Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. This has prompted many people to question whether advertising “in stream&# and on Twitter is a good thing or a bad thing. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

I agree with my friend Lon Safko, and his classic book “ The Social Media Bible ,” which asserts your team can be successful at social without the cost of an expensive expert or agency, by following these five basic steps: Start with the dominant players. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 billion users).

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2013

Justin Mateen: The vision for Tinder, is about social discovery. There are plenty of other social networks out there, who do a good job of connecting you with your existing network of friends. But, there wasn''t a platform out there dedicated and effective to meeting new people. That''s what Tinder really is.

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Mobile Southern California News Snapchat 245

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? Keep up with the competition. United Airlines is still recovering from that debacle.

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Social Media Media Marketing Platform 79

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). In fact, the platforms weren’t always so quick to crack down as many of them benefitted financially.

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly The Importance of Twitter.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

As an experienced business advisor, here is my current summary, with some of the pros and cons or special considerations for each: Product is free, revenue is from advertisers. The challenge is to get the first million customers, before advertisers will sign up. Facebook spent $150 million getting started.

Pricing 66

Pricing Customer Custom Advertising 66

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

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Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network,” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

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Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

The event is open to tech enthusiasts who want to join an event filled with some of the top leaders, investors and mentors from tech industry to network, find mentors and build their companies. Advertisers upload their 30 second ads and each time a user watches the ad, they receive $.50. Targeted mobile advertising.

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Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Competition and sustainable advantage.

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Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition. We've been in discussions with news organizations to use the platform, including with large organizations and journalism sites. I was a development executive and independent producer.

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Journal USC News Startup 187

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Michael Kleist: Tradesparq is a B2B trade platform. The crux of it is we help buyers user their network to verify suppliers, primarily in Asia and China, where we started. It''s a social network for world trade, kind of a combo between Alibaba and LinkedIn. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition.

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Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Competition and sustainable advantage.

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Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

I always try hard to make this blog a place where you can learn lessons rather than an advertisement for portfolio companies. I have other VCs that I love to work with but through a combination of desired geography, no known competitive investments and also Dustin’s preferences we settled on these two.

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Invest Company Companies Web 2.0 303

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Sherry Gunther: MyMiniPeeps.com is a unique, online community for kids ages 6-13, which is both a social networking community as well as a game site. As I watched my kids' eyeballs move over, as well as looked at the research data and advertising data which saw TV's share shrinking, I started looking into new media.

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Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Socially connected individuals and platforms that enable faster roll-outs of successful products. In the simplest form, new startups have a product that is INFERIOR to that offered by the competition but at a dramatically lower price with the seller opting for a very thin margin on their product. Why Deflationary Business Win.

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Startup Pricing Marketing Product 386

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Following graduate school, he worked in Film Finance and Sales at CAA, Creative Development at Vuguru (Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio), and Content Partnerships at Blip Networks. Learn how to get it seen and monetized from Mike Tringe, previously of Blip Networks and Vuguru, Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio.

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Web USC Course Guide 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Competition and sustainable advantage.

Invest 74

Invest Tips Competition Metrics 74

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Your loyalty program members are your most engaged consumer and chances are they have a social media presence on Twitter, Facebook etc. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Your loyalty program members are your most engaged consumer and chances are they have a social media presence on Twitter, Facebook etc. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

It should be the next generation content/ entertainment portal that leverages millions of user profiles to more accurately provide data to advertisers on what is appealing to specific demographics. MySpace HAS followers, what it doesn’t have are people excited to promote themselves on their platform. Kill the “friends” concept. .

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Development Team Review Content Sites eHow 76

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Well, thanks to a fantastic partnership with the good people at crowd fun ding platform, Indiegogo , we were able to do just that! James Citron – Outspoken , pioneering the combination of mobile messaging and advertisements. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing.

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Entrepreneurism / Monetization Advertising, ecommerce, monetization. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization advertising effectiveness, content distribution, monetization. . Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. Collaboration Over Competition: Competitors as Business Partners. Unger, John T.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69