Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Reaching more than 27 million women monthly, BlogHer is the leading media company created by, for and with women in social media, with 2,500+ premium blog contributors, the world’s largest in-person events for bloggers, and an award-winning social hub at BlogHer.com.

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The multi-tiered platform allows for money to be transferred between Facebook friends, the ability to click and purchase any item that you see on Facebook and through the published API’s, developers can integrate and write their own applications on top of the ZunguZ platform. As we know, developers always give their product a code name.

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). If you are interested the Vimeo is here. I believe that. That may be.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Cyrus Farudi is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Flipswap, Inc in 2004 and Capsule in 2011. Idea Mensch.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. The fact that Twitter built a product around the mobile phone culture right out of the gate is significant: it created a new social pipeline. Why is Twitter’s user acquisition at a standstill , and why are their ad products failing?

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Platform Startup News Content 40

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. I wrote about my experience in this post and why I enjoyed this event more than most. ” The event seems to be more focused on 6pm – 3am than it does to people sitting and watching panels.

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Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I know it’s easier to write “horse race&# stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot&# lately. Not just the fact that you Tweet publicly versus privately, but also that they’re open in letting their Tweet stream flow into other products & services.

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