Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take. They had interviewed telecom operators, handset manufacturers and corporate buyers. They were more scientific. I grilled the analyst a bit.

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Statistics Startup Report Research 415

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

We''ve got a grid of 500 nodes, handling a billion and a half clicks and call impressions, which we drive for our customers. I think their number is a bit higher than that, but it also skews towards the lifestyle category--restaurants and retail. We index towards those categories, and we do really well. READ MORE>>.

Technical Review 223

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

We''ve got a grid of 500 nodes, handling a billion and a half clicks and call impressions, which we drive for our customers. I think their number is a bit higher than that, but it also skews towards the lifestyle category--restaurants and retail. We index towards those categories, and we do really well. READ MORE>>.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. He invented the category of sponsored search. At the time when you did a search on Lycos, Alta Vista or similar for a category such as Cars you ended up getting 9 spam results and 1 proper website to meet your needs.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

This morning's interview is with Billy Fried , co-founder and CEO of Kijubi (www.kijubi.com), a new startup which is looking to help people find travel activities. We've really set out to solve the problem we saw, which is a vast category of travel information which is not aggregated well on the web.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

The feedback primarily fell into three categories: better ways to discover new content, better organization tools and the option to have private collections. When we discussed the feedback we saw an opportunity to use our backgrounds in search and discovery to help us stand out from the competition. How do you Differ From Pinterest?

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

We provide three lines of service, one is called Developer Advice, which is not a common service out there--where customers can have confidential discussions with our architects through a secure forum, so that they're not posting specifics about their customers or projects publicly. They all were very different companies.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

That, plus I love the space of high-customer-service, focused eCommerce for moms worried about what their kids eat & wear.&#. Part 1/3 of Interview: How Jody Started EcoMom, its Evolution, Fundraising Process, and Utilization of AngelList [Minutes: Start – 23:00] The Humble Beginnings as SproutBaby. I love the concept. Show Notes.

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