Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? Keep up with the competition. United Airlines is still recovering from that debacle.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Although Arena of Valor didn’t quite take off in Western markets, it has done well in Southeast Asia in part thanks to Tencent’s publishing partnership with the region’s internet giant Garena. That raises the question of whether Tencent can replicate its success in overseas markets where its social apps are largely absent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Don’t Buy It ,” he asserts that “earned” social engagement drives better business results than paid social exposure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? Keep up with the competition. Proactive customer service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? Keep up with the competition. United Airlines is still recovering from that debacle.

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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. Twitter, by contrast, started as an open platform where people let anybody see what they were writing. Facebook. So why is this important for businesses?

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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. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). think Apple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Don’t Buy It ,” he asserts that “earned” social engagement drives better business results than paid social exposure.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

Well marketed. It’s a market commentary, not a company commentary. I’ve spoken positively about their design simplicity, their UX flow and their marketing prowess. I love seeing non Silicon Valley markets boom as it broadens our country’s innovation hubs. Group messaging is still a feature.&#

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

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. Investors realize that the resources and risk required to hit both markets concurrently are great, so they will likely look for focus, or a staged approach.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2016

Roni Eschel: It's a market network for outdoor sports, a social network for connecting like minded people, sharing conditions and moments in real time, and helping to find the best spots for your favorite sports, like surfing, paddleboard, kite surfing, and so on. Roni Eschel: We are building out the social network now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

When it comes to social media for your business, expect a high learning curve, but rest assured it’s not rocket science. Social media is now one of the key marketing tools, but not the only one, so the challenge is to manage the resource tradeoffs effectively by constantly assessing payback versus cost. billion users).

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Armed with a degree in Marketing and Business from University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and an Operations experience from Ireland, UAE and Egypt , Ciaran Connolly, 36 teamed up with Ernist Turdubaev 33, with a Master of Arts – Retail and Government Sector to launch ProfileTree. What is ProfileTree? We help them with this.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

founder and CEO of Gust, the angel financing platform used by over 50,000. 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.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. Our headquarters are in Berlin, but we have platform users from all corners of the world. The idea for exploreB2B resulted from my own experience in business development for a young consulting company and my brother’s enthusiasm for tech and social media.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? Derrick Oien: We have a platform we develop, called ANTHEM. It's an integrated client.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. Unfortunately, there is so much marketing “noise” and outright scams on the Internet it is difficult to know what to trust.”. 9) Throughout your career, you have been drawn to huge opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

These are win-win arrangements leading to continuous innovation, early access to new markets, and a higher return. With the pervasive internet, and global social networks, it’s easy to be visible and connect to your customers, and they expect it. Very few businesses can grow organically fast enough to stay ahead of competition.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Unfortunately, there is so much marketing “noise” and outright scams on the Internet it is difficult to know what to trust.”. Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

What does the world have in store for the mobile games market, and how do mobile games developers look at the world? When iTunes started selling games in 2008, it coincided with one of the biggest market corrections, one of the biggest global economic corrections in our history and in my lifetime. Long term, it's probably not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

so compelling (other than the fact that the CEO Sean Rad is a great young technology leader and his advisers – Brian Norgard , Dan Gould and Evan Rifkin - are some of the guys I respect most in the LA tech market.). People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 7, 2011

This is the first social game based on a major movie franchise on any social platform, period. TGFF includes aspects of competitive interaction, territory building, resource management and synchronous game play create a more immersive game world allowing players to enjoy longer.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

The idea emerged from that real life pain in the market, and as we like to say, we've grown incrementally from there. They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition. Our go-to-market strategy is closer to Facebook.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. Following graduate school, he worked in Film Finance and Sales at CAA, Creative Development at Vuguru (Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio), and Content Partnerships at Blip Networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). No doubt the platform that Francisco built will take Twiistup 7 to a whole different level.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The alternatives range from giving the product away for free (revenue from ads), to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

We spoke with Sherry Gunther, CEO and founder of the firm, earlier this week to get a better look at the company and the dynamics behind the virtual world market nowadays--as well as why Sherry decided to make the jump from the world of entertainment media to online. What's special about your virtual world? Why start another one?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Michael Kleist: Tradesparq is a B2B trade platform. The crux of it is we help buyers user their network to verify suppliers, primarily in Asia and China, where we started. It''s a social network for world trade, kind of a combo between Alibaba and LinkedIn. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The service can be accessed by computer, mobile phone ( iPhone , Android ) or social network ( Facebook ). The drivers would save money on gas and I would have a comfortable ride to my girlfriend’s city” – And just like that, the carpooling platform was born. Any competition back home? Any user stats? later this year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

DatavizVR is the world’s first big data analytics and visualization virtual and augmented reality platform. The unique part of this company is their Internet-of-Savings® platform that helps users multiply savings for big ticket items and create a shared experience. Love Intently (Austin, TX). Price: $1.99

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your business and gaining valuable online exposure, ultimately bringing in more customers. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

“I found it to be the best social network, connecting people on a deeper level. Park’s platform allowed them to do so. There was no competitive advantage once the big guys got involved. Marketing Your Product. Park was very careful in marketing his new company on Instagram.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 29, 2013

The flik app is a new social video platform developed for the iOS, utilizes short videos for sharing and discovering. Chris and Tracy talk with TechZulu about the flik app, social media, and startup advice. Social media is going to be very dynamic over the next couple of years. Where did flik all begin?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. They looked nervous at having to speak with me impromptu and without the benefit of financial figures to scoff at, product pitches that they’ve seen 100 times and a market sizing to unpick. Page 3: Competition.

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