Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

.&# That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. As a market we seem to be incapable of temperance. Would Google have become today’s juggernaut without Yahoo! What if Google had paid attention to Dodgeball – would there be no FourSquare today? It’s marketing. So which is it?

Startup 391

Startup Blogging Venture Capital Writing 391

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Essentially, we help them learn how to get more with less, and also how to consider new investments in things like social media, mobile marketing, or video.

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Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. HauteLook was acquired for $270M in 2011 by Nordstrom. The perks which have made Google a perennial favorite of would-be employees in Silicon Valley, and the company's dominance of Internet search, also make it an employee favorite here in SoCal.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Co-founded in 2011 by Sina Sohangir and Shahram Seyedin-Noor, GraphDive raised over $1 million in initial funding. The firm provides businesses with deep, actionable insights to drive future marketing campaigns, personalize online offers and segment their users including Fortune 500 companies and leading online businesses.

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Equity Social Media Google Tool 65

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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Startup Canoga Park Email Google 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? In a world dominated by Google, Apple and Facebook, can the other content and media companies retain or regain their former glory? TCOSC Digital Media Society. Speakers: Richard Berger, Sr. See [link] (more)

Content 113

Content Technology Council TCOSC Cloud Computing 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Greg will share his experience on how to Successfully Build and Sell an Effective Social Media Marketing Agency. That work laid the foundation for Greg’s contribution in founding bigMETHOD in 2008, a social media agency that joined BLITZ in 2011. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza & Drinks!

Social Media 111

Social Media Santa Monica Media Southern California 111

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica. Google chose Playa Vista to establish YouTube Space LA , its flagship center for content creation. commercial real estate market. In West L.A.,

Entertainment 108

Entertainment Santa Monica Journal Belkin 108

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Those who didn’t get a ticket in time, turned to Zaarly where tickets sold on the SUW “grey-market” for up to $450 per ticket (this being up for discussion with potential upcoming policy changes). Stay tuned for the upcoming Ming.ly public beta launch and join our beta list at [link] Ming.ly is also hiring.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2011

It’s basically Google for icons. In 2011 I talked to a friend, Steffen Thilsted , who asked me if we should join a startup-competition called VentureCup together. IconFinder will become a market place where you will be able to buy and sell your icons. Can you briefly describe IconFinder.com?

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Design Web Design Google Develop 65

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Instead, they're going serial by returning to the market with revolutionary new companies. Examples: After successful sales of their prior companies to Google, Ryan and Chad Steelberg are back with BAT, while Gil Elbaz is making big news with Factual. A good exit environment will mean a great 2011 for entrepreneurs and VCs.

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Miramar Southern California High Tech Clearstone 140

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. When I wrote Enchantment, I knew that the social media would be wrong – if I were to write either of the books today, I would have a whole section on Google+. I think Google+ is a great, great mechanism for enchanting people.”.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. Nascent startup markets are like fine wine, they take time to develop.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Both Sides of the Table

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. So where are we now?

Invest 284

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. The team in London is around 15 people – mostly tech, design, business development and marketing people there.

Netflix 82

Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2013

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. This intangible asset can represent more than 60% of a company's market value.

Customer 89

Customer Custom Blogging Content 89

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. Then we rescued it from nothing around the end of 2011. One of them is the idea that the fluidity of the job market where people used to have just one job. Job Markets, & The Future of Mobile appeared first on TechZulu.

Mobile 86

Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Montgomery believes there will be 50 IPOs in 2010 as there is pent-up supply and a higher risk tolerance amongst institutional public investors harmonizing at 40 deals / year for the 3 years starting in 2011. Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

CFI is looking to enlist Indian-origin tech professionals, some who are software engineers from Microsoft, Google, eBay, VISA and Facebook among others to join other volunteers and organizations to give back to their community. and international markets, something great will happen. Think Local, Hack Global. and sold it to VISA Inc.

Clearstone 79

Clearstone Organization Education Google 79

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 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. So where are we now?

Invest 152

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Upon news of his resignation as Apple’s CEO in 2011, it was also announced that Jobs was a victim of pancreatic cancer with public disclosure of his declining health. Steve Jobs 1955-2011. The trending search item: “pancreatic cancer” reached Google’s rankings at #2 in a span of one night.

News 98

News Class Study Education 98

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We don''t spend a lot of time there, except that we''re active investors and bankers who are affected by what''s happening in the IPO market. What''s interesting, is that in 2011, there were seven large ad-tech firms which had all planned to go public and hired bankers. That''s why the IPO markets coming back is so critical.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

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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Startup Incubator Doc Mentor 270

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. As I like to say, “If you’re really on to an enormous idea then other people in the market are going to spot that and want to compete with you.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

He founded Alpha Origins in 2011. Even Google News decided to close in Spain due, to a new law designed to protect legacy businesses. It considers as capital gain the difference between the acquisition value of the shares or stock owned by the taxpayer and the market value of the shares at the moment the border is crossed.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Startup Santa Barbara Venture Capital 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 2, 2012

In the fall of 2011 Apple introduced the world Siri your personal virtual assistant (PVA). In recent months the mobile market has begun to see a shift in smart phone purchase as Nokia came back into the space with the Lumia series. Apple did an amazing job marketing Siri to consumers and that it’s only on an iPhone.

Mobile 64

Mobile Conference Google Marketing 64

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land. Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

What we've done, we've made this as simple as Google. Once a campaign has been created, there's some level of marketing and call to action, which can be through traditional media, or the web. Daniel Scalisi: I've been in the mobile market for fifteen years. How does your service work? How is the company backed?

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

philosophie has worked with some of the world’s biggest names: Google, Nissan, Nintendo, UCLA, and more. Marketing: SteelHouse. An ad:tech Innovation Award-winning company, SteelHouse is the technology industry’s real-time marketing solution for online retailers. Fun Fact: Technology is in their DNA.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. To update Marc Andreessen’s widely publicized quote from 2011, “OpenStack Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are eating the world.” Note: I am an investor in Akanda via Rincon Venture Partners.).

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

A 2011 McKinsey Global report says Big Data is the next frontier for innovation,competition and productivity, this could be reason the seasoned investors and executives believe these are big data days. Big Data Shift. Strong Network, Operational Experience and Technical Background. Doors open.

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

No reports have indicated as of yet as to whether Apple’s new project will have similarities to other auto projects currently being undertaken by companies such as Google and Tesla. These companies include Google and Tesla Motors. The project is officially known as Titan.

Google 40

Google Design Patents Report 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Photos that are prime real estate and have never been monetized before, until one very ambitious Silicon Beach startup, GumGum , recognized the opportunity and created the first and largest in-image advertising platform, and an entirely new market. Though competitors have sprung up, Tanz welcomes the competition to help define the market.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. In a down market IP can become a huge differentiator.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

For how to market your blog in order to get site visitors I suggest checking out the Marketing Show and if you can attend the next Pub Con it is one the best conferences to learn about getting web traffic. The marketer in you says sell sell sell and the passionate blogger says I just wanna create content my followers will love.

Blogging 83

Blogging Email Writing Sites 83

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Just as we are summed up by the advertising methodologies of the 1950’s as unpredictable and irrational (The Economist, Sex and Advertising, 2011), not only are we both these traits, but also with the power of click-a-mouse comparison shopping we are perhaps pickier, more demanding and less ‘experience’ oriented over product features.

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Customer Custom Advertising Demand 74