socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2016

FloQast says it has developed software which works alongside Excel to help accountants do their monthly close of books. Whitmire was previously at Cornerstone OnDemand; Zandstra worked at MySpace and OneScreen; and Sluty was at Rothstein Kass. The company said the new funding will go towards product development and sales and marketing.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2012

Eventup allows users to book and find event spaces, ranging from everything from art galleries to private residencies, all online. which is headed by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones. Eventup is one of the first firms created out of Science Inc., READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

Consider MySpace and Webvan. In the classic book, “ Fish Can’t See Water ,” Kai Hammerich and Richard D. Incidentally, I love that book title, which seems to me applicable to most aspects of business (and even people), as well as business culture.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Goodreads , an online social networking site focused on book readers, said today that it has raised its Series A funding to $2M. Goodreads was founded by Otis Chandler, and counts MySpace COO Mike Jones as an advisor, along with Ooga Labs' James Currier and Stan Chudnovsky, as well as Bebo's Michael Birch.

Social Network 157

Social Network Funding Venture Capital Networking 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2022

No business or startup wants to be the next Myspace, or even the next RIM (BlackBerry), where changes in the marketplace were subtle. I saw some real guidance in the classic book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.” The challenge is knowing what to look for, and how to react.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2023

As I was contemplating a classic book “ Dead Companies Walking ,” by Scott Fearon, who runs a hedge fund that profits from businesses headed toward bankruptcy, I realized that his insights on the common ways that mature companies often doom themselves apply equally well to startups. Just ask MySpace, eToys, and Pets.com.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Goodreads , the online social networking site focused on book readers, told its users today that it has launched a new feature similar to Twitter's "follow." The firm said the new feature allows users to see updates of books, what books people are reading, and reviews. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? MySpace grew faster because Friendster’s servers couldn’t scale. MySpace didn’t handle images or video well. So users put all their photos on Photobucket & their videos on YouTube and shared them with their friends through MySpace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Friendster was a fad, Second Life was a fad, MySpace was a fad, and Facebook suddenly seems old school. Don’t Buy It ,” he asserts that “earned” social engagement drives better business results than paid social exposure. New can turn old very quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

I found some good lessons in this regard in a classic book, “ Becoming Facebook ,” by Mike Hoefflinger, the former Head of Global Business Marketing at Facebook. As a startup, you need to use your limited resources to excel at a few core things for your best customers, in order to stand out and get the momentum going.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 13, 2009

Learn from an all star panel including Facebook, MySpace and YouTube on how to monetize the power of social networks. Book early as this event will sell out. Tuesday, May 19, 2009 -- Social Networking as a Business Strategy. We will be exploring how to make money from social networking from many angles. Seating is limited.

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Social Network Networking Technology Council TCOSC 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 123

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

No business or startup wants to be the next Myspace, or even the next RIM (BlackBerry), where changes in the marketplace were subtle. I saw some real guidance in the classic book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.” The challenge is knowing what to look for, and how to react.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur eBook Metrics Examples 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2020

As I was contemplating a classic book “ Dead Companies Walking ,” by Scott Fearon, who runs a hedge fund that profits from businesses headed toward bankruptcy, I realized that his insights on the common ways that mature companies often doom themselves apply equally well to startups. Just ask MySpace, eToys, and Pets.com.

Startup 124

Startup Netflix Social Media Customer 124

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Orchard for e-Books”. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books. Founded by Shawn Gold (ex-MySpace CMO). Estimated 15mm downloads to date. Competes with Seesmic , HootSuite , Brizzly.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. He has written several books on intellectual property law. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies? Does advertising work in the social networking world? a communications tool for enterprises.

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2010

. - Sam Humphries, comic book writer (Fraggle Rock, CBGB), architect of MySpace Comic Books. Jason Badowar, comic book illustrator (Heroes, True Blood etc.) and co-founder of WEvolt.com , an online platform which digitally distributes and monetizes comic book content via deals with Universal Music, Arcana, and more.

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Social Media Hollywood Media Networking 67

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

Consider MySpace and Webvan. In the classic book, “ Fish Can’t See Water ,” Kai Hammerich and Richard D. Incidentally, I love that book title, which seems to me applicable to most aspects of business (and even people), as well as business culture.

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Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 89

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

We spoke with Josh Brooks , the founder and CEO of the company, about what the firm is doing, his background at MySpace, and what's next for the company. It speaks directly to your address book on your phone, allowing you to send a postcard, which will arrive anywhere from two to three business days, or internationally in five business days.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

You can now take advantage of this wisdom directly as Brad has now published it for everybody in a fantastic new book, “Startup Communities.” ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book. Oh, and buy Brad’s book. Here are mine: 1.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Yes, we’re talking pre-Friendster, MySpace , Facebook …you get the point. However, before you pop open the champagne, please read this op-ed I wrote last summer about the death of MySpace, it’ll give you a sense about what you’re in for after you go public.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

It’s sort of like having an Encyclopedic history book before just launching your product and seeing whether anybody uses it. MySpace may not have been as successful as Facebook in the end but the executives there learned how to deal with user growth at scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

John Batelle profiles this well in his book The Search. Think about this – bands and stars helped bring people by the millions to MySpace. Having amassed a following they realized that MySpace was able to put ads everywhere and make all of the money. Some goes with Google. I don’t think so.

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Advertising Technical Review GRP Partners Google 277

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2015

No business or startup wants to be the next Myspace, or even the next RIM (BlackBerry), where changes in the marketplace were subtle. I saw some real guidance in a recent book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.” The challenge is knowing what to look for, and how to react. New unmet consumer or customer needs.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur eBook Metrics Startup 106

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. When I first discovered the concept I found it enlightening.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

In November, Michael Jones, the former CEO of MySpace, announced his plans for Science Inc. We're also enabling live booking, which will allow you to book and pay on the site for venues. www.science-inc.com), a new technology studio aimed at building new businesses in Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Innovator’s Dilemma – In his seminal book, “The Innovator’s Dilemma,&# Clay Christensen talks about why industry leaders almost always fail to act when “disruptive change&# enters their business. If you haven’t read his book please do yourself a favor and buy it. Incumbents can’t react.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. Just this week I met @MarshaCollier, the author of over 25 books on eBay. I was provided with introductions to execs at Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo!, I love Namechk.com for this.

Social Network 180

Social Network Networking Yahoo Social Media 180

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Friendster was a fad, Second Life was a fad, MySpace was a fad, and Facebook suddenly seems old school. Don’t Buy It ,” he asserts that “earned” social engagement drives better business results than paid social exposure. New can turn old very quickly.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 95

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. Plus, we have a typical, transaction based review, where after you've done your booking you can review the host and experience. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works? We try to make that transparent, as well.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 164

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

” Strangely, the best I’ve ever heard this exemplified is in Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential - which is really a book about startups as told through kitchen stories. ” It’s like you hear about “mafia’s” of PayPal, Facebook, MySpace, Salesforce, etc. Writing a book will be fun.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. Plus, we have a typical, transaction based review, where after you've done your booking you can review the host and experience. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works? We try to make that transparent, as well.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 160

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

I found some good lessons in this regard in a classic book, “ Becoming Facebook ,” by Mike Hoefflinger, the former Head of Global Business Marketing at Facebook. As a startup, you need to use your limited resources to excel at a few core things for your best customers, in order to stand out and get the momentum going.

Social Media 87

Social Media Metrics Customer Custom 87

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2013

No business or startup wants to be the next Myspace, or even the next RIM (BlackBerry), where changes in the marketplace were subtle. I saw some real guidance in a new book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.” I saw some real guidance in a new book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.”

eBook 95

eBook Metrics Startup Examples 95

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2013

I spotted a book a while back which humorously characterizes the issues, titled “ X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking ”, by Jeff Gordinier. Aren''t Gen-X creations like YouTube and MySpace largely responsible for Gen-Y narcissism? Didn''t punk rock begat Rock Band?

Social Media 106

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