socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Is there a way you can make direct mail perform more like digital advertising channels? If you seen the entrepreneurs that disrupt big categories, they came at it from a very different approach, which is not iterative, but is transformative. Dave Fink: Neither Jonathan nor I came from a direct mail background.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Entrepreneurs who are great problem solvers within any business are the best prepared to solve their customers’ needs effectively as well. Here is a formula from Brian Tracy, in his book “ The Power of Self-Discipline ” that I believe will help entrepreneurs move up a notch in this category: Take the time to define the problem clearly.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Those were the three categories, for a long time, that tended to be the domain of the LA ecosystems, just in terms of the number of startups house here, the funding, where you could attract talent, and really sort of where LA gained a reputation. Those areas were reflective of the LA startup economy. That's the most important thing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Others, like Guy Kawasaki , have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent enhancements or omissions that can kill your deal. It takes a huge upfront investment to attract users, before advertisers are interested. Sales projections are less than one percent market penetration.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. PHONE CALLS.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Entrepreneurs who are great problem solvers within any business are the best prepared to solve their customers’ needs effectively as well. Here is a formula from Brian Tracy, in his book “ The Power of Self-Discipline ” that I believe will help entrepreneurs move up a notch in this category: Take the time to define the problem clearly.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

“I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” In the “good old days”, pre- 1999, advertising dollars were largely gambled away. As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

One or more of the following parameters are viewed by most investors as traction indicators, but good entrepreneurs are often creative and define their own to supplement these: Start with sales to-date for a priced offering. As an investor, I would like to see one month of sales, and see how that compares to your projections.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2011

Entrepreneurs who are great problem solvers within any business are the best prepared to solve their customers’ needs effectively as well. Here is a formula from Brian Tracy, in his book “ The Power of Self-Discipline ” that I believe will help entrepreneurs move up a notch in this category: Take the time to define the problem clearly.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

As a seasoned entrepreneur, Mark in addition to co-founding Appboy, has also founded and was the CEO of XE Mobile, which grew to over 3,500 points of sale across the United States under his direction, and Founder and CEO of Flush Media Inc., In other words, when did you get “bitten” by the entrepreneur bug? What got you started?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2012

The diligence and tireless effort paid off and as a result came a hand-selected class 75 future entrepreneurs eager to begin their next adventure in life and to eventually join on with a local startup. Something a “corporate” job would not do.) great jobs.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Since I fall into the expert category, my belief is that you should be pretty open with me. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9. " Ummm.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Oprah Winfrey is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of her generation. When I began gathering examples of Oprah’s wisdom, I expected to identify a handful of quotes relevant to entrepreneurs. From these, I collected 23 insightful missives of interest to aspiring entrepreneurs. Her fans knew that she was not “for sale.”

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Since I fall into the expert category, my belief is that you should be pretty open with me. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9. " Ummm.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

They were putting online advertisements through Google Ads to solicit people to rent equipment, who could not figure it out on their own. Really, we're the sales and marketing arm of those companies. We went a little too fast, and took on too many categories at first. So where are you now? Cloud, and really went full force.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

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. Our special sauce in that, is instead of focusing on categories like groceries and restaurants, we've mapped everything to brands instead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2010

Entrepreneurs who are great problem solvers within any business are the best prepared to solve their customers’ needs effectively as well. Here is a formula from Brian Tracy, in his book “ The Power of Self-Discipline ” that I believe will help entrepreneurs move up a notch in this category: Take the time to define the problem clearly.

Entrepreneur 62

Entrepreneur Sales Course Advertising 62

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

So, we created a site which not just aggregates, but also organizes activities by type, category--land, sea, air--and things like competition, family, culture, adrenaline--to really narrow down the possibilities for what you're looking for. Bill Fried: I'm a serial entrepreneur. We're really in the memories business.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We're now doing revenue share on affiliate revenue, doing revenue share on DVD sales, or ads we run against that content. There are hundreds of ways to do that, through merchandise, advertisements, sales of DVDs, content, and so forth. Beyond that, everything is just gravy. Finally, what are the most popular clips on site?

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Next → As startup ecosystems evolve and mature, validation of their viability comes in waves from entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers alike. The firm made a name for itself representing Skype from formation in 2003 through its ultimate sale to eBay for $2.6 Post navigation. ← Previous.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

.” Founded in 2007 by Ravishanker and a small group of computer science graduates from the University of California, Irvine, the University of Southern California and Harvard University, CallFire has achieved just under $10 million in sales, is profitable and has built that substantial user base–all without venture funding.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

On the legal side, my practice in North California and we have an advertising and media group in New York City. We still need some IPOs and some big trade sales to happen to validate the market in a big way. There will be various award winners in different categories, which will be called “Wave Makers”.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

You can use myfab5 to share your foodie knowledge by ranking up to five of your favorite places for any food or drink related category (e.g. If you search for pizza on myfab5, not only will we show you the places that are recommended most for pizza, we will also show you what other categories each business is ranked highly in.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. More Mansion Videos.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. billion in sales and thus controls less than 10% of the market. Will a third-party pay (advertisers, data companies)? How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

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