Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Most start-up entrepreneurs have little or no sales experience. This is the easiest one for most entrepreneurs. But most good entrepreneurs do this naturally.

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Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Calendly Calendly is an online scheduling platform popular among business and personal users.

Startup 213

Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 213

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to spend time getting to know their future VCs early because getting a feel for your chemistry is far more important than how the VC is ranked in some survey. Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to thoroughly reference check their VCs – you’ll learn much more from this than anything else.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

It's the biggest portion of our revenues at our company, and our clients include the Buffalo News, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, JDate, Spark network, and many entrepreneurs. They are using DealCurrent as the deal platform for all of their clients. So, we took that contest and crowdsourcing platform, and started ArtisticHub.

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

You don’t need to invent an innovative product to be a real entrepreneur. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago, focused on a skill specialty. Now some never see the people they support, but are experts on the technology involved. Then your apps need to run on the new iPhone platform.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Services Search Engine Optimization Startup 106

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Value to second-order customer advertisers is key. Digital platforms create network effects that multiply customer value.

Customer 103

Customer Custom Competition Netflix 103

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2014

Vadio , the developer of a platform which helps match music videos and ads with streaming music , said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, which included Mucker Capital, Amplify.LA, as well as other LA investors. READ MORE>>.

Capital 138

Capital Funding Seed Funding Incubator 138

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

If you are an entrepreneur today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly require an investment – in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Will all that activity help create the next big technology, advertising, gaming, or e-commerce startup? Standing room only crowd at StartEngine). Much of the focus is on absorbing that energy, the enthusiasm of the startup community here has created over the last few years. It's unclear.

Startup 256

Startup Commerce Santa Monica Mentor 256

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

If you think you are the perfect fit for the entrepreneur lifestyle, but you’re not yet sure if you’re ready to start your own, then I recommend that you take a job with an existing startup first to validate the culture realities against your dream. Hang out where entrepreneurs meet. Explore investor websites and conferences.

Sample 101

Sample Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup 101

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

We've built an open architecture, so we can pull in the latest and greatest technology. Combining that with my previous experience, which was in the platform and SaaS market, and sports, was really a home run. Depending on who you are, and where you are, we can deliver different advertising. Laurence Sotsky: Great question.

Mobile 162

Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2021

As a logical and data-driven business advisor, I have long focused on facts, technology, and quantifiable pain in guiding entrepreneurs. Most experts agree that these people now create and grow more trends than classic push advertisements. Other startups use technology to provide personalized products to all customers.

Customer 172

Customer Custom Social Media Technical Review 172

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Is there a way you can make direct mail perform more like digital advertising channels? Dave Fink: Postie is a building a technology platform with a mission of making direct mail marketing behave as easily and dynamically as your favorite, programmatic channels. That's what our mission with Postie is today.

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Artificial Inteligence Marketing Technical Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Value to second-order customer advertisers is key. Digital platforms create network effects that multiply customer value.

Marketing 124

Marketing Customer Custom Competition 124

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

Ross Weber: ClickTripz is an advertising platform for travel advertisers. What''s different about your platform that more general advertising platforms? Ross Weber: We''re not here to replace ad platforms like Google Adsense. ross weber clicktripz travel advertising publisher interview entrepreneur'

Advertising 100

Advertising Startup Software Review Platform 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. Do you have any words of caution or advice for entrepreneurs who attempt to “Get Their Band Back Together”? You’re right.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

You don’t need to invent an innovative product to be a real entrepreneur. Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and are a growing part of this new “ age of the entrepreneur ” that I discussed last week. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago, focused on a skill specialty.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging. Yet, the ways that enterprises and businesses are monetizing that user interaction is sort of archaic, compared to the evolution of the technology.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

One of the perpetual themes of the technology news sites and blogs this year has been fairly nonstop coverage of Twitter, the microblogging site. So, it was interesting to speak with Sean Rad , founder of Twitter advertising firm Ad.ly (www.ad.ly), on how his firm is looking to help users make money from the service, even if Twitter isn't.

Advertising 189

Advertising Content Startup Social Network 189

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. OTHER DEALS.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly require an investment – in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Platform 93

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. Tell me a bit about your background.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2009

Hamet is now helping True Ventures look at investments in Southern California, and we thought it would be worthwhile to talk to him about the firm's new interest here, his role, plus his insights into where the advertising industry is now. Hamet Watt: NextMedium was acquired by the Steelbergs, the founders of several successful ad platforms.

Southern California 164

Southern California Venture Capital Advertising Entrepreneur 164

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Deena Varshavskaya: Wanelo--from Want-Need-Love-- is a community platform for shopping. Deena Varshavskaya: I was thinking about alternatives to advertising, because I think advertising just fails to deliver relevance. Deena Varshavskaya: I'm an entrepreneur. What is Wanelo? What's the story behind the company?

Technical Review 200

Technical Review Sites Advertising Design 200

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. On October 24th tech enthusiast will come together to discuss the latest in Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2017

What's wrong with the online advertising industry? We were just launching one of our previous startups, VidRoll, working on video training and video advertising, we started seeing all of the problems that the video and general ad industry was facing. We like to call it a coordination platform. What is MetaX? Why Blockchain?

Startup 100

Startup Advertising Google Education 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

Technology environment savvy. A bigger step is a recent personal assistant startup, Maluuba , an Android-based Siri competitor, who just unveiled a new platform to provide app developers with a natural language processing API. Siri is a step in this direction, but still has very limited learning and context sensing abilities.

Web 98

Web Entrepreneur Google Software Review 98

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? 1) Mobile web. There are lots.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Value to second-order customer advertisers is key. Digital platforms create network effects that multiply customer value.

Customer 101

Customer Custom Competition Netflix 101

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Our technology is advanced enough that we also have big companies using our software to power their own massive network of displays, as well. What''s a unique part of what we do, that no other competitor does, is that we''re built as an open platform. That means third party developers can create apps on top of our platform.

Social Media 178

Social Media Media Startup Culver City 178

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. 5:00 – 5:55). 6:00 – 7:30).

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. He has many of the attributes I look for in an entrepreneur and importantly he has deep domain experience in ad management. I’ll explain in detail below.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What we specialize in, is the way we deliver this content in a seamless way, in high quality, with the latest technology available. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen. The second thing, is instead of being just a platform, we also have content partners pre-integrated.

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Media 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Entrepreneurs who run startups have to be generalists to survive. Yet I’m seeing another critical group of entrepreneurs, self-employed specialists, who are a growing part of this new “ entrepreneurial revolution ” that I discussed a couple of weeks ago. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

Georg Richter: OceanX is a technology platform, and a company, solely focused on physical subscriptions. I was there for five years, helping them to rebuild their technology from a legacy system, and use cloud-based technology. We help people establish the direct selling channel properly, using technology.

Startup 145

Startup Product Customer Custom 145

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248