Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012. The days when you could launch your business with a new web site, and the phone would begin to ring, are long gone. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

But later in 2011, new customers slowed, appointment bookings slowed and average appointment time dropped. In May of 2012, sales dropped drastically. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. We sought capital just in case.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The young company has been heavily promoting its “all-you-can-fly” private flight service that can be booked in 30 seconds or less on a mobile device now that it has secured the necessary licenses from the United States government to operate its flights.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

Now my company is 28-employees, we closed a round of three million dollars in May (2012). Also, when you become super, super successful and you want to write your book, it''s helpful!". • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The reason why, is SMS effectively allows you to opt in and select people out of your address book. That''s why people tend to gravitate towards SMS messages, rather than something like email. We''ll probably finish this year with a subscriber base which has increased about 7x to 8x from the end of 2012.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Better Ads – Product placement ads have been around since the 1800’s when notable novelists, including Jules Verne, were lobbied by business people to mention their products and technologies in their books. The subscriber numbers and their relative ranking are as of mid-May 2012. Top YouTubers. YouTuber (Show Title). Share and Enjoy.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Former employees describe Friday catered lunches where costs could run over $100 per person, and Royan was known internally for a “book ordering problem” — a former employee said that “unbelievable amounts of books” would be delivered each week to the office by Amazon to maintain the firm’s extensive library. What a boring mess.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

I rarely see such a change in my life from simply reading a book, but this is one of those times and I had to share it. My 16 year old was living with his mom this past year as my business of 12 years went under in June of 2012. She even wrote the book “A Parent’s Playbook for Learning.” This is a true story.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

OP: It was 2012 when my brother and I took our cousin who was visiting from Poland to go see the movie Hugo. If I was intimidated in any way from the very beginning I wouldn’t have made those cold emails and cold phone calls. Explain to our readers why you started your company, and why you created your app myLINGO. Communication.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

For example, for one day when you finish your book, you can submit it here, or there--and put those all on your wish list. We've just finished our projections up to 2012, working with a consultant, and we're about to go--in this lovely economic climate--after an angel or venture capital funding.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The current iteration of what we are doing now has been around since 2012. Let me share an email I got today. The email says, “Your app helped me find a job that was better than my current one and allowed me to have a better life at the moment. You can buy a car, book a trip, and do all your expenses on your mobile.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

October 5, 2012. In Santa Monica, the median price of homes jumped 16% in the first eight months of 2012 compared with 2011, after a 9% decline over the same period the year before, according to Multiple Listing Service data compiled by Paul Habibi, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. VENICE RISING. County: 0.9%.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. million members who have added over 270 million books, completely by word of mouth. He also wrote popular books for entrepreneurs including The War of Art and Do The Work. Idea Mensch.

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