Xconomy

JUNE 29, 2016

But as I explain in a longer blog post , what is copied is a common motif in song composition, effectively a design tool. No one can claim copyright to these things because they have been around for a long time and are now “generic” parts or common design tools, respectively. This is yet another design tool.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I began publishing my blog in 2008. I was hesitant to use my own name, as I did not want my blog to be perceived as a self-promotional vanity project. In addition, my role as Partner at Rincon Venture Partners provided me with a business reason to invest additional time and effort into my humble blog. I was not disappointed.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?)

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2014

This post was originally featured on the Pristine Engineering Blog. Glass needs to be completely locked down and Google-free to protect the privacy of patients and respect the policies of the hospitals we serve. Rooted Google Glass Device with XE12 – Google provides a nice guide for rooting Glass devices.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

My flippant comment was, “If you do a Google search for Los Angeles web developer, you’ll find a LOT of people and firms.” Here were some of his particular issues: Most of the firms that come up are actually website design firms not website development firms. The result of web design are static pages as graphics or HTML.

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Web Development Los Angeles Web Develop 167

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

I still remember my disappointment the first time I published my website, did an immediate Google search on the name, and it said my company didn’t exist. You should allow three months for the design, building, and rollout of your first site, and you can actually build it yourself these days. Viral marketing needs a website.

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Web Startup Sites Design 76

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2011

And anybody who follows this blog knows that I believe television disruption has already begun and it is more likely to resemble Internet content than streaming long-form content to our living rooms. You can monetize via Google Ad Sales before you have enough revenue to build your own sales team. Sound familiar?

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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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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

One local startup, Chippmunk (www.chippmunk.com), hopes so, and believes that focusing on user interface design will help it win over its competitors. One of the biggest issues, is that consumers typically find coupons through a Google search query. The company recently raised a $750,000 seed round of funding.

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Xconomy

JULY 3, 2019

No one has done more than Donald Norman to teach us that every piece of hardware and software—in fact, every human-made object, including the internet—embodies design decisions that aren’t always made with the best interests of users in mind. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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.Net Design Writing Software 97

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. If you want to see that discussion it is here and its especially fun because we also debated Google Groups, which went on (after the interview) to buy Dmitry’s company so he now works there.

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Technical Review Blogging Examples Startup 329

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

I still remember my disappointment the first time I published my website, did an immediate Google search on the name, and it said my company didn’t exist. You should allow three months for the design, building, and rollout of your first site, and you can actually build it yourself these days. Viral marketing needs a website.

Web 62

Web Startup Sites Design 62

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW of YouTube/Google As YouTube’s Southwest Regional Manager, Sam is responsible for generating revenue across YouTube and the Google Content Network which comprises a media network that reaches nearly 80% of all internet users worldwide. and SVP, Branded Content & Audience Creation at nitetime.net.

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. Stay Tuned.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

I still remember my disappointment the first time I published my website, did an immediate Google search on the name, and it said my company didn’t exist. You should allow three months for the design, building, and rollout of your first site, and you can actually build it yourself these days. Viral marketing needs a website.

Web 99

Web Startup Sites Design 99

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. My views are pretty well known.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

No reports have indicated as of yet as to whether Apple’s new project will have similarities to other auto projects currently being undertaken by companies such as Google and Tesla. As to what the final version of the vehicle will look like, several reports are confirming that the design of the new Apple vehicle will be a minivan.

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Google Design Patents Report 40

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Fred Wilson recently posted a great video on his blog with the CEO of Forrester Research, George Colony. This blog post lays out my case. In the end, Seth Godin’s comments on Fred’s blog post said it best: “His black swan is showing. The money slide is the graphic below. It was a terrible user experience.

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Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We gear all our marketing and all of our product design to the mobile experience. There''s amazing passion and allure around people like a James Dean, and people still at James Dean fan clubs, fan blogs and people who love him. Or you can just go Google "walking dead Visa card" which might be the easiest, honestly.

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Help Startup Mobile Southern California 262

Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

Just about anything you’ve heard [about] at Google that sounds interesting and new is based on machine learning,” Jurvetson said at the time. In a 2013 panel discussion at Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club, the DFJ partner said “machine learning” was his pick as the most important tech trend to watch for the next three to five years.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Framework Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

A client relationship suggests that the consultant is in charge, whereas the customer designation recognizes the more modern model of the customer in control. Google and social media have transformed the business world. There are expert blogs and curation sites, like this one, covering every aspect of business and leadership.

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Services Startup Software Review Social Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. This post is designed mostly for non-technical founders. It’s what makes Google, Google and Facebook, Facebook. I have much experience in this domain. I don’t believe it. In summary.

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Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

But apart from building traffic, what I find most challenging is incorporating a lead capture strategy that will actually generate some blog subscribers. This means paying attention to factors such as page loading speed, web copy, and design. It’s basically the only thing you need to make future design and layout changes on your site.

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Tool Custom Customer Sites 39

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2011

A few weeks ago I was reading a blog post by MG Siegler that really struck a chord. I then asked for editing rights to his Google Doc and I rewrote a version of it. But if my honest assessment is that they need a new CEO, need a better designed product, or similar – I will say so.

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Press Venture Capital Doc Summary 337

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. Challenge #2 – There is Not Enough Great Tech, Product and UI/UX Design Talent in LA. Simply put LA has a lack of GREAT product, UI/UX, and design talent. Past Startups Uncensored LA Tech Events.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Then I check and manage our Google Adwords campaign and check our analytics/stats. Sometimes I make a blog entry. I have a few meetings with the team, perhaps about the website design, radio show structure, an event we are working on, a sponsorship (perhaps the uniforms for our youth basketball team). Great posts.

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Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

One company that I previously wrote about trying to change this industry is, Solve Media , (I am not an investor) has created an interesting ad unit designed to drive up brand “engagement&# and recall. We believe this is why Google Ventures invested in Pixazza. We are investing heavily in these changes.

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Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The field includes big semiconductor companies like Nvidia and tech giants like Google and Facebook, as well as other startups. Mountain View, CA-based Esperanto is vying with a host of competitors to create new processors for high-order tasks like machine learning and deep learning, while also minimizing power consumption.

Artificial Inteligence 48

Artificial Inteligence Develop Development Google 48

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform. Google App Engine - take more than two seconds to process we are going to kill your request. Must be willing to work the way Google expects. The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform?

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Platform EC2 Java S3 150

Xconomy

DECEMBER 17, 2018

But getting there will require designing software that can “think” and communicate more like humans—big challenges that A.I. Researchers are hopeful the industry’s next breakthroughs will enable A.I. to move beyond answering narrow queries to handling broader assignments.

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Artificial Inteligence IBM IBM Training 88

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Essentially, it guides the author through a four step process to design, build, test, and publish their creation. If you're an expert in a certain technology--say, business process design--and have thought about publishing a book, this is a quicker, faster, and more comprehensive way to share it with the world.

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

You no longer need to travel to China or hire an expensive prototyping expert to mock up your new design. With Google or Amazon , you can get all the application storage and computing power you need without even thinking about an IT staff and big up-front costs for computer servers and applications. Building the prototype can be fun.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media Outsource Development 108

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

For example, a startup may hire you as an accountant, but you may also be asked to do social media marketing content gearing towards finance for the company blog. Piaw Na, who spent over six years at Google, writes on Quora that she recommends fresh grads to join a startup instead of big companies.

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Startup Social Media Writing Google 102

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. They are designed to help good companies to get access to investors but also to make bad companies look good. I spent time on college campuses. I hustled.

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Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Xconomy

OCTOBER 6, 2016

has designed its technology to be “hardware and sensor” agnostic, so that similar modules could be installed in forklifts and other manually operated industrial equipment, Duffy said. The system is designed so that a human driver “trains” the module to operate autonomously by simply driving the floor-cleaning route.

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Product Artificial Inteligence San Diego Training 106