Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2021

In a classic book, “ Disruption by Design ,” by the renowned innovation consultant Paul Paetz, I found a list of common patterns and recognizable attributes that I like, called disruption fingerprints. Facebook built the social media market before customers even knew they needed it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. As a business advisor and investor in new startups, I see how difficult it is to make any process work, no matter how well designed, if the team is dysfunctional.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

It turns out, nowadays, creating the content is only a small part of your job description The most successful YouTubers, studios, brands and agencies today are intensely focused on using social media to engage with fans, get that content out there, and grow their audience. Juan Bruce: My background is in design engineering.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Play around with clean, bold design. While functionality is imperative, especially in the tech space, thoughtful design is equally as important. Website design: Less is more! Find a designer or template that gives you a clean, non-pixelated look with a balanced feel. You need to be unique and compelling to be noticed.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

Your new car is a pleasure to drive, online shopping takes out the pain, and social media makes connection to old friends fun. Of course, this vision must be continually tuned by new customer trends and technology arrivals. Spend more time outside the business, looking for trends.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

For example, you may feel you are saving money by doing all your own administrative work and monitoring social media feedback. < These days, it’s easy to find comprehensive videos and online courses on the Internet to get you up to speed, but I find many entrepreneurs who are too independent and proud to look or ask for help.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Some boards are designed to showcase each and every member of management by having everybody lead a 20-minute update only to find out that no time has been allotted for discussion or debate. Some board members spend all of their time in the meeting on electronic devices doing email or even checking social media.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

[link] I’m tired of hearing people on social media speak of “virtue signaling,” a term meant to silence well-meaning people from speaking the truth about injustices done to immigrants, African Americans, the LGBTQ community or speaking up on gender inequality. He went to college to study art and design.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2013

“They are now more directly connected with individuals at equipment companies, with Tour professionals and with the Pro at their local course. US Open fans who catch a ride through the Callaway and Uber #MyCallawayDriver partnership will receive a limited edition collector’s coin designed by Callaway Golf.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

This morning I was reading my social media and came across an article that Christine Tsai had posted on Facebook. It is of course why immigrants power so many successful businesses in the US and why we need to embrace them. The distinctive design of his packaging. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

Using social media to increase your company’s touch and reach with each of your customers may be the most important reason to jump in to this game changing strategy. Social media can help bridge a long standing gap between customers and the companies they trust with their hard earned cash.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

You no longer need to travel to China or hire an expensive prototyping expert to mock up your new design. Take advantage of social media and free websites for marketing. Site marketing is easily extended through blogs, Twitter, Facebook and social media. Find do-it-yourself facilities for hardware prototypes.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

Travelers can earn the right to become an Ambassador on the site by consistently providing the best content, recommendations, and of course Itineraries. “We It’s so exciting – a trusted network of travel experts, travelers and aficionados designing the ultimate travel website”.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. We streamline strategy development using a Reality-Based approach, then execute cross-media programs including websites, brochures, ads, booths. It has been fun to get to know her again.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 22, 2010

This post is another in my series around Matching that includes Social Media Matching , Matching Algorithms , and Match Performance Support. Of course, many of these items will result in more of a filtering algorithm than a matching algorithm. How should the resulting algorithm use those inputs to form matches? Then in code.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

But of course it’s hard to advise people that they should do PR without a guide to how to do it on the cheap or how to do it at all. I’m generally not a believer in too much PR until you have a product built or at least well designed. When to start PR?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Her career path was pointing her toward a future in Biotech (she’d also cofounded a biotech company around the time), but one simple introduction recharted her course completely. ” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. We started small, but wanted more innovation. Focus on Value, Not Advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. As a business advisor and investor in new startups, I see how difficult it is to make any process work, no matter how well designed, if the team is dysfunctional.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

During a week-day while the kids are still in school of course! Sleek in design, the HTC One features front-facing speakers. One of Forbes’ Top 50 Power Social Media Influencers, Chris Voss films a quick video by the Hollywood Backlot for his show. . When’s the best time to visit a theme park?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Her career path was pointing her toward a future in Biotech (she’d also cofounded a biotech company around the time), but one simple introduction recharted her course completely. ” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. We started small, but wanted more innovation. Focus on Value, Not Advertising.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2015

In a new book, “ Disruption by Design ,” by the renowned innovation consultant Paul Paetz, I found a list of common patterns and recognizable attributes that I like, called disruption fingerprints. Facebook built the social media market before customers even knew they needed it.

Marketing 102

Marketing Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 102

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Of course, I immediately gave him the whole spiel on Visible Networking and Steve was totally game to make our networking visible. Most people think they can do product design. Of course, it's probably harder to find these folks. It was great to hear from a long, lost colleague the other day. Getting new projects is tough.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

I wanted to spend the rest of the blog post telling you why we decided to fund the company, how we settled on the final product design and our unique way of launching the app. We’ve tested tons of design concepts here and expect much innovation on this front in the future. Yes, we’ve only launched on iOS for now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. As a business advisor and investor in new startups, I see how difficult it is to make any process work, no matter how well designed, if the team is dysfunctional.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Their Bundle categories consist of Music apps, Mac Productivity, Web Design and more. In addition to all of that, Stacksocial helps people discover their inner geek by offerings educational courses too. The courses include, app building, web development, Online Entrepreneurship and much more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2016

In a recent book, “ Disruption by Design ,” by the renowned innovation consultant Paul Paetz, I found a list of common patterns and recognizable attributes that I like, called disruption fingerprints. Facebook built the social media market before customers even knew they needed it.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer Custom 61

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. If the media changes such that angel, seed or VC funding is no longer considered an angle then of course this advice would change.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. GumGum is led by founder and Los Angeles native wunderkind, Ophir Tanz. News, Gannett, and Tribune. “We

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Obviously, we participate in social media, as everyone does, but unlike everyone else, the stories and pictures we share are those from our travelers or staff, much like we share our adventures personally. Travel, and the trust it requires, is too personal to rely solely on email and social media.

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