Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Small- to medium-sized businesses may lack the resources and IT expertise to manage, protect, and upgrade their networks effectively compared to larger, more enterprise-level companies. Top Small- to Medium-Sized Company Network Challenges. Small Budgets. Read More: 4 Tips to Maximize Internet Bandwidth. Lack of IT Staff.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2018

Diffbot , a tech startup that continuously scours the Web to assemble a “knowledge graph” of billions of facts in context, announced today that it’s opening up the searchable resource to the public—with starter rates as low as a cable TV bill. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations. Most consumers now research online product reviews, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, for authoritative guidance. Scarcity – less is more.

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Customer Custom Social Media Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

by Joseph Jaffe and Maarten Albarda, both experienced marketers working with new companies, as well as larger firms. This includes your website, blog, and presence on social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, and many more. They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O.

Marketing 127

Marketing Framework Social Media Media 127

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The link for the video is here and if you want a short firsthand view on our changes it’s a great resource. I often advise startup companies not to try and pin all of your brand equity into an announcement. We have a few portfolio companies going through brand changes. When he starts his blog I’ll let you know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

You will be in good company with the many legends who used this approach. Barter services for access to required resources. Operate small, but show a big-company image. Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors.

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Equity Social Media Startup Summary 139

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

Working for a well-funded existing company, or pursuing your dream as a hobby, may be more satisfying and productive. Assess your own resources as well as funding sources. In business, there will always be someone out there with more money, a better location, or more resources, ready to take your idea and squeeze you out.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. The first investment I ever made as a VC was in a company now called Invoca.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Since tech startups have more limited budgets compared to larger companies, making decisions around where to invest resources can be difficult. Managed IT infrastructure services can save businesses over $145,000 per 100 users annually and optimize IT staff resources by 42%. Vulnerable Network Infrastructure.

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Networking Services Startup Resource 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Some entrepreneurs view their outsourced employees as temps, or as a cheap way to staff the company during its startup phase. Relying totally on a virtual team implies they are managing your company, not you. Marty Zwilling.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 15, 2019

You can’t always do all three with your current resources, which is why many carriers partner with telecom infrastructure companies. Telecom infrastructure companies can fill the gaps in your own capabilities so you can achieve key growth initiatives. Wireless Backhaul. Wireless Infrastructure.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Startup Training Services Writing 174

Xconomy

MARCH 24, 2017

In a blog describing the formation of a company-wide Artificial Intelligence Products Group, Rao writes, “The new organization will align resources from across the company to include engineering, labs, software and more as we build on our. Rao plans to remain in San Diego, according to a spokeswoman for Intel Nervana.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

You will be in good company with the many legends who used this approach. Barter services for access to required resources. Operate small, but show a big-company image. Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors.

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Social Media Startup Equity Summary 169

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2021

Often, the number one question that entrepreneurs fail to address is: “How much money do you need, and what valuation do you place on your company?” The same thing goes for incorporating your company, having key hires lined up, and facilities arranged as required. Lack of clear objectives/goals. Failure to prepare for due diligence.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC. In the late 90′s I saw a dangerous trend creeping into the startup world, which was that companies were suddenly raising huge amounts of money too early in their existence. Over funding often produces bad behavior in early-stage companies.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” ” Part of the beauty of blogging that in two sittings Fred was able to influence what was built over the next 12 months.

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Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The company has stated that it plans to spend a total of $500 million on podcasting investments, meaning it still has a few hundred million to burn. Second, it’s a way for Spotify to save time and resources that it currently spends on its deals with the big record labels that have a powerful influence over the music streaming space.

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Acquisition Media News Platform 124

Xconomy

MARCH 27, 2020

Fallout from the spread of COVID-19 infections led several companies to declare this week that they would stop enrolling patients in clinical trials or postpone studies that have not yet started. The coronavirus pandemic has made it nearly impossible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

The big three, which have 90 percent of everything you need, include blogging (Wordpress or Blogger), microblogging (Twitter), and social networks (Facebook or LinkedIn). Assimilate available resources to determine the level of rollout. Available resources are a function of management buy-in, staff, and budget.

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Social Media Media Marketing Resource 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2023

Be a great resource for others. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online. Influence is more important than ever in today’s connected world as brands, companies, and individuals vie to become the next big phenomenon. Continue to learn and grow. Marty Zwilling.

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Social Media Media Ideas Writing 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

by Joseph Jaffe and Maarten Albarda, both experienced marketers working with new companies, as well as larger firms. This includes your website, blog, and presence on social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, and many more. They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O.

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Media Framework Social Media Metrics 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations. Most consumers now research online product reviews, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, for authoritative guidance. Scarcity – less is more.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Social Media Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

The place to start today is if your company only uses traditional media for marketing, or no marketing. According to a Harvard Business Review article , only 60% of companies today use social media at all, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. Assimilate available resources to determine the level of rollout.

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Social Media Media Marketing Startup 103

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

I read commentary or Twitter or blogs and realize that there are also strongly held convictions that there are these evil VCs who do terrible things to mostly altruistic founders. Board work does involve a lot of conflict at moments throughout the company.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Report 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. an investment in your company. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). In a startup this is a mistake. I opt for the latter usually.

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

The big three, which have 90 percent of everything you need, include blogging (Wordpress or Blogger), microblogging (Twitter), and social networks (Facebook or LinkedIn). Assimilate available resources to determine the level of rollout. Available resources are a function of management buy-in, staff, and budget.

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Media Marketing Social Media Resource 59

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about “ the politics of startups ” in which I asserted that all companies have politics, which in its purest sense is just about understanding human psychology. One wants to build a company that will be around in 10 years – financial outcome be damned! Those are the easy cases.

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Startup Technical Review Course Press 340

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The teachers’ groups that back her fear that such schools drain resources from the wider public school system. If that policy goes forward, edtech companies might be enlisted to help those schools accommodate a flood of new student demand. Clinton also sees charter schools as assets, but opposes vouchers.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

Degreed , which helps businesses upgrade the skills of their staffers through an online gateway to learning resources, announced Thursday it has raised $75 million to grow the service and expand internationally.

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Training Education Platform Course 82

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I still plan to publish on this blog occasionally, as well as more frequently on my blogs at Forbes , Huffington Post , and others. Social media is a huge resource for entrepreneurs. It’s been essentially my only resource, and has paid off handsomely, for example, with almost 380,000 followers on Twitter.

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Entrepreneur Startup Blogging Social Media 96

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost. Other firms like Google bring massive resources to design or engineering and as as corporate VC can offer things normal VC firms can’t offer.

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Venture Capital Platform Startup Resource 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

In his words, [in some instances] “because lots of capital is available, the company takes on the capital and that ends up resulting in no constraints on decision making and so the company decides to do five things in stead of just one.” You are defined by how you serve the companies that are struggling.

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Venture Capital Startup Writing Blogging 150

Eric Greenspan

MAY 7, 2013

Mommy bloggers are one of the most influential social networking resources that lead to increased awareness and sales. My company Zodiac805 was contracted to build this list. After an exhaustive search, we’ve compiled an amazing list that has already been proven by the company that hired us. About my company: [link].

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