SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 -- TechBiz Connection Presents. Does social media marketing work? You will learn: Real life examples of social media success stories; How to define ROI for Social Media; Lessons learned and how to avoid the pitfalls; What is coming up that you must prepare for now. Social Media. See [link] (more)

Social Media 100

Social Media Media TechBiz Examples 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

It is YouTube marketing at its best. Years before Hello Flo’s “The Camp Gyno” video existed, in 2009, Orabrush, a tongue cleaner company, was setting the precedent for what would be how to make a million dollars in ecommerce sales utilizing YouTube marketing. Here is a YouTube marketing case study they did.

Dollar Shave Club 101

Dollar Shave Club Customer Custom Marketing 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

He provides several examples of how he used this approach to advantage in his own career. I’ve netted out his and others to create the following basic strategy for entrepreneurial growth: Apply your core competency to related markets. License your product to a partner or alliance. Hire people smarter than you.

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Entrepreneur 98

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

The TMP is an example of lean academia. This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit. The company was acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company during August of 2012, for approximately $65 million. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

Santa Barbara 258

Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2011

Markets will stay irrational longer than companies stay solvent. For example, data center companies will continue to take losses, go out of business, or get acquired on unfavorable terms even as all indications point to extreme shortages in data center space by 2013.

Media 168

Media Cloud Computing Press Examples 168

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

The successful candidate will have an active network of client/agency relationships and a proven track record of building and delivering solid marketing solutions in an effective and scalable way. If you’re interested in becoming a contributor, please send several examples of your online work to contributor@techzulu.com. Internships.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Software Review Writing News 71

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Although Arena of Valor didn’t quite take off in Western markets, it has done well in Southeast Asia in part thanks to Tencent’s publishing partnership with the region’s internet giant Garena. That raises the question of whether Tencent can replicate its success in overseas markets where its social apps are largely absent.

Tips 149

Tips Activision Mobile Tool 149

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. The current iteration of what we are doing now has been around since 2012. 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

JUNE 17, 2013

Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” After a brief overview of you, your company and your solution I recommend putting up some example clients you’ve worked with, although you obviously need their approval first.

Sales 367

Sales Slides Startup Customer 367

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. When should you start a company?

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

In an age of ever increasing marketing spend to attract customers, how do you make sure you aren't spending more acquiring a company than they are worth? Michael Greenberg: My co-founder, Emad Hasan, led the business marketing operations at Facebook. A great example of that, is Dollar Shave Club. How do you do that?

Dollar Shave Club 113

Dollar Shave Club Artificial Inteligence Customer Custom 113

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. How profitable is my product or service?

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Consider the recent example of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). Sure, there are examples of Founders who have survived and prospered, such as Bill Gates and Larry Page, but these guys are the exception, not the rule.

Startup 89

Startup Entrepreneur Report Summary 89

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. And of course they are also focused on the US Hispanic market. I was trying to be more analytical than critical.

Invest 291

Invest Content Media Networking 291

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The newest equity model was passed into law in early 2012 via the JOBS Act , and still has no scheduled date for availability in the USA, waiting for the rules to be defined by the SEC: Startup equity crowd funding. Example sites include StartSomeGood and the Facebook Cause page. Good-cause crowd funding. Debt-based crowd funding.

Funding 99

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 99

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

We then spent the first half of 2012 beta testing the product, getting feedback and input to the point where we could start selling it. We launched it in March of 2012, at the National Restaurant Show in Chicago, took a booth, got lots of press, and we've been selling it every since. How did you decide to tackle this market?

Mobile 197

Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 23, 2012

“Some say data is the new black,” laughs former Linkedin data scientist, DJ Patil on stage during the Mesh Conference in Toronto, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Product, marketing and sales analytics. Fraud, abuse, security and risk: Data for good over evil. Data Infrastructure: owning the data warehouse.

Technology 73

Technology Press Conference Organization 73

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

For example, the most popular people born in Texas, the most popular people who are Geminis, the most popular people for each profession--like the most popular comedian or most popular country singer. Evan Britton: I''m an Internet market guru. I love the web and love Internet marketing. I think search engines will take note.

Google 236

Google Sites Startup Web 236

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

There is no substitute for market research, written by domain experts, to supplement your informal poll of friends and family. Having no competitors is a red flag (may mean no market), but finding ten or more with a simple Google search means this may be a crowded space. Too little focus on marketing. Execution skills are weak.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Statistics 109

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2015

Back in 2012 when the Flame virus was wreaking havoc across the world, the need for army-trained hackers became a whole new frontier for IT software companies. Israeli software companies are the perfect example. The threat of hacking and loss of data has never been real than now.

Training 40

Training Software Company Companies 40

Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

My 16 year old was living with his mom this past year as my business of 12 years went under in June of 2012. A great example is the Orbit Baby G2 stroller. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster. I’m a good father and I love them more than my own life.

SoCal 174

SoCal Southern California IBM IBM 174

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Daily deal” couponing continues to be a popular tool among consumers and marketers, and many major companies have implementing their own version of the trend. Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Xconomy

JUNE 29, 2016

Reflexion Health, a San Diego startup founded in 2012 at the nonprofit West Health Institute, is moving to commercialize Vera, its physical rehabilitation system based on Microsoft Kinect’s motion tracking technology. healthcare systems, CEO Joe Smith said late Monday. Louis-based RespondWell.

Technology 74

Technology San Diego Funding Coach 74

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Foursquare is good example of a modern hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” Without users, business owners aren’t going to waste time promoting and marketing their content to your users. It also shows how such a website can scale by adding new cities.

Sites 84

Sites Content Sales Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Recently, we had a great opportunity to sit down and chat with Amanda Bensol, head BD/Marketing for Karma. That’s what drew me to them as I hopped on board for PR/marketing, and a little bit of sales and operations.” Their year will incorporate a significant marketing push. Share More, Get More.

Outsource Development 108

Outsource Development Startup Incubator Press 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

I’m not recommending that you saturate your discussions with lingo, but responding with a blank stare once-too-often won’t convince anyone that you can build the next world-changing business or outpace the market. Prime examples include Uber, Airbnb and Snapchat. Growth-hacking” marketing. Ramen-profitable.

Startup 57

Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Writers can log into our site, upload their project, and select from over 4,000 markets, and send their work out to the world physically with a single click. 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. Anne Walls: We launched in soft beta in May.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Examples of profitable companies practicing this model include Trader Joe’s , led by Doug Rauch as retired president, now CEO of Conscious Capitalism®, and the Container Store , led by Kip Tindell. The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product.

Capital 99

Capital Entrepreneur Guide Startup 99

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

JUNE 23, 2014

That was 2012. One great example of this is the Yoga Forum where Grokker members shared their intentions for the month and supported each other along the way. I founded Grokker in 2012. This content, plus the unique online experience that supports a connected, authentic community is what meets the key need of our market.

Help 87

Help Content Activity Networking 87

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market. More interestingly Montgomery expect the M&A market to grow to 600 in 2011 and 750 in 2012. A recent example would be Compuware’s $295 million acquisition of Gomez , a networking monitoring company.

Venture Capital 241

Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Ria Consulting is hosting its 3rd annual Dallas Day of Dot Net on February 8-9, 2013 at Sheraton Market Center in Dallas, Texas. You’ll learn how to manage multiple environments with Git and Visual Studio 2012 so your small teams aren’t pushing to production and jeopardizing your site’s stability.

Training 65

Training Technical Review Technology Software Review 65

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I do this by organizing different types of events every month based on the target markets that I am trying to reach. I have been with Gogobot since March 2012. I just started Gogogives in November 2012 and the first dinner was held at Anatolia Mediterranean Restaurant in Westwood, near UCLA. What is Gogogives?

West Los Angeles 99

West Los Angeles Organization Los Angeles UCLA 99

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. That''s why the IPO markets coming back is so critical. David Siemer: More generally, the M&A market is solid. which is still a premier market for the world.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Xconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Chicago-based GE Healthcare is now about to go to market with the new magnetic resonance imaging technique. In 2012, when we started, Amazon had just released the GPUs into the public cloud,” Axerio-Cilies says. It’s the first example of where we’re going as a company,” Stahre says. “We market, the companies say.

Cloud Computing 40

Cloud Computing Startup Web Chief Technology Officer 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I kind of think LA is just LA and doesn’t need some clever marketing term. Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. That’s OK with me. Don’t you think?

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304