socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We then acquire those videos directly from content owners. We''re taking that content, and publishing it on our licensing platform, which is much like a Getty Images for video. We find the content they want, and we user our technology and people to service the show. Lee Essner: That''s one of the competitive edges we have.

Media 235

Media Content Startup IP 235

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. This is equivalent to being handed a free customer for every ten customers you acquire.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We have 35 POPs all over the world, in every major market, and we have more than 6,000 customers today. Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You only get once chance for a great first impression, so don’t forget that content wins in relationships over style. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers. Building the right relationships requires proactive efforts.

Oracle 113

Oracle Entrepreneur Outsource Development Mentor 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Course Entrepreneur 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value. Provide specifics on the customer business model. They want to see revenue to share in the return.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2020

Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional.

Startup 164

Startup Social Media Course Entrepreneur 164

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2014

Southern California has a growing number of companies in the customer relationship management area, including a fairly new company in the area, Pipeliner CRM (www.pipelinersales.com). Who are your customers? The good thing is, after almost two years here in this space, we have over 128 customers in the U.S.

Sales 229

Sales Startup Software Customer 229

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2020

You only get once chance for a great first impression, so don’t forget that content wins in relationships over style. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers. Building the right relationships requires proactive efforts.

Oracle 124

Oracle Entrepreneur Outsource Development Mentor 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Meeting the new consumer demand for customization.

Ideas 61

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Education 61

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If you're an application developer, sending emails through your application can be a chore. If you think of Pinterest, one of our customers, every time content is pinned or re-pinned, an email is generated to let users know that is happening. We now send over six billion emails per month on behalf of those customers.

Email 157

Email Startup IP Newsletter 157

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

From a marketing marketing perspective, that allows filmmakers to quickly and easily promote their films through social media and build a fan base, and incentivize fans to support their films by offering access to exclusive content, livestream video chats, and production updates, as an example. Where's the service now?

Hollywood 256

Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Recently, Santa Monica-based Geodelic (www.geodelic.com), the venture backed developer of location-based, mobile apps, has sharpened its focus to provide real-time offers, and has partnered with mobile operators like Verizon and Korean Telecom to offer up its services to those firm's customers.

Mobile 140

Mobile Santa Monica Startup Commerce 140

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Design: Developing for a Consumerized Enterprise World (BetterWorks). Content: Tricking People into Reading Again (Cracked.com, CollegeHumor). Scaling thru Outsourcing. Strategy to Get Your First 100 Paying Customers (bigMETHOD, Mixergy, Appsumo, Zaarly). Social + Location + Mobile = The Perfect Beer (Untapped).

Southern California 89

Southern California SoCal Guide Mixergy 89

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. Lesson: You dn’t want your customers to feel locked into using your software. It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. His Tenure at Microsoft.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2019

He's been doing contracting for the past ten years, and I have been watching from the side. I've been very focused on customer experience and solving problems, for everything from homeowners to large organizations. Jon Grishpul: My partner is actually my uncle! Finally, what's been your biggest lesson as an entrepreneur?

Startup 100

Startup Encino Los Angeles Ventura 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional.

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Startup Mentor Social Media 99

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? How can I control costs but effectively get stuff developed? Accounting?

CTO Coach 231

CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional.

Entrepreneur 56

Entrepreneur Services Startup Social Media 56

Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

He oversees a web of government computer networks that enable city residents to pay their parking tickets, submit bids on city contracts, and make online payments for city taxes and sewer fees. They get to use the city as a test bed, and my team works with their teams to help develop their technology. Gary Hayslip.

San Diego 40

San Diego Outsource Development Networking Organization 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Viral – One of the most important value drivers of any social network is the degree to which it makes content go viral.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2016

You only get once chance for a great first impression, so don’t forget that content wins in relationships over style. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers. Building the right relationships requires proactive efforts.

Entrepreneur 56

Entrepreneur Oracle Outsource Development Mentor 56

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

He’s the most talented developer we have ever seen. So that’s why we decided to work with venues to create a B2B venture and start the aggregation of more online real-time content. Right now, we are taking content from Instagram, Vine, Twitter, and YouTube. But outside of that, the main focus is how to get good content.

Social Media 94

Social Media Startup UCLA Media 94

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

I joined ranks with an Austin App developer, taking the role of Creative Director and setting up their design team and process. There was a distinct disconnect between apps developed by stand-alone companies, such as Gowalla or Path, versus what “work for hire” companies were producing. It simply makes more sense.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Buddytruck even has the issue of unloading solved as the drivers are contracted to help customers both load and unload their hauls. TZ: What was the development schedule from idea to picking up your first haul? Not having technical backgrounds ourselves, we were fortunate to have friends develop the app in exchange for equity.

FAQ 98

FAQ Startup Technical Review Santa Monica 98

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

William--who, among prior experience developed Stamps.com's security architecture--sat down with us to explain the firm's products and plans. But, our software also supports a large number of other web applications--for example, things like Google Maps, Yahoo News, or even content sites. You can get it for free.

SaaS 127

SaaS Web Google Sites 127

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The iterable.spliterator() method is critical when it comes to stream performance, but writing a custom Spliterator from scratch is a non-trivial task. Some developers don't know these classes exist. Other developers know about these classes but don't bother to reach for them when the time comes. forEachRemaining(.).

Java 330

Java Class Ideas Writing 330

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

There are many analogies here for software development. Customer Feedback - Chamillionaire regularly seeks public feedback from his fan base. Reminds me of how the networks today announced they were blocking their video content from being shown on Google TV. In the early days that was from releasing mixtapes. On What Next?

Entrepreneur 356

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Email 356

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Gramercy Park Condo Goes Into Contract. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Share Buttons Work… In A Way Share buttons on your post help your content reach a greater audience by creating easy channels to social networks. Depending on where you placed the badge, your content could be held back while the script takes its time and your readers bail. Though a Bit.ly You’ll be given a short URL.

RSS 29

RSS HTML JavaScript Doc 29

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Where is it?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Email Ideas Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Advertising Email 40

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. The apps can stream video, audio, news feeds, Twitter, Facebook, sell digital content, physical merchandise, and much more. He began developing the business model for scoreAscore.com in October of 2008.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG. August 20, 2010 They say people won't pay for content. Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG. August 20, 2010 They say people won't pay for content. Because it was a tremendous pain in the ass.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

My 1,000th Post on This Blog - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , July 21, 2010 HTML5 video markup, compatibility and playback - Niall Kennedy's Weblog , February 8, 2010 Your Product Needs a Soul - ArcticStartup , February 12, 2010 Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378