Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. In 2014 Tumblr overtook Instagram as fastest-growing social platform, and Snapchat is the fastest-growing mobile app, driven largely by Millennials and teens.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant buying banner ads on Facebook, or buying a position on search engine results, or sponsoring some blog entries, but these doesn’t work anymore. Don’t connect the latest platform, which may be transient, with the larger phenomenon of digitally enabled social conversations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Production costs have fallen more than 90%. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

Originally intended as an experiment in personal connections, Facebook has turned into a powerhouse platform that can be leveraged by just about any industry you can think of. It is now a standard with any new social network to be able to cater to both the consumer and the brand; the person and the product. It’s All in the Numbers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. I told him that he needed to ship product before we could fund it.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2014

An invention company based on the idea that the best products in the world come from problems real people experience, Quirky takes ordinary people’s ideas and turns them into solutions to everyday problems. “By mid-2013, roughly 20% of our idea submissions were in the connected realm.” Following the Breadcrumbs.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

So, in the middle of 2013, my wife came to me saying -- Farhad, I want to support you, but what exactly am I supporting? I met with them on September 20th of 2013, and told them--if I were you, I'd quit my job, and do the following. One, is you need to simplify the product. However, that just wasn't catching fire. Cheerful Inc.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

So, in the middle of 2013, my wife came to me saying -- Farhad, I want to support you, but what exactly am I supporting? I met with them on September 20th of 2013, and told them--if I were you, I'd quit my job, and do the following. One, is you need to simplify the product. However, that just wasn't catching fire. Cheerful Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 9, 2012

The giant search engine is set to end less used products or combining a number of them into more resourceful ones. Matt Eichner, General Manager, Global Enterprise Search in a blog post says;” Technology creates tremendous opportunities to improve people’s lives. Google has from late last year embarked on an in-house cleaning project.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

In a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 81% in 2013 and will reach 1.3 Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services. zettabytes by the year 2016. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp was launched online in Beta in January of 2013 and our startup team is based in Los Angeles. Mike Tringe earned his BA in History and Science from Harvard, and his MFA in Film Production from USC. Sara Akhteh received her BA in Film Theory from UCSC and her MFA from USC in Production. Who are its founders?

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

In recent years, the company has expanded beyond its core technology to help its customers track their customers through affiliate marketing, display advertising, and online search and social media, and to target market segments with specific product offers. “We For us, it’s never been about tags or Javascript. It’s been about data.

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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.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The company’s original service still operates as LessonPaths.com – a platform for self-learning students and curators. By haphazardly creating a lesson plan through a loose conglomerations of videos, blog posts, tweets, and Internet cat videos. They knew there had to be a better, more efficient way. ” Carving a Path.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. What I loved most about them?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2015

Take Watson , IBM’s artificial intelligence platform as an example: it has advanced significantly since it handily defeated human opponents on the Jeopardy game show four years ago. As you must have guessed, QNX is currently rocking with a 53% share in 2013, and over 60% in 2014. and a contributor to the SoftServe United blog.

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