Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Communication and writing skills are required.

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Social Media Media Tips Platform 66

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Use strong communication and writing skills.

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Social Media Media Platform Tool 58

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2012

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Platform 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email.

Startup 97

Startup Tips Social Network Networking 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Platform 93

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Go research it. The key to getting money is that the people writing the check trust you. When I write an angel round check I always tell me wife, “let’s assume that money is lost.&# So goes angel investing. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? It creeps people out.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. Then came blogs.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. I actually wrote a long blog post about this but I’m trying to get TechCrunch to publish it before putting it on my blog. Writing down your weight from your scale is obviously a manual process and it’s tedious.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

My point is they will learn about people’s perspective on this and other matters through their interaction on social networking sites like Facebook. Social networking is powerful huh? After writing this blog post, I found this on Facebook. Social media and social networking make this possible.

Social Media 214

Social Media Customer Custom Media 214

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. While running my family wine business , I used Twitter’s search for market research and to find new customers. A new social pipeline, the quick blogging style, the similarity to texting: all these things were great for Twitter.

Platform 40

Platform Startup News Content 40

Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

The user generated content on MySpace is user profiles, updates, blogs and pictures. I’m not friends with most of the people that are connected to me on social networks. Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review.

Development Team Review 76

Development Team Review Content Sites eHow 76

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. call to arms. What truth?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Anima Sarah Lavoy – Connect , Geo locational convenience for your social networks. Susan Etlinger – Altimeter , research and consulting company for business disruption. Margaret Francis – Heroku XL , making large-scale app development easy.

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Heather McPhaul is the founder of AgingGal.com , a funny little blog about aging and other inconveniences.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

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 consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

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 consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

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 consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

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 consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

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 consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

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 consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91