Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

The constantly changing media landscape is relentless, so our seed funding part-way through our journey from the Zappos leadership of Tony Hsieh and Fred Mossler via the downtown Las Vegas revitalization efforts of the Downtown Project was particularly helpful as we adjusted, and readjusted. Needless to say, very little of it was easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Of course, every lifestyle entrepreneur wants their business to be “successful,” but I find that the definition of success and the expectations along the way differs from that usually associated with what I call “growth startups.” If your passion is customers, you definitely will be happier as a lifestyle entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2021

Of course, that’s a personal decision, with many considerations and risks, but in my experience, the answer depends on some key mindset elements you can best assess. Marketing is necessary via social media, traditional media, and personal visibility, to attract customers, loyalty, and a competitive brand image.

Entrepreneur 158

Entrepreneur Satisfaction Ideas Social Media 158

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I’ve spent a lot of my career thinking about digital and online video (with investments in companies like Maker Studios) so for that reason amongst many, I was excited to open the Upfront Summit a few weeks ago by interviewing Meg Whitman about Quibi and the digital media space.

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Content Netflix Platform Mobile 244

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

Of course, experiences and failures are the best teachers, but I find that learning from other people’s experiences is a much faster and less painful approach. By definition, the world of startups today is one of rapidly changing unknowns, where the inputs you receive will often conflict. It’s very frustrating.

Entrepreneur 174

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 174

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials. Exudes integrity, humility, and stability.

Entrepreneur 111

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2022

For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system. Delegate what you can’t do, and what doesn’t interest you.

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Startup SEO Social Media Satisfaction 121

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2020

Customer expectations of a relationship and personalization are stretching every business today, and pervasive use and confidence in social media by customers can override all your image building and marketing messages. Of course, part of the change is that Gen Z (born after 1996) now outnumbers the Millennials (born after 1981).

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Custom Customer Social Media Startup 133

TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

.); the actors Uzo Aduba, America Ferrera, Jennifer Garner, Eva Longoria, and Lily Singh and former US Women’s National Team players including Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, Rachel Buehler, Shannon Boxx, Amanda Cromwell, Abby Wambach, Lauren Cheney Holiday; social media stuntman Casey Neistat, and more. “We’re venture capitalists.

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Writing Los Angeles Equity Startup 171

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I’m not a connected-all-the-time social media user anyways so it wasn’t immediately obvious to me how profoundly positive this would be but I’ll explain why it’s been such a positive experience. Of course when you’re looking at your feed you are by definition not present with the person you are with or paying attention to the moment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials. Exudes integrity, humility, and stability.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Social Media Patents Mentor 126

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Mark Cuban opened the Upfront Summit in an epic interview by Jason Hirschhorn , founder of Media REDEF. Machine Learning / AI They discussed many topics ranging from protection of the press to what Mark looks for in an entrepreneur to investing outside of Silicon Valley and of course Trump and sports. Four years will go fast.

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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. We are thankful for continued support from Demand Media, City National Bank, Richardson Patel, Business Wire, Sheppard Mullin, General Assembly, and others.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Belkin Entertainment Newsletter 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2019

For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system. Delegate what you can’t do, and what doesn’t interest you.

Startup 96

Startup SEO Social Media Satisfaction 96

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2013

Lots of people think of Los Angeles as a media center, for obvious reasons--but, we knew before we came, there is also a lot of exciting, financial technology going on here. Neither of those companies are in our portfolio, but those are definitely the kinds of businesses we''re interested in. That''s been a real pleasant surprise.

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Capital Startup Los Angeles Invest 183

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. billion views.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2015

But he didn’t have access to venture capital money, online marketing dollars, social media – this was the late 60’s / early 70’s. The next day the newspapers said, “Alice Cooper bites head off live chicken on stage,” which of course isn’t what happened. But nevermind.

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Startup Marketing Course Social Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Of course everything could be replicated if a massive juggernaut like Amazon or Google wanted to pour all of their resources into it but I’m talking about technology that is hard to replicate, takes years of know-how and once adopted is significantly valuable. Of course the media doesn’t do nuance well so this is an emotional topic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

Social media facilitates marketing and sales. For startups, social media and color printers have essentially replaced the need for external public relations and marketing services. Of course, not all new businesses can benefit from all these recommendations, so think carefully about what you can do, and what you can’t.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

And of course – badges. I hope they are because badges will run their course. Last year’s passé terms that even entrepreneurs cringe at (and the best are embarrassed to lead with) are social network, social media and social games. Fawking badges. OK, I get it. Badges were an innovation. And they seem to work.

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Startup Evite Web Ideas 296

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2014

My friend is very accomplished (much more than I) but he is relatively unknown in certain tech & digital media crowds. Of course I’ve talked about wanting to get to know entrepreneurs over long periods of time ( lines, not dots ) – my most referred to post. In fact, I have a long history of saying the opposite.

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Venture Capital Invest Ideas Entrepreneur 337

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Of course, with more startups, this is still a tough space, with VCs funding only one out of 400 requests they get, and Angels limiting their focus to one out of 40. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Step into a new entrepreneur era where the definition of “work” is something you love. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials. Exudes integrity, humility, and stability.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Angel Social Media Patents 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

Of course, experiences and failures are the best teachers, but I find that learning from other people’s experiences is a much faster and less painful approach. By definition, the world of startups today is one of rapidly changing unknowns, where the inputs you receive will often conflict. It’s very frustrating.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2015

For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system. Delegate what you can’t do, and what doesn’t interest you.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Startup SEO Social Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

It’s like blaming the media for incessantly covering Donald Trump and then watching the ratings when Donald Trump is at a debate and being surprised that the media gives him so much coverage. Here is the Wikipedia definition of a bubble. The definition of a bubble from Investopedia. Markets are markets.

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Venture Capital Pricing Platform Marketing 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. People aren’t going to fundamentally change their media consumption patterns just as consumers don’t fundamentally change their diets.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Then we started advertising and getting media attention. Also, advertising in print media just doesn''t have the ROI that it once did. Travel, and the trust it requires, is too personal to rely solely on email and social media. Kutay: "Of course, it can be argued that authenticity is an unattainable goal in travel.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Resource 187

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2013

It’s definitely worth a look. Media tablets, biometric authentication, and speech recognition are on the slope of enlightenment, and predictive analytics is now in the plateau of productivity. So, of course you have the option of ignoring hype cycle predictions, and pushing forward with your latest technology startup.

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Startup Press Cloud Computing Technology 97

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio: RecycledBride and Tradesy are same of the same company, Recycled Media. It was a crash course. While I was doing that, I was learning about social media, about SEO, about gorilla marketing, and so on. Fundraising, definitely. Speaking of RecycledBride, how is this all related? Which one is more difficult?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This is the very definition of pivoting. Go here for a free crash-course on design for non-designers. Share your answers on your website, packaging and marketing materials, such as your social media, interviews and guest posts. Play around with clean, bold design. Stand for something that matters. Are you vegan-friendly?

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Guide Startup Marketing Template 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2017

Now, of course, they all do much more, but those things came later. The more precise you can be in your definition of the target demographics (location, age, income, education), the more successful you will be. People still remember Google for Internet search, Amazon for books, and Facebook for talking to friends.

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Entrepreneur Competition Custom Customer 63

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system. Delegate what you can’t do, and what doesn’t interest you.

Startup 53

Startup SEO Social Media Satisfaction 53

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

You need a CDN to improve the performance of your content, especially as the web is getting heavier, more complicated, and there's more rich media. Of course, since we're venture backed, we do have to consider our investors, as they're looking at some point for an exit. Really, it's just another source of capital.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It’s obvious that we can be too late to these decisions of course. If — and it’s a big if of course — they can do that on the cheap, then why should an LP care at all? You allow us to get off the ad-laden media churn conveyor belt and spend quality time on amazing ideas, people, and companies.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

Of course, ultimately you want employees who can blog for you and your company as well. Since a startup by definition is not a recognized brand, you are the brand, based on the social media culture of today. Smart potential employees are also reading blogs to stay up-to-date in their field, and find the new leaders.

Startup 101

Startup Blogging Writing Google 101

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

If that isn’t the original definition of “angel” money I don’t know what is. VCs generally have had an easy time fostering relationships with large ad agencies and media companies given how much our businesses have intersected over the past 20 years. CincyTech today has $28.5 Venture Capital.

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