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JANUARY 14, 2014

In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you. Google knows it. THE FULL STORY.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down its Google Audio efforts--the search engine giant's efforts to try to sell radio advertising. What are your thoughts on the Google announcement? Can you talk about this, and why the radio market is different? Broadcast isn't like that. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Yet if you look at some very successful market changes in the last few years it does point to technical prowess in the number 1 seat. Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google. It seemed that Google was being out innovated by another Silicon Valley technical leader, Mark Zuckerberg.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

While many of my friends bragged about their 5 condos in Florida I kept talking about how the real estate market was in a bubble – their gains an illusion. above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. “Yeah, but there is a shortage of supply.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2011

It’s basically Google for icons. From 2007 to 2009 I added a lot of icons and made minor improvements. In 2009 I launched version 2 and asked the talented designers at TurboMilk to do a logo. IconFinder will become a market place where you will be able to buy and sell your icons. So it really got a good start.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In order to bring our product to market, rather than to try go into direct selling ourselves, or trying to create a market by advertising--which we didn't have the money to do--we started cold calling Novell resellers. Microsoft didn't have a network OS, until Novell built a market for it, and ate Novell with NT Server.

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MAY 4, 2010

Palm is a maker of mobile computing devices, including the Pixi and Pixi Plus; HP: “Our intent is to double down on WebOS”; helps HP compete in mobile computing with Apple, RIM, Google, and MSFT. the funding and market coverage. Investors: Google Ventures. Now Google is a VC. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”.

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JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. We all have one-click purchase power (Apple, Google, Amazon, eBay). We all have one-click purchase power (Apple, Google, Amazon, eBay). Where are we today? and hasn’t abated.

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JUNE 28, 2011

Venture capital is in the process of its own creative destruction with new market entrants and new models of innovation at the precise moment that our industry itself is contracting. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software. Not Google. Amazon changed our industry. This is mind boggling.

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JUNE 1, 2011

As a market we seem to be incapable of temperance. And even the best teams combined to create big innovations sometimes don’t time markets well, are surprised by unexpected technology breakthroughs by competitors or just don’t find the magic the leads to mass customer adoption. It’s marketing. So which is it?

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MARCH 17, 2010

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. But it’s more atypical for investors located in this market. You don’t. Get over it.

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JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). I sure hope that Apple is working with Google to make this work.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books. And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

They are Starbucks, Dell, eBay, Google and Microsoft. Each of the top 25 newspapers in the United States declined in circulation in the first quarter of 2009, except for The Wall Street Journal, which had a gain of.06 Tags: insights opinions social media marketing press. Brands lagging in new media shrank by 6 percent.

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AUGUST 21, 2011

That strikes me as an attractive market for disruption over time. The first investment I ever made as a VC, RingRevenue , was an easy one for me because it combined three key areas for me: it combined telephony / Internet, performance-based marketing & a perfect team construct. Why Pay-Per-Call? This is becoming a huge business.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

So here's the Hot List for 1/1/2009 - 1/15/2009 Top 5 Posts The 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web Why You Need To Lead A Tribe - Seth Godin LA Gets Dugg, Hammered, Screwed How To Get The World Excited About Your Business –The James Siminoff Interview Viral analytics and metrics - go viral young startup Top 20 Keywords SEO Metrics Marketing Social Media (..)

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Growth will slow, partly due to internal limits and partly because the company is starting to bump up against the limits of the markets it serves.” He talks about making things that people want & going after a big enough market. Not Google. Eventually a successful startup will grow into a big company.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. DataPop : DataPop was founded by performance marketing veterans from Yahoo!,

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MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2012

The luck was Taylor Swift signing up organically in late 2009, which was our first major artist. Then, Guy O'Seary, Madonna's manager, and Ashton Kutcher invested in late 2009, which added Madonna and Ashton's connections, getting us into the right circles in the celebrity arena to get on their radar.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). PowerMark www.thepowermarkgroup.com , Southern California's premier full-service marketing and. customer relationship marketing programs designed to preserve your core revenue. on April 24, 2009. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Here is a quick list of just a few: With more than four decades of success, the International CES reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables CE innovations to grow and thrive. Trending topics are all the rage, Twitter, Google. From local Los Angeles tech events to worldwide conferences and expos.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

It is true that every few years a fund exits that delivers smashing results because it has Facebook, Google or Twitter in it. It’s a market, after all. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. And I’ll know in 18 months whether we have product / market fit. It is changing. hours / day.

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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 ). Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). Obviously I agree.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2011

Use Google or one of the many other search engines to search for existing solutions to this problem. Another series of searches on Google Patents and the US Patent Office site and Free Patents Online is in order at this point. Large and growing market. Real customer pain and money. Motivated and qualified team is ready.

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Ideas Patents Startup Google 94

InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” As Ben points out, many of these organizations were formed within the last 12-months. Probably not.

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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. "Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. Stay Tuned.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade. Projected IPOs for 2009 are an embarrassing 10 total deals, down from 86 just 2 years ago (it was 265 in the go-go years of 99-00) but at least up from 6 in 2008. Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Jeff Kupietzky: I think, like other folks, we had challenges at the end of 2008, and through 2009. We're now continuing to broaden the lead we have in our own industry, and we continue to see growth, and we think we'll see consolidation around the market leader. So, you really only have one primary competitor, which is Google.

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JUNE 25, 2015

I asked him about his thought process because Jason has already built a very successful business that has become the clear market leader in Marketing Automation for Phone Calls. When we first funded the company in 2009 we knew there was a big opportunity to help businesses automate marketing through phone channels.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). PowerMark www.thepowermarkgroup.com , Southern California's premier full-service marketing and. customer relationship marketing programs designed to preserve your core revenue. April 24, 2009. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We need venture debt, factoring companies and public markets. 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. Tags: Tech Market Analysis.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 6, 2016

began life in 2009 with a lofty goal of reverse-engineering the human brain. two years ago as vice president of marketing and product development. Before getting out on the open road, however, the company wants to show its self-driving system can clean up a mess in aisle 3 at Jimbo’s. Brain Corp.

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Product Artificial Inteligence San Diego Training 106

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium.

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

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APRIL 5, 2010

January 2009 where he said in a column on Tax Cuts for Teachers : “One of the smartest stimulus moves we could make would be to eliminate federal income taxes on all public schoolteachers so more talented people would choose these careers. He covered the topic again in June 2009 titled Invent, Invent, Invent. Crazy, huh?

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Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

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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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