socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. If you're doing freelance writing, have a story you're trying to sell, there's a whole process of finding out where you're doing well, not doing well, and what responses you have received.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.) If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

Invest 284

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284

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. Even the Google search engine crawlers may take up to two weeks to find you. So what’s an entrepreneur to do to get his new business noticed these days?

Platform 105

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2011

There are lots of knowledgeable people that we find to write these guides--people who grew up there, and who are experts in the area. He's fairly well known, he funded another company called Punchd, which recently sold to Google. That's really empowering. It's working out really well. When did you launch? We originally launched in L.A.,

Guide 203

Guide Software Review Twiistup Technical Review 203

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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.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!)

Invest 152

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. 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. Remember, the buck always stops with you.

Entrepreneur 109

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. As I write these words I’m aware that I could practically change the words AOL and Facebook for much of this section and with a few factual tweaks it might not be noticeable to the reader which of the firms I was talking about. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. Don’t you think?

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The current iteration of what we are doing now has been around since 2012. Obviously there are other tech in the pipeline such as wearable technology and Google Glass that will continue to evolve what mobile means. Meaning, write very good job descriptions, but that doesn’t mean you need to write long ones.

Mobile 86

Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

But subsequent statistics have also shown that “online coupon access [has] increased 92 percent and redemption of Internet deals [has] leapt up 360 percent;” with more growth predicted in 2012. It has been predicted that this method will continue to increase in popularity in 2012. Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I first got the idea on a cold night during the winter of 2012 in San Francisco when I walked passed a homeless woman sleeping on the street. One of our most recent partnerships is with Google, who saw HandUp as an opportunity to engage in two ways. Some donors simply want to write a check to a national organization and move on.

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