Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” The market is moving back up, but slowly. Is your spotlight bright enough to start a new wave?

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Coming hot off the coat tail of earlier this year’s Startup Weekend LA where Zaarly launched, this LASW was nothing less than amazing and as someone put, one of the best tech events in LA they had ever been to. With the pitching energy escalating in the room, regular pitches began short after.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based StudioEX , a developer of Facebook and other social games, said Tuesday that it has launched, with the backing of Camelot Media Investments Media Group and $1.9M The company said its first game is launching commercially in 2011. in funding. The firm develops Galaxy X, an action game which runs within Facebook.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

In October of 2011, the company announced a $4.5 Richard’s Startup Tips. 1) Give Your Customers (And The Media) What They Want. Richard often utilizes humor when speaking with the media, as he knows that a humorous sound bite is more likely to be published and more readily remembered. Startups are not bound by the past.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 -- Organic Marketing for Startups. Organic marketing, however, is a massively underleveraged and underinvested channel with powerful potential. See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Isn’t it frustrating to think you understand something new in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president Ignite Social Media , of one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

Music Prodigy , a Los Angeles based music education technology firm serious on improving the way people learn, play and interact with music beat over 70 startups with their app Rock Prodigy to win the Silicon Beach Awards. Beat 70 Start-ups. it’s like a video game! Winning Not By Sheer Luck.

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MARCH 28, 2014

To hear how he bootstrapped the company to that size, we caught up with Asher earlier this week for a quick interview. Asher Delug: Airpush is a mobile ad network, similar to an Admob or Millenial Media. A lot of us in the company are having to reinvent our departments and divisions to keep up with this pace of growth.

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JULY 16, 2013

Today’s startup innovators come from about six hours south of Silicon Valley. Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Social Media: Snapchat.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Similar to DEMO and TechCrunch Disrupt, the Austin-based conference is holding a showcase to feature the most exciting startups around. There are categories for Innovative Web Technology, Social Media and Social Networking Technology, Entertainment Technology, News Technology, and Music Technology. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2013

2011 was the year of the video interview, in which I spoke with the likes of Guy Kawasaki, Len Short, Brad Feld, Naval Ravikant and Steve Blank. Exposure on these sites more than doubled my readership from 2011. Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg , Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney. and Forbes.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Resumator develops social media recruiting tools, which helps startups find and recruit employees. Rincon led a $700,000 Series A round in 2011 in The Resumator. Resumator is unusual in that it is located in Pittsburgh, PA--Rincon tends to make mostly Southern California investments. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 26, 2013

Cameron will share his experience on Search and Social Strategies for Start ups. Topic: Search and Social Strategies for Start ups. Cameron is responsible for SEO and social media across CBS Interactive’s properties, which include CNET, Last.fm, CBS.com, Metacritic, ZDNet, CBSSports.com, CBSNews.com, and more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. People who get paid by results have every incentive to think up smarter ways of getting work done. Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. Marty Zwilling.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Does the world need another, online streaming media service for movies and television? We caught up with M-GO''s CEO, John Batter , to hear about where M-GO fits into the streaming media market. So, they just ave up. As it turns out, as we thought about that, we started looking for partners to help us build a platform.

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JUNE 5, 2012

Allison Beal and Brian Garrett are trying to figure that out with their new, Los Angeles startup, StyleSaint (www.stylesaint.com). I started with a men's apparel brand doing marketing, creative, and branding, and worked on everything from production to design and manufacturing. What's your role now at Crosscut?

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. As Guy notes in the accompanying video interview, his primary goal with Enchantment is to reach a broader audience, beyond the high-tech, startup world. My recommendation is that it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Thursday, September 22, 2011 -- Tech and Startup Job Fair - Los Angeles. Join us for a technology / startup focused job fair on Sept 22, 2011 at the WOKCANO in Santa Monica. Schmoozd presents JobFair.LA.Looking for greener pastures? Has the Great Recession taken a toll on you? JobFair.LA

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Digital Lounge Mixer. Network with Startups, Digital Media, Entertainment, Music, Marketing, Advertising, Web Services and Apps, Mobile Business Owners, Professional Services, Entrepreneurs, Investors and Corporations. See [link] (more)

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Over 500 startups applied last quarter to Launchpad LA’s accelerator, but only eight were chosen. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Thursday, September 22, 2011 -- Tech and Startup Job Fair - Los Angeles. Join us for a technology / startup focused job fair on Sept 22, 2011 at the WOKCANO in Santa Monica. Schmoozd presents JobFair.LA.Looking for greener pastures? Has the Great Recession taken a toll on you? JobFair.LA

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MARCH 7, 2011

James Otero has set a trial date of December 13, 2011. Padnos sold BetterPPC in September of 2008 to Tsavo Media, the startup which was started by current MySpace president Michael Jones. sued NBC Universal after it agreed to buy the domains for $1M via Sedo, but NBC pulled out of the deal.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011 -- Dinner with Nelson Cheng of Google Ventures. Meet Nelson Cheng, an advisor to tech startups including Signpost and Miso Media, both backed by Google Ventures. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

That’s right folks Idealab is hosting a job fair at their offices for 10 of their startups companies. They are looking for coders, roboticist, marketing managers, and community managers, to fill the areas of their Green Tech, Social Media, Big Data, and Enterprise companies. When: Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

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APRIL 16, 2011

Friday, April 22, 2011 -- The Rise of Inbound Marketing: Adapting Marketing to Changing Customer Behaviors and Demands. Online marketing and social media have dramatically changed the marketing practice. From garage startups to board rooms, a new billion-dollar question now reverberates: Is marketing as we know it really dead?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. Demand Media. HauteLook was acquired for $270M in 2011 by Nordstrom.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Value : We realize how much you have invested in attending a conference.

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JUNE 15, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 -- Dealmaker LA Pitch, Package, Partner - How to Land Deals with Big Brands. Traditional brands, media agencies and even celebrities are looking for innovative ways to get noticed and connect with their consumers; and they're looking to consumer technology startups to help. The world has changed.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

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. the people who buy companies) in Q2 of this year of technology & media companies. Q4) the number of buyers expecting to pick up activity would be greater than 80%.

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AUGUST 27, 2013

Many new startups and small businesses are shooting to crowdfund their campaign. I started my company with four of my friends and all of us are first time business owners and entrepreneurs. What IndieGoGo allowed us to do was start a campaign on October 2011 and we had a goal set at $10,000.

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MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.”

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JUNE 15, 2011

Starting up your own broadcasting network is no longer out of anyones reach. In this installment of TZ Startup Hot Seat we have a chat with Andrew the CEO of the Guys from Queens (GFQ) Network. Growing up I was always a huge fan of radio. I had already started a party supply business in NY. What is coming up next?

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MAY 20, 2011

Thursday, May 26, 2011 -- Vator Splash LA. This upcoming Splash will showcase 10 up-and-coming startups, prominent VCs and founders of the leading LA-based companies - Demand Media and ReachLocal. On the evening of May 26, Vator will be holding its inaugural Vator Splash LA event at The Highlands Hollywood.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. But let me start with some data. Calls are changing but not dying.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

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FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Many readers know that at Upfront Ventures that’s precisely what happened at our own firm in 2011 when our founding partner and my co-Managing Partner, Yves Sisteron, asked me to lead the daily management of our firm. https://medium.com/media/aec01f203f35f445d82826855e482c4a/href So what is the importance of succession planning in VC?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

We caught up with him to learn more about IPSy and its subscription business. We caught up with him to learn more about IPSy and its subscription business. It was cofounded by Michele phan in November of 2011. Corey Weiss: Michelle started her career eight years ago as a beauty creator. What is IPSY?

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