Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Each day Doppels will let you know whose birthday it is within your social network or local area and offer you a wish, gift or text option. Doppels also gives others the opportunity to send you a note or gift tailored to your interests. How great is that?! Doppels also caught the interest of celebrities.

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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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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Although Arena of Valor didn’t quite take off in Western markets, it has done well in Southeast Asia in part thanks to Tencent’s publishing partnership with the region’s internet giant Garena. That raises the question of whether Tencent can replicate its success in overseas markets where its social apps are largely absent.

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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. More professional connections means more credibility, more insight into the market and more customer clout. Social networking friends have real business value.

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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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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

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force longer, and according to a USNews article, will likely dominate the labor market by 2024. 65 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase.

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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.

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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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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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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 16, 2017

But these requirements have been relaxed with the Crowdfunding JOBS Act implementation in 2016. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Start in a business domain you know well. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” I’ll spare you the math and point out that this means we funded 0.104% of the market. In short – no.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2016

Nick Denton (@nicknotned) March 1, 2016. Publishers will be able to directly sell their own display ads and keep 100% of the revenue and utilize Facebook’s Audience Network , their programmatic ad network (which considering the user-data Facebook has, is killer). pic.twitter.com/TB1GTGt9ss. appeared first on TechZulu.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

By 2016, app downloads are estimated to reach 44 billion and app-to-person messaging is seen to overtake text messaging. The mobile app revolution also gave birth to mobile marketing. Suddenly, maintaining a company website and a social media account is no longer enough. How do you make your mobile marketing strategy effective?

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