socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. We're not necessarily the platform to help up-and-comers or amateurs to be successful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

In fact, in a classic book “ The Automatic Customer ,” by John Warrillow, who runs the successful subscription based research business The Value Builder System ™ , I saw the nine most common variations on the subscription model today. If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Anyone who has been in sales, business development, or just works a lot with others is familiar with contact management software--tracking who you have been talking to, when, notes, and more for sales teams. Instead, they are using Outlook's address book, and Google contacts to communicate. It's not efficient.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This is one book-end of the cycle. More tellingly was the sale of Mint.com to Intuit for $170+ million because it showed VCs that a well-executed investment can still garner a quick, solid results (the company was sold around 3 years after its foundation). Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? Almost 40% of small businesses that sell on Facebook say it is their sole sales channel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? Almost 40% of small businesses that sell on Facebook say it is their sole sales channel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2019

Tony Hsieh, founder of Zappos, is recognized as an influencer in online retail, doubling sales annually, by giving away shoes to the needy. Mark Zuckerberg became a major influencer of social networking by first allowing only students from Harvard on his platform, and highlighting the uniqueness of Facebook.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Our publisher distribution network reaches in the tens of millions of unique users and is comprised of “head end&# stars as well as many “mid tier&# and “long tail&# publishers. But higher value product sales often require a phone call.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We spoke with Derrick Oien, president and co-founder of the firm, about the company's mobile social networking applications, as well as about his view on penetrating the mobile carriers. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? Derrick Oien: We have a platform we develop, called ANTHEM.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

" Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing. I've recently co-founded the first political social network FreedomSpeaks and CitySourced.com a real time mobile civic engagement tool. You are a really great networker and help put on great networking events, what do you think about the concept of visible networking?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Startups should begin by selecting just a few of the vast array of social media offerings out there, and customize based on results. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 Concentrate your efforts on two to three platforms to start. Add a blog to give yourself a voice, show your expertise, but skip the sales pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? Almost 40% of small businesses that sell on Facebook say it is their sole sales channel.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Milo Sindell: Knowledge Genie is a software platform that anybody can use to capture, package, and publish what they know into an interactive online software application. You could create a business process design Genie, and announce it through public relations or social networking efforts, and direct them to a login page.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

In fact, I just finished a new book “ The Automatic Customer ,” by John Warrillow, who runs the successful subscription based research business SellabililityScore , outlining nine common variations on the subscription model. If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

Think of looking at a dot graph of your business sales in virtual reality. DatavizVR is the world’s first big data analytics and visualization virtual and augmented reality platform. Lexicon AI is their new product, an intelligent, voice-based platform for lawyers, healthcare providers, and other professionals.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Cho, a former sales manager for Nikon Instruments and Vala Sciences, founded Echo Labs in 2014. He told the audience Revolve sales had generated $1.8 — ResortPass , an online booking platform that enables hotels and luxury resorts to sell one-day access to underutilized spas, pools, and other amenities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2016

In fact, in a recent book “ The Automatic Customer ,” by John Warrillow, who runs the successful subscription based research business SellabililityScore , I saw the nine most common variations on the subscription model today. If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). Pierce also led the acquisition of Xfire from Viacom. He continues to sit on the board of Sorenson Media.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

“I found it to be the best social network, connecting people on a deeper level. Park’s platform allowed them to do so. Park and his co-founders have been to Eric Reis’s Lean Startup events and were highly influenced by the book. “We You strip away all the layers the mass society gives you.

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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. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. MySpace HAS followers, what it doesn’t have are people excited to promote themselves on their platform. I’m not friends with most of the people that are connected to me on social networks. Movies – no website has more Hollywood DNA.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

BookRenter – plus a discussion about Chegg … what is going on in the university book market? We talked about the analogies between what NetFlix achieved in movies and whether this is relevant to the book market. Online text book rental service. Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. They’re not buying a book on Amazon or shoes on Zappos. Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Why buy me?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. 10 ways to profit off of Twitter participation without a book deal, sponsorship or selling your star. Entrepreneurism / Monetization #pr20chat, Social Media ROI, twitter. .

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Socially connected individuals and platforms that enable faster roll-outs of successful products. That is what Clay Christenson defined in his book as “The Innovator’s Dilemma.”. They launched as an online book seller. And Amazon wasn’t content with just being books, they wanted to be THE Internet retailer.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. Here's the graph for the books.]. On your tech platforms. And Social.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Especially to a company that sells books! If you’re not knowledgeable on the topic of this big IT migration to the cloud I’d suggest reading Nicholas Carr’s book, “ The Big Switch.&#. Cloud Data Platform. Ryan is both smart & persuasive. I trusted his judgment. Okta solves this and more.

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