Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Because the hundreds of millions that it takes to greenlight a theatrical film could never be absorbed by a startup and because they way we experience media & characters has evolved dramatically over the past 20 years to a point where the starting point for media is often digital, gaming or even graphic novel oriented.

Funding 373

Funding Technical Review Startup Screening 373

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

A successful services business, more than a product business, comes from a skill or insight that you have honed from experience. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. The customer experience is more than the service.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your business and gaining valuable online exposure, ultimately bringing in more customers. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Make your blog your website. Leverage blog content.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his classic book “ What’s the Future of Business? ”. Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. Scarcity – less is more. Ultimate Moment of Truth. Marty Zwilling.

Custom 85

Custom Customer Social Media Technical Review 85

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Great by Cliff Allen Business Networking Online who I had blogged about previously in Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. I see Visible Networking as a series of conversations around blog posts, and encouraging a group of people to actively participate. But this is certainly a bit of an experiment.

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Los Angeles Networking Angel Blogging 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2020

In the past two weeks we have entered perhaps to most surreal experience in any of our lives. If your company can help with job search, or resume writing or providing references or calling other companies to tell them you did redundancies?—?you If your head isn’t spinning you haven’t fully grasped the severity of the situation.

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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.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. Do they have experience leading developers? Make sure you do reference checks. Most often I ignore the list of references they provide. The references they provide are often a last resort. It's very different than at large organizations. This is a must.

CTO Hire 282

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 282

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2019

desktop oriented dinosaurs which utilize the cloud, but offer a poor user experience, especially on mobile devices. Tim Urban’s Wait But Why blog does a great job of describing today’s AI capabilities. Rather, the software companies I’ve invested in, such as JazzHR , TaxJar and SimpleLegal , compete with Web 1.0

SaaS 113

SaaS Software Artificial Inteligence ASP 113

socalTECH

MAY 4, 2011

So, we wanted to build an experience where people could interact in real time, with people who share similar interests and expertise. So we started experimenting. We started experimenting with lots of ideas, and Namesake is the evolution of a thousand small tweaks. The chatter is overwhelmingly positive about the experience.

Social Network 273

Social Network Startup West Hollywood Ideas 273

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. Do they have experience leading developers? Make sure you do reference checks. Most often I ignore the list of references they provide. The references they provide are often a last resort. It's very different than at large organizations. This is a must.

CTO Hire 225

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 225

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his recent book “ What’s the Future of Business? Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. Scarcity – less is more. Ultimate Moment of Truth. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

A successful services business, more than a product business, comes from a skill or insight that you have honed from experience. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. The customer experience is more than the service.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Today, with instant and pervasive Internet communication, you can sell your vision via blogging, crowdfunding, and videos before you spend big money building prototypes and pivoting as you learn. You set the limits and the culture for your team, based on how you reward creative thinking, or penalize people for failed experiments.

Marketing 92

Marketing Demand Examples Social Media 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2017

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his classic book “ What’s the Future of Business? ”. Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. Scarcity – less is more. Ultimate Moment of Truth. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Review 55

Technical Review Technology Social Media Social Network 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

It’s time to take a hard look at your breadth of experience, relevant relationships, connections, and skill depth, compared to your peers in that role. Every employee or entrepreneur needs to build a competitive reputation on the Internet, through a website, blog, LinkedIn profile, and social media. Market your business expertise.

Artificial Inteligence 96

Artificial Inteligence Startup Social Media Training 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his new book “ What’s the Future of Business? Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. Scarcity – less is more. Ultimate Moment of Truth. Marty Zwilling.

Custom 100

Custom Customer Startup Social Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Experience. John & I were a great team since we both had worked for years in startups and had tons of experience with sales, marketing and management in early-stage companies. Selling tons of “shelfware” (customers who buy but don’t use your software) and thus having bad customer references. Relationships.

Startup 325

Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

A successful services business, more than a product business, comes from a skill or insight that you have honed from experience. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. The customer experience is more than the service.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Every contractor in our network goes through a very thorough vetting process, and we meet with every one of them in person, speak to their references, to make sure they are hardworking, reliable, and trustworthy. I've been very focused on customer experience and solving problems, for everything from homeowners to large organizations.

Startup 100

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

[if you're not old enough to get the reference between this image and the title you can click on the image for a prompter]. I recently wrote a blog post about why I believe that startup teams in close proximity perform better. If anyone has experience, advice or dollars and wants to help please be in touch.

Startup 285

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

We both have experience in business and thinking outside the box. I can be found on LinkedIn , have a blog Holocognics and my firm’s website is www.SolutionsLLP.com. What are some good posts that I should check out on your blog? I really like the focus of your blog. I'm looking forward to continued conversation online.

Startup 150

Startup SEO Pepperdine Blogging 150

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

A successful services business, more than a product business, comes from a skill or insight that you have honed from experience. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. The customer experience is more than the service.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2012

A satisfied customer is necessary, but not sufficient, to be a loyal customer who will come back repeatedly, refer their friends and family to you, and be faithful even when your price is not the lowest. Customers say it takes ten good experiences to make up for one bad one. Herein lies an opportunity for startups to beat the big guys.

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Custom Customer Startup Competition 104

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Referring Traffic / Press. Referring Traffic / Press. The type of sites that might link into you are blogs, traditional press online, forums or bulleting boards, or content rich sites that are focused on a similar topic.To make sure you maximize the potential for referring traffic: 1.) Search Engines. Social Media.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

They advertised it within Hulu during commercials and throughout the product experience relevant to user behaviors. Again, the growth hacker owns this component of product, user experience, and marketing. Thus, the true testament to your ability to scalability is virality, or when your users like your product enough to refer a friend.

Hulu 111

Hulu Startup Social Media Organization 111

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. And did I really just try to drop an SAT word into my blog post? In reading the comments on Bijan’s blog and having discussed this so many times, I know some entrepreneurs only want to talk with VCs that think that Powerpoint causes leprosy. That’s an awesome suggestion.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

Partners can differ greatly at the same firm, with respect to operational experiences, proclivities, temperament and capabilities. Subscribe to their blog. Based on your research from Step 1, you should be able to communicate meaningful and insightful comments regarding the partners’ tweets, blog content, etc.

Venture Capital 236

Venture Capital Capital Research Custom 236

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

A couple of these people have offered me freelance work, or referred me to others for job leads. Don’t be afraid to apply for something you want even if you don’t have a lot of experience. And if it asks for their email address try to find it on their site or blog. Apply for jobs you want. Networking through social media.

Design 91

Design Networking Social Media Google 91

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

The traditional goal is “five 9s” (99.999 percent) network uptime¹, which roughly calculated means your business experiences about five minutes of network downtime in a year. Critical infrastructure refers to the infrastructure that is used to deliver essential services to the community, such as electricity. References.

Networking 45

Networking Southern California Outsource Development Startup 45

CEO Flow

AUGUST 17, 2009

I have a great opportunity for both you and the person that refers them to me…keep reading… CEOFlow is my coaching program for CEOs. Here is what is possible for CEOs to experience: A peaceful mind – stress is the enemy (of your and your company’s success). A Bonus For Referring An Accepted CEO.

Coach 45

Coach Email Blogging Help 45

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Chasing down deadbeats is an invaluable real-world experience. Other entry-level experiences for budding entrepreneurs included selling items marketed in comic book ads. I hope that my decision to not use an awkward, yet politically correct reference, such as “paper carriers”, does not offend anyone. _. Make Money – Get Prizes.

Web 2.0 222

Web 2.0 Web Sales Outsource Development 222

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

It's really about providing a customized approach, and the best experience for both the dog and dog owners. Aaron Hirschorn: It's something that came about from a problem I experience myself. We do phone interviews, and check references for lots of our hosts. It's a great way to share your positive experience on the site.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 164

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

It's really about providing a customized approach, and the best experience for both the dog and dog owners. Aaron Hirschhorn: It's something that came about from a problem I experience myself. We do phone interviews, and check references for lots of our hosts. It's a great way to share your positive experience on the site.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 160

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

Andrea and her team are awesome and provide such a great service for those who want the right type of shopping experience. I looked at my skills and past experience and noticed a need in the online clothing market. We’re also going to be focusing on growing our blog and social media prescence.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Media Sites 99

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 26, 2019

Connected classroom technology can also help customize the learning experience for each student, making lessons more effective. You can now find AI built into educational tools in many different forms, including augmented reality and deep learning, to help teach different skills and personalize the learning experience. References.

Artificial Inteligence 50

Artificial Inteligence Technology Education Networking 50

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. This is the most important lesson I learned from this experience. I read this post from Marc Hedlund at Wesabe on why they lost to Mint.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333