Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Per a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Cellphone penetration in the U.S. In addition, more people own cell phones than toothbrushes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

According to current Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity now exceeds 86%, more than 12 percentage points higher than ten years ago at the height of the last recession. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

we're proud to be part of one of the world's most vibrant innovation ecosystems with some of the fastest growing companies and most creative entrepreneurs. Other examples include media tech companies ZEFR and GumGum � both having record years and positioned extremely well for continued growth in 2017. Rob Freelen: Focus.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Fund I was fully deployed by June 30th of 2017, and we went out to raised Fund II, which was a wet close, where you invest as you close. Our strategy is to get into a company, sometimes early, in the A, B, or C round, in a theme or entrepreneur we really like. Then, at that point, it's all about the entrepreneur and the team.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

We've taken matchmaking onto a mobile application, as a modern matchmaking company. Constance Curtis: I have been a successful entrepreneur for the past thirteen years. Through my own frustration, I decided, in 2017, the heck with this, and decided to hire a traditional matchmaker. How did you start the company?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? In healthcare, I think the impact of mobility is still in its infancy as far as the enterprise is concerned. Brad Brooks: Locally, I think Snapchat's IPO is going to spawn a massive ecosystem in the Southern California tech community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. exceeds 80 percent of all mobile phone owners, and these generate more data from their non-phone functions than voice.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Today's contribution is from Lawrence Ng , serial entrepreneur who, last year, founded OnRamp Fund , a $10 million incubator that invests in early stage startups. Setting up the device is very easy and you can start your cooking from their app on your mobile. You can see all of our holiday reflections here. Lawrence C.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Longtime tech entrepreneur and angel investor Marco Thompson, who is closely associated with San Diego’s EvoNexus incubator, contributed a number of companies to the list. Tim Rueth, a UC San Diego entrepreneur in residence and member of the EvoNexus selection committee, also screened the list, and offered his perspective.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

That was around 2017, when the two first began brainstorming how they would build their company. Gross and Barnehama met through a mutual friend in the robotics industry in Los Angeles, the chief executive of Embodied, Paolo Pirjanian, Barnehama wrote in an email.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For instance, one of our targets are those who have large audiences, like mobile carriers. These large mobile carriers have audiences, but something they dont have content services to attract and retain subscribers to a mobile network. We build products and services tied to mobile carriers. Who are your core customers?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2017

Entrepreneurs keep talking to me about the Internet of Things (IOT), autonomous vehicles, inter-planetary travel, and other exciting opportunities, but the majority of real plans I get seem to be “me too” variations of several common themes that have already been done too many times. Mobile apps for everything and anything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2017

In the entrepreneur world, most of the energy I see is focused on the current opportunity bubbles, now including anything mobile, the new sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb), or yet another social media app (Snapchat, WhatsApp). As a result, entrepreneurs often spend unwisely, or chase a bad idea way too far without measuring results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Most new entrepreneurs work alone in developing their idea or a solution to a problem, but ultimately realize that starting and growing a business requires more. Convert your vision to milestones to mobilize hearts and minds. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/14/2017. It takes a working team to build a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. Mobile devices and apps enhance social interactivity. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 07/30/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

If you are an entrepreneur today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd. Marty Zwilling Published by Xerox Small Business Solutions on 03/06/2017.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

People are all now using their mobile devices to find products and services. Howe we started Densitry.com, is in September of 2017, I spent three hours talking to the CEO of our parent company, and we went through it, and I explained to him what was going on and why we needed Dentistry.com. What is Dentistry.com?

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

The people who we our content and videos in are essentially connected, mobile, have their phone with them all the time. Everyone carries their phone around, and 70 to 75 percent of the traffic on our site is all mobile. Many publishers have been wringing their hands over declining CPMs, shift from desktop to mobile, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2017

The pervasive Internet and mobile device access allows instant communication of new options, total sharing of customer experiences, and mass customization, on a world-wide scale. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/05/2017. No more hiding behind a cultural stereotype, a well-built brand, or a geographic wall.

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LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2017

Diamond Bar-based LifeRay (www.liferay.com) is a company that not too many people have heard of, but which is used to run the websites for such well known organizations like Toyota, T-Mobile, Coach, Fujitsu, Allianz, and Sesame Street. We provide everything from your website, to your mobile app, to your kiosk in an in-preson environment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Business productivity is all about having the right people, even though I’m bombarded daily with online tools and mobile apps that promise to solve every problem with automation and data. Trevor is a veteran coach who has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, organizations, and business families across the country.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Why ADD Might Actually Benefit Startup Entrepreneurs. I wrote about that experience in my post, “ The Yo-yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur ,” in which I described an experience that some entrepreneurs has told me mirrored their own so much they found it scary. How to Know Whether You Have ADD & What to do About It.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2017

As well as phone support, customers expect you to accept mobile messaging, and provide quick responses via social media and multiple Internet websites. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 05/27/2017. Company finds customers based on interests. The world today is small, and there is no room to hide.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Currencies only began in earnest about 2,500 years ago and ever since have been a great enabler of democracy and social mobility, not the other way around. I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017.

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