Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2016

These days, building a new business is all about visibility and marketing, no matter how great or innovative a solution you bring to the table. In fact, having one marketing guru on the team alone won’t get you very far. Encourage networking. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 12/07/2016. Give credit.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

6 Entrepreneurs share their predictions for this year’s evolution of online industries, which will be key for small businesses across the globe in 2016. In 2016, the price of mobile data will remain relatively stable. wireless carriers will begin to treat enterprise customers differently. Wireless Global Connections.

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LATechDigest

OCTOBER 7, 2016

.” Wise words from former Sony President of Marketing Dwight Caines, who was honored at the 2nd annual Hollywood in Pixels event, founded by 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros marketing exec Bettina Sherick. — Scott Perry (@scottperry) October 6, 2016.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. We help our customers weave together all the data across all of their data streams,” Lunsford said.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

It is an heroic accomplishment in a brutal fund-raising market in which only market leaders can bring in that sort of money. Every VC who’s been the business for a long time realized first hand that the VC markets were changing rapidly as early as Q3 of 2015. But of course public markets had begun gyrating. $30 million.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

When entrepreneurs introduce new products to the market, their passion and conviction often leads them to assume that every potential customer will see the immediate need and value, and will quickly adopt the solution. In today’s information overload, marketing is everything. Use every marketing channel available.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Robert Blatt: We say to people that we do customer experience for multi-location brands. Our platform enables them to manage the digital representation of their locations, and engage with consumers in paid, social, and search, to improve that customer experience. So what does your customer look like nowadays? ,p>

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

We also saw a few of our portfolio companies grow steadily, notably one that made a risky/painful pivot in 2016 that is just starting to show exciting results. Techand the markets overall--has enjoyed a surprisingly long stretch of prosperity. It also means going to bed earlier! What are you looking forwardtomost in 2018?

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

In an age where topics like Russian hacking, CIA hacking tools and the stability of the power grid and industrial networks has suddenly become important, there are only a few companies tackling industrial network security directly. Paul Myer: Veracity Industrial Networks is a startup in the industrial network security segment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). It’s why opt-in marketing databases can be so incredibly valuable for companies like Gilt Groupe, One King’s Lane and AdoreMe. That number is projected to GROW to 70 billion by 2016 (Source: BIA Kelsey).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Customers and investors listen for a consistent message. Beyond that, he or she must balance the constant demands for more resources from marketing, development, and support. Beyond that, he or she must balance the constant demands for more resources from marketing, development, and support. It’s the win-win outcome we all want.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

Mitu Network is the largest digital media company for Latinos in the US and also targeting Mexico and South America. The Food Network. I wrote about my investment 18 months ago when we led a $10 million round in Mitu Network , the largest Latino online video company. ESPN in sports. Discovery in adventure and travel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Anyone can build a new web site, or publish a smartphone app for a few thousand dollars, but getting market penetration requires a lot more. Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 10/18/2016.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

Buck Jordan: Miso Robotics is bringing the power of automation to commercial kitchens, and addressing one of the biggest challenges of the food industry, which is increasing production with the expansion of the delivery market, while also safely decreasing human contact. Speaking of customers, can you talk about who they are now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In fact, the focus on social networking platforms, starting with Facebook, has destroyed the meaning of the word friend and even changed it from a noun to a verb. You need business partners, investors and customers. More professional connections means more credibility, more insight into the market and more customer clout.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 19, 2016

I built CRMs out of Microsoft Access and installed networks. I was overwhelmed with that choice, but as I scanned the article published in the Star Tribune, APRIL 11, 2016 — 11:07AM., I never competed with them at that point, as they were still small and we were focused on installing big Citrix based networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

Some business successes can be attributed to luck, timing, or available funding, but in this case most agree that Gary was simply a marketing genius and he created his own market through creative advertising, emotional appeal and exclusivity. Similarly, mentioning viral marketing without specifics won’t assure fundability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2017

percent growth in 2016. Check your business network for a great co-founder or a great designer. Ad revenue is still down as companies right-size marketing budgets. Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free. Markets don't "reduce headcount." Low cost infrastructure. Make them an offer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

As an entrepreneur looking for an idea, it makes sense to explore problem areas within your knowledge comfort zone, but when you are building a business with the solution, you have to stretch your comfort zone to keep up with the market and stay ahead of competitors. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 09/13/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2016

The market is already oversaturated with competitors. If you check your market on Google and find numbers like these, I suggest you look for another opportunity where the number of competitors you can find is less than 10. Google or other search engines could add image-matching or other focus to capture this market.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

For the cybersecurity industry, 2016 is shaping up to be the year of alliances. Cyber industry alliances, the thinking goes, could make customers’ cyber defenses stronger and easier to manage. Such credentials enable access to an organization’s software systems for tasks like implementing updates or managing devices on the network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 18-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 7.2 exabytes per month at the end of 2016, of which half was video. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Big data:” learning from the flood.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy. For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

It was the Summer of 2016, if I'm not mistaken. There's many connections and an immense network we've created at Cross Campus, by both myself and my partners in this particular venture. There's a network we are creating, and a connection between the geographics which is valuable on both sides.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

With the Identity Theft Resource Center® reporting a 40 percent increase in data breaches in 2016, there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Why is everyone so paranoid these days?

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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 zettabytes by the year 2016. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers. Big data:” learning from the flood.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

In the enterprise environment, Jack Welch led GE through 600 acquisitions in emerging markets, to a market value of $280 billion. Many team members work hard and spend company resources to mollify unhappy customers, but most never really tackle the underlying problem of product quality, missing process, or distribution failure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Use your networking to get advice, but all jobs can be do-it-yourself. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/25/2016.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. Bryan Biniak: Connected Travel was founde d n 2016. We have built an application services platform for vehicles, and our first customer was actually USAA.

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Xconomy

JULY 19, 2016

For 2015, there were 133 information security M&A deals, according to 451 Research’s Tech M&A Outlook 2016. In general, M&A is a natural part of the IT security market. It’s why this market segment is so attractive to venture investors. What we’ve also seen is the increase in M&A. Why is this happening?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2016

Extend network through startup organizations. Despite the Internet, networking is still a person-to-person activity. Despite the Internet, networking is still a person-to-person activity. Build a list of startups to begin marketing yourself. Be an expert on new markets and new startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. Do your networking with investors well before the funding pitch. Fundable entrepreneurs have to feel comfortable talking and listening to engineers, financial people, marketing and especially customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

My partner Greg Bettinelli is an avid sports fan who throughout his career has developed an expert understanding in online ticketing (at eBay has was a champion of the StubHub acquisition) and online marketing. And social networks enabled rapid growth and also the ability to more easily find and play with friends or make new ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The best way to start is business networking through local groups and online forums. Often times, the help you need is outside your familiar domain, and more into marketing, distribution, or manufacturing. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 09/02/2016. Now is the time to set priorities on lifestyle and act on them.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In 2016, the renowned international university programming tournament — attended by student competitors, coaches, and parents — took place in Phuket, Thailand. In 2016, Rapid City was officially named ICPC 2017’s host city. Rapid City, South Dakota. ICPC World Finals 2017, held in Rapid City.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2015

These Ice Bear units are all networked and linked into control systems, and communicate with the web, where they can be remotely controlled and monitored by our customer. Our customer is not the building owner or tenant, it's the utility. How is it that utilities are your main customer? Can you talk about that?

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