Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

Of course, starting and running your own business comes with financial and personal risks, so I always recommend that you do your homework first, and follow some tried and proven strategies to improve your odds of success. Pick a name, location, and marketing strategy early. Names and taglines are critical to success.

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Social Media Metrics Media Tool 98

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

Yet, it seems like there''s no easy way to specifically advertise on those games, or a way for those game developers to monetize that audience. However, Mobigirl Media (www.mobigirlmedia.com), a new mobile advertising network, is looking to change that by specifically creating an ad network focused on girls.

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Mobile Networking Media Advertising 208

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

You've got a great idea for a web video series, but how do you learn about how to make that happen, to get distribution, and monetize that video? Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. Michael Tringe: We are an online web series school.

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Web Content Startup Education 187

socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

We've had event companies, and clubs, and web businesses, all vertically focused on either passions or really exciting subjects like knowledge management, sales, field force automation, and home office computing, small business, bedtime reading. That, of course, is what you're selling to your advertisers. Thanks, and good luck!

Media 150

Media Report Advertising Content 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with almost three billion user accounts, all free. So let’s take a look.

Platform 118

Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. And of course they are also focused on the US Hispanic market. I wasn’t. I was trying to be more analytical than critical.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Other then to come hang with the TZ crew of course.

SEO 64

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 64

Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Retail or end user web sites aren’t even noticed by potential users or customers without being discovered through a real marketing program, aimed at finding the flywheel effect (the moment of going viral that makes all the difference between failure and success.) Here is my list. First: Planning.

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Sites Product Social Network Press 156

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

margins offered by YouTube, MCNs must drive fans to purchase merchandise, experience videos on wholly owned (non-YouTube) sites and directly negotiate sponsorships with advertisers, rather than solely relying on YouTube''s ad network. However, to move beyond the average 16.5% Fighting Nerds.

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Course Advertising Social Media Content 190

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

While the media industry is driven by a combination of subscriptions and advertising – it’s clear that the latter plays a unique role in media. Of the $300 billion spent annually on advertising, 90% of it ($270bn) is still offline and not measurable. (1). The Impact of Mobile Phones on Advertising. Or can they?

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Other then to come hang with the TZ crew of course.

SEO 40

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 40

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The second thing, is to look at companies who are creating value on mobile and the web that is not advertising based. The third one, of course, is Myspace! One is to watch the companies who have the ability to leverage the power of social. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California High Tech Miramar News 178

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Their Bundle categories consist of Music apps, Mac Productivity, Web Design and more. In addition to all of that, Stacksocial helps people discover their inner geek by offerings educational courses too. The courses include, app building, web development, Online Entrepreneurship and much more.

Software 84

Software Web Design Pricing Course 84

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

It is a bit of a experiment, of course. Interestingly enough, that model works because right now, the CPMs for competing services are nothing like what terrestrial radio gets for their advertising. We now have both Android and iOS coverage, and very soon we''ll be releasing a web app. They should be much higher. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Services Advertising Content 237

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Think about how many images are on the web. The Internet thus far has been monetized by display, video, and in-text advertising — but the one place every user’s eye focuses on first are photos. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. Millions, billions, trillions? He decided to pivot.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with well over two billion user accounts, all free. So let’s take a look.

Snapchat 74

Snapchat Startup Course Yahoo 74

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 6, 2010

Each cloud computer has an expandable hard disk, a rich suite of web applications, and acts as a web server publishing content. Signing up is really easy and intuitive and the best thing is that the basic service is free, supported by advertising of course, but at $2.95/month,

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Cloud Computing Web Conference Content 65

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

What was also interesting to learn is that there really aren’t any channels devoted to adult females since it’s mostly young males 18-34, a prized demographic within advertising, who view online videos. The staff is very helpful and provides great customer service too. Same with CreatorUp. Very impressed with the quality of each.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2014

So, why not try to leverage the curation of those audio platforms on the web, and combine it with the video? The one with Weiden & Kennedy was instrumental, because it gave us access to some of the largest brands in the world, who are already spending money advertising on all of these digital platforms.

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Platform Startup Content Sites 164

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Startup 3.0:

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory. Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Of course they pretend that they are trying to avoid alerting competitors prior to launch, but too often it becomes an excuse to move slowly in a world that’s all about getting to market fast. This takes time, and is more valuable than any advertising you can buy. Don’t be so arrogant to assume you won’t need course corrections.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup News 101

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Network with hundreds over delicious four course dinner followed by panel on Attracting Venture Capital, and Top Trends for Social Media, Mobile Apps and Consumer Devices. Share their perspectives for trends shaping the connected TV market, mobile and web apps, iPad, content discovery. CES LaunchFest.

Social Media 84

Social Media Newsletter Mobile Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. Join relevant business associations.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

But of course we also focused on making content go viral. It is absolutely MVP of advertising. If you want something to be shared virally on the web it has to be short.&#. We also talked about why Jon decided to leave Google to become an EIR at a VC firm (Polaris) – minute 33. Can we do 10 variants?

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Buzzfeed Content Tips Blogging 354

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with more than a billion user accounts, all free. So let’s take a look.

Startup 96

Startup Course Yahoo Funding 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2017

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with more than two billion user accounts, all free. So let’s take a look.

Snapchat 55

Snapchat Startup Course Yahoo 55

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Of course, when I started thinking about Visible Networking , I immediately went to Cliff to check in to see how he's doing and to get his feedback, thoughts and ideas on the concept. Of course, part of the reason that I went to you when I started thinking about visible networking is that you run a company that's right in the middle of this.

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Los Angeles Networking Marketing Startup 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Time will tell.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2011

Of course they pretend that they are trying to avoid alerting competitors prior to launch, but too often it becomes an excuse to move slowly in a world that’s all about getting to market fast. This takes time, and is more valuable than any advertising you can buy. Don’t be so arrogant to assume you won’t need course corrections.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Course Media 101

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory. Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Here they surround you with sales professionals, product people and, of course, lots of referenceable customers! In products designed to sell directly on the web the process is no different. Their goal is to get you to appear in person at city roadshows that they run or to come to their annual Dreamforce conference.

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Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2011

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with more than 750 million user accounts, all free. So let’s take a look.

Startup 97

Startup Course Yahoo Invest 97

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show. We''re now the longest daily web show, ever. There, of course, trying to do my brand of independent programs on MSNBC ran into issues. At the time, we were also still on radio.

Media 196

Media News Startup Technical Review 196

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2010

Of course they pretend that they are trying to avoid alerting competitors prior to launch, but too often it becomes an excuse to move slowly in a world that’s all about getting to market fast. This takes time, and is more valuable than any advertising you can buy. Don’t be so arrogant to assume you won’t need course corrections.

Startup 91

Startup Search Engine Optimization Course Media 91