Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

On Facebook (and nearly all social networks that preceded it) the relationship was always reciprocal – if I accept your invitation to follow me then I have to follow you. Are people giving you feature requests, complaining about your service or comparing you to the competition? Facebook.

Social Network 235

Social Network Writing Tool Startup 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2010

Based on a survey just last year by Robert Half Technology , over half of today’s companies block social networks completely, while another 19 percent only permit it "for business purposes." Social networks have become a great vector for Trojans like Zeus and URLZone. Marty Zwilling.

Social Network 87

Social Network Networking Tool Sites 87

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We spoke with Derrick Oien, president and co-founder of the firm, about the company's mobile social networking applications, as well as about his view on penetrating the mobile carriers. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? The second customer is the social networking sites.

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

How excited am I likely to be when I see a plan for a new generation of buggy whip, or another me-too social network? The basic concept has to make some kind of sense given the technical, market and competitive environment, otherwise nothing else matters. BUT good ideas are NOT hard to find. There are millions of them out there.

Startup 189

Startup Sales Ideas Entrepreneur 189

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Understand the basic tools – the social media trinity. Blogging (Wordpress), micro-blogging (Twitter), and social networks are the trinity. Key social networks are Facebook (500 million consumers) and LinkedIn (60 million professionals). Put your social network links on your stationery, business cards, and email.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Blogging 95

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. Any competition at the moment and how are you solving it? How does it work? Everyday!

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2012

There are now many resources out there to guide you on building social media into your business and improving your customer experience, including a new book from multicultural marketing expert Kelly McDonald, “ Crafting the Customer Experience for People Not Like You.” Before social networking, an unhappy customer might tell three people.

Social Media 91

Social Media Customer Custom Media 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

There are now many resources out there to guide you on building social media into your business and improving your customer experience, including the book from multicultural marketing expert Kelly McDonald, “ Crafting the Customer Experience for People Not Like You.” Before social networking, an unhappy customer might tell three people.

Social Media 99

Social Media Customer Custom Media 99

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 18, 2015

Be a host company (must provide food / drink to attendees), then email events@techzulu.com with TZTECHCRAWL as the subject. Grindr, which first launched in 2009, has exploded into the largest and most popular all-male location-based social network out there. Grindr , WeWork , & IgnitedSpaces are already on board!!

Hollywood 40

Hollywood Startup Social Network Entrepreneur 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks. So PPC (pay-per-click) advertising on social networks has performed poorly to date. We have spam filters for our email. If we continue our success we will have strong competition.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains. Organizing even simple events like dinner or drinks is a time consuming and frustrating experience.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains. Organizing even simple events like dinner or drinks is a time consuming and frustrating experience.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2022

If you are looking for a way to get a competitive edge, now is the time to start building a relationship with your customers, which includes active listening. Email surveys and voice response units are not effective listening. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations.

Customer 104

Customer Custom Product Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2020

If you are looking for a way to get a competitive edge, now is the time to start building a relationship with your customers, which includes active listening. Email surveys and voice response units are not effective listening. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations.

Customer 128

Customer Custom Activity Social Network 128

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. It’s tempting to want to stay in your offices and fund raise via email or web conferencing. They seem so reachable.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2015

If you are looking for a way to get a competitive edge, now is the time to start building a relationship with your customers, which includes active listening. Email surveys and voice response units are not effective listening. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations.

Customer 104

Customer Custom Startup Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2012

It seems like many business people are becoming so technology addicted to their iPhones and email that they forget to listen to what their customers want, or even forget to ask. In fact, really listening to customers happens so rarely these days that you can actually gain a competitive edge just by doing it.

Customer 111

Customer Custom Social Network Email 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2014

If you are looking for a way to get a competitive edge, now is the time to start building a relationship with your customers, which includes active listening. Email surveys and voice response units are not effective listening. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations.

Customer 106

Customer Custom Entrepreneur Social Network 106

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. As most, if not all, of the games on social networks use the freemium business model (i.e.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This posting was inspired by an email from Rajat Suri who wrote me an email in response to Chris Dixon’s blog post (link below) from August, which recently re-ran on Business Insider and has generated much Twitter chatter. One of the hotter companies lately in the mobile social networking is FourSquare, which raised $1.35

Seed Funding 283

Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

If you are looking for a way to get a competitive edge, now is the time to start building a relationship with your customers, which includes active listening. Email surveys and voice response units are not effective listening. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations.

Customer 53

Customer Custom Social Network Study 53

SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

. - Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

CTO Hire 150

CTO Hire Venture Capital Startup Social Network 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2010

It seems like many entrepreneurs are becoming so technology addicted to their iPhones and email that they forget to listen to what their customers want, or even forget to ask. In fact, really listening to customers happens so rarely these days that you can actually gain a competitive edge just by doing it.

Customer 93

Customer Custom Social Network Email 93

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Asymmetric – Before Twitter most social networks had “symmetric” relationships meaning that when somebody wanted to follow you, you had to follow them back in order for us to be connected. Our Twitter handle has become our identity, on par with an email address. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Back then there were “email forwards.”

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210