right technology just as we choose the right people.

PHP 40

PHP LAMP Java CTO Hire 40

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. While real estate and tourism continue to be strong economic drivers, there is also a thriving business climate developing life-changing technologies. More Products. billion for its endowment in 2011 alone.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

You don’t need to invent an innovative product to be a real entrepreneur. They are not the generalists required for new product startups. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

You don’t need to invent an innovative product to be a real entrepreneur. They are not the generalists required for new product startups. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Services Search Engine Optimization Startup 106

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups. OTHER DEALS.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

As featured in technology and news publications: Are you new? Now let’s move on to the first couple topics: Step 0: Pre-product. As you create prototypes of your product, you should throw up some free, simple analytics to get you some rough ideas of what’s happening inside the functionality. Step 1: Prototypes.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Now some never see the people they support, but are experts on the technology involved. Then your apps need to run on the new iPhone platform.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. The challenge, as with all new technologies, is to make it work effectively, and avoid wasted effort and expensive mistakes. Anchor the blog in your domain name.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. The challenge, as with all new technologies, is to make it work effectively, and avoid wasted effort and expensive mistakes. Anchor the blog in your domain name.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. The challenge, as with all new technologies, is to make it work effectively, and avoid wasted effort and expensive mistakes. Anchor the blog in your domain name.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. The challenge, as with all new technologies, is to make it work effectively, and avoid wasted effort and expensive mistakes. Anchor the blog in your domain name.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. The challenge, as with all new technologies, is to make it work effectively, and avoid wasted effort and expensive mistakes. Anchor the blog in your domain name.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. The challenge, as with all new technologies, is to make it work effectively, and avoid wasted effort and expensive mistakes. Anchor the blog in your domain name.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91