socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and others have had to raise tons of capital and have super-solid foundations to go with the hyper-local play. How did you connect with Kevin and ScOps Venture Capital, and why did you decide to raise a round?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. When the entrepreneur is obsessed with the product and the company has organized all of its activities around that, it’s very powerful.”. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Tracy tells us how she bootstrapped her business by renting out both her bedrooms and sleeping on the couch--funding the startup via Airbnb--and is now scaling out the business with a new round of venture capital. While I was doing that, I was learning about social media, about SEO, about gorilla marketing, and so on. What is Tradesy?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). I actually like finding entrepreneurs who are more circumspect, less braggadocios and generally more planned about their actions. That’s fine if entrepreneurs are your target market.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Market Structure.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

Leave it to me to spend 14 hours in Dallas on the very day that three of my favorite industries crush capital… * Social marketing, with $14M through Bessemer Venture Partners and Harrison Metal Capital to Main Street Hub. WordPress, by way of $15M via North Bridge Growth Equity in WPEngine. Though, I’m glad that I did.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

After talking with Constantine and the team, I was amazed at the market dynamics, and how well we are positioned to capitalize on it. I got involved talking with Constantine, to see if I could poke as many holes as I could in the business, and found that it is completely bullet proof. Do users buy or rent these?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

SEO marketing vs. social marketing. And so is venture capital. Most entrepreneurs I encounter seem to make their decisions more on perceived brand, past successes and ability to intro. Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS. I’ve seen other VCs who seem to never have time to get their hands dirty.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Being an entrepreneur is about, “The journey through the ‘NO’ to get to the YES’ ” said by Ryan Caldbeck, CEO of CircleUp , on a panel at the Connections Conference in Indianapolis. Being an entrepreneur is about making a commitment no matter how painfully difficult it is to keep it. image EPA/Andrew Gombert.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

“The one-day event will bring together leading executives, entrepreneurs and professionals to celebrate this diverse L.A. Especially when video is the 2nd highest SEO traffic builder and YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world. Regardless of what you’re marketing, you should consider incorporating video.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Personally, I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years, running companies with P and L responsibility for divisions, and watched with frustration as the Internet has grown up around us. We've also got SEO feed pages. Because we have a large, structured database, we are using SEO to feed content to the search engines.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Find sources of capital— friends & family, business bank loans , angel investment , venture capital or even crowdfunding ( Crowdfunder , Fundable ). Speak to entrepreneurs and leaders in your industry and consider asking them to be your mentor. Improve SEO. Financing and Business Planning. Recommended.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Venture capital. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. With LaunchPad’s help, more than 61 Orange County companies have raised more than $97 million in startup capital, seed, and series A investments — and much of that money comes from Valley investors betting on their neighbors to the south. SEO Software.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. Google’s market capitalization is in the stratosphere for a reason – keyword search advertising is highly effective.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. You’re Not a Real Entrepreneur - Steve Blank , June 10, 2010 Who is an entrepreneur really? Yes, even bootstrappers. liquidation preference.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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. Hi, my name is Andrew Chen and Im a San Francisco-based entrepreneur and blogger.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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