TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Founder and chief executive officer David Sunde tells TechCrunch a ride on Landline is booked through its partner airline Sun Country Airlines. billion in a round led by the private equity firm GPI Capital this week. HappyOrNot nabs $25M for its customer satisfaction terminals . Indian startup Digi-Prex raises $5.5M

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ian Chen is the co-founder and CEO of Discotech , a startup that offers up bottle service booking, discounted tickets and more to clubs and nightspots. Ian Chen: In my previous life, I was working in private equity in LA. We did another round with angels and early customers of Discotech. How are you funded?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2017

Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in a classic book titled simply " Social Media Metrics." Social media is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations. Get the message from your customer.

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Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2013

Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics." Social media is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations. Measure customer response and action.

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Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2012

Jim Sterne, who has written six books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics." Social media is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations. Measure customer response and action.

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Social Media Metrics Media Startup 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

One of the really cool part of this company, is we are a company of accountants, and we've built close management software for accountants, by accountants, which helps them close their books faster and more accurately. He said, this is great, and said they were really interested in getting more enterprise customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Jim Sterne, who has written six books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his recent book titled " Social Media Metrics." Social media is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations. Measure customer response and action.

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Social Media Metrics Media Satisfaction 84

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2016

On the other hand, I just finished a new book, “ The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job ,” by Patrick J. McGinnis, a well-known venture capitalist and private equity investor. Obviously his approach of absolute focus, getting up early, staying up late has worked for him.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business.

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Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

We have customers from so many different industries like software, financial services, healthcare, and media. We could also spend time talking with customers rather than updating investors. Within six months we launched with a minimum feature set that a few customers were willing to pay for.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 27, 2011

Thus, my goal is to highlight a few books, games and other activities parents can share with their children. In addition to eliminating your children’s allowance, there are a number of books which reinforce entrepreneurial messages. To ensure the satisfaction of all your stakeholders, use the same approach with your venture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I just finished the latest version of a great book on how to do this, “ Work Less, Do More: The 7-Day Productivity Makeover ,” by time management expert Dr. Jan Yager. These are the endless stream of email, phone calls, and daily crises which prevent really important accomplishments, like closing customers.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. No Business Plan Survives First Contact With A Customer – The 5.2 I've also read his book The Four Steps to the Epiphany, where he outlines this in great detail.

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