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MARCH 10, 2017

By the end of 2012, Rob had done a really great job of identifying the opportunity, and being a visionary on how social, local, and mobile would change how consumers engaged with brands. Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit. How did you get involved with MomentFeed?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Recently, HelloSociety surveyed 100 of its tastemakers and found that 52 percent are between 24-34 years-old, 57 percent have a 4-year college degree, 88 percent purchased a product they’ve pinned, and they average 107 re-pins on each image shared. HelloSociety chose Pinterest because it is a referral powerhouse brands can’t ignore.

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Sales Technical Review Marketing Technology 101

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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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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. I stayed close.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

01% conversion rate again to the people who clicked over to the website from the YouTube video, that’s 185 new customers, 185 people who would have never thought to google search for a tampon service, who will now be signing up to spend the 15 bucks a month to get tampons delivered to their door. If we apply that.01% Comedic timing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

Yet I am amazed to see US Census Bureau data from 2012 that at least 50%, maybe up to 75%, of small businesses still have no presence at all. I still remember my disappointment the first time I published my website, did an immediate Google search on the name, and it said my company didn’t exist. Websites are a big job and take time.

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APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. This team is talented.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 7, 2013

Berry added, “Our growth isn’t just financial: in the last 31 days, the platform has reached over 7 million unique visitors, according to Google Analytics. Launched in 2012, RebelMouse allows users to aggregate together all their social media content and is being used by individuals, bloggers, firms, brands and many more others.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Production costs have fallen more than 90%. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. The future of the Internet is video. Distribution costs have, too. Danny and Ynon in a way will switch roles.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Monday, August 27th, 2012. Advertise Here. Advertise Here. Download the TechCrunch App for Android in Google Play. © 2012 AOL Inc. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Zuckerberg Interview. Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene. Colleen Taylor. View Staff Page.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). Rather, the online store is a speed machine built not on being soothed into what we need, but rather on the features and use of the product on it’s own.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). Rather, the online store is a speed machine built not on being soothed into what we need, but rather on the features and use of the product on it’s own.

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Customer Custom Demand Advertising 72

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

November 8, 2012 6:00 PM Only $20! Share on Google+. by Michael Carney on November 8, 2012. Thanks to our advertisers. PandoMonthly presents: A fireside chat with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek pandodaily.com/2012/11/08/pan… 31 minutes ago. pandodaily.com/2012/11/08/how… 1 hour ago. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. It generates revenues through Subscription, Virtual Currency and Advertising. Robin is a former advisor to Gai Kai (acquired by Sony in 2012), an on-line technology company.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Clash of the Titans: Google joins Apple, Microsoft in announcing new tablets (and more). Google Plus. August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs was named one of Fortune’s 10 Brilliant Technology Visionaries for 2012 alongside the great and powerful Oz’s of Apple and Google. Advertise on VentureBeat.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

As part of that, we started asking professors for recommendations on who we could talk to, and we found out they only knew one person, or told us to check out a magazine, or Google this and that. So, advertising and targeting people who need you at the right time is the biggest problem. Finding a lawyer is very intimate.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

They cite Quara, Google, Twitter & Facebook as obvious examples. Besides, why call when you can use Google, or send a Twitter message?” Google doesn’t seem to ever take calls from ME when I have a complaint! Google, Facebook & Twitter all provide free services to end users and we eat them up.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The top five tournaments for “StarCraft 2″ in the month of June 2012 had combined prize-pools of over $150,000. If you said 6 million (as of April 2012), you’d be close, because JustFab is growing by nearly to 500,000 members a month. In 2012, ShoeDazzle jumped from 3 to 13 million members. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

PuddleWorks – PuddleWorks is developing interactive mobile games and leveraging these products and capabilities to develop a powerful franchise. Share on Google+. by Michael Carney on September 13, 2012. Thanks to our advertisers. Think the new products are the only big things happening for Apple today?

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

October 5, 2012. NAME Google. The southern migration is taking place as companies like Google. Venices median home price in the first eight months of 2012 broke the $1 million barrier, rising to $1,012,000 from $899,000 in the first eight months of 2011. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. NAME Facebook.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The current iteration of what we are doing now has been around since 2012. We were doing this one product called “Small Business Hires”, similar to the employer app we launched today, all web-based. We were trying to raise money for this product, but then the unthinkable happened. We have been able to develop a good product.

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MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In this interview, Simon says it’s crucial to focus on your product, especially in a mobile world where the App Store reviews are all you have. You have very little real estate to deal with, so build a product that works and does what you say it’s going to do. Mobile is a different animal than Web.

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Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere.

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