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. There's nothing better than an eyewitness report for your sport.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Where are the young social media users going? Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Social networking continues to be a superior force in marketing, especially Facebook. percent of all social network ad spending worldwide. How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? That was $15.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, still waiting to be found: Find strategic partnerships. See who checks into your competition. Track the competition. Broadcast sponsorships and advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted. According to a recent social media industry report , 92 percent said that social media is important to their businesses, and more than half report it helped them improve sales.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The pedigreed studio has in recent times faced more internal competition from its siblings inside Tencent, particularly the Lightspeed Quantum studio, which is behind the successful mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). That’s finally changing. Not everyone is bullish on the new paywall.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It''s really a 360 degree approach and a multi-platform play, which bridges social, digital, as well as traditional media and television. Lisa Hennessy: In the past, I''ve launched and run some of the biggest competition and reality shows out there. We''ll be looking for a global tour reporting for three weeks in New Zealand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted. According to a recent article in Entrepreneur , 94% of small and medium businesses (SMBs) now use social media as a marketing tool, and 81% use it to drive growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

Either company had the potential to try and broaden their businesses to turn them into something monetizable whether it be a social network, a telecom company, a gaming company, a media company – whatever. Yes, the competition going forward will be strong. But that doesn’t make group messaging a company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Where are the young social media users going? By some measurements Twitter was the fastest growing social network of 2012. Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. SocialBakers , a site that tracks data, reported in December 2012 that 1.4 That won’t build any competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

What most entrepreneurs fail to appreciate is that even the most basic marketing takes time, money and creativity, and even the best still may not succeed in winning over competitive approaches or the status quo. According to Gartner's Hype Cycle Special Report for 2014 , wearable user interfaces such as Google Glass are now in this stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

Pitch your story to newspaper journalists, radio, and television news reporters who cover your local area or industry. Find partners and channels which are complementary, and not directly competitive. Despite the fact that social networking and other online processes are essentially free, good marketing still costs money.

Marketing 102

Marketing Funding Social Media SEM 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

Pitch your story to newspaper journalists, radio, and television news reporters who cover your local area or industry. Find partners and channels which are complementary, and not directly competitive. Despite the fact that social networking and other online processes are essentially free, good marketing still costs money.

Marketing 106

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Where are the young social media users going? Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products.

Social Media 64

Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 64

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

It''s a social network for world trade, kind of a combo between Alibaba and LinkedIn. You''ve got to do your report every month. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition. We had to create a foreign owned enterprise there, had to deal with a lot of legal and accounting issues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal. Line up a winning team.

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Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 101

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

His idea and subsequent business plan won the Wharton Venture Award in 2009 and was a finalist for the Wharton Business Plan Competition. Credit reporting and on-time payment guarantees on a basic level as well as bill financing and deadbeat roommate coverage on the more complex.

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Conference Orange County Technical Review Software Review 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Pitch your story to newspaper journalists, radio, and television news reporters who cover your local area or industry. Find partners and channels which are complementary, and not directly competitive. Despite the fact that social networking and other online processes are essentially free, good marketing still costs money.

Marketing 94

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 94

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. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports. Leverage blog content. Marty Zwilling.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Xconomy

JULY 6, 2016

He and Califf did, however, appeal to the “patriotism” of reporters on the call, asking them to sign up for the study.). In doing so, however, he said he would offer customers a slice of the revenues , saying it would give him a competitive advantage. “If…

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. This means build a plan that hits all the hot buttons; problem/solution, executive team, competition, business model, reasonable financial projections, and what’s in it for the investor. Overall, investors put $7.5 That represents a $1.5

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

My partner is a documentarian and reports for the New York Times, Time, and Newsweek, and was given a story to write about for the New York Times, about the sounds that fish make , for their Science section. A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition. Tell us the story behind Stroome and how it came about?

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Journal USC News Startup 187

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings. It is no wonder that the average apps user spends 139 minutes per day browsing them, according to a report by Flurry, a company catering to app developers. We need an APP!

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

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. Page 3: Competition. Well I am happy to report that it was mostly smooth sailing from there. Tim handled the product management, vision, roadmap and competitive questions like a pro.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

Washington is run by a CEO reporting to a 535-member Board of Directors. One, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) has an office called the Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP, which heads up the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) ( [link] ). Innovation is the heart of national competitiveness.

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Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The most recent report to weigh in on the troubles of the industry was produced by the esteemed Kauffman Foundation. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. They are frustrated by the past decade of subpar returns for the sector.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2011

Here are six key reasons, from a business perspective: Direct competition is huge. according to a recent report. So sites have to invest heavily in viral marketing to achieve critical mass, which competes with current social networks, while users expect to join both for free. Social networks.

Sites 91

Sites Social Network Competition Patents 91

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

One of the big questions, probably the biggest questions that I get from reporters, is 'what trends do you see? 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. There is no competition.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

I just read the Q1 2010 report from CB Insights , which shows some interesting trends. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal. First of all, investors put $5.9 But disappointingly, dollars invested in early-stage deals fell nearly 21%.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Invest 49

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. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. You're afraid of change.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

(there’s a great story from Jonah in the video but you have to watch to hear it :)) But it’s undeniable that it has become a digital media powerhouse having raised around $500 million in capital with a valuation reported at $1.7 billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million).

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