Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

As a result, you'll have likely seen tech publishers breathlessly updating deals pages whenever Prime Day comes around — we do this at Tech.co, as well , though we're not quite as breathless as some rivals. This means that readers could purchase products from retailers that use Shopify's platform without ever leaving the publisher's site.

Marketing 179

Marketing Buzzfeed Guide Platform 179

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. You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Statistics Startup Social Media 124

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Canoo is locking in final contracts with its vendors and is going to be in production with prototypes before the end of the year. With the development of that subscription model, the car company is taking a page from the playbook other automakers are beginning to toy with.

Outsource Development 191

Outsource Development Startup Outsource San Diego 191

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Verve Wireless is reporting tonight that the firm served up 100 million mobile news pages per month in 2009, up 160% year over year. billion news pages this year. The firm, which powers such mobile news applications as AP Mobile, said it is on track to serve up 2.2 READ MORE>>.

News 164

News Mobile San Diego Media 164

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? What about reporting and moderation? Are there specific landing pages? Arbitrary new pages? Lists of pages in the interface? Are there specs?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday by subscribing on TechCrunch’s newsletter page. In tradfi, investors can specialize based on products (e.g. At a time of so much uncertainty, the most important thing reporters and analysts can do is look at this industry with nuance, and evaluate each project case-by-case.

Newsletter 278

Newsletter Platform Capital Marketing 278

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? What about reporting and moderation? Are there specific landing pages? Arbitrary new pages? Lists of pages in the interface? Are there specs?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Los Angeles-based Hulu reported this morning that it has launched its Spanish language programming service, "Hulu Latino", offering up Spanish language programs from Univision, Azteca America, Butaca, Caracol Televisin, Comarex, Estrella TV, Imagina US, Laguna Productions, Maya Entertainment, RCTV, Todobebe Inc, and Venevision.

Hulu 153

Hulu Entertainment Los Angeles Report 153

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. He provides 101 two-page lessons divided into eight learning categories that I like as follows: Learn the ground rules for traditional media. Craft messages and message supports.

Media 118

Media Tips Social Media Startup 118

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2019

You can cover everything you need to convey in 20 pages of text. If necessary, create a separate white paper for other details and reports. The one-page Oprah plan is a good executive summary, but it’s not enough to get the investment. Use page breaks to separate sections. When in doubt, go to the next page.

Tips 96

Tips Entrepreneur Writing Content 96

Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

A recent Wall Street Journal article that raised the possibility of Biogen as the target of another huge pharma buyout cited the lack of productivity as a major driver of M&A in the pharmaceutical industry. The authors made the point that, given the size of companies today, a single garden-variety blockbuster hardly moves the needle.

Product 40

Product Journal Venture Capital Demand 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

Remember that leadership is both upward, as well as downward to direct reports and employees. Most founders are product guys. Make certain you as the founder and the CEO are on the same page on mission, company values, exit strategy, and workplace model. Provide effective leadership. Craft an operational plan and make it work.

Startup 163

Startup eHarmony Networking Guide 163

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

I can’t change who your board members are so let me offer some thoughts on how to make your interactions with your board more productive. Nothing drives me more bonkers than board members who want to hold dissertations on 409a valuations, product feature minutiae or spend 30 minutes on how many people they know that they can introduce you to.

Tips 212

Tips Slides Startup Technical Review 212

socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2009

A new effort by Facebook to expand their "Gift Shop" application to third party developers has roped in San Diego-based RealGifts as one of its first partners, according to reports this week. RealGifts, which has received funding from the Facebook fbFund, has been providing its service on Facebook since July of last year.

Social Network 164

Social Network San Diego Networking Report 164

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

I have been saying privately for years now that I believe online video will evolve into fragmented distribution (my next online video post) and vertical production. They have production facilities in Mexico where they have been creating lower-cost video for traditional TV for many years and they pivoted this facility to producing for YouTube.

Invest 291

Invest Content Media Networking 291

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). Tracking and performance reporting. Cost per click (CPC).

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2009

Irvine-based Skweezer, which operates a mobile advertising network and tools to translate web pages to mobile format, is reporting today that the firm saw its first quarter of profitability in Q4. Skweezer's advertising product also works with non-mobile web sites. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 100

Advertising Mobile Web Sites 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

How to Interpret Analyst Reports. The stats are often quoted from the latest reports. I had reports from Gartner Group, Yankee Group, IDC, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and a couple of others. I had to read each report, synthesis it and then come up with our best estimate of the markets going forward. Stats sell.

Statistics 415

Statistics Startup Report Research 415

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. This team is talented.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Statistics 109

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

Jay Budzik: You might have seen in our coverage, that Discover Financial, a pretty famous card issuer, is using us for an installment loan product, which helps them leverage machine learning to a specific business problem around losses related to their personal loans portfolio. What kind of lenders are using your tool?

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Tool CIO Customer 113

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. You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

What if someone sees an ad, visits a web page, watches a video, downloads a brochure, responds to an e-mail, and finally buys a product? Here I recommend the use an outside consultant report periodically to avoid internal turf wars. Multiple marketing tactics seek to share attribution.

Customer 100

Customer Custom Acquisition Technical Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2019

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. He provides 101 two-page lessons divided into eight learning categories that I like as follows: Learn the ground rules for traditional media. Craft messages and message supports.

Press 96

Press Entrepreneur Social Media Training 96

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Mediaplex, the technology division of online advertising firm ValueClick, has ventured into the behavioral targeting arena, with a new product, the firm said yesterday. The division of Westlake Village-based ValueClick said that its new product will allow advertisers to segment their qualified customers, based on prior activity on the web.

Westlake Village 100

Westlake Village Advertising Web Examples 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches?

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2017

You can cover everything you need to convey in 20 pages of text. If necessary, create a separate white paper for other details and reports. The one-page Oprah plan is a good executive summary, but it’s not enough to get the investment. Use page breaks to separate sections. When in doubt, go to the next page.

Writing 56

Writing Tips Content Summary 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

You can cover everything you need to convey in 20 pages of text. If necessary, create a separate white paper for other details and reports. The one-page Oprah plan is a good executive summary, but it’s not enough to get the investment. Use page breaks to separate sections. When in doubt, go to the next page.

Writing 95

Writing Content Summary Entrepreneur 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

Funding 62

Funding Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup 62

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Traction is evidence that your product or service has started that “hockey- stick” adoption rate which implies a large market, a valid business model, and sustainable growth. Free and freemium products need a solid base. In the consumer world, groups like Consumer Reports , will give you similar credibility, if positive.

Startup 106

Startup Metrics Customer Custom 106

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We started building the product 18 months ago so we are in better shape than 99% of start-ups. Page 1: Market Size. $3 I hadn’t thought about the fact that he would become aware of my link. I was wrong.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results only when users search words imply an interest in your products. If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the same page as the search results for widgets. Tracking and performance reporting. Cost per click (CPC).

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jim Semick: I’ve been launching and managing software products for 15 years now, going back to when you and I worked together at Expertcity before it was acquired by Citrix. I have always worked on early stage products. Some of the products I’ve helped validate and launch include GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and AppFolio.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked, Cloud-based enterprise platform for deal management and investor reporting, Wednesday announced a new suite of enterprise features in a move to take transactions mobile. The new features launched include business tools for reporting, file management, discussions and first-of-its-kind functionality for managing deals on an iPad.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2012

You can cover everything you need to convey in 20 pages of text. If necessary, create a separate white paper for other details and reports. The one-page Oprah plan is a good executive summary, but it’s not enough to get the investment. Use page breaks to separate sections. When in doubt, go to the next page.

Tips 101

Tips Writing Content Summary 101