Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Not every new game-related site is a Steam, and surely not every social network is a Facebook. Google became an overnight industry standard for search strictly by word of mouth, never spending a dime on advertising in its early years. It doesn’t happen by accident. And not every texting application is a Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2019

Courting them with ongoing updates and special offers through their social networks is a natural way to keep their loyalty. Without social media, companies must rely on incoming calls and letters to address customer problems and concerns with products and services. Keep up with the competition. Proactive customer service.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The pedigreed studio has in recent times faced more internal competition from its siblings inside Tencent, particularly the Lightspeed Quantum studio, which is behind the successful mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). One potential drawback is it will drive down traffic and discourage advertisers.

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Tips Activision Mobile Tool 149

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

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Social networking continues to be a superior force in marketing, especially Facebook. percent of all social network ad spending worldwide. Costs for advertising on Facebook are increasing, due to high demand, and their profits continue to soar. How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016?

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Marketing Social Media Social Network Technical Review 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, still waiting to be found: Find strategic partnerships. Broadcast sponsorships and advertising. See who checks into your competition. Track the competition.

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Competition Entertainment Advertising Social Media 84

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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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Factor in the fundamental shift to ‘pull’ marketing taking place across the world in media and advertising. Understand the basic tools – the social media trinity. Blogging (Wordpress), micro-blogging (Twitter), and social networks are the trinity. With social media, a key element of success is focus on the message.

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Social Media Media Startup Blogging 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

Courting them with ongoing updates and special offers through their social networks is a natural way to keep their loyalty. Without social media, companies must rely on incoming calls and letters to address customer problems and concerns with products and services. Keep up with the competition. Proactive customer service.

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Social Media Media Startup Platform 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Courting them with ongoing updates and special offers through their social networks is a natural way to keep their loyalty. Without social media, companies must rely on incoming calls and letters to address customer problems and concerns with products and services. Keep up with the competition. Proactive customer service.

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Social Media Media Entrepreneur Platform 59

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2012

This is the most common model touted by Internet startups today, the so-called Facebook model, where the service is free, and the revenue comes from click-through advertising. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs that solve critical health problems.

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Pricing Competition Customer Custom 112

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

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Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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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.

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Pricing Customer Custom Advertising 66

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. There are a lot of mobile dating apps out there, and lots of competition. How did Tinder come about?

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Mobile Southern California News Snapchat 245

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2014

This is the most common model touted by Internet startups today, the so-called Facebook model, where the service is free, and the revenue comes from click-through advertising. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

According to Urban Dictionary , hype is “a clever marketing strategy where a product is advertised as the thing everyone must have, to the point where people begin to feel they need to consume it.”

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Startup Marketing Entrepreneur Social Network 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2010

This is the most common model touted by Internet startups today, the so-called Facebook model, where the service is free, and the revenue comes from click-through advertising. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs that solve critical health problems.

Pricing 98

Pricing Product Startup Competition 98

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

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. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment.

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Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

Courting them with ongoing updates and special offers through their social networks is a natural way to keep their loyalty. Without social media, companies must rely on incoming calls and letters to address customer problems and concerns with products and services. Keep up with the competition. Proactive customer service.

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Social Media Media Marketing Platform 79

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. 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. How do you stand out?”.

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Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Startup 88

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2013

This is the most common model touted by Internet startups today, the so-called Facebook model, where the service is free, and the revenue comes from click-through advertising. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems.

Pricing 116

Pricing Product Customer Custom 116

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

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. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment.

Competition 116

Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

It''s a social network for world trade, kind of a combo between Alibaba and LinkedIn. No knock on China, but with LA having the advertising agency we think we''ll be able to improve on the design side on our site. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition. Tell us about your backers?

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Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

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. If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do, you will have the best experience of your life. You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well.

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Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

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

Xconomy

JULY 6, 2016

In doing so, however, he said he would offer customers a slice of the revenues , saying it would give him a competitive advantage. “If… Randy Scott, the CEO of San Francisco genetic testing firm Invitae (NASDAQ: NVTA ), told Xconomy last year he also wants to repackage and sell customer data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

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. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition. Tom Grasty: There are, as I like to say, no shortage of online video editing platforms, online video editors, or social networking sites, even though there are fewer online editors now than eighteen months ago. I was a development executive and independent producer.

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Journal USC News Startup 187

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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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. I’m not friends with most of the people that are connected to me on social networks. Kill the “friends” concept. Fuel Micro Jobs.

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Development Team Review Content Sites eHow 76

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Sara has also worked in department coordinating/management, accounting, and talent recruitment on such films as Social Network, Water for Elephants, In Time, Snow White and the Huntsman, Dark Shadows, as well as in the finance department at Sony Pictures. Any competition in LA?

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Web USC Course Guide 93

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. -New Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Endeavor Ads is an invite / referral only Affiliate Ad Network with a unique offering for its trusted clients.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Endeavor Ads is an invite / referral only Affiliate Ad Network with a unique offering for its trusted clients.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71