Xconomy

JANUARY 17, 2018

At the National Retail Federation’s three-day conference, which ended Tuesday, the discussion centered on both the disruptive effects and potential promise of e-commerce technologies. Technology took center stage this week as the nation’s retailers made their annual pilgrimage to New York. How that identity expands will.

Commerce 62

Commerce Conference Blogging Company 62

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

ViaSat said it was specifically selected to enable a "Situation Room in the Sky" experience, to stream full motion, high definition video to Air Force One and other aircraft; support HD video conference calling and voice over Internet; and more. READ MORE>>.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Conference Competition Pricing 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. In modern society we’re all over-worked and over-loaded with information and tasks and to-dos and obligations. That’s why focus is critical. Focus is almost always the right answer.

Innocal 255

Innocal Conference Help Study 255

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2010

Richard Rosenblatt , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Demand Media said today at the Twiistup conference in Los Angeles, that he sees an IPO as a possible opportunity for the firm. conference the firm was looking at exit optioins. conference the firm was looking at exit optioins.

Demand 168

Demand Media Web 2.0 Twiistup 168

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

If you are like us, a huge number of the conference calls you participate in are enabled by a company called FreeConferenceCall.com , which has enabled free conference calls for millions of startups and large businesses alike. But, how can the company offer up free conference calling services, and what''s the story behind the service?

Conference 100

Conference Startup Networking Services 100

Berkonomics

MAY 15, 2014

During those times, VCs had lots of conferences where thought leaders gathered to discuss term sheets, deal structures and fund strategies. As a result, there is tight agreement today on the form of VC term sheets and definitive investment agreements. It was not until the later 1980s that the preferred share structure became popular.

Venture Capital 228

Venture Capital Examples Invest Conference 228

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In addition to saying yes too often, some entrepreneurs under pressure say no poorly, by attacking the requestor or by avoiding any definitive response. Either of these approaches always make a difficult situation worse, often leading to guilt or a later accommodation. Sandwich your no between two positives.

Startup 117

Startup Entrepreneur Tips Conference 117

InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

Our goal was to have the conference participants wake up in their suites to a flyer stealthily placed under their doors in the middle of the night. I had no idea how I was going to slip the flyers under the doors of conference attendees. A conference bag had been hung on my door handle, and every other attendee''s door handle as well.

Marketing 239

Marketing Conference Startup RSS 239

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2021

Identify new goals based on your own definition of career success and then take action. Contrary to popular belief, business networking is not all done at investor receptions and conferences. Perform an internal career audit. Invest in career coaching. Follow-up with existing connections.

Startup 168

Startup Tips Coach Networking 168

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. This association is definitely one of the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

Organization 92

Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Even though I’m a big proponent of becoming an entrepreneur, it is definitely not for everyone. Attend industry and investor meetings and conferences. It’s definitely fun to create something from nothing, and to have more control over your own destiny, but only if it works.

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Sample Entrepreneur Ideas Startup 126

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2021

While the attendee interactions might be more limited due to Zoom, we found our leadership roundtables, conferences, and showcases all showed significant increases (50 - 100%) in participation. Despite the macro challenges, we were able to significantly increase our reach and engagement across the region.

Southern California 202

Southern California SoCal Technical Review Startup 202

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. I ask the conference organizer all the details I need to know: how many people will be in the audience? Show some energy!

Slides 399

Slides Startup Conference Writing 399

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. This association is definitely one of the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

Resource 159

Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2021

In addition to saying yes too often, some entrepreneurs under pressure say no poorly, by attacking the requestor or by avoiding any definitive response. Either of these approaches always make a difficult situation worse, often leading to guilt or a later accommodation. Sandwich your no between two positives.

Tips 159

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Conference 159

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

You’d see them speak at conferences using their favorite euphemisms for businesses that grow rapidly or for really profitable businesses. Best line: “we’re a definite maybe.&# I realized it was part of the process because it’s such a high-volume activity being a VC. I figured I wouldn’t let it get me.

Venture Capital 292

Venture Capital Blogging Conference Google 292

InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

Our goal was to have the conference participants wake up in their suites to a flyer stealthily placed under their doors in the middle of the night. I had no idea how I was going to slip the flyers under the doors of conference attendees. A conference bag had been hung on my door handle, and every other attendee''s door handle as well.

Marketing 133

Marketing Conference Startup Oracle 133

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Sometimes when I speak at conferences I’ll stay and shake hands for 2 hours with anybody who wants to say hello. Some days I’m in back-to-back meetings and then I have a late night work dinner and an early morning conference call. It’s not under the definition of crazy per Adam’s op-ed. He has a startup you’re going to love.

Email 250

Email Writing Conference Mobile 250

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I heard Bruce Dunlevie of Benchmark Capital say these words at a conference in London nearly 10 years ago. I jotted the words down (I normally pay little attention to anything said at conferences. This is part of my Startup Advice series of posts. Most of it is BS) and thought about them much over the years.

Startup 333

Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur Conference 333

InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2012

At the Ad:Tech conference in April, our very own CEO James Borow gave a pretty awesome speech about why social gets to win, emphasizing the new tracking phenomenon of viral attribution. I an investor in GraphEffect via Rincon Venture Partners. But before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s start at the beginning. Share and Enjoy.

Advertising 145

Advertising RSS Blogging Networking 145

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Jen Consalvo and I expanded the national footprint of events, hosted conferences and festivals, created monthly leadership summits, hosted an interactive educational speaker series, wrote a book, and launched a daily news and resource platform with a new brand – Tech.Co. Building Tech.Co Now it is time for the next cocktail chapter.

Media 175

Media News Organization Content 175

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

Sometimes these markets never appeal to “normals&# (Chris Dixon’s definition) and other times it needs to be more effectively marketed to normals. Leading breakout sessions at our annual conference – DreamForce. This applies to business users as much as to consumers. Heroes told our success stories, not us.

Marketing 294

Marketing Customer Custom Technical Review 294

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

It costs anywhere from $200 to $300 a month per workstation, which is full service gross, Internet, and shared equipment and conference rooms. You definitely see some distinct clusters 30 miles North and 30 miles South of us. We're definitely trying to go against that notion and get some deal flow happening in the city.

Ventura 200

Ventura Incubator Technology Startup 200

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2015

Dreamforce is the conference for sales and marketing professionals. They also typically do a poor job of linking their expenditures with definitive results. He was everywhere: at Invoca’s booth, walking around the expo floors and on the streets of San Francisco near the conference halls during peak traffic hours.

Conference 100

Conference SaaS Ideas Sales 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Today, customers and future managers put a higher value on relationships, and expect to know you from industry conferences, social media, or recommendations from peers. That’s the definition of success in any business or career. Too many employees count on their managers to get them promotions, or count on a resume to get the next job.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Competition Social Media 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. This association is definitely one of the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

Incubator 87

Incubator Startup Resource Seed Funding 87

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Only you know your strengths and learning preferences, from jobs, conferences, books, websites, and videos. If you haven’t updated your online profiles and resume for a year, you are definitely falling behind your peers and your future career aspirations. None of us can keep up on every new thing in this knowledge abundant world.

Examples 85

Examples Social Media Competition Guide 85

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 15, 2017

It definitely is true that you will be dealing with a lot more noise and chatter than you will be used to in a home office. You also can always jump into a phone booth, conference room or other quiet areas. . But I decided to give it a chance and in 2017, I moved to my first coworking space. So was it worth it? Distraction.

Technical Review 91

Technical Review Study Web Design Startup 91

InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

In addition to commercializing our technologies, our alliances afforded us a number of other competitive advantages, including: Rule Maker – Creating an alliance is akin to defining what is cool when you are in High School and self-servingly including yourself in the definition. This last category proved to be especially lucrative.

Entrepreneur 168

Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Startup Conference 168

InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2011

I would fly up to Redmond twice a week and we would all sit around a really large conference table – it was the largest (advertising) project Microsoft had ever done, a $100M advertising campaign. At the end of every meeting… we were sharing a USB stick that we passed around the conference table.

Newsletter 213

Newsletter Conference Marketing Advertising 213

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

At O ctober’s ICANN 51 conference in Los Angeles , the ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse was tasked with explaining the new Internet landscape to attendees. “While some companies are definitely excited about the possibilities of these new domains, some feel they create needless and expensive vulnerabilities for their brands.

Conference 77

Conference SEO Software Review IP 77

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. This association is definitely one of the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

Incubator 106

Incubator Startup Help Resource 106

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

But Jason is one of the smartest thinkers in our industry so while style points in his eye-poking post might be low, he’s definitely scratching at something important. That means if we collaborated on a project we can do an A-Round after a brief conference call.” Must be doing something right! Bowery Capital).

Venture Capital 356

Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

People attending marquee conferences with rock bands, prominent speakers, Gartner Group prognosticators and lots of other happy customers. Poorly implemented this category was the definition of shelfware. ROI studies were published. Surely there must be some benefit here?? Growth markets have a way of fooling us all.

Marketing 354

Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

My most significant event of 2014 is definitely Silicon Beach Fest, the multi-day tech community fest, which just keeps getting bigger. As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Belkin Entertainment Newsletter 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2011

Keynote speakers for the dual-day conference included talks by technology visionaries Bruce Sterling, Jaron Lanier, and Bernor Vinge. While I tried to attend every possible talk I could, it was definitely impossible, let alone to cram and synthesize all this information into my head. Only makes sense right? The winners of this one?

Conference 69

Conference Startup Google Competition 69