Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. Not too long ago, I saw a modern-day primer on the key elements of great online content in “ Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition ,” by Michael Stelzner, founder of SocialMediaExaminer.com. Educational.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2011

Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. I just finished a modern-day primer on the key elements of great online content in “ Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition ,” a new book by Michael Stelzner, founder of SocialMediaExaminer.com. Educational.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We then acquire those videos directly from content owners. We then help push those videos through social media channels, and help them go viral. We''re taking that content, and publishing it on our licensing platform, which is much like a Getty Images for video. Lee Essner: That''s one of the competitive edges we have.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. More and more customers today do their initial shopping on the Internet, and they won’t even believe you exist if you have no presence, or the content is stale. Entice advocates and influencers to help you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2023

It only takes a little extra work to make it a professional document, with a cover page, table of contents, headings, and page numbers. If you don’t have the time to write things down, or your writing skills leave something to be desired, don’t be afraid to get some help.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I was the original investor and helped to grow GameSpy Industries, attracted to the fledgling company because of its million users each month, even though at the time there was no monetization to the traffic. And the numbers were staggering. Microsoft paid $9.00 per registered user for Hotmail. AOL paid $40.00 a month for a subscription.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

But while competition remains fierce, the advancement and accessibility of smart solutions are making it easy than ever for startups to find their feet. Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2019

Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. A couple of years ago, I saw a classic primer on the key elements of great online content that I like, in “ Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition ,” by Michael Stelzner, founder of SocialMediaExaminer.com.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2013

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, iCrumz , said today that it has launched a new, free social bookmarking tool aimed at helping users find their way back to websites and share content with others. The firm said it is in the midst of raising $1M in funding for the venture. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2021

It only takes a little extra work to make it a professional document, with a cover page, table of contents, headings, and page numbers. If you don’t have the time to write things down, or your writing skills leave something to be desired, don’t be afraid to get some help.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last night, Amazon.com jumped into the movie business, with its own, online film submission site, Amazon Studios , backed by the help of a number of notable USC Film School advisors. Summary: Filmaka holds monthly competition for shoft films, judged by a number of Hollywood insiders, to gain their own funding to develop a longer feature film.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

However, its unique-for-the-industry monthly subscription model has helped it maintain healthy profits from its loyal customer base in 2023. Not only has this helped to raise its profile, it's also allowed them to invest further into their science team, and their cloud-based planning and monitoring tool, Land Tender.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2016

Tongal offers up an online platform which helps brands, studios, and creators develop video content, including advertising and short films; the company says that it now has powered more than 1,000 campaigns. She has also served at The Associated Press and Massive Incorporated.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2014

Today, Grokker.com, the community driven content network offering has 3500 plus high quality, expert-led videos for yoga, fitness and cooking too make it easy and enjoyable for enthusiasts to discover valuable content and seamlessly organize and share choice topics, experts and opinions with a larger like-minded community.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Culver City-based M-GO (www.mgo.com) thinks so, with its own twist on providing content to consumers. As it turns out, as we thought about that, we started looking for partners to help us build a platform. John Batter: One of the first decisions we made, was about the type of content we wanted to offer.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The spotlight this week is back on Tencent, which has made some interesting moves in gaming and content publishing. When it comes to making money, TiMi has from the outset been a strong proponent of game-as-a-service whereby it continues to pump out fresh content after the initial download.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Help me to feel that same insight or pain that you felt, and I will likely remember and understand your message for a long time. These days, it is popular to highlight how your solution contributes to a higher purpose, such as saving the environment or helping the less advantaged. Relate when and where your passion started.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In a world of digital video, whats the best way to distribute and monetize that streaming video content? San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

We have invested in 13 companies out of our Fund 1 so far and are more bullish than ever on the amazing entrepreneurs we are meeting and the companies we are helping them build. The podcast ecosystem continues to grow and Im excited to see this content medium continue to change the way people receive information and share new ideas.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

With content published in articles, you can show expertise and knowledge, build a reputation and trust, and establish contacts in the discussion of articles. A main goal is to meet other people through the content they publish and find products and services you are looking for. Competition? How many users so far?

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

There are some stats out there that say that 80 percent of the market is doing online research, and out of those 80 percent, 60 percent are looking at sites like Youtube and Google to help with their purchasing decisions. Gina Callari: That's our competitive advantage. That said, we do have VR apps.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Of course it’s a competitive market so MCNs competing for top talent not only compete on rev share to talent but also to services that they provide talent. If you’re thinking about building an online video network today you need to think about: Producing your own content (not just aggregating). Sound interesting?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2014

Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. A couple of years ago, I saw a modern-day primer on the key elements of great online content that I like in “ Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition ,” by Michael Stelzner, founder of SocialMediaExaminer.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

In my role as a business mentor and advisor, I now always look for a culture and recommend team roles that nurture collaboration rather than contention, communities rather than silos , and transparent communication at all levels. Discourage internal team competition and silos. Simplify the feedback sharing process for you and them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

As you may know we co-lead the first round of financing of Maker Studios, the largest overall producer for online video content, along with Greycroft Partners. So they began signing up Spanish-language content producers in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and so forth. Indeed we are already seeing that online.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Silicon Valley-based SchoolFeed said it raised $1.75M to create a new service which helps people find their classmates via online "yearbooks", in conjunction with Facebook. The funding came from First Round Capital, Crosslink Capital, InterWest, and SK Telecom.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Think about who could help you reflect-on-action. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2021

Build a list of specific organizations that can help you, and how to engage them. Incent friendly competition with prizes. Creating and updating quality content is required to maintain visibility online. Organizations bring their own communities to exponentially grow yours. People love to compete.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Mahalo, is planning some direct competition to Michael Arrington's technology blog empire, TechCrunch , according to a report today from the Guardian. startups, and Calacanis has increasingly directed Mahalo along the path of editorial content.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? .

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TechEmpower

APRIL 21, 2015

Competition for the top position in the JSON-serialization test within the Peak environment has heated up so much that Round 10 sees a more than 100% increase in the top performance versus Round 9 (2.2M Round 10 does not include Windows tests, but we''d very much welcome any help catching Windows up for the next round. versus 1.05M).

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Though each day is different, great PR involves brand planning, content curation, campaign promotion, thought leadership placement, competing for “earned” exposure, trend anticipation, social media management and so much more. Public relations sets you apart from the competition. Public relations builds third-party credibility.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Though each day is different, great PR involves brand planning, content curation, campaign promotion, thought leadership placement, competing for “earned” exposure, trend anticipation, social media management and so much more. Public relations sets you apart from the competition. Public relations builds third-party credibility.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

To help mitigate the risk of a data-focused attack, tech startups can: Develop a cybersecurity plan possibly with the help of a cybersecurity expert, detailing what security programs will be installed, how to securely backup data, and how to minimize patch-related threats. . Setting network traffic limits to prevent overloading.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

I was the original investor and helped to grow GameSpy Industries, attracted to the fledgling company because of its million users each month, even though at the time there was no monetization to the traffic. And the numbers were staggering. Microsoft paid $9.00 per registered user for Hotmail. AOL paid $40.00 a month for a subscription.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

fund for a small business lending fund to help them secure loans and fortify their potential to expand, increase their revenues, and thrive. The Raza Development Fund created a new $1M loan fund from money remaining from a 2013 JPMorgan Chase grant from the PRO Neighborhoods competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

Publishing your content is positive, but responding to customers online multiplies your impact. At least, these professional networking events allow you to get out of the office and meet people who can help. You may focus only on Facebook, and missing customers who expect to see you on Instagram and YouTube.

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