socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2023

Los Angeles-base Cosm, which develops immersive media, said on Thursday that it has acquired C360, a developer of immersive video products based in Pittsburgh, PA. According to Cosm, C360's client included sports media companies and leagues, plus various governmental agencies. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 2, 2022

Shein has shown the world how combining social media marketing, data analytics, and China’s well-oiled supply chain has created a $100 billion fast fashion behemoth. In the first half of 2022, it recorded 2 million downloads in the U.S., Its success naturally spawns imitators and challengers.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Probably not and 10x (May 2022) seems more in line with the historical trend (actually 10x is still high). We drew this conclusion after a meeting we had with Morgan Stanley where they showed us historical 15 & 20 year valuation trends and we all discussed what we thought this meant. Except the music stopped.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

I continue to be amazed that more than a quarter of new businesses don’t even have a website , and many more don’t pay attention to social media, or monitor feedback on sites like Yelp. At minimum, that requires a modern website, and visibility on relevant social media sites, likely including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

— Sophia Amoruso (@sophiaamoruso) June 1, 2022. It’s more of a mockery,” said Isa Watson , founder and CEO of social media app Squad. If you look at someone like Adam Neumann and WeWork for example, he was covered [in the media] in a very flattering light until the very moment when it all came tumbling down,” said Watson. “I

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Tech.Co

JUNE 3, 2022

This team-up didn't happen immediately: When Apple first revealed its Tap to Pay feature in February 2022, some media outlets called it the “Square-killer,” and Square's stock did indeed dip by 3%. At the time, Apple's Tap to Pay feature worked with a big Square competitor, Stripe, but not Square.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2022

In addition, these days you have to help your customers find you, through traditional marketing, more social media, and influencers. You all remember the seemingly limitless growth of social media and dating sites, so for many adding another one seemed like a sure-fire success. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/4/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

In my experience, the good news is that everyone is becoming more and more comfortable with relationships via the new media and technology. Generalized email blasts and social media ads may be great for finding interest in your services, but these are not enough to close and maintain new clients.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2022

Make rational and positive contributions on social media. Use social media to show a positive presence, communicate with people in similar positions, and build relationships with people who can help you. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 8/2/2022. Recognize the need to appeal to a diverse audience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

Here is an outline of some key force multipliers that I have seen used effectively in the ongoing battle for business survival and success: Establish a presence on multiple social media channels. Amazingly, I still find that many small businesses still don’t use any social media, much less appear on a range of platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Every business leader I know is overloaded with data these days, with a wealth of new business tools, social media channels, and countless emails and text messages. Choose only the best media formats for each type of content you choose to engage with, across the range of text, audio, and video.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

With today’s worldwide Internet and social media, your brand impact is not set by what you say, but by numbers of followers, influencers, and satisfied customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/25/2022. In my view, that was their key to the early goodwill they needed. Brand recognition and market influencer support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2022

Don't wait until a media inquiry or a government agency puts you on the defensive , and makes all of your efforts look like too little, too late. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/22/2022. Showing empathy fosters resilience in facing the challenges directly and acting. Daily updates on a crisis are often appropriate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

According to Tim Cook at Apple, there are over 34 million registered developers in 2022. No company has more value control points than Google, which spans advertising, e-commerce, social media, video and mobile, as well as a full suite of hardware products. Look for value points to control.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

Now the two women are co-founders of Angel City, leading a gaggle of venture capital, sports, and celebrity investors, alongside Angel City co-founder and President Julie Uhrman, in bringing a National Women’s Soccer League team to Los Angeles by the Spring of 2022. “We’re venture capitalists.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

You see this today on the Internet with people who dominate social media as “influencers,” leading customers to new trends and brands. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 6/23/2022. Accept a challenge to share a unique gift and skill. We all have unique strengths, such as design skills, or connecting well with others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2022

In these days of full communication through the Internet and social media, you can’t hide. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/2/2022. Perfection in business is undefined and unattainable. Keep your focus on customers, who are never perfect, and build productive relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

It is your responsibility to facilitate regular communication between team members and all constituents via all channels, including social media, email, and video. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 4/1/2022. The recent pandemic and remote team members have made the focus on social even more critical. Spiritual connections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Since the start of the digital revolution several years ago, when the Internet and social media gave everyone instant access to you as well as your business, I have recommended personal branding as a basis for survival and thriving in this new world. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/19/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Resist the hype, rumor, and gossip that our media-saturated world provides on competitors and reluctant customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/3/2022. Look for that succession of small steps forward, rather than behavior modifications, to build your confidence. Believe that every competitor is human and beatable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In this age of instant communication through the Internet and social media, people remember personal images more than a product or service name. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 9/7/2022. I will paraphrase here for you some of his key recommendations, with my own insights added: Make your personal brand totally memorable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

In this age of millennials and social media, individual workers are more driven by the greater good, work-life balance, and peer culture, than by organizational pressures. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/20/2022. They also look ahead to forecast what you should expect.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Through the Internet and social media, all constituents know who you are, and how you operate. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 1/19/2022. They quickly migrate to companies and leaders who show compassion and empathy, as well as results and the ability to change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

I recommend that you get more visible at industry conferences and on social media. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 6/15/2022. Personal branding is how we market ourselves to others, and is very important in this Internet age. The days are gone when you could hide behind the company brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

They helped create over 5 million new businesses in 2022, a forty percent increase over the previous year. Establishing your brand with interactive social media. The cost of social media done well is low. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2022

Stepping into unknown territories takes real customer acquisition marketing and new costs through social media, public relations, and advertising campaigns. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 4/14/2022. Offering customized products and personalized support are options often used.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

Assess your connections, both social media and financial. If you have no followers on social media, or connections to influencers, or business advisors, you will be unlikely to get support for a new business plan. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 8/11/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2022

In business today, the real challenge is to stay ahead of your peers and competitors, in making the whole customer experience more memorable, to incent word-of-mouth marketing, positive reviews via social media, and the loyalty for return visits. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/17/2022.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

We've scoured the startup scene to find out which budding businesses have made big waves in 2022 — and whose growth is showing no signs of slowing down. Wander's apex came in 2022, however. The podcasting and multi-media market is a notoriously hard one to break into. We want to create the infrastructure to experience the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2022

Even in this age of more remote teams, it’s possible and necessary, through phones, email, and social media to have individual conversations about individual interests and drivers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 7/22/2022. A business and a team is more about relationships than roles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2022

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. Social media and web data. Social media postings and e-Commerce transactions are just a couple of the sources of external data that are of great interest to many companies. Every day, we create 2.5 trillion U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2022

You need to build it every day by networking to add connections, using social media to build followers, industry event participation, and gathering customer anecdotes to show your presence and understanding of the relevant domain. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/6/2022. In business, your personal brand is key.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2019

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. Social media and web data. Social media postings and e-Commerce transactions are just a couple of the sources of external data that are of great interest to many companies. Every day, we create 2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

Even in today’s remote environments, you can use video sessions, social media, and email to keep up with team efforts informally and share updates, both positive and negative. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/9/2022. Thus you shouldn’t hesitate to invest the time and effort in the initiatives suggested here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Make sure you can get consistent names on Twitter, Facebook, and other key social media sites. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 8/24/2022. Test your own willingness and ability to create a new business by creating a website, acquiring a domain name, and an LLC name that projects the right message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2022

In this new age of rapid change, instant world-wide communication through social media, and public activism, business leaders need to tune their mindset and focus more to the “soft stuff” of the business, as well as the “hard stuff.” Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/16/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

With the Internet and social media, your culture is no longer just an internal thing, but extends broadly to customers, investors, and vendors. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 4/5/2022. Today your team and company culture are more important than ever in driving strategy and value, not the other way around.

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