Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. Thus team makeup is the critical success factor.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso is credited with coining the term in the title of her 2014 memoir, “#Girlboss,” which chronicled her rags-to-riches success and was adapted into a Netflix show. She stepped down from that company in 2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This is a tough one to accomplish, but it has paid off handsomely for the first to win in other categories, such as Amazon Kindle and Netflix. No company has more value control points than Google, which spans advertising, e-commerce, social media, video and mobile, as well as a full suite of hardware products.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

A new generation of entrepreneurs is emerging to refashion the Los Angeles studio system for the digital age forming companies that combining live-streamed video, podcasts, and the newfound social media celebrities to craft entertainment for a new breed of consumer. “From our perspective HQ meant nothing to our audience.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2020

As I was contemplating a classic book “ Dead Companies Walking ,” by Scott Fearon, who runs a hedge fund that profits from businesses headed toward bankruptcy, I realized that his insights on the common ways that mature companies often doom themselves apply equally well to startups. Relying on an old formula for success.

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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. Lots of them were in online media and entertainment. What is FilmBreak?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

He talks in detail about ten of the key challenges that Facebook faced in their growth, to move from a tiny social media upstart to one of the most successful companies in the world. Many new companies become bogged down with the more vocal early adopters, who have an appetite for more function and new players.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

And as Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed points out, the CTRs for social media banner ads are just 0.08%. So I’ve spent the last few years checking out companies that are trying to solve for this problem. So people will spend money online to get you to sign up for credit cards or Netflix but not to change your laundry detergent.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Combining the theme of holiday shopping with Southern California's technology industry, here are eight electronic gifts from local companies to add to your shopping list this season. seamlessly connect to your smartphone, PC, and streaming media services. WD's TV Live Hub also features built in storage for all of your media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

This is a tough one to accomplish, but it has paid off handsomely for the first to win in other categories, such as Amazon Kindle and Netflix. No company has more value control points than Google, which spans advertising, e-commerce, social media, video and mobile, as well as a full suite of hardware products.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

Netflix, Hulu, and even YouTube and other content streaming sites have all but obliterated the independent DVD rental business of yesterday. Yes, Netflix has a huge arm in the rental business and Redbox is pretty popular, but you’ll find the titles are probably pretty limited if you like the good indie stuff.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. This is where the digital media puck is going. So it is unsurprising to see companies like Sony, Logitech & Intel partner with Google.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

He talks in detail about ten of the key challenges that Facebook faced in their growth, to move from a tiny social media upstart to one of the most successful companies in the world. Many new companies become bogged down with the more vocal early adopters, who have an appetite for more function and new players.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2019

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. Thus team makeup is the critical success factor.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

There has always been tension between CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies and the retailers who sell their products to consumers. This is true whether it’s physical products or media products. This is an age-old marketplace tension where leverage often determines the value captured. from Charter’s subscribers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2015

As I was reading a new book “ Dead Companies Walking ,” by Scott Fearon, who runs a hedge fund that profits from businesses headed toward bankruptcy, I realized that his insights on the common ways that mature companies often doom themselves apply equally well to startups. Relying on an old formula for success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. Thus team makeup is the critical success factor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

This is a tough one to accomplish, but it has paid off handsomely for the first to win in other categories, such as Amazon Kindle and Netflix. No company has more value control points than Google, which spans advertising, e-commerce, social media, video and mobile, as well as a full suite of hardware products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

If you think about it, services make more sense in this social media age where relationships, personalization, and interaction are king. The authors outlined the multitude of services that every company should consider offering, whether they be startups or more mature organizations. Process outsourcing services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Just look at Nest , who is leading the IoT wave, and Oculus Rift , the company that put virtual reality on the map. It’s amazing how many proposals I see that are “me too” with only slight or abstract differentiation from other social media sites, ride sharing, or collaboration tools. Being first is always important.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2016

As I was reading a recent book “ Dead Companies Walking ,” by Scott Fearon, who runs a hedge fund that profits from businesses headed toward bankruptcy, I realized that his insights on the common ways that mature companies often doom themselves apply equally well to startups. Relying on an old formula for success.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

And this in a nutshell, is what our lives as media consumers has turned into: a constant stream of impatience and auto-pilot interactions with ads. Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce. Use digital media to change the way we consume media and shop.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

TVSync’s parent company Voible , has provided fingerprint protection technology to most major movie studios and TV networks since 2005. There was an inkling of the changes to be when interactive TV services like NetFlix, Hulu and On Demand debuted as frenemies to traditional TV viewing. He says TVSync solves this problem.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

We talked about how the metaphor for finding information might be changing and why large companies such as HP and Microsoft are betting so big on this industry. And I made the prediction that within the next 2 years RIM (the parent company of Blackberry) will not be independent. 11mm in Series B (oversubscribed); raised $16.5mm total.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

It’s a Netflix for business cards and receipts. When I stumbled upon Shoeboxed I kissed the ground, danced around with joy like a drunken Pirate finding his treasure then shared the wealth with everyone in my crew… That’s social schmeedia right? Let me explain why this company had such an impact on my life.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

COMPANY FB COMPANY|FB. COMPANY GOOG COMPANY|GOOG. COMPANY YHOO COMPANY|YHOO. COMPANY MSFT COMPANY|MSFT. COMPANY TSLA COMPANY|TSLA. PIXELS IN PARADISE | Andrew Frame, founder of the Internet-telephone company Ooma, paid $5.5 Financial News. Professor Journal. SmartMoney.

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