Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

We see evidence in the news every day of these irresistible forces of change, like the pervasive global penetration of the Internet, the impact of terrorist activities even to peaceful countries, the power of social media in building business relationships, and the depletion and pollution of natural resources. Stakeholder power.

Marketing 135

Marketing Startup Entrepreneur Social Media 135

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? We had a soft launch to test our new identity protection & identity management features to complement our core people search service in 2020. A whole new generation of people are growing up with remote-first learning and work. Contact our editors for details.

Technical Review 113

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

After doing the work for an internal event for them, that led to external, customer-facing launch events around the country. We present the best solution for a customer and their needs, and we work with the top EV charger manufacturers and software providers to accomplish that We coordinate everything needed for an event.

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Tech.Co

JULY 1, 2019

Educate rather than condescend. Read more of the latest tech news on Tech.co. How PolyAI is Redefining the Customer Service Call with “Conversational AI”. So what can you do in the face of abject e-scooter hatred? Avoid polarizing the issue as much as possible. Engage rather than fight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. This approach works best with business associates that know you, or peers that you meet at industry conferences, or technical gurus that have no business connections to the candidate.

Entrepreneur 104

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

What was the big news for you or your company this year? Our annual conferencefocused on educating our community on growing valuable tech enterprises-- set a record with over 500 attendees and our best attendee feedback to date. What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Real customers. Owned media. Long-term sales.

Media 95

Media Framework Social Media Metrics 95

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

After doing the work for an internal event for them, that led to external, customer-facing launch events around the country. We present the best solution for a customer and their needs, and we work with the top EV charger manufacturers and software providers to accomplish that We coordinate everything needed for an event.

Startup 133

Startup Customer Custom News 133

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. This approach works best with business associates that know you, or peers that you meet at industry conferences, or technical gurus that have no business connections to the candidate.

Competition 174

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2022

That’s good news for all business segments and the economy. The building of new houses, communities, and infrastructure – as well as the new demand for retail that delivers – will strain trucking and shipping to its limits. Education: More students and different classes. With 330 million people in the U.S.

Demand 103

Demand Startup Course Summary 103

Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

The horrific news of recent weeks has amplified America’s long-simmering tensions and many divisions, and cast a new and disturbing light on the nature of social and economic inequality in this economy. In Sweden, citizens and entrepreneurs gladly pay taxes because of all the personal and social benefits those taxes produce.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Education Training Invest 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2015

We will have two well-funded companies educating the market on why this market opportunity for the $24 billion US storage market is ripe for disruption. Launching artificially in markets to compete on perceived “land grabs” Bad mouthing the competition in public / focusing more on the competition than the customer.

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Funding Competition Marketing Summary 150

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Redwood City, CA-based AltspaceVR is just one of the tech companies that’s trying to draw in more users or customers by creating new projects that put an election spin on their core offerings. New York-based Newsela aims to offer youngsters straight news without a partisan spin. See how it works here.).

Technical Review 40

Technical Review News Social Media Startup 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Real customers. Owned media. Long-term sales.

Advertising 66

Advertising Marketing Startup Framework 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Real customers. Owned media. Long-term sales.

Marketing 100

Marketing Social Media Framework Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Tech news keeps proclaiming “phone calls are dead,” which is useful except that the data suggests the exact opposite. In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. Higher education.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

InfoChachkie

JUNE 18, 2012

He was primarily motivated by the educational potential of his invention, not the wealth it might generate. This leads them to design and create the best technology, without regard for the myriad of customer-centric, non-product-oriented issues that contribute to a product’s ultimate success or failure. What Did Philo Invent?

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Ideas RSS Technical Review .Net 221

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

These are the feelings I had upon first hearing the news of the potential ban. One study from 2021 found that e-scooter users in Paris are mainly men aged 18 to 29, have a high educational level, and usually jump on a scooter for travel time savings. Frustrated. So what if there are accidents? Car accidents happen all the time!

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Real customers. Owned media. Long-term sales.

Media 101

Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Customers can choose among its many templates to quickly add a chatbot to any Facebook page and then use its different reply types to create lead generating bots, list of articles taken from RSS feeds, Mailchimp and Zapier integrations, carousel of images and full-fledged ecommerce or food ordering solutions within the Messenger interface.

Email 70

Email Artificial Inteligence Startup Template 70

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

The good news is that everyone expects entrepreneurs to make mistakes, since founders explore uncharted territory. Assume you already know what your customers need and want. Just because you love a new solution doesn’t mean your customers will love it. Confidently believe that you have no real competitors.

Startup 59

Startup Training Entrepreneur Customer 59

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

This was a chance to blow open the story on their companies, to address a room full of potential investors, mentors, partners, customers, and press. Updates could be as exciting as closing investment deals, or harrowing as the news of losing a co-founder. They showed very impressive average customer repurchases.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

Brit + Co is a digital media company that inspires, educates and entertains real women with a creative spirit. Hoodline is a local news and content discovery platform, that uses machine learning to distribute geotagged and relevant content from hundreds of media partners into websites or mobile apps.

Artificial Inteligence 108

Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 108

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

Custom Wharton Degree. As I turned away, somewhat shocked with the ease with which I had customized my curriculum, he stopped me and asked, “I can understand why you want to take Squash, but can I ask why you are enrolling in Farsi?”. Photo Credit: Photo/The Lima News, Gavin Jackson. Share and Enjoy.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Class Course Writing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

We see evidence in the news every day of these irresistible forces of change, like the pervasive global penetration of the Internet, the impact of terrorist activities even to peaceful countries, the power of social media in building business relationships, and the depletion and pollution of natural resources. Stakeholder power.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Study 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2016

No one is entitled to a better job position or entrepreneur funding, no matter how passionate, educated, or articulate. Many young entrepreneurs are naïve in assuming that doing good for society obviates the need to make money, and will motivate customers to pay premium prices. Prove you can do the job before asking for the title.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur News Outsource Activity 60

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. This approach works best with business associates that know you, or peers that you meet at industry conferences, or technical gurus that have no business connections to the candidate.

Technology 87

Technology High Tech Startup Social Media 87

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

This is the time to get creative, run pilot projects to look at ROI, and educate the whole team on objectives and activities. You need to allocate a few minutes a day, or every week, to researching via blogs and websites like Tech News World the latest recommendations and reviews. Implement metrics and analytics.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Blogging 95

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

By that, I mean that we’re entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, investors, and business minds on a mission to inspire, educate, and support entrepreneurs and innovators through no-cost consulting, programs, events, and access to capital and talent. We’re tired of being a “best kept secret.”

Entrepreneur 70

Entrepreneur Startup News High Tech 70

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. Let candidates educate you on attributes you need. This approach works best with business associates that know you, peers that you meet at industry conferences, or technical gurus that have no business connections to the candidate.

High Tech 103

High Tech Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 103

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

You come together as a team one day per week (the “Partner Meeting,” which for most firms is on Mondays) and mostly share the news & information from your portfolio companies or evaluate new deals. And we had to shift to be with our customers and prospects. So Silicon Valley massively shifted to San Francisco.

Rancho Palos Verdes 150

Rancho Palos Verdes Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

For those who may be new to Pubcon its an educational conference and industry trade show programmed specifically for web professionals and website site owners. Your Clients, customers, and especially your competitors will attend. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Want to Sponsor? Contact us at sponsor@techzulu.com.

SEO 64

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 64

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. This approach works best with business associates that know you, or peers that you meet at industry conferences, or technical gurus that have no business connections to the candidate.

High Tech 58

High Tech Startup Social Media Entrepreneur 58

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Along the way many things came together: being able to find the right people, getting great customers, having lots of luck, being in the right place at the right time. From day one we focused on customers. Since then we’ve iterated on trying to provide our customers what they wanted next.

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

We are quickly following that up with Madison Square Garden, where we're doing a couple of integration projects with them, and we also have the John Lennon Educational Tour. How much of this is custom, one-off work versus out of the box functionality? It's mostly out of the box, with some tweaks we can make for customized integration.

Startup 213

Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

For those who may be new to Pubcon its an educational conference and industry trade show programmed specifically for web professionals and website site owners. Your Clients, customers, and especially your competitors will attend. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Want to Sponsor? Contact us at sponsor@techzulu.com.

SEO 40

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Sangster lives in Los Angeles and is actively involved in improving early childhood education. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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