TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso is credited with coining the term in the title of her 2014 memoir, “#Girlboss,” which chronicled her rags-to-riches success and was adapted into a Netflix show. Please stop using the word Girlboss thank you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

Both are required to stay competitive. Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social platforms such as Slack and Trello. 58 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2021, up 5 million since 2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

From an investor perspective, understanding and acting early to establish a sustainable competitive advantage, and barrier to entry, is the best assurance of a financial return. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, still waiting to be found: Find strategic partnerships. See who checks into your competition. Track the competition. Inexpensive lead generation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. See who checks into your competition. Understand the competition. Lead generation. Thought leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. Look for value points to control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Its only been in the last 10 years that social-media companies, such as Facebook and Twitter, have achieved market valuations in billions of dollars, while clearly sacrificing revenue to gain users. Understanding competitive early-mover requirements. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/1/2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/31/2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. Brock’s project in December 2013 that we would see half a billion dollars in investments for 2014. Setting Up 2014. Bitcoin specific job boards.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Our model has us at break-even in our second full year post launch (2014). For competitive reasons, we don’t want to disclose this just yet. We have plans for at least six different revenue streams that will be rolled out over the next three years. Are You Alone in This Space?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

Both are required to stay competitive. Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social platforms such as Slack and Trello. In the US, 55 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2016, up 6% from 2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2015

billion in 2014 Singles’ Day sales, spurred by more than $2 billion in the first hour.) No matter where you spend your time — TV; radio; newspapers; podcasts; fashion , technology , business , and entertainment websites; shopping portals; or social media — you’ve probably been exposed to dozens of mentions of Prime Day by now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Scott, just published a new book that I like,” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. Social-media advertising. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/1/2014. One of these experts, David T. business David T.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

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