Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions? In addition, more people now own cell phones than toothbrushes. Marty Zwilling.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit. Look for value points to control.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Real contracts, testimonials, and even statements of intent are much more effective, if not real revenue and growth statistics.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Statistics Startup Social Media 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions? In addition, more people in the world now own traditional cell phones than tooth-brushes.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In today’s highly competitive ad environment, both content and data are kings. DTC entrepreneurs are more focused on immediate impact, because if they’re not selling product, there’s no large brand propping them up. If the entrepreneur has trouble answering this, it’s not going to work. The key takeaway?

Commerce 211

Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions? In addition, more people in the world now own cell phones than tooth-brushes. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 55

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions? Big Data Christopher Surdak entrepreneur information wave startup' Marty Zwilling.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Scott, published a classic book that I recommend, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. Social-media advertising. Nearly $50 billion is being spent annually on direct mail, according to statistics , and the amount has been increasing each year.

Social Media 55

Social Media SEM Startup Advertising 55

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). The “product” value is difficult to quantify, the costs are nebulous, and entrepreneurs have to clone themselves to scale the business.

Social Media 56

Social Media Pricing Technical Review Demand 56

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Without a sustainable strategy, these challenges lead to the terrifying statistic that nine out of ten online businesses will fail, and lead to the current ratio of Internet failures to millionaires being thousands to one.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Real contracts, testimonials, and even statements of intent are much more effective, if not real revenue and growth statistics.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Statistics 109

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit. Look for value points to control.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Without a sustainable strategy, these challenges lead to the terrifying statistic that nine out of ten online businesses will fail, and lead to the current ratio of Internet failures to millionaires being thousands to one.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2016

I meet many entrepreneurs with a real passion for their new idea, but unfortunately they don’t all realize that passion is necessary but not sufficient fuel to turn their idea into a successful business. Use social media and live customers to eliminate any reality distortion in your internal perception of value.

Startup 62

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 62

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Real contracts, testimonials, and even statements of intent are much more effective, if not real revenue and growth statistics.

Funding 62

Funding Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup 62

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. Whether that''s for competitive analysis or market analysis, our product is basically able to monitor--on a very large scale--things that are important to your particular company. It''s designed for business people.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245