Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products. Even a conversion rate of one percent can build a healthy business. Build your own marketplace platform. Look for value points to control.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2010

decrease in automotive e-commerce revenues, related to continued weakness in demand from automotive dealerships. Internet Brands--which has been an aggressive acquirer of web sites--also revealed that it acquired six websites in Q2, for a total of $8.6M.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 6, 2019

Seeing the future of frictionless commerce. Product marketing materials, user manuals, service manuals, sales guides, and catalogs all must migrate to the web to cut the use of paper and make them more accessible over time and distance. Did the proprietor of the neighborhood bookstore or national rental chain not see this coming?

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Amazon previously operated a service called Amazon Webstore which was “a complete commerce platform” that enabled “companies to leverage Amazon technology and expertise in building and managing their direct-to-consumer business.” But Amazon faces a serious problem: Consumer demand is changing.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

While a laptop or computer’s keyboard lends itself to the relative complexity of completing a transaction – entering text details and navigating between form fields – with technology improvements in mobile commerce this is changing. Customer expectations now demand seamless and satisfying user experiences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products. Even a conversion rate of one percent can build a healthy business. Build your own marketplace platform. Look for value points to control.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. But it’s a real phenomenon.

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socalTECH

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. For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He built & IPOd Demand Media. We don’t seem to get credit as a community for SpaceX or recognition as one of the fastest growing communities for commerce: Honest Company & JustFab. Commerce: What is less known is just how important LA is as a commerce hub. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0

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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The company said its Web-based technology can automatically respond with a programmed response, (For example, responding automatically to a hotel guest who asks: “What is the wifi password?”) or forward the query to an appropriate hotel staffer to respond. Hate2Wait #H8toW8 pic.twitter.com/KcMuKvoqRZ. Zingle (@ZingleMe) July 14, 2016.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

However, if you think about IT security, all the systems everyone is familiar with, ERP systems, web, and email, and other basic network systems, all those systems that are designed to run companies, my history and background is in securing those platforms. However, industrial security is very different.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2014

Josh Meyers: Slickdeals is the web''s largest deal sharing community. The content is really amazing, and leverages the power of social, and applies that towards e-commerce and deals. We caught up with Josh to learn more about the history of Slickdeals, and how he and his team got involved.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products. Even a conversion rate of one percent can build a healthy business. Build your own marketplace platform. Look for value points to control.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Competition: Gilt Groupe , Ideeli , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , OneKingsLane , department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus. Free experience is web and mobile app-based, has ads, limited skipping, and limited listening time (40 hours/month). Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). As customers shift online, retailers have no choice, to not only follow suit, but to adapt to their changing demands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

In 2007, we tried to launch it for the iPhone web, and the platform still couldn't handle it. It had originally been a web-based, flash game, so we created a fascimile in 2010 with a list of loyal users. The thing is, it's a very demanding audience, even when you're talking about apps that are free with in-app purchases.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2017

But then, this is an emotional need every single professes a demand for (not to mention the 40 percent of applicants who are already married). Somewhere below this list is another tier of questionable potential startups, including more Amazon e-commerce knock-offs, photo sharing sites, music sharing sites, and more ultimate video games.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

adult now spends a reported 5 hours and 38 minutes on the web – advances have been made in the way individuals and small businesses operate in the digital world, which will grow even more this year. For the VPN industry specifically, we will see a lot of new providers as the barrier to entry is extremely low, and demand is high.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). Social Networking in Web 1.0: Social Networking in Web 2.0:

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). As customers shift online, retailers have no choice, to not only follow suit, but to adapt to their changing demands.

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Custom Customer Demand Advertising 72

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2015

And then fast forward to the 1990s-2013, we enter into the digital culture or e-commerce frontier. While in 1996, Hotmail launched e-mail on the web, and it opened the world of online communications. For an online retailer to create a retail website, starting your retail web development is just easy as clicking the mouse.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. The constrai.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

Dell announced over a year ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. It’s very exciting to see the enterprising minds out there, pioneering African business and commerce.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. Tynt Multimedia “Online tool that allows content sites to control copy-paste activity on their web sites.&# For starters I LOVE the idea for this product. This is interesting because just 2 years ago many of these businesses were shut down by the SEC. Enter P2P lending.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. I need to send marketing, e-commerce or e-statements emails to my customers to drive revenue or reduce costs. if they started a business that was driven by market demand (as opposed to new/cool technology).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Real-time information drives commerce. Referral Network – Twitter started as a way to integrate web messaging with text messaging. Like any company I’d advise, we’ll be focused on multiple streams both because our customers demand it and to maintain our stability as an independent company. And I feel great about that.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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