Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

Here is an entry-level benchmark for the new software personal assistants: Simple and intuitive communication. A good assistant know how get things done efficiently, recognizing user hardware and software limitations. Of course, many are still fighting it as well, due to privacy concerns. Technology environment savvy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2013

Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution. With a stable base of subscribers, this can mean a continuing revenue stream from newsletters, support, or advice on demand.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

Alex Nocifera: We help the enterprise, large brands, working with brands like US Cellular, Panera Bread, Square, Uber, and help them generate demand for their products and services in a local, acute manner. Where are you now as a company, understanding that lots of things have changed due to this pandemic? What is Field Day?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. Sam’s enthusiasm was infectious and his plans were bold.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2012

Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution. With a stable base of subscribers, this can mean a continuing revenue stream from newsletters, support, or advice on demand.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. By offering that software for free, we've attracted over 10,000 writers to our site. There are also others who are doing advertisements with short video. What's Scripped? That is the way to attract writers.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition. The first company represents a normal software company that sells its products directly (either via sales staff or directly off of the internet). Revenue is Not Revenue is Not Revenue. Not necessarily.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. Matt Coffin – LowerMyBills.com.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. The Sponsors. TCA is a not-for-profit organization.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. The Sponsors. TCA is a not-for-profit organization.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Content providers found the same thing when many found that they could charge a subscription fee instead of relying just upon advertising. Until someone realized that recurring revenues were much more highly valued by the subsequent buyers of similar businesses and investors, and that loyal users would be willing to pay annually.

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Outsource Development Software Review Content Netflix 156

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Is there a way you can make direct mail perform more like digital advertising channels? The irony of that, is due to the success of the business, even though we raised that fund to reinvest in our bigger team faster, we still remain profitable today. I understand both of you came out of Science Inc, the startup studio/incubator?

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps. That's number two.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

As customers shift online, retailers have no choice, to not only follow suit, but to adapt to their changing demands. Consumers demand an exact product suited to our exact needs and this time we do not want to be told what this is. This is certainly something online software could approach.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

As customers shift online, retailers have no choice, to not only follow suit, but to adapt to their changing demands. Consumers demand an exact product suited to our exact needs and this time we do not want to be told what this is. This is certainly something online software could approach.

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Customer Custom Demand Advertising 72

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. It was mostly timing. The Present Era.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

For the VPN industry specifically, we will see a lot of new providers as the barrier to entry is extremely low, and demand is high. However, due to the size of apps and digital media, along with the enhanced data speeds that LTE networks provide, 10GB of data will ultimately provide a similar user experience to what 5GB of data did in 2014.

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