socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Schwartzfarb is currently Managing Director of Techstars Austin, but spent a significant time in the Los Angeles technology community working with Jake Winebaum at Business.com. The reason why, is my experience is in early stage sales and more specifically, in early stage customer development. Amos Schwartzfarb: Very often.

Sales 113

Sales Startup Custom Development Framework 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Overture was sold to Yahoo! He invented the category of sponsored search.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small? Tags: Startup Advice startup technology vc venture capital. People mistook extra doses of Ajax for a successful product.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

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APRIL 15, 2010

billion to Yahoo! Rumored: Digital Sky Technologies. Stitcher - San Francisco-based service that lets users customize talk radio programming on their mobile devices. My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g. Because GoTo.com was his idea.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271