InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2015

Instead, expeditiously pick a reasonable moniker and then get back to work delivering value to your customers. Yahoo – Merriam-Webster defines “Yahoo” as “a boorish, crass, or stupid person.” Jerry Yang and David Filo, Yahoo’s Founders, chose the name, as they considered themselves to be “Yahoos.”

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Spreeify said its product works with major ad servers (DoubleClick, Sizmek, OpenX, AppNexus), DSPs (Rubicon Project, Turn, RocketFuel, DataXu, TheTradeDesk) and publishers (AOL, Yahoo, Pandora, MSN), and is already being used by such customers as JustFab, Sony and Papyrus. Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2014

According to the companies, MetaCloud has been selected as the "open source cloud solution of choice" by Trace3, which will help implement and recommend Metacloud''s OpenStack solutions to its own customers. The company was founded by Sean Lynch and Steve Curry, who are veterans of Yahoo! and Ticketmaster. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The company's founders are previously from Overture and Yahoo! We are ex-Overture and Yahoo! That's based on insights into the customer and product, so that we can build relevant, optimized, geotargeted, and customized ads that will engage consumers. Search Marketing. First off, what is Datapop?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Santa Monica-based TaskUs , the fast growing provider of outsourced customer experience and back end services for online companies, said it has hired three new executives on Thursday, to help it with its growth efforts. McLaughlin-Brooks was at YapStone, and also served at Parallels, Business Objects and Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Its also sells a cloud-based software platform that businesses can customize. Clients include Yahoo!, EV Connect has a smartphone app to give drivers of electric vehicles real-time access to charging station status. Marriott, Hilton, Western Digital, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York Power Authority.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2021

For example, a few years ago, the company Beepi had a vision to build a new market for buying and selling used cars, but became overly focused on fundraising to grow fast, and ignored many customer complaints. Don’t lose focus on the customer, or open opportunities for competitors to pass you by with your own disruptive change.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based advertising technology provider OpenX has launched a new product today, saying it has launched a new, real-time traffic quality monitoring system to help filter out suspicious advertising traffic for its customers. OpenX said the new product was designed by a team with experience from Yahoo!, Overture and Shopzilla.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2010

Coffee chain Starbucks , the second home of startup entrepreneurs and frequent makeshift offices of many a startup or technology professional in town, is going to open up free Wi-Fi for its customers. Alternately, customers were forced to pay AT&T for a la carte or monthly access. The free wireless will be available from AT&T.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

You need to segment your audience and find a way to get your highest quality customers over to O&O (owned & operated) inventory where you can get higher CPMs, sell merchandise and capture more customer information. Hello, Yahoo!?! (I I talked to an ex Yahoo! Eventually other networks will emerge. They have to.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2015

EV Connect says that its customers now include Yahoo, 1st Century Fox, Marriott, Western Digital, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York Power Authority, and many others. The company targets commercial, enterprise, hospitality, university and government facilities. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

The software is used by Topspin's customers to scan tickets sold through Topspin's software. Topspin is venture backed by the Foundry Group and Redpoint Ventures, and Ian Rogers is the former GM of Yahoo Music. The firm said the update will be available to its users for free. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

They typically have specific budgets lined up, and they're looking for ways to diversity, and also access new customers. We got into the pay-per-click space early on, when Idealab launched Goto.com, which eventually became Overture and was acquired by Yahoo. Our core competency is focusing on high quality customers to our advertisers.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2011

Messenger : Jason Lehmbeck , Co-Founder and CEO of DataPop , former VP of Emerging Ad Products at Overture Services and Yahoo! The Core team had worked together at Yahoo! We tried to solve their problems while we were at Yahoo!, We lived together for seven years while at Yahoo! It was a typical storyline. ows are lower.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 4, 2016

I knew that every dollar I spent to acquire a customer resulted in a 4x return. Circa 2001, Yahoo publicly declared that they didn’t do cost per acquisition (CPA) deals. I paid them a flat fee for every trial customer they drove my way. Download Sites – We generated tens of thousands of customers from sites such as Download.com.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2022

And, in addition to the sellers themselves suspending sales, the strikers are urging Etsy customers to boycott this week as well, by avoiding any purchases through the platform. The strike starts on April 11th — the same day that Etsy's transaction fee increase takes effect. Granted, the platform has 5.3 Granted, the platform has 5.3

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Xconomy

JUNE 11, 2018

The companies said Monday they expect their “strategic partnership” to boost both businesses by strengthening their pitch to customers around the world who are interested in enhancing their physical operations with digital technologies. The news sent PTC’s stock (NASDAQ: PTC ) to a record high for the company, according to Yahoo Finance data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. Solutions that may be viewed as “nice to have” or “satisfies a higher-level need” won’t get funded. Design a product or service that you can sell.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2009

De Luca was previously the firm's Chief Information Officer and Customer Experience Officer. De Luca was previously VP and Chief informatoin Executive for Yahoo, and also served in a similar role with Interwoven. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

The coffee chain said that free Wi-Fi had been the top request of its customers. Previously, wireless access had been limited to users with a Starbucks rewards card who made certain minimum monthly purchases, or was available a-la-carte--for around $7.95 for a daily pass--via AT&T.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction. You have been at Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo! Does Yahoo! has now employed the same strategy.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 16, 2013

If a Square Cash customer owes you money, all he needs to do is send you an e-mail, and after you received that email just enter your debit card number, and the cash is debited to you within a day or two, plus email and SMS notifications to both the recipient and the sender. Email Security.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

With nearly 25 million customers using Netflix it’s clear that everyone will have an opinion on this. As Dan Frommer pointed out, all of the news reports on Netflix said that they had lost 1 million customers from their recent price increase. In fact, they are projected to only lose 200k streaming customers (800k DVD).

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

I opened up an office for them, doing early stage selling, then I built a client services department for HotJobs, and then after Yahoo acquired them, I moved back into sales, in Sales Management, and I helped manage and rebuild a team in San Francisco. They got a bunch of investors, including some from Austin.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2010

New was most recently at Ripple Networks, and also served at Yahoo. The firm said the new funding will go towards expanding its product set and reach, and to serve new customers. Ciocan was also most recently at Ripple Networks, where he was head of its engineering team. RealPractice is headed by Carey Ransom. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Before that, I was heading up global consumer marketing for entertainment, sports, and video at Yahoo. Just as I was leaving Yahoo, Michelle was in the process of starting up IPSY, and I even made the introduction to our CEO, Marcelo Camberos. I've been involved since the launch. We understand you're backed by $100M in funding?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

My team is responsible for building tools to help improve the online customer experience, whether that's through native apps, devices, or the web. I had work for Yahoo for nine years, and at the time, they had an office in Carlsbad. He reports to another department. Claude Jones: We've been here for six years to date.We

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

My team is responsible for building tools to help improve the online customer experience, whether that's through native apps, devices, or the web. I had work for Yahoo for nine years, and at the time, they had an office in Carlsbad. He reports to another department. Claude Jones: We've been here for six years to date.We

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San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

But if you level up , raise capital and grow customers, revenue and staff – life changes. They talk to customers, operations, sales, marketing and engineering to determine the company product roadmap. Contrast that with years of decay at Yahoo! You just assign out tasks to all of us. Whose side are you on? Engineering?

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Inverted Software

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

In today’s connected world, businesses are focusing on acquiring and retaining customers using a wide array of tools. At Inverted Software we have gathers the top 5 marketing software tools we think every business should utilize in order to effectively reach customers while keeping time effort in check. Here is our list: Hootsuite.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In many ways, the culture Kildall established was a precursor to the egalitarian, laid-back environments made more famous by Apple, Yahoo and Google before they became Big Dumb Companies. Beer and pizza were served on Friday afternoons and anyone who dressed in a suit was easily identified as a visitor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Continuing incidences of personal identity theft , as well major personal data breaches , including Capital One (2019), Marriott/Starwood (2018), and Yahoo (2014) still weigh heavily on their decision process.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

After the slideshow, we chatted about Make It Work’s culture, specifically, our philosophy of “employees first, customers next&# and our dedication to Delight. We talked about “ON IT,&# as a means to responding NOW to every customer request. 245 people registered, Yahoo! They asked, I agreed.

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