socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 Over 150 educational institutions are using our free screenwriting software, and we've attracted writers to our community by providing a free, web-based alternative to expensive screenwriting tools like Final Draft and Movie Magic, which charge $200 to $250 for their tools.

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever. Our customers can sign up, and they can get full access to our API, where they can create campaigns to target public officials.

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Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

Don Patterson, the co-founders of Irvine-based Quub (www.quub.com), which has taken research which Dr. Patterson was working on at UC Irvine and applied it to the world of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. George Ruan: Users who sign in to our site see three boxes. Those three boxes are categorized.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

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. Find a way to engage users in other content on your site.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. event I did last fall.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 30, 2007

On the contrary, enterprise software needs to be fully tested before a release because it typically affects a customers business process. Particularly for consumer web sites, things dont have to be perfect all of the time. We had millions of users visiting our site on a daily basis.

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Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

Of course, a lot of that time was spent convincing people that the Internet was going to grow, and therefore there was going to be a need to make it easy for people to find content and sites on the Internet. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

I dropped out of college, and eventually, we grew the site to be the 7th most popular website on the Internet (Microsoft was #8 at the time). Eventually, the site was acquired by CMGI/YesMail.com and later sold to another public company named TechLabs. At Starting Point, 100% of the interaction with our users/customers was via email.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. But let’s be honest – they’re mostly the same old shit as Web 1.0, Social Networking in Web 2.0:

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Well, my philosophy is that if you keep it from your competition, youre also keeping it from potential users or customers. In trying to hide it from the 5-10 would-be competitors youre also hiding it from thousands or millions of users and customers. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Starting Point was best at searching the search engines and, as a result, we quickly became the 7th most popular site on the Internet. As a result, we ended up doing a lot of one-off custom work for clients and never really gained traction in any particular area. So, what we became best at was changing our business plan.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

I have found that if an idea is incredibly complex, it inherently requires more time to develop and is harder to explain to customers, users, partners, employees, etc. And if customers, users, partners and employees have a hard time understanding or explaining the idea, then it will eventually fail. Dont Think Too Much. Try this: 1.

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Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

They keep 100% of the revenue from their own website and only a fraction when selling advertising on other sites. If Im a publisher using Google, they already have my customer list, advertising data and revenue information anyway. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Game mechanics have become a popular way of increasing user engagement and pushing user adoption, referral and retention, and many startups have sought ways to incorporate game mechanics into their sites. Another important web 2.0

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Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

I met with my old team from L90, the team that built adMonitor (the advertising platform that delivered billions of ads per month for over 3,000 blue-chip customers, where we had a successful $112 million IPO and then DoubleClick acquired it). Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. StrongMail’s software ensures reliable and timely delivery of their critical customer communications. Some ideas lasted months, others lasted hours.

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Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

. – Premium Online Advertising Company Age: 21 - 25 Time Period: 1997 - 2001 My Role: Chief Technology Officer, Technology Founder and Chairman, Advisory Board High Point: $500 million market cap; 3,000+ customers; 8 billion transactions per month; 65% Internet reach Warning, this will be a long posting. We had customers and revenue.

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Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40