SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. event I did last fall. as an example.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). Build platform services that provide more value to our startups than just money (putting our fees into our ecosystem and not just our pockets). When he starts his blog I’ll let you know. First task for Kyle?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

Other sources stronger than paid media today include key social media influencers, such as “mommy bloggers” and popular YouTube events. This is media exposure from a neutral third-party, such as an unpaid news story on your product or service to highlight innovations or social value. Earned media. Owned media.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

I wrote about this in a blog post last year titled “ It’s Morning in VC ” but I never made the full deck available until now. The costs to start are much lower than ever (90% reduction in infrastructure costs to start a company through open source & web services) and large companies being created in many geographies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 1, 2011

The power of a video of you speaking or your own words in a blog introducing your product, service, a key event is tremendous and every CEO should leverage it. This event is limited to CEOs only, no service providers. The potential for missteps and misinterpretation is huge. See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2020

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Start actively blogging on your own site, as well as on industry forums. Entrepreneurs who wait to be found are destined to spend a lot of time alone. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 12, 2009

This past week has had an interesting confluence of events that's led me to conclude that I want to start doing a lot of visible networking among the tech / web crowd here in Los Angeles. I really enjoy his blog and I can't wait to mix it up with him some more on the value of Hollywood money / connections. More often 4.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Many founders find that building the web site forced them to commit on the product design, set final pricing, define ordering and delivery procedures, and actually schedule and staff the marketing events that they had in mind. Like you probably do, many people search for products and services on the weekends and in the evening.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. I was thinking back to a few previous “insider baseball&# blog debates that raged for several weeks: AngelGate (aka Bin38 secret cabal), convertible debt vs. equity, bubble vs. not, and now the AngelList discussion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2021

Pick a startup business that you can do for minimal cost, like a services business with the skills you have. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. Nothing says you are serious about a business like handing out professional business cards at local events and Chamber of Commerce meetings.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 29, 2011

Whether you have a personal blog or e-commerce website, search traffic is a crucial aspect for you to grow your business. This event is limited to CEOs only, no service providers. but no one is visiting your site? See [link] (more)

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A San Diego civil engineer who has developed an alternative technology for automating the measurement of water flow gave the best presentation at EvoNexus Fall Demo Day, an event that drew nearly 400 entrepreneurs, investors, and supporters late Thursday to Qualcomm’s corporate headquarters. million and take five years, Sekeroglu said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Shame on you if you offer any product or service that is dull or unattractive. Your startup needs to use blogs and social media to establish interactive relationships early. At any moment, your brand will be lifted high or knocked down low by cultural changes or external events. People still judge a book by its cover.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

Looking for someone who can put together that perfect wedding or corporate event? PartySlate (www.partyslate.com)--which is backed by a slate of LA area investors--offers up a place to browse photos on events, find venues, and most importantly, planners who put those events on, so your next big event can be an unforgettable one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Don’t forget to market yourself before, during, and after your initial idea, through social media, websites, and events. Specialized services, such as accounting, require skilled people, training, and tools, and do not scale well. Get support from credible industry groups and partners. Focus on a solution that is scalable world-wide.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. And I'm looking forward to more interaction now that she's blogging. Foreign Service. BLOG: [link] LINKEDIN: [link] TWITTER: [link] What's a phone booth? It launches November 16.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

Other sources stronger than paid media today include key social media influencers, such as “mommy bloggers” and popular YouTube events. This is media exposure from a neutral third-party, such as an unpaid news story on your product or service to highlight innovations or social value. Earned media. Owned media.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I also blog at [link] and you can find me on twitter: @gilbola. It’s very difficult to communicate the value of my services and it’s even harder to find people/companies looking to outsource their product development to a business guy like myself. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? Attends 500startup events. You betcha.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. Sometimes I make a blog entry. I might also be found working on a presentation for an event or speaking engagement.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. The first event was a big success and brought out many of LA’s angel elite. The second event was in Boulder. Tonight’s event at the 5A5 Steak Lounge in San Francisco was even better.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I can be found on LinkedIn , have a blog Holocognics and my firm’s website is www.SolutionsLLP.com. The way I see it is: there are millions of people out there that I want to meet, either because they’re interesting people or because they need my service, or ideally both! What are some good posts that I should check out on your blog?

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

One of them is online music events site Loudvine (www.loudvine.com), which was co-founded by Vic Caretti , who gave us the scoop on what the site is all about. It gives them an opportunity to connect with specific events happening, or which will be happening in your own city. What is Loudvine? Vic Caretti: It's pretty simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

If you use Twitter and think it is a valuable service then you’re probably tired of the steady stream of your friends who tell you it’s just a fad and they don’t feel compelled to join. He had followed me on Twitter and sent me a nice message about my blog. before having 300k followers!). Strange, huh?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2010

In the industry they’re known as “conference ho’s.&# OK, they’re known as conference “whores&# but that sounded too harsh for a blog post. If you’re in the services business, looking to sell books or work in sales I get why you might spend more time at conferences. I think I know the root cause.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If I have an event in the evening or am traveling for work then I can easily get through 2 days without sending any non-essential email. You’re writing a freaking blog post! Plus, he’s a loyal reader of this blog. But it’s mostly customer service. I know many people think I blog all day long.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Other sources stronger than paid media today include key social media influencers, such as “mommy bloggers” and popular YouTube events. This is media exposure from a neutral third-party, such as an unpaid news story on your product or service to highlight innovations or social value. Earned media. Owned media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

Other sources stronger than paid media today include key social media influencers, such as “mommy bloggers” and popular YouTube events. This is media exposure from a neutral third-party, such as an unpaid news story on your product or service to highlight innovations or social value. Earned media. Owned media.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2010

I haven’t written a blog post in a week. And for the last few evenings I decided to get through email rather than blog. It was interesting for me to read Fred Wilson’s email bankruptcy blog post this morning. It’s not just the spammers or marketers trying to sell you products or services.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

The firm has some notable deals to power the web sites of musicians and celebrities, but is also looking to apply its service to everyday users. Kieve Huffman: Dather is an event-based, multimedia timeline. It's also a way to promote engagement above and beyond a specific event that has taken place. What is Dather?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2014

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Start actively blogging on your own site, as well as on industry forums. Entrepreneurs who wait to be found are destined to spend a lot of time alone. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Traditional coworking spaces offer startups the ability to rent a desk, or space to measure (sqft/sqmt) and co-hab with other startups and in some cases also with investors, freelancers and service providers (some communities restrict membership to startups only). 8 event spaces. Event spaces for up to 250 people.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 26, 2017

A series of highly publicized events this year—from the Equifax and Uber data breaches to foreign use of social media and Web services to influence the U.S. election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to cybersecurity and big tech companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. So it is not uncommon for somebody to be skint when a big event such as a “ hen party &# is coming up and just need 200 quid for 2 weeks. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great. LendingClub.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million. Rob does it. On steroids.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 4, 2019

In 2018, geopolitical events—in particular, President Donald Trump’s hard-line stances on trade and immigration, and the repeal of net neutrality rules—were top of mind for several business executives we interviewed recently.

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