Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

That means starting your search through contract services sites, rather than conventional career hiring sites. Of course, as you work with contract players, explore the potential for a long-term relationship, and wait until your organization matures to pursue career positions.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are just five days left to enter the digital detox competition set up by Icelandic Yogurt company Siggi’s Dairy, which has pledged to give selected contestants $10,000 to spend an entire month “detoxing” without a smartphone or social media. Or appear as if you're in another country? Get a huge 86% off Surfshark with this special tech.co

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

According to the nonprofit, the deep sea off Kalamat, Greece, has been selected as the location for finalists teams to map, as part of the "Grand Prize" of the competition. The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE is aimed at developing rapid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean exploration and discovery technology.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , the venture-backed publisher of music content, information, and community sites, is getting some new competition this week from Berkeley-based MOG. The move by MOG puts the firm head to head against local firm BUZZMEDIA, which runs its own extensive network of music-based blog and information sites.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. The post HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based FamilyFinds.com , the daily coupon and deals site run by Matt Coffin, said today that it has acquired Mamaloot , an online daily deal site located in Chicago. The firm faces formidable competition in Chicago, which is the home of daily deals phenomenon Groupon.

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JUNE 6, 2012

Crowdfunder , an online site offering up a platform to help startups raise money for their firms via crowd funding, is dangling $25,000 in a contest open to Los Angeles companies. To enter, startups hae to create a profile on the site. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A competition to come up with a way to rapidly remove excess carbon dioxide from the Earth's atmosphere--with a prize of $100M--has just gone live with the XPRIZE Foundation. The $100M Gigaton Scale Carbon Removal Prize just went live on the XPRIZE site, the largest incentive prize ever offered in history for a competition.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the online health and fitness site run by Demand Media for Lance Armstrong, reported today that its new site for Team RadioShack, the professional cycling team of Armstrong, has grown to one million visitors in just seven days. The Livestrong.com site itself has five million users, the firm said.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based esports- and gaming-media company New Meta Entertainment said this week that it has launched a new, esports website and media site, Raidiant, which is specifically aimed at women gamers.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And the most logical one seemed to be “eyeballs” or number of unique monthly users finding their way to the site or registering for the service. And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. Once we had what we thought was the answer, in allowing for display advertising on these sites.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Online job and career sites still seem to be in another decade, when it comes to both design--and user friendliness. Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? Los Angeles-based Workpop (www.workpop.com) thinks so.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Both let dog owners specify their location, and when they're looking to go on vacation, and then lets those owners schedule and book stays, providing photos and text updates to owners via the site. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Accountability.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The lessons learned by Divshot confirm that obtaining, and more importantly maintaining, visibility on the front page of a major social news site results from the congruence of three factors: audience, timing and engagement. No matter how you end up on the front page of a major news site, getting there is just the first step.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Accountability.

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JANUARY 27, 2016

FACEIT , a online, competitive gaming site founded in London in 2012, says that it has set up shop in Los Angeles, and raised $15M in a Series A funding round. FACEIT offers up an online site for competitive gaming and esports, allowing players to compete against each other and to win prizes.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 19, 2019

Mullenax said the Huron website is designed to be friendly and educational for men who don’t know a lot about personal care, but at the same time it isn’t “forcing this guy into a subscription mechanism,” and instead allows them to “come to the site and just transact on a bottle of body wash.”

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MARCH 22, 2019

Irvine-based esports league operator Allied Esports , and GameSpot , the online site focused on content around videogames which is part of CBS Interactive , said that they are in a sponsorship deal over a new, esports entertainment show.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As the Internet continues to become populated with e-commerce sites, it’s becoming more and more difficult to generate web traffic, leads, and ultimate the sales for your website. Increase Your On-Site SEO. Incorporating a Site Map. Utilizing Alt Text on All Images Found On The Site. Clean and clear code.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming , which operates its own e-sports competition site and community, is headed for the public markets, hoping to raise as much as $31.36M for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Marty Zwilling

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2011

CapLinked , the online platform for private investment funded by members of the “ PayPal Mafia “—announced that it is launching a worldwide pitch competition for entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to a panel of all-star judges from Idealab, Rincon, Rapidfire, and Actarus.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Los Angeles-based DreamJobbing said this week that it has launched a new online site--and associated, television effort--which will give anyone a chance at a "dream job" by harnessing their social media and on-camera skills. shoes toms employment competition hollywood content video production television dream dreamjobbing' READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 6, 2013

The startup, headed by serial entrepreneur Matthew Graczyk, says its tool gives users access to all of the sites they''ve bookmarked on a single page, making it easier to save and navigate to a user''s favorite sites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2022

A related “red flag” in a business plan is a missing competitive analysis section, or a short paragraph that essentially says, “this product has no competition.” My reaction is, if there is no competition, then there is no market demand for your product, so why are you building it?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

For this morning's interview, we talked with Noah Auerhahn , President of San Diego-based Extrabux (www.extrabux.com), an online site focused on providing consumers with comparison shopping combined with discount offers. For people who haven't heard of ExtraBux, what is the site all about? Noah, thanks for the interview.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2018

The app presents a limited set of curated dating matches every day at noon, and runs a competition of sorts to narrow down a user's choices to a winner, who are given a choice to chat with you or pass. Match Group is the parent company of LA's Tinder, and runs a significant number of different dating sites and services. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. I continue to be amazed that more than a quarter of new businesses don’t even have a website , and many more don’t pay attention to social media, or monitor feedback on sites like Yelp. They won’t find you.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2012

A San Diego entrepreneur is getting the backing of GE to help develop the "Milk Jug of the Future", after winning a competition launched by product development site Quirky.

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JANUARY 27, 2016

Los Angeles-based creative video crowdsourcing site Tongal has named a new, Chief Marketing Officer, saying it has named Amanda Malko to the new position. Recent projects on the site include a series of video shorts based on FIAT owners, and a competition to create two films for Mattel's American Girl line. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Break Media , which operates a network of male-centric content web sites, said today that it has linked with home entertainment system company Yoostar in a promotion. According to Break,it is teaming up with Yoostar for a special, featured channel on the site focused on the "Yoostar Casting Tour" competition.

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JUNE 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based prize competition company XPRIZE is trying its hand out as a publisher of literature, saying today that it has launched a new online science fiction anthology site, Seat 14C , which takes a look at what the year 2037 could look like.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs. In addition, special offers and competition prizes may be required. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Another example is Facebook , maintaining motivation with food, stock options, collaborative office space, an on-site laundry, and a competitive atmosphere that fosters personal growth and learning with great benefits. If you can do it, motivation can easily be your biggest competitive advantage. Start today. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. Exposure is another key ingredient. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. What will set your business apart? No one can tell you what to do to create your edge, but it is important that you figure out how you can.

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