Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Back in the early 2000s, the Maker Movement took hold in California, based on the emergence of such do-it-yourself (DIY) tools as 3-D printers, and now sites such as SketchUp and Makerspaces have all the tools you need to make almost anything computer related. Meet the new consumer demand for customization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

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. Participate in the top social media sites for maximum impact. That trend is growing every day.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2012

Cracked.com , the online humor site which is owned by Santa Monica-based Demand Media , said this morning that it has launched a new advertising product which it says connects advertisers with content "the moment it goes viral."

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

The one-page site includes very little information other than a list of current team members, all of whom are male. Visit Incogni The site also says that xAI is “actively recruiting experienced engineers and researchers” in the San Francisco Bay and includes a sign-up form.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Seed viral activity. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before. It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Wireless carrier AT&T said Thursday that it is expecting brisk demand for broadband coverage at LAX over the holidays, and has expanded its mobile coverage at the airport as a result. AT&T did not say how many cell sites it is adding at the airport. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2010

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the online health and fitness site run by Demand Media, has updated the firm's MyPlate lifestyle management tool, the company announced this morning. The firm said the new tool also now integrates with LIVESTRONG Loops, the site's tool for finding local walking and running routes. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

In Canada, INKSmith , a startup that was making design and tech tools accessible for kids, has now moved to making face shields and is hiring up to 100 new employees to meet demand. “I After that, we’re going to meet the demands of Canada,” INKSmith CEO Jeremy Hedges told the Canadian news outlet Global News.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Amazon was only able to garner several hundred active users at the time — significantly less than its competitors. Selz currently offers three monthly pricing plans which allow you to create your own store using its platform, or attach Selz' smarts to an existing site. But Amazon faces a serious problem: Consumer demand is changing.

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Southern California Edison Blog

APRIL 21, 2020

Also, the increased frequency of video conferencing places high bandwidth demands on networks for extended periods of time. Alternatively, you can find an online tool that asks you to provide information into your network-based activities to estimate your bandwidth use. Upgrade Network Infrastructure.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Recipe Suggestions for Culinary Sites For culinary platforms or recipe websites, user searches can be incredibly varied, given the diverse range of ingredients and dietary preferences. These enhanced capabilities transform the search experience from a passive retrieval process into an active, dynamic interaction.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Last month, Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced that it was acquiring Stylehive, an online site focused on fashion and beauty. That realization set forth our current business strategy, which is to create a portfolio of vertical shopping sites which allow consumers to discover and be passionate about categories they are interested in.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. company operates a number of content-focused sites, including LIVESTRONG, eHOW, Cracked, and a domain name registration business, eNOM. The now-public. The firm, based in Pasadena, has dozens of.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Seed viral activity. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before. It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The firm was originally known as CarsDirect, the automotive buying site of Idealab, and was headed by Scott Painter--who is now head of both Zag Automotive and TrueCar. The firm changed its name to Internet Brands in June of 2005, and hit the markets with its IPO in November of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

In the rush toward the daily deals space, it seems like there is at least one, new, daily deals site created every day. It's an incredibly crowded industry, which not only includes giants like Groupon and LivingSocial, but countless smaller sites, newspapers, and others all looking for a piece of the action. What is Deal Current?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

Jeff is the founder of crowd-sourcing location based mapping services web sites DeadCellZones.com and PhotoEnforced.com. It has been a long 10 year drought of no IPOs and sub par M&A activity that has stifled the startup, venture capital and angel investment community throughout the US.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

More important than a business plan may be early networking, a web site and blog, and building relationships with key industry experts. Many of the business plans I see are built around a dream, with idealistic costs, margins, and customer demand. Test a prototype solution before you build a business plan.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

There is no real room for negotiation, or to let demand drive the pricing on the buyer side. If you imagine, a promoter might manage Britney Spears in 50 cities, and all those cities have different demand and price points. But, what we've noticed, from activity on our site and sales--is it is getting very hot again.

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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. Participate in the top social media sites for maximum impact. That trend is growing every day.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

The demand is there. We could have raised more, but apparently, we crashed SeedInvest's entire site on the last day of the campaign. They love Flippy, and it allows them to keep up with demand despite social distancing, making what would otherwise be impossible. We really expanded our crowdfunding effort a few weeks ago.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. We're also powering the Warp tour, and will be the backbone for all the activities they are doing.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

Darren Marble: At the core, we are a virtual film studio, that empowers filmmakers to actively build, engage, and monetize their online audience. The beauty of platform is fans are signing into Facebook when fans engage with films on our site, and those film makers are collecting valuable data and page profiles on their audience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Seed viral activity. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before. It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

People are demanding more and more experiential opportunities out of their leisure holidays. It's the first year that baby boomers have been eligible for retirement benefits, and there are people with discretionary income, even in these economic conditions, who are demanding these experiences.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

Robin's latest startup is Internships.com (www.internships.com), an online site focused on aggregating internship opportunities and providing resources to potential interns. We spoke to Robin about the new startup, his executive team, as well as his angel investing activity here. How long has the site been up?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

But he also says that it wasn’t a negative regarding M&A activities with competitors – this is sometimes seen as one of the pitfalls of strategic money. Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2014

Makerspaces , sometimes called hackerspaces , have sites and events, including tutorials, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate. There are already more than 500 active hackerspaces worldwide, as listed on Hackerspaces.org. Meet the new consumer demand for customization.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Ethan had pointed out to me that merchants were being barraged by “deal site” wanting to drive customers in the door but they didn’t have great tools to manage their customers. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product. I told him that this had been a big theme for me for some time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2013

Seed viral activity. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before. It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We''ve also built a data driven platform, that allows us to drive millions of unique visitors to our network of sites every month, covering the banking, credit, and travel and vertical markets. We have been growing, and profitable for the last ten years. You can take a look at our websites, such as GoBankingRates.com , and GoFreeCredit.om.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For this morning's interview, we sat down and talked with Nick Desai , CEO of Global Fitness Media , which runs FitOrbit (www.fitorbit.com), an online site looking to help users put together a fitness and connect with fitness trainers. For those who haven't visited your site, what is FitOrbit? Thanks for talking with us.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The VIEVU Smartphone App pairs the camera to a users smartphone as a viewfinder and also allows them to edit, add filters and titles then upload to preferred share sites such as Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. It streams real-time HD video and connects to a Smartphone or Wi-Fi network. Ease of use. 80% marketshare.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2018

If your team is feeling over-whelmed by the pressures of customer demands, it may be time for an off-site fun event to get them recharged and fully motivated. They use pressures, like shrinking margins, as drivers for their next innovation in manufacturing. Incorporate fun and humor into pressure relationships.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

I'm still a co-founder with CrossCut Ventures, and am now active more in an operating partner role. There's not a lot of true customer demand at any point in that process, to figure out what is on-trend and what is stylish. We'll be focused on that for the next few months, until the next phase, which is the commerce site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2012

Seed viral activity. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before. It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working.

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