TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technology companies, the venture capitalists that invest in technology companies are advising the presidential hopeful to move slowly and not break anything. One issue is do we need regulation on the full platform companies.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Startup Chief Technology Officer Social Media 144

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Naturally I’m excited about this investment or I wouldn’t have done it.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Now these principles are complicated by the worldwide instant access to many competitive alternatives, indirect social and environment impacts, and the velocity of change enabled by the pervasive market move to digital. These principles include the following: Free and ultra-low cost may no longer be competitive.

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Customer Custom Competition Netflix 103

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

With the advent and popularity of crowdfunding platforms, including Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as a winning alternative for funding your new venture, I find that many aspiring entrepreneurs are confused about the need to ever seek a professional angel investor. Crowdfunding is not the best platform here.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

If you think about it, in a multi-player game, for example, you have a very limited vocabulary for interaction. For example, if I were to have a room full of bouncing balls, we couldn't share that today because of the amount of information involved. It was tricky, because this is a platform, a new kind of platform.

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Platform Startup Examples Web 168

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something now for a competitive advantage in the future. FabLab s is an example of a new class of facilities for entrepreneurs to start experimenting early.

Startup 124

Startup IBM IBM Examples 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support.

Social Media 135

Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Now these principles are complicated by the worldwide instant access to many competitive alternatives, indirect social and environment impacts, and the velocity of change enabled by the pervasive market move to digital. These principles include the following: Free and ultra-low cost may no longer be competitive.

Marketing 124

Marketing Customer Custom Competition 124

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2015

Computers and the Internet have now brought in a new era that relies on data to make profitable business decisions in the competitive environment. Below is a full explanation of how small businesses can leverage technology to earn a competitive advantage in the marketplace. CRM Platforms. Cloud Services. Analytics Software.

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Competition Technology Social Media Tips 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2021

For example, a startup named Dirtt has been able to take reusable building components to a whole new level. The tighter the loop, the greater the value captured and the stronger the competitive differentiation. It’s a higher calling than one more social media platform. Upgrade, reuse, or recycle every product. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 162

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 162

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

We have made 5 online video investments in total – some we will talk about later this year. Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. You must invest in technology. Take for example, an eCommerce company. I think most arguments miss the mark.

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SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn. For example, even the giant Amazon acquired Whole Foods as a growth entryway into the competitive grocery and food industry.

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Examples IP Acquisition Social Media 99

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2016

In particular, there are many platforms who enable taking ticket payments for sporting events, donation payments for non profits and rent payments for property managers, who don't fit into the current legacy way payments are handled. That percent is actually all over the board, very complex, and very competitive. What is Digitzs?

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Platform Startup Ticketmaster Writing 113

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A winning USP example is the FedEx lead “When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.” This statement leaves no confusion in the minds of investors, or customers, of what the company does and how it is different (and better) than the competition. You need evidence or a prototype to prove feasibility with credibility.

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.Net Examples Customer Custom 73

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support.

Social Media 96

Social Media Media Marketing Metrics 96

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Even though investors, like myself, have long made it clear that we invest in people, not ideas, new venture owners insist on talking about their latest “ million dollar idea ,” rather than their “ million dollar team.” For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC.

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IBM IBM Ideas Technical Review 87

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Linktree leads the space, securing a recent $45 million Series B raise to build out e-commerce features, but Beacons boasts competitive creator monetization tools with just a $6 million seed round in May. For example, TikToker maylikethemonthh uses Snipfeed to sell asynchronous, video-recorded tarot readings.

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Platform Commerce Startup Tool 286

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Now these principles are complicated by the worldwide instant access to many competitive alternatives, indirect social and environment impacts, and the velocity of change enabled by the pervasive market move to digital. These principles include the following: Free and ultra-low cost may no longer be competitive.

Customer 101

Customer Custom Competition Netflix 101

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We caught up with Steve Seigel , the executive producer and one of the stars of the new startup pitch program Hatched (www.hatchedtv.com), to learn more about those areas, as well as how he ended up going from investment banking, to running a healthcare startup here in LA, to hosting a television pitch show.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

If I’m covering a company can I get evidence of what the competition is doing so the story is balanced? They are an investment bank that targets the technology & media sectors. Their website proclaims, “LUMA Partners is a different kind of investment bank. Final example. Think about Luma Partners.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something now for a competitive advantage in the future. A partnership was announced last year with the City of New York, to connect and grow NYC's startup ecosystem.

Startup 100

Startup IBM IBM Examples 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something now for a competitive advantage in the future. A partnership was just announced with the City of New York, to connect and grow NYC''s startup ecosystem.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Startup Examples 100

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2020

For us, relatively large and very large multi location brands use our platform to ensure they get discovered online. For example, everything from quality of the information about that location online, to online reputation, to social profile on Facebook for that location. Interestingly, we've seen an explosion in usage of our platform.

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Google Santa Monica Networking Software 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support.

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 62

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Jovian's platform allows us to process and analyze campaigns in-flight, and also provide in-flight course corrections for marketers.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

” I invested in a social-media analytics & engagement platform company called Awe.sm and as an investor I always play around with the products in which I’ve invested. I would delete my Tweet and then write something like, “ Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win.

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Writing Buzzfeed Social Media Blogging 326

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support.

Social Media 102

Social Media Media Product Metrics 102

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Ability to Pivot – I don’t like to invest in people that I’ve never met before who come through my office wanting to have a term sheet within 30 days. VCs often tell entrepreneurs that they want to see “traction&# before they’re ready to invest. I then covered Street Smarts. Geni.com beget Yammer.

Entrepreneur 291

Entrepreneur Startup Google Yammer 291

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. I first wanted to invest in this trend by backing a company called Filmaka. think Apple.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

By way of example, our access point looks like a Wi-Fi router, but it has a coverage zone of 200 miles, depending on the obstructions that are in the way. For example, you can but this next to a WiFi router and you wouldn''t see any interference from that. Kevin Hell: Essentially, we connect the internet of things.

Technical Review 213

Technical Review Software Review Networking Technology 213

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This has obviously occurred in battles with tech platforms like Yelp vs. Google or Zynga vs. Facebook). I will use some examples from Parachute and some other portfolio companies to give you examples from our experiences of watching successful brands grow. from Charter’s subscribers. I don’t use the word ‘spectacular’ lightly.

Product 296

Product Course Customer Custom 296

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2015

For example, a startup named Dirtt has been able to take reusable building components to a whole new level. The tighter the loop, the greater the value captured and the stronger the competitive differentiation. It’s a higher calling than one more social media platform. Upgrade, reuse, or recycle every product. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 100

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2018

For example, a startup named Dirtt has been able to take reusable building components to a whole new level. The tighter the loop, the greater the value captured and the stronger the competitive differentiation. It’s a higher calling than one more social media platform. Upgrade, reuse, or recycle every product. Marty Zwilling.

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Resource Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2012

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little though given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support.

Social Media 91

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 91

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

For example, I work as a community partner with Surge Tacoma , a coworking space, to secure speakers and develop content for meet ups that pertain to startups and entrepreneurship. Lee: Startup253 is an aggregator of ecosystem resources, including coworking spaces, investment capitals, service providers, meet ups.

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Startup Class Resource Examples 70

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

Georg Richter: OceanX is a technology platform, and a company, solely focused on physical subscriptions. At the end, it's all about systems, the knowledge behind the databases, and making smart investment decisions. They don't have to hire staff and make a huge investment, they just have to invest in their product line.

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