Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. it's all in this article if you want the details]. rollout support.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Online web hosting site GoDaddy has booted a neo-Nazi publication, the Daily Stormer, from its hosting services, after users pointed out the site's articles celebrating the death of a woman in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based iSideWith , the online site which lets users input their various political beliefs to figure out what parties and candidates they most agree with, has just debuted a new service to help users filter through all of the political news out there--driven by the user's own political beliefs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Given this diversity, it's important to be selective in the development services company with whom you choose to partner. This article will primarily focus on locating and evaluating development companies, rather than design firms. In the 25 years that TechEmpower has been in business, we’ve seen thousands of companies come and go.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

When it comes to making money, TiMi has from the outset been a strong proponent of game-as-a-service whereby it continues to pump out fresh content after the initial download. This week, WeChat announced that it began allowing a selected group of authors to put their articles behind a paywall in a trial period.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2017

Sendgrid , the email back-end services company which has a major operation in Irvine, has joined Google and GoDaddy in suspending services to the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, after user complaints. The Daily Stormer then attempted to move its hosting to Google, which immediately suspended that move yesterday.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking service Wag has bought back its stake from Softbank, according to CNBC. An earlier version of this article indicated the company was seeking a buyer.) The sale comes less than two years after SoftBank invested $300M in Wag , via the SoftBank Vision Fund. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat has plans to add news articles, advertisements, TV, and movie clips to the service, according to reports this week, in a new service called Snapchat Discovery. READ MORE>>. snapchat news advertising photo messaging disappearing social'

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

That type of thinking is dated, archaic, and doesn’t really address the root of how mind-blowing customer service is developed. In my opinion mind blowing customer service doesn’t start with the customer. Tags: Eric Greenspan customer service. Well begin by eliminating that concept out of your mind. The hard part?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

A new article this morning from ReadWriteWeb has identified Santa Barbara-based cloud computing software firm Eucalyptus has one of the open source software companies most likely to become the next, $1 billion company (in annual revenues). The article did not say what kind of revenues Eucalyptus actually is delivering, however.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Everipedia said it is creating an incentive structure and a distributed backend which uses blockchain to reward users who curate articles on the service. Evripedia said it is building a new, open source wiki network that decentralizes the knowledge base by allowing every editor to become a stakeholder in the network. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

They spoke with salon owners in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and other trendy neighborhoods trying to get a sense of where software and services were falling short. Investors have taken a run at the spa market in the past, with company’s like MindBody valued at over $1 billion for its software services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Investors, on the other hand, typically don’t even look very hard at the product or service, but prefer to evaluate first the entrepreneur, and secondly the business plan. A deep product or service has a robust set of features. A complete solution provides a great experience that includes service, support, and a string of enhancements.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 10, 2011

Twitter is an ephemeral service. The downside to this rapid stream is that at times you come across super interesting articles that you want to read but for which you don’t currently have the time. I auto filter these in Gmail so I essentially get a reading list of future articles. It’s what I love about Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2015

The killer chart is below: In the article it raved particularly about the WaPo’s amazing mobile app and how Bezos personally intervened to get the team to improve loading times – whatever the short-term costs. With this article, plus my recent frustrations with the NYT mobile (cr)app, I thought I’d give the WaPo a try.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

to “How can we hire more staff to keep up with the services they offer?” Having a huge services venture firm isn’t for everybody and it isn’t the only strategy that can succeed. They perceive it as a place that is well connected and very helpful given the level of services they provide. Can that really work?”

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2017

The move comes after the site was ordered to move away from GoDaddy over the weekend, after it posted an article disparaging the woman killed by a neo-Nazi sympathizer in Charlottesville. Both Google and GoDaddy have major operations in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2012

in a funding round, and launched its service. According to Virurl, it will pay users to share links to videos, articles, and games, awarding those users with points which can be redeemed for cash and prizes.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2013

Excellent customer service isn’t just something that happens from company to consumer. Customer service starts within a company. This article is to shine a digital light on a few other companies who have “WOWED” me and their secret sauce to create long term impact that makes at least my day a little bit easier.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! If an article has numerous social shares (i.e., How much will social media fame cost you in 2014? At $6,800, it is probably cheaper than you thought. What a bargain.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. My article 5 Time-Tested Success Tips From Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos was so well received, I am sharing five more pearls of wisdom from Mr. Bezos. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

Ultimately, the mobile clinics serve as a marketing strategy for Kindbody’s core service: egg freezing. Soon, the company will expand to include mental health, nutrition and gynecological services. The startup’s egg-freezing services are much cheaper than market averages; its IVF services, however, are not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2023

Entrepreneurs have always believed that their product or service must show real value to customers, but today the smart ones are even able to make their marketing valuable. The days are gone when marketing was all “pushing product.” Make your content answer some unmet customer need or question without pushing a product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For example, there are a dozen articles like this one for every area of expertise. Small groups of consultants have now become groups of specialists – CFO Services, Marketing Services, or Management Services. All aspects of customer service apply. If you need to know how to do something, just look it up online.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

According to Demand Media, the new Crafts Channel on eHow will feature step-by-step text articles, videos, illustrations and photography, and much more around various crafts. eHow has been in the midst of a big expansion into the crafts area, having also acquired online arts and crafts learning service Creativebug earlier this year.

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MARCH 4, 2014

Demand Media said its service now includes--on top of existing text and video content offerings--original photography, infographics, and animated GIFs for its clients. Demand Media''s product is used by brands, publishers, and agencies to create content and drive visitors to their websites. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

The new site offers educational articles and other information aboud HVAC services, and will generate leads for local businesses. Online local business advertising firm Local Corporation announced this morning that it has launched a new, industry-specific website focused on the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) market.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online document sharing site headed by Jason Nazar, said Tuesday that it is rebranding the service to focus on small business owners and operators. The firm--which started as a place to share professional documents--said it is looking to become the "premier" online resource for small business owners.

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MARCH 24, 2011

The portal features articles about the.ORG domain, which were created by Demand Media's creative professionals. eNom also said it will offer its customers the ability to use rotating articles from Demand Media for their hosted domains. eNom said it will offer up Demand's content through a service called RichContent.

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Tech.Co

MAY 6, 2022

With Deliverr, all aspects of inventory management and delivery can be handled together: inventory receiving and inspection, fulfillment optimization across online and brick-and-mortar channels, and the last-mile delivery services that can take packages to people's doors. The post Shopify Just Bought the Deliverr Shipping Network for $2.1

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2010

According to Demand, it is providing the service to both Hearst and USA Today. The new offering takes Demand's sometime controversial process of tailoring web content based on search and other interest of web users, and creating low-cost articles specifically to address that content.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

My own view is that for most services it is explicit actions (likes, shares, vote ups, etc.) I read this story on Ivan Kirigin’s blog that shows that Quora was posting which articles you’re reading to other people without your consent. I almost never read anything on Quora but tech, startup and funding articles.

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