Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2011

With the advent of social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, Internet usage has totally morphed, from a serious business medium, to a social and fun medium that still means business. Here are the current big three in social networking for business: Facebook is biggest, moving from social to business.

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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. Where does someone who is starting a hairdressers advertise their business? Why the name?

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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. For the event organizer: Exposure to a new channel of would-be participants – fitness-focused athletes who are dedicated to athletic training.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

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. With Ad.ly, any Twitter user--ranging from your average Joe to a celebrity, can send a tweet on behalf of an advertiser, and get paid for doing so.

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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.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

Right now, news organizations write off the news cycle. 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. We give newsrooms the ability to understand what they're doing. It's to speed up our growth.

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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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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.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

According to Kyla Brennan, founder & CEO of HelloSociety, “Pinterest is undeniably one of the most exciting social networks to emerge recently.”. Our goal is to design effective marketing campaigns that are a natural fit with the Pinterest community and actually enhance the user experience of organic discovery,” Brennan added.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2013

Social Network For Marketers. ” Collaboration For Organic Growth. Apps & Software Business Marketing Aggregate Knowledge Converto Curalate Data Expion FanAppz Kenshoo Montoast Offerpop Optimal Analytics SHIFT Social network SocialFlow The Trade Desk'

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We had been looking at the social commerce category, broadly speaking, and I thought that here was an interesting opportunity to fuse together entertainment, gaming, shopping, and social networking online, and that this concept accomplished that incredibly. Who has been signing upf or the service, and why? Thanks, and good luck!

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

One that you will not want to miss if your business is selling to other businesses, and you are not sure how to utilize the power of social networks to promote your brand. There are multiple people making the decisions, and you have to prove the value of your products to the organization to more than one person,” said Buchman.

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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.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

To do that, the firm has combined the world of social networking and personal finance with its newly launched service. Part of our advertising, is we are sending people checks in the mail for $25, or $50. Ultimately, we expect those to be ad-funded by different advertisers involved in our platform.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2016

To get a discount, we ask customers to share information on the brand on Twitter and in the future, other social networks, and that discount is based on how influential they are for that brand. That worked out very well, and I learned a lot about business and partnerships, and pitching to large organizations.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

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. We saw that we had traction in the journalism and news organization marketplace, so we concentrated on that area.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Eric Bjorndahl: At the highest level, we're a social networking web site for travelers. How we differentiate from other social networks that are more general, is that we offer lots of features specific to travelers. Eric Bjorndahl: We're primarily advertising driven, and we also do hotel and flight bookings on the site.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. Plus, a TweetUp already means a meet up in a city organized through Twitter. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. But I made it for a reason.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2013

TechZulu caught up with Kaleio founder & CEO, Jim Riley who promised that Kaleio is giving students or non-executives tools needed to succeed as until now, there hadn’t been a platform for them to directly and professionally network with others within their desired industry. What will Kaleio as a social network gain from the partnership?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2015

Eighty percent of these business owners serve as their own webmasters with Facebook as their primary advertising platform. With distributing flyers and buying advertisement spots on TV, the information about the brand is pushed and the relationship is mainly one-way with the company rallying for popularity. Need a ruler? Yes, you do.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

They can access them, organize them, and keep them in one location. Additionally, we have all the different instant messaging networks available in Orgoo. You can archive and organize your IM conversations, along and inside the same folders as your email. We're advertising supported, what a lot call a premium/freemium service.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Social Media Week (SMW) helps organizations connect and share the latest social media findings through social, cultural and economic talks and workshops in major cities worldwide. This keeps the event organizers aware of capacity limitations. Thursday: Advertising and Marketing. 7:00-8:30pm. Thurs 9/27.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I pick my topics to answer and they’re ones that I know better than most having worked at Fox through all of our growth years and building out this large advertising network. Obviously it is build on a social network “follow people&# model that is asymmetric like Twitter. Let me have a look again at Quora.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

SimplyEvents is a social media website that enables a community of members to shout out location based events and stay connected by tracking fellow friends, family, public figures, organizers, bands, artists etc. is the easy, fun and social way to get together with friends. Organizing a group of friends is hard!

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

SimplyEvents is a social media website that enables a community of members to shout out location based events and stay connected by tracking fellow friends, family, public figures, organizers, bands, artists etc. is the easy, fun and social way to get together with friends. Organizing a group of friends is hard!

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

File the Articles of Organization and an Operating Agreement with the Secretary of State’s Office. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Create and manage your social media presence. Master social media marketing.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Jake Wood serves as President of Team Rubicon , the organization he co-founded following the massive earthquake in Haiti. Team Rubicon unites the unique skills America’s returning veterans offer with the expertise of medical professionals; all while interactively engaging donors through social media. He is the founder of eMinutes.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Saturday evening wrapped up with Avesta Rasouli (Co-founder of Coloft and LASW Co-organizer) playing the LASW Saturday evening ritual of Alec Baldwin’s famous scene in “Glengarry Glen Ross” — Coffee is for Closers, go Sell something! Throughout Coloft, there are pieces of art (and stickers) around this theme.

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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 This is the same with competing activity streams in various social networks.

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Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household. OTHER DEALS.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

How to create a technology start-up inside a large organization - based on how we are doing it right. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Advertising, ecommerce, monetization. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization advertising effectiveness, content distribution, monetization. . Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. .

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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. They monetize via high-priced advertisements during the prime-time airing on TV, via syndication to international audiences or less-watched channels after the original series has run and via DVD sales in retail channels.

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Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

The government is a Byzantine, reactive organization plagued by its self-imposed hierarchy. As I earlier suggested, part of the problem is due to the organization of Washington, DC, right down to fiscal years and annual budgets. It proposed to fund advertising to encourage young Americans to enter the science and technology workforce.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. Not so on Twitter. Twitter is inherently viral.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru. Back then there were “email forwards.” I asked Jonah about this. “I

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