Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Attend an investment conference.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Green, speaking at the Recurring Revenue Conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, said that the company is growing rapidly, adding 30,000 paid members a month. Thrive Market is backed by Greycroft Partners, Scripps Network, Powerplant Ventures, as well as over 200 angel investors. READ MORE>>.

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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?

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 7, 2019

The company is one of a growing number of startups trying to rejuvenate the music streaming market by combining it with social networking so that audiences can listen to the playlists of their favorite athletes and entertainers… and their friends. That site focuses on connecting people with similar musical tastes.

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JULY 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace and MTV.com said Wednesday that the two are partnering to stream the Comic-Con International conference to their users. Tags: networking social video comics television comiccon myspace. MySpace is a unit of News Corporation, and MTV is owned by Viacom. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace is in a deal with SoundExchange , which collects music royalties, to help deliver unclaimed royalties to artists, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta said over the weekend at the MIDEM conference in Cannes. MySpace said the royalties are owed for streaming of music on the Internet and satellite radio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 9, 2012

ResearchGate , the professional network for scientists and researchers, was founded by virologists Dr. Ijad Madisch and Sören Hofmayer, and IT specialist Horst Fickenscher. It also lists thousands of scientific conferences across the world to make it easy for researchers to stay informed, engaged and involved.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

Make sure the name and trademarks you want are available, as well as web site address, social media tags, and any other intellectual property. Network extensively for partners, investors, and suppliers. Pick a name, location, and marketing strategy early. Names and taglines are critical to success.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

style genealogy and social networking web site headed up by former PayPal founder David Sacks; the firm is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund. Yammer offers instant messaging focused on internal corporate communications, and is the result of work by engineers at Geni. Geni is the online, Web 2.0-style

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Customers expect consistency of your brand name across all channels, so don’t pick a web site name if the comparable name is available or already taken on relevant social media. Invest your time in networking online, as well as offline. Every future entrepreneur should start by networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The winner of the judge's choice award was Cogi , a Santa Barbara-based firm which develops a service for transcribing conference calls and meetings; TotSpot , which operates a social networking site that allows families to create private sites for their children, was awarded "Fan Favorite" for the most votes from the crowd.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace , in a bid to connect with the "real-time" web, said early this morning at the LeWeb conference that it has launched a new, real-time API.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 10, 2010

TechZulu will be streaming live from the Foresight 2010 conference this coming Saturday and Sunday January 16-17. The Conference will be focused on Synergy of Molecular Manufacturing and general Artificial Intelligence. Day one will be streamed from 8:45am-5:00pm. Day two will be from 8:45am-3:00pm. Reliance GP . Salim Ismail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Check Craigslist first, since most new ventures don’t have the money for executive search firms and the major job listing sites. Explore investor websites and conferences. Investor conferences are also a good place to keep up with what is going on, get to know some potential investors for you, and find what is hot.

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace , The Wall Street Journal, and the World Economic Forum today said that the firms are in a contest to send a "citizen journalist" to the Davos World Economic Forum.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

But SoCal’s growing companies contend with their own set of challenges, including the increasing importance of scalable network solutions. Companies can no longer rely on standard network solutions, they need scalable infrastructure and business internet service that can meet rapidly escalating needs. Start Local.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Calacanis has reportedly set the launch of his new site, Launch--as well as an associated, TechCrunch50-like event--for February. The new publication would not be a stretch for Calacanis--who, like Arrington, made his own fortune by selling his last company, blog network Weblogs, Inc. AOL was the buyer of TechCrunch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2014

Check Craigslist first, since most new ventures don’t have the money for executive search firms and the major job listing sites. Explore investor websites and conferences. Investor conferences are also a good place to keep up with what is going on, get to know some potential investors for you, and find what is hot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

As the number of sites on the Internet floats around one billion, the challenge with every new startup is to be found and stand out. More important, if someone does find your site, the content better be enticing enough for them to come back. Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

For those who may be new to Pubcon its an educational conference and industry trade show programmed specifically for web professionals and website site owners. Networking : The WebmasterWorld community started PubCon in an English Pub where attendees got together to learn from and interact with others in their market space.

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APRIL 12, 2012

There are more than 10,000 people in Japan, and they're the third largest site behind Amazon and eBay, doing over 15 billion, with a 14 billon market cap in Japan. Neel Grover: We've been transforming the site and experience quite a bit. There's been a tremendous benefit for being part of the Rakuten network. to get us there.

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MAY 7, 2010

Marc was previously CEO of Syntricity, and was founding CEO at Prisa Networks (acquired by EMC). For people who haven't visited SciVee, what's the site about? One is software, which is very much like software-as-a-service, where we deliver that software to publications and conferences, to enable rich media on their sites.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Network Now, Accelerating Conference Networking. A way for conference attendees to find and connect with each other. Site Unseen. Site Unseen is a mobile app that serves as a personal tour guide for exploring a city. GiftMunk.co. The Smart & Social Gift-Suggestion Engine. Lloyd Script.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. The last area my team is responsible for, is what we call our site merchandising tools.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. The last area my team is responsible for, is what we call our site merchandising tools.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

For those who may be new to Pubcon its an educational conference and industry trade show programmed specifically for web professionals and website site owners. Networking : The WebmasterWorld community started PubCon in an English Pub where attendees got together to learn from and interact with others in their market space.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

For one, we built a following by using Facebook and Twitter and other social networking sites. Our audience can interact with Jeremy, ask questions and the entire show is posted as a video on the site and blog shortly after the show airs. OSN 101 – Online Social Networking news and tips.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Of the ones I have been to recently, the Nantucket Conference has been my favorite. It's a great talk. It's a great talk.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The booth for San Diego based Tweetphoto was a happening spot at the 140 Characters Conference. Tweetphoto is aiming to change the way people socially share, discover and interact with photos across multiple social networks in a way that feels natural and engaging.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

There are ad networks, ad exchanges, direct buys with publishers, and tons of other ways to buy ads. We had been building technology around a publisher interface, and starting seeing the same things from customers, who wanted to understand what was happening on their site, what their competition was doing, and what advertisers were doing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

Makerspaces and hackerspaces have sites and events, including education and training, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate. Provides networking with cofounders and strategic partners. Facilitates building skills and familiarity with new tools. Opportunities to meet investors and support organizations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2014

Makerspaces , sometimes called hackerspaces , have sites and events, including tutorials, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate. Network with potential cofounders and strategic partners. Place to build skills and become familiar with new tools. Opportunity to meet investors and support organizations.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Their goal is to get you to appear in person at city roadshows that they run or to come to their annual Dreamforce conference. If you spent time at a site you might not be aware but they’ve possibly dropped a cookie on your computer and use pixel tracking to follow you around the web. That’s why websites offer newsletters.

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