Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2011

Everyone assumes their product or service is so great that “word-of-mouth” will carry the day for them. Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. It’s all about content that will bring the masses to your business: Highly relevant. Great content is conversation.

Content 94

Content Startup Newsletter Writing 94

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

When I first started writing this blog several years ago I had less followers than you have right now. I aspired to rise above the noise by putting out insightful content with a frequency that kept people coming back to check in directly on my website. 10 Tips from BuzzFeed on How to Make Content Go Viral ” See what I did there?

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Writing Buzzfeed Social Media Blogging 326

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2021

If you want people to invest in your idea, then my best advice is first write a business plan, and keep it simple. For minimum content, see my original article “ These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable.” For minimum content, see my original article “ These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable.”

Invest 135

Invest Tips Writing Content 135

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2019

Diamandis which seeks to spur innovative solutions to the world's problems, has awarded $15M in the Global Learning XPRIZE , the prize which challenged innovators to create a way to enable children to teach themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic within 15 months. READ MORE>>.

Marina Del Rey 113

Marina Del Rey Competition Education Writing 113

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

Netflix is the most innovative content creation and distribution company of the last decade, leading the way in streaming since 2007 and changing the original content game with House of Cards in 2013,” said Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell, co-founders of Impact, in a joint statement.

Netflix 137

Netflix Entertainment Hollywood Writing 137

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Startup Platform 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2019

Everyone assumes their product or service is so great that “word-of-mouth” will carry the day for them. Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. It’s all about content that will bring the masses to your business: Highly relevant. Great content is conversation.

Customer 93

Customer Custom Marketing Tips 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

This term refers to the penchant to add just one more feature to the product or service before first delivery, just because you can. The result is a bloated first product which finally collapses under its own weight, or is too late and too expensive for the intended customer. Lock down the sign-off authority.

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Product Software Review High Tech 104

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Content is a “hits-driven” business that makes it unattractive to investors – remember? The number of channels grew with cable & satellite TV but we still have limitations that makes distributing content high. So what happens when production is reduced by 99% and distribution bends to infinity? Not so fast.

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Company Companies Technical Review Content 339

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Turn on your phone and look at the productivity folder. Something to write your notes, another to set reminders, and one that does both. You’ll be more productive within three weeks time. We discuss productivity, emails, communication, and the dynamics of the team. We’ve been there. We’ve all been there.

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Product Email Ideas Organization 99

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

The company went from a venture backed high tech startup to an IPO as a publicly traded firm, and over its time has battled the perception of being a "content farm", suffered through Google and its Panda update, and now has emerged as a major content partner for Google, via YouTube. Our whole goal is to create content for real life.

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Demand Media eHow Content 240

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2021

These hyperlocal sites don’t have to compete with global sites, and always have unique content, community advertising, and local issues. Building content is costly and time-consuming. If you don’t engage your users with an abundance of content the moment they open the app, odds are they will never return.

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Startup Sites Content Sales 144

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. Yet, most good business people I know agree, but don’t know where to start.

Writing 19

Writing Technical Review Entrepreneur Advertising 19

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

Equally important, if someone does find your site, your content must stand out above all similar sites, to keep visitors engaged, close a sale, and get customers to return. One of these is blogging, to let people know about your brand, provide links to supportive articles, and generate back-links to your content from other sites.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

I’ve been loving the product even if it sucks up some of my time. I stumbled upon the Question, “ What-is-the-motivation-behind-writing-public-reviews-and-tips-as-on-Amazon-Yelp-Foursquare-StickyBits-etc &# and took the bait. Or let’s face it – writing lots of answers on Quora. Don’t.

Technical Review 294

Technical Review Writing Content Sites 294

TechCrunch LA

MAY 17, 2019

Ficto is bringing to market adaptations of bestselling books and original productions which will be released with theatrical films and has plans in the pipeline for other forms of scripted and unscripted entertainment. Michael Scott is simultaneously writing a pilot for linear television. They’re never going to agree to it.”

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Services Report Netflix Content 167

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). 5 years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. The monkey on my back.

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Venture Capital Downey Writing Press 387

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

screenwriter and chair, Writing Division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts ("Top Gun"); Mark Gill, former President of Miramax and Warner Independent Pictures; screenwriter Mike Werb ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" and "Curious George"); and Michael Taylor, producer and chair, Production Division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

USC 164

USC Hollywood Writing Content 164

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2021

The challenge here is not to see how many words you can get onto each side, but how you can make this so engaging in layout and content that an investor will ask for more. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Pitch your company, not your product. Written business plan.

Entrepreneur 156

Entrepreneur Tips Funding Startup 156

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain. If the authors are inviting fans to write fan fiction about a universe they created, who owns the derivative works? Another unabashed proponent of fan fiction is N.K.

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Writing Outsource Development Technical Review Examples 196

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

It is in her blood to see this journey through and try to launch her product or service to the world. Does your investor eat, sleep, breath your industry or product? I want to wake up in the morning on weekends thinking about the company, the product, their positioning. The Lehrers for content and commerce.

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Venture Capital Startup Course Entrepreneur 373

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The firm has created a tool which uses software and semantic search to help in the whole process of curating content. We spoke with Matt Kumin , the company's founder and CEO--who was formerly an executive at Edmunds.com--to learn about the company's products. What's your background, and what is PublishThis all about?

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Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Their computers then merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Keyword research and budget forecasting.

PPC 154

PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2014

Everyone assumes their product or service is so great that “word-of-mouth” will carry the day for them. Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. It’s all about content that will bring the masses to your business: Highly relevant. Great content is conversation.

Startup 103

Startup Content Newsletter Writing 103

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We teach through video tutorials, with courses around specific sites, like how to make content for FunnyorDie, taught by one of the staff writers from FunnyOrDie. An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. Who is the exact audience you're aiming this content at?

Web 187

Web Content Startup Education 187

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

When those megastores started closing, I saw the writing on the wall, and handed Branson back his keys, and set up a digital agency to do for other companies, what we had been doing for Branson. They are going to need to have unique, exclusive content between songs. The second piece, is actually injecting content between songs.

Startup 113

Startup Artificial Inteligence Content Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2019

If you want people to invest in your idea, then my best advice is first write a business plan, and keep it simple. For minimum content, see my original article “ These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable.” For minimum content, see my original article “ These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable.”

Tips 96

Tips Entrepreneur Writing Content 96

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2016

Not since the initial popularity of Twitter in 2007 has a product so befuddled people. I LOVE writing. But writing takes more time and some days I don’t have that. And virtually none of my competitors — VCs between the ages of 35–55 — quite understand (or have the desire) to put out content on this media channel.

Snapchat 200

Snapchat Blogging Venture Capital Writing 200

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) I believe in integrated products. I love using Yelp’s mobile product.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. But the best MCNs are so much more. Sound interesting? Back to video.

Networking 366

Networking Media Content Customer 366

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Upon graduation from Wharton, John and Kyle launched a startup based upon a simple, pedestrian product: a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". So naturally, we started getting all this product awareness, right?

Newsletter 233

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

These highly-regarded workshops teach business professionals the science of usability which ensures that websites, applications or physical products do what they are supposed to do and that their users can succeed with whatever tasks these products are designed to help with. October 13: Usable Usability — Lean UX starts right here.

Culver City 105

Culver City Design Content Writing 105

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV. think Amazon) and therefore hits with high production costs were more suited to the medium. think Amazon) and therefore hits with high production costs were more suited to the medium.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

When those megastores started closing, I saw the writing on the wall, and handed Branson back his keys, and set up a digital agency to do for other companies, what we had been doing for Branson. They are going to need to have unique, exclusive content between songs. The second piece, is actually injecting content between songs.

Startup 100

Startup Content Platform Artificial Inteligence 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I started with the hosted version and then migrated to an installed version so I could use Google Analytics and some other products. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. You then need a URL.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Last month, the product launched with $1.2 Creators and influencers like Bernstein are forging a path from content creator to full-fledged business, with multiple revenue streams via podcasts, licensing deals, branded merchandise and even software products. “A million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Invest Tool 79