Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. Advertising revenue is generated from each site visitor, paid or otherwise. We have 115 paying customers right now. What is your business model?

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

Image via Pixabay If you are a business owner 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 always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Invest Platform 79

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. ProfileTree was a good fit – the branches – network, leaves – people.

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

If you are a business owner 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 always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Startup Platform 126

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

What I’d like to do is tell you the story of how the investment came to be, what my thesis is / was and share some thoughts on macro trends. I always try hard to make this blog a place where you can learn lessons rather than an advertisement for portfolio companies. I’m also on record as saying I invest in lines & not dots.

Invest 303

Invest Company Companies Web 2.0 303

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg envisioned Facebook as a virtual social network built on a lifetime of friendships, while offering advertisers a powerful and targeted marketing tool. Offering irresistible investment propositions and attracting talented and loyal followers is key, as they garner the resources to pursue their goals.

Examples 131

Examples Entrepreneur Technology Resource 131

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2022

You'll be investing your time and energy into something with more potential upside in future. Check your business network for a great co-founder or a great designer. Need less expensive advertising? Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free. Low cost infrastructure. Make them an offer.

Startup 103

Startup Advertising Social Network Ideas 103

socalTECH

JULY 26, 2011

Los Angeles-based Baroda Ventures , the venture capital investment firm of GeoCities founder David Bohnett, has re-upped its investment in fashion site Fab.com. Fab was previously Fabulis, a gay social networking site; the firm has since refocused into a daily deals and flash sales site.

Venture Capital 157

Venture Capital Social Network Sites Los Angeles 157

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

For today's interview, we caught up with Clark Landry , the chairman of GraphEffect (www.grapheffect.com), a Santa Monica company which is helping other companies to hone their advertising on Facebook. Clark Landry: GraphEffect is a company that helps other companies advertise effectively on Facebook. Thanks for the time today!

Advertising 198

Advertising Startup Santa Monica Social Network 198

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In the early days of the Internet as an advertising medium the industry organized to create “standard ad units&# for which most media companies would sell their inventory. The standards were set by the IAB ( Interactive Advertising Bureau ), which was founded in 1996. You prefer free AND no advertising. I know, I know.

Media 288

Media Advertising Screening Content 288

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Total raised: $56.3mm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg envisioned Facebook as a virtual social network built on a lifetime of friendships, while offering advertisers a powerful and targeted marketing tool. Offering irresistible investment propositions and attracting talented and loyal followers is key, as they garner the resources to pursue their goals.

Resource 97

Resource Entrepreneur Social Network SpaceX 97

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?

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

The second piece, is we distribute that across search engines and social networks. On page performance of advertising on a page is linked to the context and intent of a user. If you're coming through a social network, you're most likely sharing, a different experience. The third piece, is monetizing content.

Marketing 232

Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

They've acquired CAPTCHA security tools originally developed by Vidoop, and looking to market that technology to e-commerce web sites, social networking sites, and others looking to reduce spam and fraud. Tags: entrepreneur startup venture capital investment repeat. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I won’t belabor this – I have an investment in this space ( ad.ly ) so I’m biased. I think this classifies as a “crack filler&# and I’m not sure I would have done the investment for that reason.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Monahan will be in charge of managing Science’s social customer acquisition companies like EverySignal and Madrigold. Prior to joining Science, Monahan was co-founder and CEO AlphaBoost, a Facebook advertising reporting software builder.

Social Media 82

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 82

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter. Luck has it, I'm also a small investor though an investment in BetaWorks.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2019

You'll be investing your time and energy into something with more potential upside in future. Check your business network for a great co-founder or a great designer. Need less expensive advertising? Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free. Low cost infrastructure. Make them an offer.

Startup 80

Startup Advertising Social Network Ideas 80

InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

As highlighted in the movie The Social Network , the Winklevoss brothers are embroiled in a protracted lawsuit with Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook. They claim that Mr. Zuckerberg “stole” their idea of creating a social network for the Harvard student community. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Writing 150

Writing Social Network Ideas Entrepreneur 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I’m often asked by people what investment areas interest me. I try to invest in things that I know and that I believe I might have better knowledge and relationships than the masses of VCs. But one theme in pervasive in all my thinking about investing in Internet-based companies: Deflationary economics. Here’s what I mean.

Startup 386

Startup Pricing Marketing Product 386

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

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 always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

Social Media 66

Social Media Media Tips Platform 66

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. If you're a big influencer, you might get paid by a brand, but every day, people are providing word-of-mouth advertising, posting about their favorite things.

Help 113

Help Commerce Platform Orange County 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Simple: according to Mike Polaris has followed on nearly every seed investment that they’ve done. You can hear his full argument in the interview.

Venture Capital 230

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company.

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Things that make it investment-grade for outside investors will also benefit you, since you are the ultimate investor. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Investors invest in people - not just ideas.

Invest 74

Invest Tips Competition Metrics 74

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 ).*. Here’s why.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company.

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

To do that, the firm has combined the world of social networking and personal finance with its newly launched service. Scott Saunders: I spent nearly my entire career on the investment side, and in 2005 switched over to the entrepreneurial side of the world. Tell me the story behind Payoff.com?

Startup 197

Startup Ideas Southern California Social Network 197

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2017

You'll be investing your time and energy into something with more potential upside in future. Check your business network for a great co-founder or a great designer. Need less expensive advertising? Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free. Low cost infrastructure. Make them an offer.

Startup 77

Startup Advertising Social Network Ideas 77

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. Marty Zwilling.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. When I recently wrote about how excited I was about investing in “ The Digital Living Room ,&# Hulu was only mentioned in the context of how Clicker.com was a much better metaphor for content discovery and search.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a couple of years ago with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Sales and marketing costs. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2015

Mark Zuckerberg envisioned Facebook as a virtual social network built on a lifetime of friendships, while offering advertisers a powerful and targeted marketing tool. Offering irresistible investment propositions and attracting talented and loyal followers is key, as they garner the resources to pursue their goals.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Resource Social Network SpaceX 101

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

We caught up with Andy, whose executive experience ranges from ZeroDegrees, NBC Internet/Xoom.com, Infoseek / Go Network, to CNET and Snap.com, and whose last firm was MerchEngines, which he sold last year, to hear more about his new startup. The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. What is Punchcard?

Southern California 245

Southern California Idealab Startup Custom 245

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2014

Mark Zuckerberg envisioned Facebook as a virtual social network built on a lifetime of friendships, while offering advertisers a powerful and targeted marketing tool. Offering irresistible investment propositions and attracting talented and loyal followers is key, as they garner the resources to pursue their goals.

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Resource Social Network SpaceX 114