Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

It sure would put pressure on Google if they had Facebook competing on one side of them for share of users’ time and Amazon flanking them on the other side by providing search to every website out there that might threaten AdSense and even Google’s core search business. Not Google. That little online book company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

We all have one-click purchase power (Apple, Google, Amazon, eBay). The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). more than 5 years ago?—?and

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. Lots to learn from him.

Startup 248

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. OK, before you all tell me about Google Voice, let me say the following. If you care about a free product then you should obviously use Google Voice. I was a Google Desktop user for years.

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Product Startup Email Technical Review 280

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Gates and his very competitive team at Microsoft built a very good browser and gave it away free with their operating system. December 2009. Enter Google’s Chrome browser for Mac beta (Intel-based only). Google promised quicker start-up and improved stability when compared to the competition.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 11, 2015

Note: As a public service, I will happily offer the USPS a 15-minute course in “How To Use Google” at my special government rate of $150,000. When the US government announced the 2009 Cash For Clunkers stimulus plan, it promised dealers they would receive payment “within 10-days.” The Downside Of Government Contracting.

Startup 100

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 Also, you mentioned an interesting rails session that you attended last month about security, and we've been studying Google's web app security guidelines. billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The Partnership on AI , formally unveiled Wednesday, includes Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Google and its 2014 acquisition DeepMind. Horvitz, is pictured above at left with founding members of the partnership, Francesca Rossi, IBM; Yann LeCun, Facebook; and Mustafa Suleyman, Google/DeepMind.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Technical Advisors Research 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We invested all through 2009, and are currently seeking investments to do in 2010. Is every deal we see going to be the next Google? But, we want to make sure that if the next Google is going to be starting Los Angeles, we're talking to the founder and finding a way to help them with their business. Of course not.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 182

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Also at Startup Night will be 25 diverse and innovative startups showcasing their latest products, competing for prizes including: $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast tracked spot to the Startup of the Year semifinals competition at Innovate Celebrate 2018. Marissa Lowman, Investor at Village Capital.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Daradiction

JULY 24, 2009

Think Google Alerts on steroids with ability to push out and publish or syndicate. One of the benefits of networking for me has been connecting with so much talent, and the icing on the cake is being able to beta some of these bleeding edge products before they hit the market, giving me a competitive advantage.

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Mahalo Newsletter Web Social Network 49

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. By Frank Addante Since Googles announcement of their decision to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 A move very similar to what Google is doing with DoubleClick today.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

My wife worked at Google so while we had good income in Silicon Valley it’s hardly the life of luxury given the costs of housing. There is no way for people to keep prices down – it’s a competitive market. We picked up activity aggressively in 2009. I had two kids and a rental house. VC is different.

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Venture Capital Training Startup Entrepreneur 308

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Johnson: We launched in April of 2009, so it's coming up on almost a year. There is a lot of competition for reviews/etc. Johnson: It was a start, and we also started using Google paid ads early on, because those were easy to put in and we had a lot of long tail content, and their long tail ads matched up quite nicely.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. InviteMedia (acquired by Google).

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town. Outside of Google, they've been one of the most successful companies over the last five or six years, in my opinion. That's what I'm hoping to do.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

After directing a film in 2009, I wanted to get back into the design industry. So in October 2010, I evaluated the competitive landscape and realized that there weren’t any app companies out there focused on what I thought mattered the most: the brand, the look, and the experience a client would have with an app.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. I guess this is how a world-class firm like Sequoia Capital finds and invests in world-class companies such as Google, Yahoo!, Outwit the competition.

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Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. user interface was very similar to Google’s user interface in the sense that it was a very simple, plain web page that had one search box and a button to search.

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Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

He was fortunate enough to attend three competitions: Atlanta, Sydney and Athens. Google for nature. Joel worked with Steve Jobs on special projects at Apple and invented the cheapest prosthetic knee on the market, one of the top 50 inventions of 2009 as ranked by Time magazine. LawTrades. AngelList: [link]. AngelList: [link].

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. " We sliced our Google Analytics data every which way, and these 4 patterns emerged." had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. Surprised?).

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

How To Land a Job at Google (or elsewhere) - FairSoftware's Blog , November 9, 2010 It’s been 11 years now that the obvious hit me: the best way to land a job is to do the job , not talk about it. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. What truth?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. As you can see below, investments have skyrocketed – up 300% since 2009. Smart investors and smart entrepreneurs prefer this phase of the market. Reversion to the Mean.

Startup 150

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. You quit your 9-5 to build the next google or iBeer. Collaboration Over Competition: Competitors as Business Partners. Entrepreneurism / Monetization competition, ecommerce, small business. . Unger, John T. Unger, LLC.

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