socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Tim is the former head of Yahoo's Global Advertising Marketplaces unit, overseeing Display, Search and Video, and was VP of Search at Overture. What's also important, is that people are using the product. Our products include open source, as well as software-as-a-service, hosted products. We've grown a ton.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

We''ve also had a pretty wide range of check writing in terms of amount. We need to see a company which has already verified their use cases, has customers, has some form of revenue, or something that shows us that they can differentiate themselves, plus have the right team.

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Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. I am on a board that does business with Yahoo! Growth like this, this early in a company’s lifecycle rarely happens. One key board member knows Marissa.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. The amateur is probably our target customer, but a professional also looking to transition to digital would also be pretty interested in what we are doing. He's been working Hollywood, too, and is a real Cinderella story.

Web 187

Web Content Startup Education 187

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JUNE 22, 2015

So that we’re speaking the same language I would define “exclusive” as a period in which your company is prohibited from doing business with certain customers or business partners, which is why many incorrectly assume this is necessarily bad. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Startup Customer Custom 150

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Even when you do sign-up initial customers it’s still not clear that your company will be a success and you’re still likely paying yourself under market rates. She joined Yahoo! But if you’re the Director or Product or VP of Marketing – you don’t get to make that decision.

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Technical Review Startup Venture Capital IP 150

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JANUARY 1, 2016

But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. A great leader knows customers and has direct relationships with them. The reality of most startups is about survival. Conviction. Team Building.

Startup 150

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Ask your customer why you lost. Write things down.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Ask your customer why you lost. Write things down.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

We also allow the users to have a custom URL, for example, resumebucket.com/joshstomel. I had early success working in-house with Matt Coffin at LowerMyBills in 2005, and then I was brought on by Yahoo to build out the Yahoo Publisher Network Team. Plus, we will provide resume writing services.

Startup 140

Startup Yahoo Sites Oversee.net 140

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APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. So we can say no based on geography, we can say no based on it doesn’t fit in our themes.“… “Then we engage with the product and the entrepreneur and because we know these areas very well we don’t have to spend a lot of time understanding the market or understanding the customer.”.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

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MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. Nothing was more heart warming than the photo of David Karp hugging Bijan Sabet after the sale to Yahoo! And I’ll know in 18 months whether we have product / market fit. VCs often don’t use the products of the companies in which they invest. I create videos.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

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AUGUST 15, 2009

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Did we really have good change management procedures if we were willing to launch products without backward compatibility. Quite the opposite. I move on.

Startup 151

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

Google’s current market cap sits at just over $200 billion (Yahoo! founder, Steve Cunningham, this is exactly the thought process he went through when developing a product to help you take in and use information faster. For Cunningham and the team at Polar Unlimited, together this created the product. Time is money.

Startup 76

Startup Social Media Content Web 2.0 76

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Overture was sold to Yahoo! He wanted to build direct customer relationships to get product feedback but only 2% of customers would ever return their registration cards.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners. Our approach is often additive to all parties, resulting in ongoing, productive relationships. The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Search Engines – Google, Yahoo, MSN, ASK redirect billions of searches everyday.Search engines have the potential to drive millions of visitors to a given site.Wikipedia and About are two of the most popular sites on the web, but the majority of their traffic comes from referrals from search engines, not people going directly to their site.To

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. And, I dont like to copy and paste.

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Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

William--who, among prior experience developed Stamps.com's security architecture--sat down with us to explain the firm's products and plans. What does Mobophiles do, and what the idea behind the product is? What we wanted to do is allow people to be productive when they wanted to be productive. You can get it for free.

SaaS 127

SaaS Web Google Sites 127

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JULY 13, 2013

I spoke a lot about the need for “personal branding” which I plan to write about soon. But the problem with being all in – all in for me, let’s say I can write $10 to $12 million per company. If I write $2 million and we hit a bump in the road, I can write another $2 million. Am I allowed to say this?

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Search Engines – Google, Yahoo, MSN, ASK redirect billions of searches everyday. Increase the production of your content. Create a target list of blogs that could cover your product or content. Make a list of the journalists writing the articles, they’re easy to find on Linkedin and Facebook. Social Media.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo! Facebook went on become larger than even Google and Yahoo! They controlled distribution to the masses. History repeats itself. Don’t Stop Believing.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of. Jameson Morris – Founder of Organic Soul and Conscious Box.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. You have huge hiring volume coming from the new growth firms (Twitter, Zynga, Facebook) and huge retention battles & hiring from Google, Apple, Cisco, Yahoo!, You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo!

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. They haven’t launched their next gen product – watch this space. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. No Dave S. = How do we make that happen?

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. You think that anybody really believed 1999 that two young kids out of Stanford had a shot at unseating Yahoo!, Your customers don’t care that you went to Stanford, Harvard or MIT. What attributes am I looking for during the process? Yeah, right.

Entrepreneur 338

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Google 338

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example Yahoo truncates the trailing slash. When you feature a “product of the week&# , “hottest blog post&# , “today’s joke&# or so, then bookmarkers will love it when its URI doesn’t change. Use possible input ($errSrc, $errMsg, …) from the caller to customize the error page.

SEO 37

SEO IP PHP Blogging 37

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Given how Apple’s products are normally delivered to near perfection it is likely to be a huge holiday hit this year. At the time all telco’s were envious of Yahoo! And meanwhile I’ve seen several LA startups focus on creating low-cost video production & distribution houses.

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Content Google Media Hulu 386