Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Establishing your brand with interactive social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Establishing your brand with interactive social media.

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StartUp Beat

JUNE 6, 2018

Since 2013, teams at Facebook, Lyft, Airbnb, Vice Media, Stanford University and elsewhere have relied on Telzio’s hosted VoIP service to power their desk phones and softphones. The post The WebRTC and Business VoIP Market Heats up as Telzio Launches Browser-Based Softphone appeared first on StartUp Beat.

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MAY 7, 2013

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. You can’t change media consumption patterns easily. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. Ynon Kreiz is a force of nature in the media and tech sectors.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The team has been in buying and selling media for years and say the future is bright with the increasing move to online from print and broadcast. According to the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report released last month by the Interactive Advertising Bureau ( IAB ) and prepared by PwC US. billion, up from $8.7 billion in Q2 2012.

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JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. The problem is that this is publicly available information that can and will be scanned by journalists and reported. When you file, you must be prepared.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. The world is a now single market, both homogeneous and heterogeneous.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

For example, a startup may hire you as an accountant, but you may also be asked to do social media marketing content gearing towards finance for the company blog. Employees who work for big companies don’t have the opportunity to report directly to the president or CEO. Now, you’re handling payroll and doing writing as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2016

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and a technologist, I’m happy to report that the tide may be turning, and we are experiencing a new era of opportunity for entrepreneurs, and a new appreciation of the power of the digital world. Google scores high for tools, location, and social media data sharing, but not for biometric data.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

He told TechZulu,”I figured the market could do with some alternatives.” I studied a Business Science with Honours in Marketing at University of Cape Town. As an employer in the Social Media age I find it ground breaking.” We are based in South Africa, but have plans to launch globally in 2013.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

With the Identity Theft Resource Center® reporting a 30% increase in privacy breaches in 2013, there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Why is everyone so paranoid these days?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings. It is no wonder that the average apps user spends 139 minutes per day browsing them, according to a report by Flurry, a company catering to app developers. We need an APP!

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APRIL 25, 2011

So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit). In a down market IP can become a huge differentiator.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

In the VP of Marketing, Don Butler’s introduction to the Press Days crowd, the automaker has recognized that we are a continuing generation of electronic consumers with no signs of slowing down. One step closer to a minority report gesture-interface world. Hardware/software.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2015

When I was a child, I dreamed about a self-driving car that communicates with other cars and infrastructure, just like in the Minority Report with Tom Cruise. The market for connectivity solutions in vehicles is growing. But who’s the leader in the automotive market? Control Your Car from Your Smartphone.

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JUNE 8, 2014

TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap. While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself. Indeed we have already seen the beginnings.

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