Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Great networking skills, which are critical when you want to be about to reference entrepreneurs & concepts and bounce your ideas off of other people in the industry. And we’ve begun relaunching our “platform services” for entrepreneurs. And did I mention RELAUNCH A NEW WEBSITE ! Jordan has proved the exception.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This has obviously occurred in battles with tech platforms like Yelp vs. Google or Zynga vs. Facebook). Many of us learned about substitute products in undergrad economics courses. Of course branding is many things and this post doesn’t attempt a master class. If you can’t out-Amazon Amazon, then move on and do something else.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

When you’re hiring most reference checkers focus on the person’s former bosses. Just literally this week I had breakfast with a guy giving a reference who said, “He’s brilliant. In fact, just a short Google search reveals that I’ve referred to him frequently through the years. But he knows it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are. We both wanted to put energy into GRP’s platform of services that provide more value to our investments than merely capital. I made some reference calls. So we talked about his joining. They were effusive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to many experts, including Michael Hyatt, in his new book, “ Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World ,” you need to build the highest platform you can, to stand out and be heard above all the rest. If these are not complete and consistent, your platform will always be splintered and lost in the noise.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

“We had originally planned to spend more time with in person care and then actually launch our digital platform — telehealth — in 2021. They say they’ve treated “thousands” of women in Los Angeles and have more than 250 referring providers, such as OB-GYNs, at this stage.).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

In the first half of your meeting you get the customer talking about his or her pain points (which I covered in the first post) by showing them references and then asking whether they find they have similar issues as your other clients in their sector. You’re ready to test drive your new deck. Now is the time to discuss your solution.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. Refer a friend? Platform – are there pre-existing technical platform decisions that must be considered? Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. It needs to be a conversation. Commenting? Moderation?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. Refer a friend? Platform – are there pre-existing technical platform decisions that must be considered? Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. It needs to be a conversation. Commenting? Moderation?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The platform enhances the process of turning ideas into entrepreneurial ventures and growing startups through social collaboration. What does that refer to exactly? Miigle is a platform where innovators from around the world can meet, discover, and collaborate on cool ideas and startups. This can be done through Miigle.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

That's what we do over the course of our two year contract. We actually approached him for a referral, and when he saw the work we were setting out to do, he referred himself. Michele Ruiz: The only thing I would add, is this is a software-as-a-service solutioneverything is on our online platform.

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Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2016

If that all sounds optimistic, well, of course it is. She’s referring to how much Watson Health has spent on growth , including acquisitions like Merge and Truven Health Analytics. Think computer vision and data-analysis techniques applied to radiology scans and patient records to improve detection of diseases.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

He was just trying to collect more data for his startup on what was happening on real estate deals that the company had been referring to brokers. We continued to enhance our software to make it easier for them to follow the steps to cash in on credits, and of course, by following those steps they were able to predictably close more deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

But of course Google eventually became the massive winner in this category. I sometimes refer to this field as “intent-based advertising&# because the reason it has been so successful is that the person who typed in the search term has expressed an “intent&# to find information on that category.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

This is of course, assuming we’re discussing console. Scot references Words with Friends, one of the defacto pioneers in the social gaming space. The pressing question on everyone’s mind: How close are we to whole, immersive environments, or a unified platform for gaming? Social Gaming. Not 100% perhaps, but mostly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2012

The vision part is fine, but successful entrepreneurs have found that the extreme uncertainty of a new product or service usually requires many course corrections, or “pivots” to find a successful formula. Platform pivot. This refers to a change from an application to a platform, or vice versa. Value capture pivot.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Speakers include Scott Hunger, a principal program Manager and Lead on the Azure Application and Platform Team; Richard Campbell, cofounder of Strangeloop Networks, Jeffrey Palermo, CIO of Headspring Systems and many more! In addition, world renowned speakers are invited to discuss the latest trends in technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

First, you’ll need a platform. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Unless, of course, I’m posting comments on a blog like TechCrunch or the Washington Post. I’m very particular to Disqus as my commenting platform. I put much time into it. Blogger kinda sucks IMHO.

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Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

And of course you could add up impressions by counting your the followers of everybody who had retweeted plus your own. It is what is commonly referred to as “vanity metrics” as in, “Look at how many more followers I got us! Of course it’s valuable to know how many clicks you drive. End of story.

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Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

In terms of the marketing approach, of course what you are always trying to do is get the big wigs on there – the big shots, but it’s also very crowded in that space and as a startup we’ve definitely been trying to reach out. So we’ve been working our way around it and there is a lot of work actually with editors.

Startup 101

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

And with this foundation they worked on Plug.DJ’s platform to solve some fundamental problems: The world is increasingly social, but music discovery was still a largely solitary experience. We saw eye to eye on a lot of things; how we wanted to see a company built, its culture, and of course, our shared love for music.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

We give them options and advice on the best course to reach their goals, such as responding quickly and getting to market faster. There's on-demand platforms for accounting, customer relationships, and things like that, and the options in each of those categories have let us have low monthly costs. Australia, and Italy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. Dare I steer off the course from the tried-and-true PowerPoint ritual? Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. Folksonomy.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

The value of your branding impression compared to impressions on any other platform is insanely high. Of course, eventually, these filters will be ruined by marketers the same way everything else is. Brands and businesses should definitely take advantage. This is big, especially with Snapchat taking off like it has been. And submit!

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Customer Custom Snapchat Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Mark dutifully went to partner meetings, back-channel references began, firms started calling existing VCs to “test prices” and we started debating whom our best partner would be. Of course it’s not literally a memo but that’s a metaphor for knowing that things have dramatically changed.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Of course much of it is conflicting. And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. And of course you’re meeting people who can give you money. REAL information.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The vision part is fine, but successful entrepreneurs have found that the extreme uncertainty of a new product or service usually requires many course corrections, or “pivots” to find a successful formula. Platform pivot. This refers to a change from an application to a platform, or vice versa. Value capture pivot.

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Entrepreneur Startup Platform Customer 102

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

The second major trend was the rise of the angel that was a function of the boom in Silicon Valley wealth (Google, Facebook, Zynga, Twitter, Salesforce.com, etc) plus the rise of crowd-funding platforms (AngelList) plus the rise of Y Combinator / 500Startups / TechStars. The fact that I still see it referred to in pitch decks is farcical.

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TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

Authors'' Note: We''re using the word "framework" loosely to refer to platforms, micro-frameworks, and full-stack frameworks. The high-performance Netty platform takes a commanding lead for JSON serialization on EC2. If the framework provides no JSON serializer, a best-of-breed for the platform is selected. Since Vert.x

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TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

Authors Note: Were using the word "framework" loosely to refer to platforms, micro-frameworks, and full-stack frameworks. The high-performance Netty platform takes a commanding lead for JSON serialization on EC2. If the framework provides no JSON serializer, a best-of-breed for the platform is selected. March 28, 2013.

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Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

One of the topics that came up in my post Mobile Internet Apple Facebook was around open vs. closed platforms. Of course, you have to draw the line somewhere. A lot of value is derived through being able to reach out in order to convert, retain, refer, etc. Instead, I’m telling it to use my Facebook account as my registration.

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Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The most common theme of being a startup in today’s world is that the computing environment and platforms change so rapidly that only the best equipped teams survive the transitions (think Facebook’s shift to mobile or Snapchat’s embrace of augmented reality). And of course we welcome Microsoft Ventures.

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Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

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. And of course in my 700 are people like Bill Gates and Barack Obama, neither of whom follows me just yet Asymmetric works both ways.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves). Not so bad.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The crypto in cryptocurrency is of course referring to cryptography on the ability to encrypt your transactions so they can’t be modified after they have been written to the blockchain. Of course anybody who says this publicly gets lambasted. It’s Hobbesian economics 101.

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Course Startup Framework Marketing 280

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Some, of course, agree with me that BuzzFeed has been and continues to be the gold standard innovator in digital media to emulate. Of course we all had the Utopian view as technologists often do but the laws of unintended consequences takes over. Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?” Others are skeptical, “Ha!

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