socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2011

We're not talking publicly about that yet, but the idea is to get away from the annual review, away from the quarterly review, and give everyone within and outside a company the ability to recognize people, up and down the chain, for doing great things in the workplace. Part of being an investor is questioning the ideas of founders.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 30, 2016

In 1987, when Rick Astley filmed the video for his hit song Never Gonna Give You Up , he had no idea it would eventually become one of the most viewed videos of all time. They care about their experience with your product and your company. Their experiences create the brand. – Maxim #4 – Frankly, They Don’t Give A Damn!

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

In 2007, Sarah joined Current TV. Although she enjoyed the experience and gained television production skills, which she still uses today, the lack of viewership at Current was de-motivating. in 2007 (and) 2008 (and I realized) there is all this online video being consumed and it''s not being consumed on Current. That video is.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 6, 2014

I have always forced myself to ask three very basic, but very important questions before moving forward with any idea. In my experience, the often-quoted phrase in business “the customer always comes first” is old school thinking from the days when employees and employers were loyal to each other for a lifetime. Why do I need yours?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

What's the idea behind the ntro? When it happens, and when it strikes, it's such as amazing experience to get to discover those people, meet someone new you have lots in common with--and we want to help that happen more often. Josh sat down to talk to us his new company and its new app. It also works great for people you already know.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). The biggest difference from experience is that in bad markets people without venture capital experience or strategies are the first to the exit. Have conviction.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I guess it’s kind of like crack (not that I know from experience). You would think the obvious thing I would tell somebody is, “yes, of course it’s a great idea.&# You’d be surprised. In this particular case I wasn’t convinced it was a good idea from the limited information I had. It’s addicting.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

We had a new tablet we had developed back in 2007, and we were asked to come up with concepts to drive cellular usage. We gave these to clients in 190 countries around the world, so they could experience this imaginary world, and we built the application for kids because the parents should be driving.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Back then were were looking for the same things users look for today – the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly. Modern Social Networking.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

What's the idea behind Klicksports? It's a Twitter-like experience, and harnesses the couch effect--as if you're sitting around the couch with your friends, having a few beers, and calling plays and trading smack talk. In 2007, we did five bowl team venues the same way. I then had the crazy idea to do something with sports.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Such ideas require little-to-no capital, usually last for a relatively short duration and are of nominal size. Note that I am not purporting that these are particularly amazing or unique ideas. Investors invest in people, not ideas. If you just ask yourself, “then why bother?” – read on friend, read on. From Small to Tall.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

In my experience a big part of building a winning team is recognizing who the MVPs are from the start. We each also bring very different career experience and perspectives to the table. As a team, we bring a powerful combination of telephony and performance marketing experience to the table. Be prepared to iterate.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? If anyone has ideas on how to reach into to find candidates or other ways to find good people, I would love to hear it. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Dr. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

I guess it’s kind of like crack (not that I know from experience). You would think the obvious thing I would tell somebody is, “yes, of course it’s a great idea.&# You’d be surprised. In this particular case I wasn’t convinced it was a good idea from the limited information I had. It’s addicting.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

“Today, everyone engages with computers, mobile devices, photography, movies, audio, visuals – digital skills are no longer just for the elite few, the industrial revolution has come and gone, and the idea revolution is in full force.”. What, if anything, did you draw from this experience as you created, grew and operated lynda.com?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

. “Today, everyone engages with computers, mobile devices, photography, movies, audio, visuals – digital skills are no longer just for the elite few, the industrial revolution has come and gone, and the idea revolution is in full force.”. What, if anything, did you draw from this experience as you created, grew and operated lynda.com?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). But even if you came to me with that idea, Im not sure I would have bought it. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2009

Mark Cromack: First and foremost, the concept behind Cogi is brought out in its name, which is short for cogent idea. The idea is that in a conversation, there are certain highlights and points that could capture the important parts of a conversation. That company was sold in 2007.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. For example, how Facebook evolved from other ideas and how 2 really simple concepts (exclusivity and relationship status) were fundamental to its success. Copyright © 2007-11 by J.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The specific experience of the consumer is a video instruction guide, which is either on a manufacturer's web site, a retailer's website, or on a smart phone. Where did the idea come from? We were founded in 2007, with the mission of leveraging video -- which is a much more, exact medium -- to help consumer with this problem.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). They had twelve people when I took over at FrontBridge, which was then an interesting idea.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Club Cooee is attempting to turn chat into a more personal experience by using avatars to add the subtle emotions text lacks. The original idea behind Club Cooee came from the notion that instant messaging hasn't changed significantly since its inception. According to Club Cooee Managing Director Stefan Lemper, the application, ".enriches

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

The idea is that food transcends just making it in the kitchen, every time you start preparing food, you start having a conversation about something. We wanted to take that experience and bring it online. We have since raised a friends and family round in 2007, pretty modest--enough to get to our first milestone.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Or, they can experience the full site, and we'll optimize the site in the client for a specific handset. Our goal is to make it an immersive experience on the handset. We use it to decide which features to roll out, and to experiment on, rather than experimenting at our partners. So it's been a year.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Yet nearly any entrepreneur who has an idea that other people aren’t doing will tell you that it’s hard to get investors excited. I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds. This requires novel thinking. Same with VCs.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab. Community Sponsors.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, how Facebook evolved from other ideas and how two really simple concepts (exclusivity and relationship status) were fundamental to its success. If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do, you will have the best experience of your life. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. Meredith Publishing.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

Ruan and Patterson tell us a bit about the service and how it was inspired by Twitter, the company's experience spinning out technology from UC Irvine, and what its plans are now. What's the idea behind Quub? I happened to connect with Don, read his research papers, and in about 2007, learned about Twitter and started using it.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

There is more to building a successful business than having a good idea. The first was our willingness to experiment. I think what makes companies successful is not killer ideas (don’t get me wrong – they help), but killer execution at whatever model it is they have chosen to do. Copyright © 2007-11 by J.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

There is more to building a successful business than having a good idea. The first was our willingness to experiment. I think what makes companies successful is not killer ideas (don’t get me wrong – they help), but killer execution at whatever model it is they have chosen to do. Copyright © 2007-11 by J.

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Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

© Frank Addantes FounderBlog A sharing of experiences, tales and rants of the path leading up to and including my 6th startup company. I started this blog as a place to share my experiences and thoughts with a small group of entrepreneurs and companies that I advise. I just started working on a new idea.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. You can learn more about his experiences at johngreathouse.com _. — Copyright © 2007-9 by J. If you benefit from true word-of-mouth marketing, consider yourself lucky. Meredith Publishing.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

© Frank Addantes FounderBlog A sharing of experiences, tales and rants of the path leading up to and including my 6th startup company. Ive noticed that a lot of people are afraid of getting their ideas out into the public. Sure, you need to take the proper precautions to protect your idea first (patents, copyrights, etc.),

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