InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

We caught up with Amos to learn about his new book, and to gain some tips for startup entrepreneurs on how to figure out when you're actually ready to scale your sales team. Thanks for the time today, to start off, tell us a little bit about what you do? What's the new book about? I didn't really set out to write a book.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2016

In an unusual twist for the car sharing market, a new, Los Angeles startup-- WaiveCar --said today that it has launched a new, mobile phone-driven car sharing program in Santa Monica and Venice, which lets drivers drive cars for free. The startup, led by Isaac Deutsch, said it is launching with a 20 car fleet. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Things have already plunged so quickly at the signal of a recession that insiders fear a lengthy bear market could hit crypto far more brutally than expected — tearing tokens to lows far below the highs of the 2017 bull run. Crypto markets were down pretty bad last week (though admittedly, it’s only been downhill since then).

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. When should you start a company?

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Note that none of these three famous innovators were inventors like Thomas Edison, but visionaries who see a new marketplace or niche or how to reach the mass market in ways not previously attempted. Yet, so far, we have the foundation, thanks to development teams at OpenAI, Google and Microsoft among others.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2015

The two have a long history in the subscription area, so we though tit would be intersting to hear from Quarterly's CEO, Zach Frechette and Science's co-founder, Mike Jones to hear more about how the two are hoping to work together to expand the use of influencer marketing in e-commerce. Zach Frechette: Pharrell is a good one. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” The local kennels were full as many people had pre-booked for vacations. Companies like DogVacay solve a real need in the market. She sprung into action and called the house I wanted to book directly (they obviously don’t provide phone numbers for you to call directly although a Twilio integration couldn’t hurt!).

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Yet, with so many tools vying for the attention of business owners, navigating the over-saturated market can be overwhelming. Thanks to its impressive versatility, Nextiva X-885 outperformed every other model in our research, making it the best multi-line phone system for startups. Most of these features are available for free.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2011

Earlier this month, Santa Barbara-based zuuka Group , the publisher behind the iStoryTime (www.istorytimeapp.com) line of children's books on the iPhone, announced a first round of funding. First of all, for the folks who haven't run across your children's story books on their iPhone or iPad, talk about what your firm is all about?

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2012

How do you cut out all of the effort required to discover, find, and book venues for your event, wedding, or conference? The firm just announced its seed funding round, from the founders of Groupon as other last week, and has launched into Chicago as its latest market. is trying to figure out. How are you handling that?

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Cliff Allen is someone I've known for quite a few years and he's a go to person for me when I'm thinking about issues around marketing, sales, technology, startups and networking. Along the way, I co-authored three books on one-to-one marketing ( [link] ) to help marketers learn how to built and nature relationships with their customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see these challenges addressed directly in the classic book, “ How to Work With and Lead People Not Like You ,” by Kelly McDonald, a well-known marketing and communications expert who specializes in multicultural and diversity marketing. Adjust your expectations that everyone thinks like you.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Thanks for the time today! Harry Hurst: Essentially, what we're doing is disrupting an archaic, $48 billion car rental market globally. We're the fastest, most convenient way to book a car, through our mobile app. Car rentals are quite an established market, with some really big competition. Thanks, and good luck!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2023

If you have a different view, I urge you to see the data presented in a new book, “ The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace ,” by Phil Simon, a globally recognized authority on technology, collaboration, and the future of work. Millions have bowed out of the labor market. Many of these retired from the labor market.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Thanks to her, I never thought much about my identity being defined by being a woman. Inclusion I recently read Dan Rather’s book “ What Unites Us ,” which is a book I highly recommend, in anticipation of interviewing him at the Upfront Summit. I always wanted my academic & career achievements to just stand on their own.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 1, 2013

The publishing industry has gone through massive disruptions in recent years from advent of online book sales, to the closing of bookstore and the growth of ebooks. Social media has transformed the way books are marketed and sold. Author of new book, “Finding The Next Steve Jobs” released via Net Minds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2023

In the wake of recent struggles , the people you need and want are looking for a new human focus from their leaders and managers in today’s chaotic and competitive labor market. I found some practical guidance to supplement my own recommendations in a new book, “ Be Human, Lead Human ,” by Jennifer Nash, PhD.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Jen Consalvo and I expanded the national footprint of events, hosted conferences and festivals, created monthly leadership summits, hosted an interactive educational speaker series, wrote a book, and launched a daily news and resource platform with a new brand – Tech.Co. Needless to say, very little of it was easy.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

ReachLocal (www.reachlocal.com) was born in the age of Internet search marketing, and helped define Internet marketing from local service providers--letting people know about your local business via the Internet. What's the idea behind the rollout of all these new products, and the expansion beyond the search marketing area?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Before outlining our aim I’d like to thank Jacqui “Cartoon” Jacobs who led the initiative for us. If you’re in LA and looking for somebody to do project-based marketing jobs – Jacqui’s your lady (not to mention a fellow UCSD alum!). Thanks, guys. update: thank you to those that have already commented. thanks again].

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

We caught up with Asher Hunt , CEO of the company, to learn more about how the startup wants to make finding a room while traveling more like Uber and less like traditional hotel booking. Asher Hunt: Overnight is a mobile app for travelers to book same day, last minute stays, with local hosts. Can you explain how your service works?

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. That results in a drastically lower marketing and PA budget for the film. That's a massive amount of money to spend on marketing. What's your background?

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

I recently spoke with Steve Blank, author of the new book The Startup Owner’s Manual. Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur. So the fact that it is a badly edited, missing sentences, complete your own and finish your own sentences (book) – basically we can blame it all on Eric.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Dmitri Leonov: We built a distribution business for equipment for the spa industry, and have had 10,000 client over that time, but in the last few years, we've really focused on talking to spa customers about their needs in the market. We then started to help clients switch to marketing using our own machines.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2013

Scott Morrow is an Internet and startup veteran, having run such companies as Oversee.net and ThisNext, and headed up product marketing for IAC/Citysearch. When I first came on board, we were not very sophisticated with our search engine marketing. We grew our SEM and improved our ROI. DE, Italy, and have similar plans with Asia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2020

I found real confirmation of my approach, and much practical guidance in a recent book, “ Entrepreneurial Leap ,” by a friend and cohort Gino Wickman. These are the timeless principles that must guide all hiring, marketing, and execution decisions. Give constant feedback, and say “thank you” often.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 4, 2011

There are a number of other children’s books that also serve as good platforms from which you can impart entrepreneurial values and lessons. One such book comes from a surprising source, the notoriously left-leaning Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Sam is undaunted. The Prospect’s initial reaction is rather predictable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2019

As an advisor to business owners, and an occasional angel investor, my job is to separate the actual challenges from the common misconceptions that distract many promising entrepreneurs while building the leadership team required for your solution, marketing, and finance success. Partner with experts who share the risk.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. One of them is the idea that the fluidity of the job market where people used to have just one job. You can buy a car, book a trip, and do all your expenses on your mobile. Pablo Fuentes wants to take those headaches away with the Proven apps.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We develop the app and website in-house, and we also have an app for our technicians for them to handle booking and revenues. Everything is handled by an algorithm, which is automatic, and we do not have any interaction between the booking and the service. That's a very big and traditional market for Americans, especially here in LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

You can’t force a market to change over night but as Bill Gates famously said, “People tend to overestimate the impact of markets in the 3 year time frame but underestimate their impact in 10 years.” We have set aggressive internal goals for the Kickstarter campaign and are excited to see the market response.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

The way we reached that, was we saw that people were starting to use our site to discover and book talent. What markets are you in right now? We're pretty much in every major market, particularly in music strong communities, like Los Angeles, New york, Nashville, and Toronto. The bulk of our users are in the U.S. and Canada.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Futuredontics is the consumer marketing division, and inside that is Dentistry.com. We created Dentistry.com as a destination for consumers, and a place where they can learn about dentistry, ask questions to dentists, interact with others, and find a dentist and book an appointment, all online. So what specifically do you do?

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2016

Roni Eschel: It's a market network for outdoor sports, a social network for connecting like minded people, sharing conditions and moments in real time, and helping to find the best spots for your favorite sports, like surfing, paddleboard, kite surfing, and so on. We recently launched booking experiences and services in L.A.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

These days, thanks to code and community, we can productize almost any process done by humans. The core business we have built on is taking out-of-market startups and introducing them to investors. Other than giving back to the ecosystem, do you have plans to monetize your efforts beyond selling books?

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