Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

A series of events this year—from the Equifax data breach to the foreign use of social media to influence the U.S. presidential election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to Web companies and cybersecurity. Here’s an edited transcript.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively.

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 12, 2015

IT Departments and Web Teams are not synonymous. Web Teams are necessary to running websites and applications. Program and account managers are helpful especially if more than one project is open. Security experts and other individuals might be helpful in creating and fixing network performance monitoring software.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” According to a recent Harvard Business Review article , only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

I found some help in this regard from a classic book, “ Humanizing Big Data ,” by leading consumer researcher Colin Strong. The explosion of self-reporting on social media has led us to provide very intimate details of ourselves. Datafication of relationships and interactions. Datafication of offline and back-office activities.

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Customer Custom Social Media Research 115

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2022

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Social media and web data. trillion U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

To help you focus, I have prioritized the following list of success principles, too often overlooked by otherwise smart people, blinded by dollar signs, who jump in before they consider the consequences and alternatives: Find a unique niche you love which adds real value. Get support from credible industry groups and partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media. Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only.

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Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2019

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Social media and web data.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. What kind of insurance are you offering now through those apps and the web?

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Southern California Technical Review Startup Commerce 244

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Today's interview is with Peter Csathy, President and CEO of Sorenson Media (www.sorensonmedia.com), which recently relocated its executive offices to San Diego. What is Sorenson Media about? Peter Csathy: Sorenson Media has been around for several years. We understand you're hiring and expanding here in San Diego?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollars, with one of the many web building tools available, like Shopify or Weebly Store. Martin Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. 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%.

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Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2020

I found some help in this regard from a classic book, “ Humanizing Big Data ,” by leading consumer researcher Colin Strong. The explosion of self-reporting on social media has led us to provide very intimate details of ourselves. Datafication of relationships and interactions. Datafication of offline and back-office activities.

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Social Media Research Examples Commerce 124

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

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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Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2017

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Social media and web data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2014

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Social media and web data.

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Entrepreneur Social Media IBM IBM 109

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Top CEO’s, entrepreneurs, technology gurus, venture capitalists and executives will be looking at the tech ecosystem from different perspectives, including e-commerce, enterprise software, digital media and consumer technologies.” Helping others build their brand helps you build yours.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform. with the clips.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient. Content is king of the road.

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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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Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2013

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Social media and web data.

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Startup Social Media IBM IBM 103

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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Startup Tips Web Platform 233

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. I was at Overture, then Yahoo, and later People Media, which we sold to Match.com. Talk about Slickdeals and what it is all about?

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Content Yahoo Los Angeles Sites 212

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I founded NowLive a year ago, dedicated to producing and streaming live, professional events for the web and mobile, and anchored interactive. I was involved in 2 businesses in strategic marketing, including brokering eBay into the Hollywood studios, helping eBay to monetize their platform for entertainment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

A translator will be able to alert you about any potential cultural issues with your web content. Good website localization also involves hosting and web infrastructure. If you're planning to launch an e-commerce website in a foreign market, local affiliate networks could prove useful in your online marketing mix.

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Marketing Social Media Search Engine Optimization Web 89

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

If the user shares the add on social media, they earn an extra $.25. These days it seems like a professional is needed to interpret a business’ web analytics. InSpirAVE is helping people “save for what matters,” and reduce impulsive spending. What if you could earn money to watch ads instead of avoiding them?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2015

I found some help in this regard from a new book, “ Humanizing Big Data ,” by leading consumer researcher Colin Strong. The explosion of self-reporting on social media has led us to provide very intimate details of ourselves. Datafication of relationships and interactions. Datafication of offline and back-office activities.

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Social Media Research Examples Commerce 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Many of the businesses and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their interest is not e-commerce. A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Social media marketing. Here is a quick test of your real Internet savvy.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. Roberty Flynn: We are building what we see as the next generation of business to business media.

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Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

A host of bloggers and publishers are seeing their revenues massively dented, from tiny BBQ grill review sites to the hugest media organizations around. Its aim is to serve as the “largest database of unbiased product recommendations on the open web,” with an emphasis on “unbiased.” The impact? But Narrativ isn’t for everyone.

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Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 129

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2015

Not only that, it has also improved how we communicate with others via our social media networks, e-mail addresses and voice chats. A single click can help you browse over a store’s website for the products you need. And then fast forward to the 1990s-2013, we enter into the digital culture or e-commerce frontier.

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Social Media Search Engine Optimization Startup Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2016

I found some help in this regard from a recent book, “ Humanizing Big Data ,” by leading consumer researcher Colin Strong. The explosion of self-reporting on social media has led us to provide very intimate details of ourselves. Datafication of relationships and interactions. Datafication of offline and back-office activities.

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Social Media Research Examples Commerce 61

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Those deals require that a certain minimum people participate, and many also have a maximum number to take advantage of those limited time specials, which helps them to get more exposure and business, plus helps out the community. I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college.

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