socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2012

and co-founder Sean Percival is a MySpace vet and a familiar face in Southern California's social media circles. For example, if they're a diva, or they're sporty, it matches that personality. I definitely am more well known for social media and blog content. Wittleebee is backed by Science Inc., It's just a different world.

Acquisition 167

Acquisition Help Social Media Startup 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2011

I’m a technology follower from the early days of the Internet, so a couple of years ago I decided to dive into this new world and check it out (who even heard of blogging or mashups ten years ago). Here is my perspective on a few of them: MySpace is for tweens, forget it. Examples include Ryze, Plaxo, Orkut, RedWire, and Ecademy.

Social Network 95

Social Network Networking Sites Startup 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2012

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and the fading MySpace is for tweens and creative types. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Platform 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. Friendster was a fad, Second Life was a fad, MySpace was a fad, and Facebook suddenly seems old school. New can turn old very quickly.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Marketing Snapchat 101

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. Friendster was a fad, Second Life was a fad, MySpace was a fad, and Facebook suddenly seems old school. New can turn old very quickly.

Social Media 64

Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 64

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2011

The first search turned up a MySpace page. " The second search turned up a personal blog (a good one, actually). It doesn’t take much imagination to extend this example into your own business world, with potential customers and business associates checking you out. Three interesting resumes came to the top. Three for three.

Google 102

Google Social Network Networking Coach 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2010

The first search turned up a MySpace page. The second search turned up a personal blog (a good one, actually). It doesn’t take much imagination to extend this example into your own business world, with potential customers and business associates checking you out. Three interesting resumes came to the top. Three for three.

Google 50

Google Entrepreneur Social Network Networking 50

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and MySpace is for tweens and creative types. The key social media platforms today include communications (Wordpress blogs, Twitter), collaboration (Wikipedia, StumbleUpon), and multimedia (YouTube, Flickr).

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Platform 93

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant buying banner ads on Facebook, or buying a position on search engine results, or sponsoring some blog entries, but these doesn’t work anymore. Friendster was a fad, Second Life was a fad, MySpace was a fad, and Facebook suddenly seems old school.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Platform 100

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

With so many social networks, and dominant sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace, how do you fit in, and why is there need for another social networking tool? MySpace--even though I'm a little old for the MySpace genre--is incredibly powerful. FriendFeed is a great example of a successful aggregator.

Social Network 147

Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

We also have a mobile platform, which integrates with Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. Amanda MacNaughton: An example of this is we powered a promotion for Rock the Vote, a big campaign for them. Matt MacNaughton: Our mantra, is to reach social media users everywhere.

Social Media 217

Social Media Startup Platform Media 217

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

” It’s like you hear about “mafia’s” of PayPal, Facebook, MySpace, Salesforce, etc. Here’s just one example post featuring the wisdom I learned from Stuart about negotiations. David is also frequently an inspiration for a story on my blog. Mafias matter. Mafias matter a lot to me, as well.

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Startup CTO Coach Venture Capital 320

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We've been two years in development, and are excited to provide a revolutionary platform for web sites, blogs, and social sites to create and grow their international business. It also supports blogs. There's lots of media and blogs in Southern California, who could use it as well.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

What are some examples of successful companies that were started here? MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. In July 2005 News Corporation bought MySpace parent company eUniverse for $580 M, of which approximately $327 M was the valuation of MySpace.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. There's also a similar, review of dogs, so a host can say, for examplethis dog barks a lot, so maybe you shouldn't book that dog if your neighbor complains. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works?

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 164

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. There's also a similar, review of dogs, so a host can say, for examplethis dog barks a lot, so maybe you shouldn't book that dog if your neighbor complains. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works?

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 160

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

And thats not even counting MySpace, which Rupert Murdoch famously paid $580 million for in 2005. We have all the people who came out of eHarmony; who came from MySpace and Overture and PriceGrabber and Lastminute.com and Shopzilla and CitySearch and all these places. What is happening in L.A. today that drives the startup community?

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 You’re not the only one.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

David Byrne is a perfect example. The importance of people finding things through friends, and access through music blogs, discovery through music sites or Pandora and other ways is increasing. We want to be prepared to open the gate and give the same level of service to all artists. They're still important, but they're decreasing.

Media 100

Media Yahoo Startup Tool 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. BUT … if you do create the next MySpace, Facebook or Twitter there will be much money at stake. But for the sake of my example – say 20%. Founder vesting.

Startup 365

Startup Technical Advisors IP Ideas 365

Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! Some have argued that my Scrappy principle only works for small, startup companies.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Develop Development Product 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

as an example of why I shouldn’t be investing in the Twitter ecosystem any longer. Here’s some examples you can infer from the social data: @SnoopDogg has more Twitter fans in Texas than he has in New York. It is an awesome example of the power of implicit data. So with DataSift I’m doubling down. million followers).

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285