Eric Greenspan

APRIL 25, 2013

Apple is a remarkable company. Apple was a remarkable company. AppleTV, while my favorite product, is stagnant. Something has to happen to keep this company going and growing. If Apple were my company, here’s what I would do: 1. I’d like to see new versions of Pages, Keynote and Numbers.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. Have a look at the companies below.

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socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2013

Is that mobile cost-per-click, CPA ad, Facebook campaign, or Pinterest page actually translating into a customer? A new, Santa Monica startup, CampaignEQ , is hoping to help marketers better attribute increases in mobile customers and traffic to their marketing campaigns, with a new product.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Enter the person’s name and company domain. It integrates with 600+ customer relationship management systems (CRMs), marketing automation tools, and landing page builders. This software features a set of tools dedicated to helping you host flawless and productive webinars every step of the way. Pricing: $9/user/month.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2013

But if you select the wrong people, or use them incorrectly, the impact will not be positive for your company or your image. Be specific on help needed. If you''ve chosen your advisory board members carefully, you''re asking busy, successful people to carve even more time out of their schedule to help you. Balance is best.

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Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

To help you crush your next investor meeting, we asked top VCs and tech leaders to share their best pitch advice. Founders are understandably very passionate about their product and startup. Early-stage founders want to say their company has the potential to be a billion-dollar company to grab the investor’s attention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Every new startup needs to fight the urge to get the product out, and then start selling it. Visit [link] to take a look at the reinvented Facebook Page: Well Sourced by Visa Business. Create intellectual property.

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socalTECH

JULY 26, 2011

San Diego-based Tealium , a firm started by Websidestory/Visual Sciences/Omniture vets, said today that it has launched a product to help web marketers manage their digital marketing products. Those tags are used for web analytics, affiliate marketing, retargeting, and more.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2012

It's not an uncommon experience, and one which drove Holden Steinberg and Jason Crilly to start PageWoo (www.pagewoo.com), a service which is aimed at helping businesses create mobile-friendly landing pages for their advertisements. Jason Crilly: We're doing mobile landing pages. What exactly is PageWoo?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2011

San Diego-based StockTwits , the financial micro messaging service headed by Howard Lindzon, is announcing this morning that it has rolled out a new product aimed at Fortune 500 companies. The firm said the new StockTwits Direct service will help public companies communicate their company news and information to their company's Yahoo!

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2016

Los Angeles-based online electronics e-commerce giant Newegg said it is donating proceeds from a sale of T-shirts, to help defend what it says is a patent troll victim. Newegg said that Gwyther has been sued by Global Archery Products, which claims the arrows he is reselling infringe on its patents. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

Los Angeles-based social video site Chill , fresh off an injection of $8M from its investors, is launching a brand new effort to help consumers find the most interesting videos on the Internet from its home page.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2015

Woodland Hills-based Readz , a new startup that is aiming to help marketers quickly create microsites, landing pages, white papers, and other content, said today that it has raised more than $7.15M in funding, and launched its products. The company says it first raised funding in 2011, and has been operating in stealth mode.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Chris Tragos: Jetpack is an ad platform, which I would describe as the most beautiful, best engaging, and most performant ad product for desktop, mobile, and tablet. Our business is helping those guys make more money, through our better ad product. Why don't those companies serve publishers that well?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2022

Based on their years of experience as successful executives and productivity consultants, they and I agree that focusing on these key positive elements will more likely get you the accountability you desire: Set clear and high standards of performance. Moran and Michael Lennington. We have all heard the excuse of “not enough time.”

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Productive offices get more done—their workers complete projects faster and bring in more revenue for their organizations. Below you will find several techniques managers can use to encourage office productivity: . Below you will find several techniques managers can use to encourage office productivity: .

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2011

San Diego-based ShowUhow , which develops video-based sales and product information for online retailers and manufacturers, said today that it has added a suite of social media integration features for the firm's offering. ShowUhow is venture backed by Syncom Ventures, and raised a round of capital back in August. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? This presented MomentFeed with an immense opportunity to help multi-location consumer brands meet the challenges brought on by an overnight shift in consumer shopping patterns. Are you a founder, CEO, or investor who would like to participate? Contact our editors for details.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2012

The company, which helps hook up musicians with instruments, home recording gear, studio time, and other products and services, said it is seeing major growth via its social commerce efforts, particularly via Facebook and its Facebook page. Hello Music is led by Rick Camino.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

Gocke told us more about the company and what it's doing. Jeremy Gocke: With Fliptu, we're aiming to fix the disjointed media and product discovery process for consumers and brands. Does this look like a Facebook page, or is this a separate site? At the time, I was concurrently running two companies. What is Fliptu?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Can software algorithms help drive more user engagement and video views for publishers? We caught up with Rachel recently to hear more about the company. What''s the story behind the company? I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. What is FEM?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

I recently got a phone call from an entrepreneur whom I respect and who runs a company that I hope will do great things one day. He had pitched me in the past and I told him that for a variety of reasons his company was too early stage for me but that I would happily keep track of their progress. Again, I reiterate, it IS important.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2012

If you head up marketing for an Internet company, you're undoubtedly used to having to work--or fight--with your IT department to help maintain your web site and manage all of the changes you need done. funding round for tag management, helping marketing departments with that effort. First off, what is tag management?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Are there specific landing pages? Are there specs?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2022

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Some people will tell you to just get a bigger plate, meaning hire some help. Multiple pages of work items won’t get done anyway. Block out time for priority work items.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

In short the board is there to represent the interest of all shareholders (big & small) of the company and all other stakeholders (debt, creditors, employees, etc.). The board’s job is to review the company’s financial performance and strategy and help provide counsel to the executive team.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Are there specific landing pages? Are there specs?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 384

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

It's been quite a few years since we spoke with the company. What that means, is for companies that have a physical presence in the real world, stores and the like, interaction with consumers today on mobile is now primarily through things that represent their stores, rather than directly with their brands.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

After weeks of StartupDemo submissions we are now ready to announce the participating startup companies for the StartupDemo event being held at Wokano Sept. We took great consideration for every startup company that applied. Congratulations to all the selected startup companies! 22, 2010. Want to Sponsor?

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2015

We recently ran into Page Howe , the Chief Engagement Officer for the.LA (www.la) domain name extension, who sat down with us and told us about why he's out making the rounds with community groups and events, promoting the use of.LA Page Howe: LA is a domain name that works perfectly for companies and brands in LA. domain name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2013

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Some people will tell you to just get a bigger plate, meaning hire some help. Multiple pages of work items won’t get done anyway. Block out time for priority work items.

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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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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

Pasadena-based Idealab 's newest company, Feedback.com , said today that it has launched an effort to help the gulf cleanup effort. Feedback.com said it has launched an online platform to allow businesses to gain feedback from their customers, and help protect their reputation on the Internet. READ MORE>>.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 7, 2013

Their stamp of approval can put the spotlight on any product or service and can open doors to new markets and opportunities. Their influence is strongest in the area of child education, products aimed at children or parents, parenting, and many other family oriented industries. My company Zodiac805 was contracted to build this list.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

One Los Angeles company, ZestFinance (www.zestfinance.com), has been working in this area for a few years. We caught up with Jay Budzik , the CTO of ZestFinance, to better understand how the company is applying machine learning techniques to the world of lending, and what the advantage of machine learning is to that industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Working at a big company is honorable and I don’t believe the narrative that all of this tech disruption is to kill off big companies.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

We've identified ten of the more technically interesting companies working on software in Southern California, using our unscientific, unproven, and undoubtedly biased informal polling. businesses and points of interests; products; and much more, plus an extensive set of application programming interfaces (APIs) to. Rightscale.

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