Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2014

Even though everyone has an opinion on good early stage practices, I was impressed with the actionable blueprint in a new book by Scott Duffy, “ Launch! The Critical 90 Days From Idea To Market ,” focusing on the first few steps that determine long-term success. Let your passion drive your cash flow projections.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Framework 106

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

.&# I took it to mean, “making decisions with small amounts of money (pennies) that end up making bad sense for affecting larger amounts of money (pounds, as in Great British Pounds).&# I thought of it as people who cut corners on small costs but paid dearly in terms of lost productivity on expensive staff. I Love Scrappy.

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Startup Class Conference Product 333

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. I have always worked on early stage products. Some of the products I’ve helped validate and launch include GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and AppFolio.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

Great startups are getting ahead of the game with “anticipatory customer service,” like providing smart phone access to product and account data to head off complaints. This exemplary customer service is just savvy marketing. Always end self-help postings with “Did this answer your question?” You should be watching.

Customer 89

Customer Custom Services High Tech 89

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2009

There's been a lot of attention lately given to Google's efforts to digitize books for libraries, as well controversy over the firm's licensing efforts with publishers. It turns out, one of the companies supplying book scanning devices for libraries and others-- Atiz (www.atiz.com)--is located here in Los Angeles.

Google 100

Google Startup West Los Angeles Content 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

They don’t take the time to realize what your true motivations are because they’re too busy telling you what they THINK you want to hear. Trust me – your chances of selling are much lower if you’re talking rather than actively listening. Where are your current pains?&#. I still do this sometimes, too.

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Sales Startup Venture Capital Customer 314

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

It isn’t open in either its standards or in the way that applications are marketed and distributed. He argues for a world he calls POSO (post social) in which we will only use social applications which drastically cut down our time involvement and/or increase our productivity. He’s right about this.

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Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

We've created a booking engine, with an intuitive user interface that is easy to navigate, but also fun. What's your background and how did you decide to start the site? I was in advertising and marketing, working in Newport Beach on the Mazda account. We're really in the memories business. It's down in Laguna Beach.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

15desks.com), a new startup focused on the education market. Zareh Baghdasarian: 15desks is all about managing your educational lifestyle, all the way from early education to your graduate work. Zareh Baghdasarian: 15desks is all about managing your educational lifestyle, all the way from early education to your graduate work.

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

so compelling (other than the fact that the CEO Sean Rad is a great young technology leader and his advisers – Brian Norgard , Dan Gould and Evan Rifkin - are some of the guys I respect most in the LA tech market.). I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. It’s also a great way to build relationships with people interested in your topic area. Define your customers, partners and other relevant people to your organization (e.g. How to find your “voice&# ? Get inside your reader’s minds.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. So what’s exciting about this new product? Here’s a guide on how to upload and create your own filter. This product is literally too good to pass up. The list goes on.

Customer 40

Customer Custom Snapchat Design 40

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Analysis on viral marketing, user experience, game design, and online ads. Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a recent interview, Goldenberg stated that the online apparel market was a “bigger than $100 billion” business and that his company and others like it were poised to “take market share from traditional retailers”. Given Goldenberg’s Internet marketing prowess, I’m sure JustFab will continue to shape online retail for years to come.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Berkonomics

MARCH 17, 2010

As the new generation of digital natives enters the work force, management is being pressed to open their networks and their thinking to allow social networking inside the firewall, workers who are more productive and comfortable anywhere but in a cubicle, and management of a virtual workforce. 1. A great smartphone.

Mobile 149

Mobile Doc Google Resource 149

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Let me just put this more clearly for you up front – the vast majority of the Internet is used for porn so every product has this use but you probably just don’t know about it: YouTube, Tumblr, Facebook, FaceTime, Skype and of course be very careful on Google Search without “safe mode” on. More on whom to follow later.

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Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150