Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product. Prices begin to decline quickly.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

In November, Michael Jones, the former CEO of MySpace, announced his plans for Science Inc. We actually reached out to them, because we were fascinated with the e-commerce space. One of those sectors are marketplaces, the other is content and e-commerce. Michael Jones: We love social e-commerce, and we love marketplaces.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product. Prices begin to decline quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product. Prices begin to decline quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. Total Raised: $366mm. Read more: TechCrunch. Competes with McAfee , Thawte.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Van Nuys-based Audiolife (www.audiolife.com), a new startup focused on providing e-commerce tools to musicians, recently raised $1M in angel funding. We provide artists with e-commerce infrastructure that fulfills digital and physical orders, anywhere on the Internet. What's the idea behind Audiolife?

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APRIL 17, 2010

Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more. The company’s analytics comprehensively monitors customer behavior over multiple networks, including location-based mobile networks. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform. We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, Watch this space.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2010

Sites like MySpace already allow teens to customize their home base with graphics, blogs, and music to make it more attractive to their peers – that’s marketing. It’s not a big jump to e-commerce and the costs and decisions of running a business. We all know that technology comes naturally and early to this generation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Every new business I know dreams of building momentum in their business, where growth continues to increase, customers become your best advocates, and employee motivation is high. Unfortunately, with limited resources, this isn’t possible, and it frustrates customers and the team. Focus first on finding more of the right customers.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). Modern Social Networking: Friendster, MySpace & Facebook.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MeUndies , debuted its subscription, e-commerce service for underwear and other basics. the digital studio/accelerator headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. Then, we will really let our customers tell us what they want to see next. Why underwear? Finally, what's next for you?

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AUGUST 30, 2012

and co-founder Sean Percival is a MySpace vet and a familiar face in Southern California's social media circles. Every box is custom, and you can update that as much as you want as your kid grows. Sean Pervical: A lot of our customers are in Middle America. Wittleebee is backed by Science Inc., How did it come about?

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JULY 10, 2011

Real-time information drives commerce. Companies like LocalResponse are using this implicit data to help merchants offer better targeting to loyal customers and help them figure out whom their customers are in the first place. Real-time information drives decisions about marketing spend on movie releases.

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