Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and Instagram leads as the top social media app for teens. Communication and writing skills are required. Heavy texting experience is not a qualification for communicating via social media.

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JUNE 29, 2014

Fred Wilson wrote a Tweetstorm and then did a blog post on the topic. I never asked Marc why he stopped blogging but I presume it is some combo of having started a venture capital firm (which you might guess takes a bit of time) and also allowing some air time for his then-less-well-known compadre. Engagement. Many people. Any people.

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MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)? I am a VC. I hand out money. How differentiated is that? Final example.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. And if you are – what on earth are you reading such a boring blog as this?!?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I know it may feel this way since I’m writing this tongue in cheek. By the way, I don’t spell check my blog posts either. I’d sooner people have my mobile phone number than my email address because as a society we know the social norm that just calling or texting somebody you don’t know isn’t acceptable. I still sleep at night.

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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. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 10, 2012

On his first day of work my wife was kind enough to write down words of wisdom from her years on the job. I don’t write about Tania very often – mostly at her request. She’s worked for L’Oreal, Accenture, Virgin Mobile & BSkyB (one of the leading media companies in the UK). Hope you enjoy. **.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 19, 2010

He also write a nice post on limiting email and managing on the important / urgent matrix from the perspective on a recovering ex investment banker. This comment and blog post prompted me to write a post that has been in my queue for a long time.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I originally came from the entreprise software world (for 10 years) and before that I was in mobile & telecoms (8 years) so the last three years of immersing myself in consumer Internet, digital media & advertisings has been very eye opening. but I wanted to be sure I wasn’t writing just for my mom. Or so it seems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and Instagram leads as the top social media app for teens. Communication and writing skills are required. Heavy texting experience is not a qualification for communicating via social media.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Arnold Waldstein , who stops by periodically on my blog and always leaves relevant comments, made the observation that, “if I want to connect with you, I’ll engage with you on this blog …from there, a follow on Twitter, a link on LinkedIn are closing the loop of connection rather that opening a cold door.&# This is so true.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Calls are changing but not dying. Much more data in the full post.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post. Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - I think Robert’s right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd. Use strong communication and writing skills. In additional to strong journalistic writing and storytelling, you need business acumen, strategic thinking and planning, and the ability to do the right research.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

What are some of the top things you've published online, e.g., blog posts? Vince: In addition to my management writing I’ve interview many CEOs and innovators. I’d love to get your thoughts at some point about writing for these publications vs. on your own blog. Tony: So how do you do this and still have dinner at home?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and Instagram leads as the top social media app for teens. Communication and writing skills are required. Heavy texting experience is not a qualification for communicating via social media.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

“I would far rather give out my mobile phone number than my email address.” You’re writing a freaking blog post! Plus, he’s a loyal reader of this blog. I never get grumpy that people write. If you do randomly write me I have advice. I know many people think I blog all day long.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Mobile Application Creation Utility. is a mobile application creation utility with free code and API open for developers to create ‘micro-apps’ that can engage an applications audience. will help clients send their user’s real-world data-collection expeditions, prototype a mobile idea or companion app for a website.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

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. Communication and writing skills are required. Heavy texting experience is not a qualification for communicating via social media.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. You likely are writing your first one of these. Towards An Integrated Approach to UX Design You should definitely look at Steve Blank's book and review his blog.

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AUGUST 4, 2009

msuster for me) the message you write appears in my @msuster inbox on Twitter.com and on any of the desktop or mobile clients. Sometimes I’ll see people who want to make people aware of a blog posting. The basics: 1. When you use the @username (e.g. When does this come into play? They might have 2,000 followers.

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Xconomy

MAY 31, 2019

But tech companies are already writing the novel kinds of software these revolutionary computers will need in order to operate—and businesses are even helping to train the workforce for a future era of “quantum speed-up.’’ It’ll be some years before such uber-computers are robust and reliable enough for broad commercial use.

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JANUARY 12, 2014

When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. You might write a piece now and then that catches fire but there is nothing repeatable that would be useful for a business. Simply write a great book? What about mobile? We all use the Internet and our mobile phones everyday and it seems open and fair.

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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. Communication and writing skills are required. Heavy texting experience is not a qualification for communicating via social media.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

We have a number of curation and publishing tolls that let our users write metacontent and annotations on the content, and to create fresh content feeds they can place on their website, in a newsletter, on mobile, or on social. In the past, companies were just blogging, or just creating content.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Gil Elbaz: The primary developer demographic for our products is people building web and mobile applications. As you know, that's a very fast growing category, particularly in mobile, with interest in things such as proximity searches, and finding businesses near you for check-ins. In the case of the U.S.,

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post. ” Don’t.

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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. Communication and writing skills are required. In looking ahead, don’t forget the mobile platforms (iPhone, Android), and location-based services (Foursquare, Gowalla).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

The menu should include a link to your blog, separately set up on Blogger, Wordpress, or TypePad – all free. Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. You probably want at least a home page, product page, order page, and contact page. Life is more fun that way.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

And if it asks for their email address try to find it on their site or blog. Did you know that the Linkedin mobile app allows you to add anyone without knowing their email? That is how I got to write for this site, I added another writer on Twitter, we exchanged emails, I asked about this site and she passed me along to the editor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Customer conversations are easy today, through responding to customers on social media, web live chats, and interactive applications on mobile devices. If, for example, you’re writing a blog post aimed at professional investors, you don’t need to stop and explain what an entrepreneur is to them.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

What is the future of social media, digital television or mobile computing. Plus, show my you can write! I’m already 2 weeks late in writing this blog post as my partners keep reminding me. .&# This isn’t likely to appeal to us. We want somebody who is ready, willing and able to debate tech with us.

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JANUARY 20, 2013

Brad Feld seems to write books faster than I can read and write about them. He teamed up with his wife, Amy Batchelor , to write about about the impact that entrepreneurship has on relationships and what to do about it. We even quote one of the same blogs on the topic – Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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Xconomy

APRIL 23, 2018

We have entered the era of voice ,” Jim Harris, a management consultant writes on the CTA’s website. The Consumer Technology Association estimates that nearly 44 million voice-enabled assistants will be sold this year in the United States. Unit sales rose 279 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to the association. “We

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We build web and mobile applications, and we've been doing so for a little over fifteen years. You're in the thick of it and about to write a small chunk of server-side code. Technology evolves and the number of people voicing their opinions keeps growing (welcome to this blog, by the way!)

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