Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slowdowns. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team. Management overhead and skills required go up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Every startup dreams of achieving that milestone, when they can focus more on scaling the business and enjoying their earnings, rather than fighting for another investment infusion. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Every startup dreams of achieving that milestone, when they can focus more on scaling the business and enjoying their earnings, rather than fighting for another investment infusion. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2015

Maniar was most recently a venture capitalist at WPSChallenger, managing that fund''s venture investments in North America; he also had been at EQAL (before the startup''s acquisition by Everyday Health), and served at McKinsey and Company. reachlocal executive strategy officer local advertising human resources' READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Created in 2014 and acquired by Dentsu in 2019, MuteSix was recommended to TechCrunch by Rhoda Ullmann, VP Consumer at Sense, a Boston-based startup building a home energy monitor. Respond to our survey and help other startups find top growth marketers they can work with! What are some of the things your data team focuses on?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Note the growth of your team and your own leadership. Enjoy watching key members of your team grow from followers to leaders. New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). I have a few meetings with the team, perhaps about the website design, radio show structure, an event we are working on, a sponsorship (perhaps the uniforms for our youth basketball team).

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Los Angeles-based Zync Music , a music licensing startup focused on placement of music in film, advertising, movie trailers, games, and elsewhere, has become part of Round Hill Music , the two said Thursday. Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slowdowns. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team. Management overhead and skills required go up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

Note the growth of your team and your own leadership. Enjoy watching key members of your team grow from followers to leaders. New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. Heyward was an early star of the budding Los Angeles startup community with the launch of the anonymous messaging service, Whisper nearly 8 years ago.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. My team based in Glendale is probably 300, and we have another office in Sunnyvale, another in San Francisco, and other people in St. Louis and Atlanta.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

Even a million users on your social media site won’t pay the bills until you sell some advertising or a premium service. Although his focus is naturally on bigger companies, I contend that his recommended strategies apply equally well to entrepreneurs and startups: Demand a mindset of deep thinking for the long term.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP (www.yp.com) -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. My team based in Glendale is probably 300, and we have another office in Sunnyvale, another in San Francisco, and other people in St. Louis and Atlanta.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. Thank you, John. So, he built an auction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

Now I see in an excellent book, “ Business Models for Teams ,” by Tim Clark and Bruce Hazen, an extension of this process to down inside the venture, for teams and individuals. Every team needs to understand how their activities relate to customer revenue. No startup or entrepreneur is an island. Key partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2020

Based on my own experiences in startups, and many years of advising new business owners, I’m convinced that there are a few common frustrations that we all need to anticipate and prepare for, rather than let them be a surprise and a painful dent in your enthusiasm and personal satisfaction from living your dream.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Over the next few months we will work closely with the team at MVF to ensure a successful transition as the organization continues to build Tech.Co It was over 11 years ago that I saw a need to better connect startups and innovators with the communities around them so they could connect for partnerships, funding, amplification, and support.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

Anne Kavanaugh: One of our co-founding team members is a recording artist, and the rest of us were working on his strategy a few years ago. That was my first time in buying and selling of digital advertising. Anne Kavanaugh: New York and Los Angeles are our base teams. Where'd you get the idea for the service?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” If your product is free, with advertising revenue from click-throughs, you need a sign-up rate and page-view rate that approaches one million page views per month.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

Anne Kavanagh: One of our co-founding team members is a recording artist, and the rest of us were working on his strategy a few years ago. That was my first time in buying and selling of digital advertising. Anne Kavanagh: New York and Los Angeles are our base teams. The artists pay about 5 cents per minute to stream on the app.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 15, 2013

In the business world, a fire subsisting on fuel wood is equivalent to a startup that has achieved scale. Scaling normally occurs after a startup achieves product-market fit. Such fit exists when a profitable customer acquisition model can be repeatedly executed with consistent results and without the need of heroic efforts.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The marketing and advertising industry came in third, and the construction industry came in second. Specifically, a little over half (53%) of the tech industry was found by the study to include alcohol at the team bonding events. Granted, it makes sense that a little light drinking can improve team bonding. The Downsides.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Monahan will be in charge of managing Science’s social customer acquisition companies like EverySignal and Madrigold. Prior to joining Science, Monahan was co-founder and CEO AlphaBoost, a Facebook advertising reporting software builder. LA-based Science Inc.,

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

There's been a sudden surge in accelerator in Southern California, looking to help get startups off the ground and funded. Congrats on the acquisition! How did the acquisition come about? We can point the customer directly in that GPS all the way to a retail location or advertisers. But, do they really help?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. Who do you view as your biggest competition?

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

We caught up with Andy, whose executive experience ranges from ZeroDegrees, NBC Internet/Xoom.com, Infoseek / Go Network, to CNET and Snap.com, and whose last firm was MerchEngines, which he sold last year, to hear more about his new startup. Andy Steuer: This is the eighth startup I've been a part of. What is Punchcard?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Skyler Lucci is co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based HeyTutor (www.heytutor.com), a startup which has created an online platform which connects and matches students with in-person tutors. The team looks over times, messages the tutor, calls them to make sure they are the best fit for the student, and links them together.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

There is an old saying in the startup investor community, “Smart investors invest in the team, not the idea.” Beyond basic business and technical credentials, here are some of the key startup team attributes that every investor is looking for: Team shows an appreciation and plan for marketing.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 15, 2013

In the business world, a fire subsisting on fuel wood is equivalent to a startup that has achieved scale. Scaling normally occurs after a startup achieves product-market fit. Such fit exists when a profitable customer acquisition model can be repeatedly executed with consistent results and without the need of heroic efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slow-downs. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team. Management overhead and skills required go up.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2010

A similar phenomenon occurs in the startup world, without the drugs or drama endemic in the music industry. It is not uncommon for successful entrepreneurs to work as a team, take some time off for a victory lap or two and then “get the band back together” in order to build upon their prior successes. The Upside.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slow-downs. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team. Management overhead and skills required go up.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 4, 2016

During the early 2000’s, my team grew the company to one of the largest SaaS businesses of its day, with sales of $70 million. According to Nielson, Expertcity was a top-five online advertiser for an 18-month period, based on our total marketing spend. Follow John’s startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

Now I see in a new book, “ Business Models for Teams ,” by Tim Clark and Bruce Hazen, an extension of this process to down inside the venture, for teams and individuals. I look for evidence of the nine major elements of the model canvas, as paraphrased here from the author’s key points and how they apply to teams: Customer segments.

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