Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. Of course the naysayers are out again. Of course not. Of course we brought in outside experts.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. billion by 2014. Social media users are over 60% more likely to check email at least four times a day than those who don’t use social media.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

But of course it’s hard to advise people that they should do PR without a guide to how to do it on the cheap or how to do it at all. This is especially true in a booming market (like 2014) where PR firms can charge premiums and be super selective about whom they work with. When to start PR? Just don’t spam people.

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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. To comment on the rocky state of Bitcoin affairs in the last 30 days, does Dan believe we’re past the worst of a media firestorm? The ultimate plan?

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. The first phase was the rise of the media platforms: YouTube, Instagram, etcetera, that allowed creatives to build audiences. With new followers — today her account, @weworewhat , has 2.2

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This year’s TZ #startupforecast (Jan 28, 2014) was no exception. Peter Csathy – CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures, accomplished media and digital media entrepreneur. 2014 looks to be the year of emerging technologies (wearables, bitcoin, etc.) Get yourself up to speed by reading through JATI, Inc.’s

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2014

Of course, they may be out of money as well, but that is often more of an “excuse” than a reason. There are a wealth of tools available today, relying on social media and marketing, to create or foster the market your company needs. Perhaps it''s time to reset your course to focus on business basics, so you can lighten your load.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

For financial reasons alone, an IPO is a statistically rare phenomenon, happening just 275 times in 2014 , out of almost 500,000 startups. Private companies typically have an internal board of friendly owners, unlikely to be pressured by the media to consider an unfriendly tender offer from another major player in the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/28/2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/26/2014. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2014

No offense to SONOS of course. For iPhone users, the native app will be available in Summer 2014 – for now, you can set up your system through Airplay. Both founders had been a driving force behind a successful audio/video media player hardware company. Generally speaking, this means no SONOS ecosystem).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Oh, and of course Bono popped by for a little while. If you attract names like these you’re bound to attract some media attention and then Chad Hurley dropped the bomb that he was leaving YouTube while he was at the f.ounders event. There were senior members from Facebook and Google. So after my talk I stood patiently for 2.5

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

What we did in 2014-2015 and most of 2016, was to really, really refine the business model, so that we could be a successful company, and not just have a successful product. Not just what the product needed to look like, but how to sell it, and to make sure that the people we sold it to were really successful using it, and stayed with us.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 24, 2016

Like Ice Cube and Dr. Dre use rap lyrics, Seth and I use social media instead. ” So we launched schoolofbookkeeping.com in 2014 and it grew and achieved and became a brand name in the industry. This silent feud between Seth David and I had been pretty one sided, until now. We recently parted ways and agreed to do so amicably.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

You may have raised money across multiple rounds of investors from 3-4 different VCs and of course most of them would like board seats or at a minimum board observer rights. As we’ve ramped up direct sales over the last few years our need to have relationships with the major media & advertising companies has become critical.

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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

JUNE 15, 2015

If Pinterest is catnip for girls, Tapiture was founded to go after the men, but quickly evolved into a more sophisticated artistic social media community. With the mobile app launched in 2014, Tapiture continues to refine its technology to reach its users. million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. I am drawn to it.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2014

But last August 28, 2014 seemed like a dawning of a new era in the Twitter world as Ian Chan, Twitter’s engineer, announces that the tool is available for just about anyone who wants to utilize it. Will it be able to help brands market themselves better in social media? But what does this mean for marketers?

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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). Of course this trend is not just on Facebook, but it exists across all the various platforms. 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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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

After a successful run through NYC-based Kaplan Edtech accelerator program (powered by Techstars), the team at MentorMob have been gearing up for a 2014 re-launch; same MentorMob name, but as Vince tells us, with a more community-based focus (don’t worry, a little more on that later).

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

We’d believe offering consumers as many options as possible is a benefit of course, but it’s worthy to consider just how far this gets us towards the reality of the connected car. But of course, there lies the looming danger of safety and accidents. Today, we’re measuring ~53 million auto crashes per year.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Creative Cities Austin, Texas, and Iowa City, Iowa, were also there, representing UNESCO’s Media Arts and Literature sub-networks, respectively, as were three Creative Cities candidates — Carrara, Italy; Kansas City, Missouri; and Lexington, Kentucky. Adelaide lost the bid to host the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2015

As you must have guessed, QNX is currently rocking with a 53% share in 2013, and over 60% in 2014. Communication between cars will provide precise data about traffic jams, car incidents and road works, and of course, is likely to lead to a reduction in the chances of a collision. But who’s the leader in the automotive market?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Of course, with more startups, this is still a tough space, with VCs funding only one out of 400 requests they get, and Angels limiting their focus to one out of 40. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. business entrepreneur investment IPO social media startup' It’s not too late to start. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Of course, that only leads to antagonism and further isolation. Social-media vehicles, including Twitter and LinkedIn, allow interactions with hundreds of people, or one on one, without the pressure of your leadership role. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 12/12/2014.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

In 2012 I penned an article called “ It’s Morning in VC ” that highlighted many of these trends and in 2014 I published a series of data in this VC SlideShare presentation of “ Why VC is Much More Compelling ” now, which updated many of our earlier analysis. None of these. It’s just a market.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 4, 2014

” I spent the entire day yesterday in a deposition so I was offline from the world around me – a rare day of no email, no social media and even no news. John Green (@johngreen) December 4, 2014. And of course we know this isn’t an isolated incident. “It stops today.” I could not.

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