Both Sides of the Table

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

DECEMBER 26, 2011

This Black Friday we reached record retail sales at traditional brick-and-mortar stores, yet the merging Cyber Monday is proving to be a fighting younger brother. 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).

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Custom Customer Demand Advertising 72

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

A Google survey from July 2012 calculated that more than half the small businesses in the US are still without a basic website. The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. Asmita’s are challenging for a web designer; anyway you move you will be damned.

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Web Design Web Design Sites 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

Customers go there to check on the details of your offerings and verify that you are not a scam, investors look there to check out your management and sales approach, and suppliers expect to find contact information. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. Viral marketing needs a website.

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Web Startup Sites Design 99

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Saturday evening came to a “closing” with the Coloft tradition of the famous scene from Glengarry Glen Ross where Alec Baldwin defines the meaning of “closing” while he gives a nearly Oscar winning sales talk to motivate his staff. As Avesta Rasouli, SWLA Co-organizer and Founder of Coloft says, “Go sell something! Coffee is for closers!”

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Alex is a proven web entrepreneur, having led and sold multiple successful startups. Prior to co-founding EdgeCast, he was a co-founder, chairman and CEO of KnowledgeBase, a hosted enterprise knowledge management company with many Fortune 1000 customers. Alex Kazerani. Chairman & CEO at Edgecast.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. This means selling at least 5-10 customers in advance, before it is even built. Offer the customers a discount for buying in advance. Offer the customers a discount for buying in advance.

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CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop Development 81

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. The differentiator is going to be customer experience.”.

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Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Who are you on the web? It’s almost like the web equivalent of Facebook Connect. On the web each website wants you to log in to their website using a proprietary user name and password. New tickets about to go on sale for your favorite band – Tweet. Historically you are your email address.

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News Web Email Startup 324

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

We're partnering with the biggest insurance brands, including Nationwide, and many, many others�25 different insurance companies�and taking their insurance policies and selling them in a unified way, making it available to consumers via iOS and Android apps and the web. We were eventually acquired by a large competitorin 2012.

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Southern California Technical Review Startup Commerce 244

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

LendingClub helped to pioneer the model, saying in November 2012 that it had surpassed $1 billion in loans issued since 2006, when it was founded. LendingClub stumbled earlier this year, however, when an internal investigation found improprieties in the sale of $22 million in loans. million in 2012 to more than $59 million in 2015.

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San Diego Help Software Review Funding 40

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

LendingClub helped to pioneer the model, saying in November 2012 that it had surpassed $1 billion in loans issued since 2006, when it was founded. LendingClub stumbled earlier this year, however, when an internal investigation found improprieties in the sale of $22 million in loans. million in 2012 to more than $59 million in 2015.

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Software Review San Diego Funding Custom 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. Approachable.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

According to a January 2012 article in Forbes Magazine , nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. In Michael's case, he promised his parents that he would return to school if the sales at his startup did not meet his expectations. "I We Don't Need No Stinkin' Degrees. "As

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What if you could go to a web site and find all the recipes you could make today, with just the ingredients you already have in your kitchen? Hopefully, you will find, with your favorite search engine, something like the “ Cooking Sauces & Food Seasonings Market Report 2012.” Real customer pain and money.

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Ideas Patents Startup Google 97

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2015

ZehnerGroup designs and builds custom websites that scale. Our unique entrepreneurial spirit lends itself perfectly to launching the next great web startup or is generating that fresh spark to create a competitive advantage for a large corporation. Praedicat is an independent corporation launched in March 2012. Praedicat, Inc.

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Culver City Media Web Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The Black Tux online tuxedo rental, which is reinventing the customer experience in the antiquated $10B+ tuxedo rental and sales industry. The Blayze network already reaches or 200 million viewers and has generated thousands in sales. RocksBox , a new discovery and sales channel for designer fashion jewelry.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire’s business model focuses on providing complete application solutions to businesses, while its open API enables applications to be customized in virtually any fashion. CallFire technology is already playing a prominent role in 2012 political races across the spectrum.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Precise analytics allow companies to “ measure online distribution of coupons by tracking the printing of web pages and page views;” a significant advantage with digital. It has been predicted that this method will continue to increase in popularity in 2012. A study conducted by Rice University’s Jesse H. Getting Mobile-Ready.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Dinesh is a highly entrepreneurial executive with a track record of driving sales through innovative biz-dev and online marketing techniques. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Event Details.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I’ve been an avid user of Plug.DJ’s music discovery site since early 2012, have discovered a ton of music there (which, by the way, I’m still listening to today) and originally covered their $1.25M in seed-round funding from Javelin Venture Partners. was founded in February 2012 by a team of passionate music fans.

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Startup Product Sites Tool 107

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Going So-Lo: How Brands are Driving Sales & Personalizing Customer Experiences with Social, Location-Based Marketing. Perfect Your Pitch for Web, TV, and Film. ” SMWLA will take place next week Sept. Tues 9/25. 1:30-2:30pm. Showcase: io/LA’s Most Creative Startups. Tues 9/25. 2:30-3:30pm. Tues 9/25. 4:00-5:00pm.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. October 5, 2012. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. million in the first eight months of 2012, a 20.4% VENICE RISING. County: 0.9%.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Matt McKinney is the Founder of TiesForCharity.com, a trendy tie company that donates a percentage of each tie sale to unique charities. Clark Benson is the founder of Ranker , a consumer web startup that is a platform for ranking.

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