Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site. The menu should include a link to your blog, separately set up on Blogger, Wordpress, or TypePad – all free. Publish the site and now you are in business.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2011

Johnson, announced a move to allow other sites to host and show content via a new Lunch Network effort. So that's what the Lunch Network is. Most importantly, it now gives all of their users and readers to not only read content on the site, but they can engage, interact, and create content. We caught up with J.R.

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Content Software Review Technical Review Sites 242

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Harrison created one of the Internet's first video search sites, FastTV, and also ran IFILM, which he sold to Viacom in 2006. We connect consumers to great content from around the Internet, from social networks, from thousands of branded video channels, and around any particular topic they're interested in. What is Frequency?

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. One version of this is an embeddable, an iframe version of the site.

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Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site. The menu should include a link to your blog, separately set up on Blogger, Wordpress, or TypePad, again free. Publish the site and now you are in business. The cost of entry has never been lower.

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Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. Examples include Twitter, Plurk, and Jaiku. Examples include Second Life and Funsites. Examples include SendOutCards, Google, and Amazon. Examples include Google Docs, Salesforce.com, Slideshare.net, and Box.net.

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Web Entrepreneur Doc Examples 95

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

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Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 95

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

Rob Farrow is one of the co-founders of Chi.mp , a new startup which is getting set to launch a service to allow users to manage their profiles across the many sites on the Internet. We had a concept around creating a platform, using open standards, to resolve lots of the issues surrounding social networking and the issues of identity.

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Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

I ended up passing on the Twitter investment, but I put out a blog post at the time--I was working for CBS--asking if someone would want to build it, and a kid named Soren MacBeth emailed me back saying he'd build it, which started the idea of StockTwits. We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2011

That’s the reason every good parent should be coaching their child from birth to avoid posting all the naughty things on social networks that can come back to haunt them later. " The second search turned up a personal blog (a good one, actually). So do your business networking and social networking with your eyes wide open.

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Google Social Network Networking Coach 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site. The menu should include a link to your blog, separately set up on Blogger, Wordpress, or TypePad, again free. Publish the site and now you are in business. The cost of entry has never been lower.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. Examples include Twitter, Plurk, and Jaiku. Examples include Second Life and Funsites. Examples include SendOutCards, Google, and Amazon. Examples include Google Docs, Salesforce.com, Slideshare.net, and Box.net.

Web 88

Web Web 2.0 Doc Examples 88

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

At the moment, Conolly heads the startups social media team in Egypt while Turdubaev looks after Russian countries and translation of the site. ProfileTree was a good fit – the branches – network, leaves – people. TechZulu caught up with Conolly and this is what we learn. We help them with this. Why the name?

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We all know media companies are suffering as CPMs (the amount they can charge per thousand visitors) are falling, available inventory is climbing, free content and blogs are proliferating, user attention is being divided with social networks and the core media business cash cows like classified ads have been disrupted by companies like CraigsList.

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Media Advertising Screening Content 288

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. Example of publishers include: moviefone, Fandango, Jingle, SayNow, and voice blogs. Total raised: $30mm.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. Let me give you a few examples: SwingbySwing Golf created an iPhone/Android app that lets golfers use the GPS in their phone to measure distance to the hole and track statistics. No wonder they just raised $1mm.

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Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Believe me, the business implications are already critical to your success or failure as an entrepreneur: Blog. A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Business blogs are an extension of your website and can effectively communicate the value of your business. Social networks.

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Entrepreneur SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging 89

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site. The menu should include a link to your blog, separately set up on Blogger, Wordpress, or TypePad, again free. Publish the site and now you are in business. The cost of entry has never been lower.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

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. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Isn’t it frustrating to think you understand something new in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Don’t Buy It ,” which asserts that “earned” social engagement drives far better business results than paid social exposure.

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Social Media Media Marketing Platform 100

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

In a Network Effect Startup, you need to drive growth to some degree in order to be able to even begin to test it. So, it makes it much harder to predict, test and scale a network effect startup. Let’s take a particular example: eHarmony of jobs. A really great example of this is described by Steve Rentoid in Inventing Demand.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 204

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

In a Network Effect Startup, you need to drive growth to some degree in order to be able to even begin to test it. So, it makes it much harder to predict, test and scale a network effect startup. Let’s take a particular example: eHarmony of jobs. A really great example of this is described by Steve Rentoid in Inventing Demand.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 196

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

Social Media 64

Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 64

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

For example, I highly recommend a set of board metrics that the CEO communicates to board members at every meeting. For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort. You’ll have no idea when you’re off course. SEO is seldom “free.”.

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2010

That’s the reason every good parent should be coaching their child from birth to avoid posting all the naughty things on social networks that can come back to haunt them later. The second search turned up a personal blog (a good one, actually). So do your business networking and social networking with your eyes wide open.

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Google Entrepreneur Social Network Networking 50

Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

There are many signs to look for when receiving candid feedback from your customers, here’s a few examples of things Make It Work customers say and what we are doing about it: Customer (from a Delight Survey email): Why don’t you offer billing as an option, rather than require payment on demand at the end of the appointment?

Social Media 214

Social Media Customer Custom Media 214

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

Dog owners can browse through the site, and find the best options for their pet. So, back in November and December we started putting together the site you see, which enables everyone to do this. It's a great way to share your positive experience on the site. Aaron Hirschorn: It will be a fully integrated site.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 164

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

Dog owners can browse through the site, and find the best options for their pet. So, back in November and December we started putting together the site you see, which enables everyone to do this. It's a great way to share your positive experience on the site. Aaron Hirschhorn: It will be a fully integrated site.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 160

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. The second example, is you can publish it in public. People can come to the site, pay you directly, and we provide them with access to your genie, and away they go.

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

That means skip the jargon and include explanations and examples. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations. Set realistic milestones and achieve some. Become a visible expert.

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Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

That means skip the jargon and include explanations and examples. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations. Set realistic milestones and achieve some. Become a visible expert.

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Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 104

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 This is the same with competing activity streams in various social networks.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

That means skip the jargon and include explanations and examples. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations. Set realistic milestones and achieve some. Become a visible expert.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 101

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

“I found it to be the best social network, connecting people on a deeper level. For example], If you’re a tech leader, you have a certain image you need to portray. It’s almost a subconscious connection vs. all other media sites. People stopped worrying about social status.”. It’s a breath of fresh air.

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Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98