Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. If you want to also accept all the popular credit cards, that will require a merchant services account for a low monthly fee. Start simple.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Trade equity or services for startup help. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. If you want to also accept all the popular credit cards, that will require a merchant services account for a low monthly fee. Start simple.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

For example, if it costs $1,000 on Google paid search to get 500 people to visit your site and five of those people purchase an item, your CAC is $200 ($1,000/5). For example: a) What percent of your site visitors bounce before taking any action? Net Promoter Score. b) What percent of your app visitors register?

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve gave us some insight into that split, and how Rightside is focusing on the new world of gTLDs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

For example, if it costs $1,000 on Google paid search to get 500 people to visit your site and five of those people purchase an item, your CAC is $200 ($1,000/5). For example: a) What percent of your site visitors bounce before taking any action? Net Promoter Score. b) What percent of your app visitors register?

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. If you want to also accept all the popular credit cards, that will require a merchant services account for a low monthly fee. Start simple.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For this morning's interview, we sat down and talked with Nick Desai , CEO of Global Fitness Media , which runs FitOrbit (www.fitorbit.com), an online site looking to help users put together a fitness and connect with fitness trainers. For those who haven't visited your site, what is FitOrbit? Thanks for talking with us.

Media 168

Media Pricing Sites Training 168

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

application services (security, integration), etc. Mentions - Marc Andreessen's - The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet A Level 1 platform's apps run elsewhere, and call into the platform via a web services API to draw on data and services -- this is how Flickr does it. does make it seem like it's a lot of work.

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Platform EC2 Java S3 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Trade equity or services for startup help. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

Entrepreneur 96

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

We looked at other sites, such as Cross Campus Santa Monica, and we saw the events they were running, which we went to a lot before they opened a location here. I think it's healthy to have companies moving in and out of the area, as long as we have net ins into the ecosystem. Mike Giardello: There's something here for everybody.

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Pasadena Orange County Idealab CalTech 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Trade equity or services for startup help. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

Funding 107

Funding Startup Equity Examples 107

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

Your business name should match your business in order to remind customers what services you provide. Your company name and Internet domain name should probably be the same, so check out your preferred names with your State Incorporation site, Network Solutions for the domain name, and the U.S. Make sure the name is available.

Google 117

Google Custom Customer Sample 117

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

Make sure to checkout the updated SMCH3 site as they have tons of great info. WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. Big and Small.

Stickam 71

Stickam Technical Review Draper SoCal 71

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. At TripUp, we had lots of user generated reviews and hotels, and we were the first to add user general video to a travel community site.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Trade equity or services for startup help. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

Startup 113

Startup Entrepreneur Funding Equity 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

Your business name should match your business in order to remind customers what services you provide. Your company name and Internet domain name should probably be the same, so check out your preferred names with your State Incorporation site, Network Solutions for the domain name, and the U.S. Make sure the name is available.

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Startup Google Custom Customer 104

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

All you have to do is hover over any video or image and drag it to the network or service of your liking. WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. Special thanks to our partners : Stickam - A free service that allows you to stream live video over the internet.

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Stickam Content Draper Web 60

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2010

Imagine: unbiased advice you need & services you want. WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. Welcome to GDPwealth. Big and Small.

Stickam 40

Stickam Draper Technical Review Sample 40

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Your business name should match your business in order to remind customers what services you provide. Your company name and Internet domain name should probably be the same, so check out your preferred names with your State Incorporation site, Network Solutions for the domain name, and the U.S. Make sure the name is available.

Company 108

Company Companies Google Custom 108

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2010

Imagine: unbiased advice you need & services you want. WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. Welcome to GDPwealth. Big and Small.

Stickam 40

Stickam Technical Review Draper Venture Capital 40

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

We put a code into th epages on a site, which allows us to measure the results, and we build a database to track it real time, and connect the two. It really doesn't suit a publisher well to have exclusive representation, except in some instances--for example, if a site has an outsourced sales agency. It's really a high touch service.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Custom 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

We put a code into th epages on a site, which allows us to measure the results, and we build a database to track it real time, and connect the two. It really doesn't suit a publisher well to have exclusive representation, except in some instances--for example, if a site has an outsourced sales agency. It's really a high touch service.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Custom 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Everyone knows what it means to have a “dot-com”, and most people have heard of a “dot-net” and a “dot-org.” The trademark verification itself is performed by Deloitte and the data is managed by IBM , who are partnered with the TMCH to provide mark vetting services.

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Conference SEO Software Review IP 77

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. So we're focused on technology, and financial services. That was quite a prominent exit for us.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Your business name should match your business in order to remind customers what services you provide. Your company name and Internet domain name should probably be the same, so check out your preferred names with your State Incorporation site, Network Solutions for the domain name, and the U.S. Make sure the name is available.

Company 92

Company Companies Google Custom 92

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. AGN was sold to Net-TV pioneer Pseudo Programs and Rubin served as VP of Games and Sports programming. TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy. . WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). Banner or AdSense style ads placed either at the top of the page or down the right hand side (often called a skyscraper) would only net Twitter money for users that log into Twitter.com. Image courtesy of Bernhardt Haussner.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. John Tomich: OneStop Internet is an e-commerce services company.

Commerce 203

Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). startup scene so hot. Number two, necessity is the mother of all invention.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Tech.Co

MARCH 25, 2022

By ensuring their value isn't bloated, the company will net its employees better equity over time. Carrot Ads is the biggest new feature: It'll allow businesses to monetize the ecommerce sites they own while using Instacart's own ad tech. But the steep drop in valuation isn't exactly a great morale booster, either.

Advertising 116

Advertising Tool .Net Google 116

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. Adam states that Bitcoin is now a large portion of his personal net wealth and has to date, backed 11 companies through Boost. Escrow applications. Bitcoin specific job boards.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Weve also found that potential clients find us through LinkedIn. Im very happy with the time Ive spent building up my LinkedIn network.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2012

Few people in the technology world are unfamiliar with the huge rise in the popularity of the photo sharing service Instagram, which was topped off by a $1 billion acquisition of that company by Facebook just a few weeks ago. We have a very active community on the site, who are lovers of photography, and that community is very self regulated.

Startup 153

Startup Pricing Sites Acquisition 153

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

The more a customer utilized WebEx’s services, the more they had to pay. Rather than encouraging users to maximize the value from their service, they effectively punished them for their increased usage. They were effectively hooked on the bad profits which were seductive when they initially launched their service.

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Entrepreneur SaaS Pricing Cloud Computing 225