SoCal CTO

MARCH 30, 2010

People seem to be missing the really big picture of the value of social media and really the Internet for that matter. They look at how current social networking sites work and how online and offline relationships currently work and make the assumption that this represents the value proposition. Product purchases.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Social media is so pervasive in today’s world that every entrepreneur believes instinctively that they know how to use it for their startup. When it comes to social media for your business, expect a high learning curve, but rest assured it’s not rocket science. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 billion users).

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

Using social media to increase your company’s touch and reach with each of your customers may be the most important reason to jump in to this game changing strategy. Social media can help bridge a long standing gap between customers and the companies they trust with their hard earned cash.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2019

With the advent of instant communication and social media, customer service starts at the first hint of interest by you, and never ends for repeat customers. One bad customer experience will kill not only one customer, but many future ones, who hear the message via social media and friends. The world has changed.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 19, 2016

While social media can be a powerful way for businesses to interact with audiences, there are many costly mistakes that can be made in this area. Hardly a week goes by without hearing about a scandal or faux pas made by a company on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. If you’re on social media, sooner or later you will be attacked.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Scott, published a classic book that I still recommend, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising. Trade shows.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

Since its inception into the mainstream fabric of people’s lives, social media and the concept of social networking has gone through a rather peculiar evolutionary transition. It is now a standard with any new social network to be able to cater to both the consumer and the brand; the person and the product.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

But in the face of a global pandemic, every company has had to improvise and in the few months since its launch in 2019, that’s just what Bümo did. The two met in their early twenties when Nguyen was trying to launch a fashion business and Lim was solidifying her career as a social media celebrity and designer. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Everyone is talking about how social media can help you jumpstart your business at no cost, and experts are springing up on all sides to help you do it at a high cost. Before you start, analyze existing media, demographics, and new social media alternatives for a fit to your rollout campaign requirements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

In fact, you need to have at least a prototype web site published several weeks before you expect anyone to find yours, since it takes that amount of time for the web search engine “spiders” to find you and index your content. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. Viral marketing needs a website.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

Here are the key elements: Company name. The company name becomes your intellectual property at the moment you incorporate your startup as an LLC or a Corporation. Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. Social media accounts. Internet domain name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

In fact, businesses need to adapt even more completely to the changes in the buying and social behavior of consumers. High-technology product startups, without customers, don’t make a business. Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. First Moment of Truth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Scott, published a classic book that I recommend, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising. Trade shows.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 17, 2016

If you are a small business owner and are concerned about productivity, then you are not alone. In this post, we will discuss this problem and provide a few possible solutions to help you boost productivity without looking like a tyrant. That alone can damage productivity and reduce morale. Internet in the Workforce.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. As Michael notes, "Social news is heavily driven by conversations. Engagement.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2017

Fizziology's software uses social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Sina Weibo, etc.) and converts it into data and insights used by motion pictures studios, television networks, production companies, and more. MarketCast is owned by private equity investor Kohlberg & Company. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Here are the key elements: Company name. The company name becomes your intellectual property at the moment you incorporate your startup as an LLC or a Corporation. Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. Social media accounts. Internet domain name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

I continue to be amazed that more than a quarter of new businesses don’t even have a website , and many more don’t pay attention to social media, or monitor feedback on sites like Yelp. At minimum, that requires a modern website, and visibility on relevant social media sites, likely including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Almost anyone can start a company today on a shoestring budget, following these cost-cutting recommendations: Establish a solid legal structure for your business. Social media facilitates marketing and sales. You can now get tooling and products built very quickly either in the US or in China, with delayed payment options.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The firm said its product provides "attribution credit" to those assets--which it calls owned media assets--even though those third party sites do not support first party analytics tags. Convertro is trying to better track conversions and visitors, and attribute those to different online advertising and outreach. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. Most entrepreneurs I know admit to a poor first media interaction, and many are still waiting for the instant replay. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2019

Inbound marketing is all building two-way virtual relationships, which are the norm for today’s generation via social media, mobile apps, recommendations from “friends” and influencers, modern websites with customer-focused content, friendly forums, and chat bots. Update your website to make it totally customer-focused.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Enhancing Front-End Product Search We also developed a front-end search tool that revolutionized the way users search for products. Even if certain categories aren't predefined in the database, users still receive relevant product suggestions. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

So why do I see some many funding requests for products along these lines? Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media. Owned media.

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Marketing Framework Social Media Media 127

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2022

Have you noticed that more companies beg you to participate in their business today? It started with an email survey on your last stay at their hotel, but now includes requests for online product reviews, to social media input on the design of future products. Welcome to the “Participation Age” of marketing.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. Tell me a bit about your background.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

Los Angeles-based movie ticketing site Fandango is debuting a new tool to predict interest in upcoming weekend movies, which it calls "Fanticipation". According to the company, the new tool measures moviegoer excitement and helps to predict the films that fans will be most interested at the weekend box office. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits , the online, finance-focused messaging service, said today that it has partnered with Q4 Web Systems , a developer of corporate websites and social media products for public companies. Q4's software powers Investors Relations sites for a wide variety of public companies.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks. What is Fliptu?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2022

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. By any definition, the opportunities from ‘big data’ have the potential to create a next wave of successful technology companies that could change the way we all live and work. Social media and web data.

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Social Media Research Framework Sales 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

Creative Allies , a startup which helps bands crowdsource t-shirts and other merchandise from their fans, said today that it is now reaching over 300 million music fans through its social media efforts. The site lets designers put their designs up for a vote, providing cash, prizes, and royalties on sales of those t-shirts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2021

Today you can start a new web site business for as little as $100, produce cheap smart phone apps, or lead the effort to tap the multitude of opportunities brought by capitalizing on our concern for dwindling natural resources. Mature companies often lose sight of scrap and changeover time in existing systems. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits , the stock and financial focused micro-messaging service headed by Howard Lindzon, has launched a new, threaded conversation feature on the site, which ties together responses between people on the service into a threaded view, allowing users to better follow the train of replies and responses on the site.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2021

I have to point out that the rest of the world looks for you online before visiting your business, finds talk about you on Yelp and social media sites, and what they see can make or break your business. Resist cancelling existing social media accounts. Be selective in how you communicate.

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