Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. Nurturing stage email performance. Don’t just use these in isolation. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 174

Marketing Invest Demand Metrics 174

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

I guarantee that there comes a time when growing businesses outgrow the original span of control of the entrepreneur. It is a critical period, and is a test of the entrepreneur’s desire and ability to delegate. I built this business through my high school and college years. This was a tough decision at that time.

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Berkonomics

MAY 7, 2015

You, the lonely fisherman, have to weave a net to catch your fish. Should your net be large and bulky, requiring more effort and expense to weave? Or should it be small and delicate, to catch those fish that would otherwise fall through the net? Email readers, continue here…] This lesson is important.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

In his premier film appearance in the blaxploitation send-up “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” Chris Rock inadvertently addresses a key pricing challenge faced by most entrepreneurs. A recurring entrepreneurial challenge is to determine the optimal price of a new product, especially absent a directly competitive alternative. per month (i.e.,

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. Nurturing stage email performance. Don’t just use these in isolation. Marty Zwilling.

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Metrics Marketing Demand Paramount 101

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

Many entrepreneurs encounter a similar dilemma. Thus, entrepreneurs must decide when to stop listening to the Sirens’ song of a quick buck and position their company to take advantage of long-term, sustainable business models. However, in the long run, entrepreneurs always benefit from delivering Maximum Utility for a fair price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2018

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. Nurturing stage email performance. Don’t just use these in isolation. Marty Zwilling.

Metrics 57

Metrics Demand Marketing Paramount 57

InfoChachkie

JUNE 18, 2012

Philo Farnsworth created a technology which underlies one of the 20 th Century’s most ubiquitous products, yet he died a man of modest means and is relatively unknown today. However, I am no less of an entrepreneur. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. Philo was an inventor, not an innovator. TV photo by gbaku.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking. But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? Getting Your Work Schedule on Your Terms – Many people in America sit at their desk much of the day and have email open.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. Our interview this morning is with Robin Richards , the CEO of Los Angeles-based CareerArc (www.careerarc.com).

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Richard White, author of The Entrepreneur’s Manual , surveyed a number of venture capitalists, asking them to identify the characteristics of successful, serial entrepreneurs. In fact, several of the venture capitalists pointed out that successful entrepreneurs often have to be encouraged to spend more aggressively.

Startup 221

Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Email 221

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

He disclosed the struggles he went through in building a solid productive team. Being that the theme of the night was community, it was perfect that the event was held at CoLoft , a workspace in Santa Monica that focuses on start up entrepreneurs. His email list is everything. Some of you may be thinking, ‘Emails!

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Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Al is a repeat entrepreneur, who last founded Integrien, and was SVP and GM at LowerMyBills. One of the most popular features of the application is the delegation feature, which with one tap allows them to email a grocery list to their husband to pick up. Al Eisaian: This time, I didn't build the product and then go test it.

Mobile 168

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Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Derek Norton: I just closed on a new fund, worth $5M, which I raised from a group of high net worth, high profile LPs. That's anyone building a product, service, or application which can be delivered to a connected device. We sat down with Derek to learn more about the new $5M fund and what it's all about. Tell us about the new fund?

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Email readers continue here.]. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Invest Class Entrepreneur 174

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2012

After struggling to create your business plan for months, every entrepreneur likes to think that their document is inspirational and will reach someone who is smart enough to see the brilliance of the idea, intuitive enough to recognize their business acumen, and enthusiastic enough to offer the money required to make it happen.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

There are a lot of users, with lots of different email and instant messaging accounts, who are finding that there are too many ways to communicate with their friends and associates. People are using email, IM, soc nets like LinkedIn and Facebook, SMS, and video chat -- all of these are really places to communicate.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2013

Because of startup''s perpetual manpower deficit, emerging entrepreneurs are often given senior responsibilities that would not be available to them at a big company. If you do not have a significant other, you may be able to call upon your family to provide a temporary financial safety net. There And Back Again. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. <Note: I edited a few comments from Jeff's email, none of which related to our meeting in 2008.> > -jeff.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

After struggling to create your business plan for months, every entrepreneur likes to think that their document is inspirational and will reach someone who is smart enough to see the brilliance of the idea, intuitive enough to recognize their business acumen, and enthusiastic enough to offer the money required to make it happen.

Summary 97

Summary Technical Review .Net Ideas 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 60,000 members around the world. As an entrepreneur, simply enter your location online, and it will list the angel and VC organizations near you. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes.

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Angel Keiretsu Organization Template 102

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. AGN was sold to Net-TV pioneer Pseudo Programs and Rubin served as VP of Games and Sports programming. Please email us reach@techzulu.com. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN). Partner with us!

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 94

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. There are several competitors we’ve identified who have built a similar product. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

When you began your teaching career, did you plan on eventually being an entrepreneur? What guidance can you give to anyone in a financially safe career who longs for the exciting life of an entrepreneur? But throughout the transition I had my safety net. We always focused on making the story bigger.”.

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As an entrepreneur, simply enter your location online, and it will list the angel and VC organizations near you. Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $180M in 200 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, and real estate. New England Investment Network. Marty Zwilling.

Angel 48

Angel Keiretsu Startup Template 48

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

So we're connecting this nebulous net, of mostly private groups, but they can allow their members to reach out independently of the group to meet other people. That really helped us figure out how to design the product. For 80 percent of those people, they are reading emails sent to Outlook. There are too many apps.

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Startup Organization ACG Networking 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

We spoke with Dipanshu Sharma, Chairman of the firm, to learn more about the company and its products. The key here is to provide visibility to everyone along the process--not just at the start, when you put it on the wall, or email the project plan to everyone. There was a disconnect between the product and the sales process.

Startup 100

Startup Software Review Technical Review Software 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. AGN was sold to Net-TV pioneer Pseudo Programs and Rubin served as VP of Games and Sports programming. Please email us reach@techzulu.com. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN). Partner with us!

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Berkonomics

APRIL 17, 2014

Entrepreneurs who can raise funds in more traditional ways from knowledgeable investors should still lean toward doing just that. Are you an artist with a new record, a new movie idea, a new small product to offer? Perhaps you can attract a large number of investors who just want to support your idea, or get discounts for your product.

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.Net Pricing Ideas Invest 209

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria. AngelList.

Startup 135

Startup Keiretsu Platform Invest 135

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. More Mansion Videos.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

If you look at Google in the way they operate, you have two products, one is called AdWords, one is called AdSense, okay? before which is second-time entrepreneurs. of Internet entrepreneurs following up on the successes of the first generation (Overture, etc.). What is happening in L.A. today that drives the startup community?

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria. AngelList.

Angel 96

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 96

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. Keiretsu Forum. Marty Zwilling.

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Angel Startup Funding Keiretsu 115