Southern California Edison Blog

APRIL 21, 2020

Network speeds are closely tied to an organization’s ability to stay productive and remain competitive and profitable at all times. In a world shifting to a work-from-home reality, employees using VPNs to access secure data remotely require networks with enough bandwidth to prevent slow page speeds and general downtime.

Networking 75

Networking Organization Demand Activity 75

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Here investors are looking for feature problems or quality issues on the current product. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

They are tasked with “getting deals done&# so they race around talking to tons of potential partners inking anything from channel sale deals , product integration, international distribution agreements, co-marketing arrangements, M&A discussions, etc. Similar with product features. I love that saying.

Startup 323

Startup Press Development Team Review SEM 323

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

After weeks of StartupDemo submissions we are now ready to announce the participating startup companies for the StartupDemo event being held at Wokano Sept. We took great consideration for every startup company that applied. Congratulations to all the selected startup companies! 22, 2010. Want to Sponsor?

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Company Companies Web Evite 106

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2010

Chartbeat is a relatively young company and product. I’m not a shareholder and I’m not even actively looking at making an investment. I’m only writing about the product because I’m passionate about it. Let’s start with what I like most about the product. Basically, it rocks!

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Blogging Google Screening Mahalo 287

Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Productive offices get more done—their workers complete projects faster and bring in more revenue for their organizations. Below you will find several techniques managers can use to encourage office productivity: . Below you will find several techniques managers can use to encourage office productivity: .

Product 94

Product Training Software Review Technical Review 94

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2014

XO (formerly Moonfrye), the e-commerce company founded by Soleil Moon Frye and Kara Nortman, announced a merger with toy and crafting brand Seedling (www.seedling.com), which was founded by Phoebe Hayman. Can you tell us a bit about the company and the merger? Phoebe Hayman: We are bringing two companies together with a great heritage.

Commerce 138

Commerce Mobile Startup Product 138

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Mr. Everhart distills his leadership insights from many decades in one of the largest business-to-business marketing agencies, working with companies across the country. The current term for all these activities and results online is “ content marketing.” We want to make sure you can break down the silos and manage to results.

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Custom Customer Acquisition Technical Review 100

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Are there specific landing pages? Arbitrary new pages? Are there specs? Wireframes?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Are there specific landing pages? Arbitrary new pages? Are there specs? Wireframes?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

In short the board is there to represent the interest of all shareholders (big & small) of the company and all other stakeholders (debt, creditors, employees, etc.). The board’s job is to review the company’s financial performance and strategy and help provide counsel to the executive team.

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Tips Slides Startup Technical Review 212

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

We spoke with CEO Darren Marble to learn more about why analytics are important to the modern film-maker, and how the company is helping. Darren Marble: At the core, we are a virtual film studio, that empowers filmmakers to actively build, engage, and monetize their online audience. What is FilmBreak? What's your background?

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Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you’re funding the same stuff as everybody else and if you started your activities when the clues were obvious you’re much less likely to drive enormous returns. This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion.

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Funding Technical Review Ideas Startup 362

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

With more employees and network-intensive activities, businesses must stay ahead of their bandwidth needs or risk bottlenecking their employees and reducing staff productivity. . Companies leveraging DIA receive symmetrical upload and download speeds, which is ideal for videoconferencing and cloud upload and downloads.

Networking 88

Networking Services Design Demand 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2014

Here is my outline of some key activities that could convince me you are a cut above the “average” entrepreneur that approaches me with nothing but a dream and a prayer: Personal video introduction with elevator pitch. Pitch your company, not your product. There is no crowd of successful entrepreneurs. Executive summary glossy.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Slides 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Blogging is one of the best ways to do this and build a brand, even before you have a product or service. I see too many investor pitches, and even executive summaries that ramble on for many pages without a clear message. Be assured that the best investors are actively scanning blogs for new entrepreneurs and new ideas.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2015

For the more traditional investor, or for that chance meeting in a real elevator or meeting, you need a two-page brochure (two-sided page). I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages. Pitch your company, not your product.

Startup 104

Startup Writing Entrepreneur Slides 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2018

For the more traditional investor, or for that chance meeting in a real elevator or meeting, you need a two-page brochure (two-sided page). I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages. Pitch your company, not your product.

Startup 65

Startup Entrepreneur Slides Content 65

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). So why did Larry need to return?

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CTO Hire Organization Google Course 309

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

For today's interview, we caught up with Clark Landry , the chairman of GraphEffect (www.grapheffect.com), a Santa Monica company which is helping other companies to hone their advertising on Facebook. Landry is a serial entrepreneur, and active investor, having been co-founder of TagWorld. Thanks for the time today!

Advertising 198

Advertising Startup Santa Monica Social Network 198

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. No company exists in a vacuum. Make your solution and company symbiotic but better than competitors.

SEO 53

SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

This morning's interview is with Billy Fried , co-founder and CEO of Kijubi (www.kijubi.com), a new startup which is looking to help people find travel activities. I was always perplexed at finding fun activities out there to do. About eight years ago, I founded a recreation company, which, oddly enough, is now one of my own suppliers.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

I spoke this past week at the LeWeb conference in London, which was a superbly well run event with a very quality production team. And it was convenient for me because we also held our annual London board meeting of DataSift , who helps companies processes and analyze large volumes of social plus enterprise data in realtime.

Marketing 361

Marketing Course Pricing Networking 361

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Ask yourself where are the influencers in your market, the majority of your target customers, and what type of interaction will be most productive to your business? SEM is the most common form of online marketing, which increases your website visibility on search engine results pages through optimization and advertising.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2015

For example, hydrogen-fueled engines were invented over a century ago, with a continuing promise of breathing air and exhaling pure water vapor and having over 200 companies active in the hydrogen sector today. Develop written business plans as detailed as product plans.

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Product Activity Technology 54

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. Operating productivity. Obviously, measuring staff productivity is important, and the reasons why are obvious. Productivity ratios can be applied to almost any aspect of your business.

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Metrics Technical Review Sales Custom 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Build a prototype product.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. I quietly watched their success from the sidelines and kept spending time with and telling the CEO, Scott Lahman, that I wanted to invest in his next company.

Gogii 310

Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

They must have the creativity to figure out unique ways of driving growth in addition to testing/evolving the techniques proven by other companies.” This is the most important role because this person graduates a company from startup to viable long-term business. It’s the whole conversion flow.

Hulu 111

Hulu Startup Social Media Organization 111

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2012

We spoke with Ryan Hudson, one of the co-founders of the Pasadena company, to learn more about the tool. Ryan Hudson: Honey is a new company here in Southern California, based in Pasadena. There are lots of sites, with different codes to choose from, some of which are expired, some of which are for product that you aren't buying.

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Google Pasadena Commerce Southern California 233

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Here investors are looking for feature problems or quality issues on the current product. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2015

First of all, I will admit that there is some risk involved with talking to any potential investors, even with an agreement, just as there is risk in all the elements of your plan, product and market opportunity. Product details in the public domain can never be patented. Unsolicited proposals or requests for information.

Ideas 106

Ideas Technical Review Patents Entrepreneur 106

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Once we understand the target customer and value proposition, we need to know how many of these customers exist and how often they will buy the company’s products or services. There is no product idea good enough to overcome bad partners. Our board member monitors the company’s progress monthly and reports back to the members.

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Funding Startup Entrepreneur Activity 106

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

It was good to see someone else who actively thinks about the world from the user’s perspective.” Reiss is the CEO of the Copenhagen-based FatDux Group ApS , an international user-experience deisng company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. “Great presentation. ” -Testimonial from an attendee at the L.A.

Culver City 105

Culver City Design Content Writing 105

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Trust me – your chances of selling are much lower if you’re talking rather than actively listening. Let’s assume you run a Customer Support software company. I recommend starting the meeting with a VERY brief introduction of your company, your background and why it’s relevant to the job you currently have.

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Sales Startup Venture Capital Custom 314

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In the online world, you need a solid connection between your domain name and your product, brand, or business. Social media activities require professional effort and time, so beware the hidden costs. Visit [link] to take a look at the reinvented Facebook Page: Well Sourced by Visa Business.

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Social Media Content Startup Web 93