Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media. Don’t use the same message on Twitter you developed for email blasts and postcard blitzes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2021

Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply. They are not hesitant to engage the crowd through social media and sites like Yelp to drive you from the marketplace.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based on-demand livestreaming and podcasting company LiveOne--which until recently was known as LiveXLive Media--says it has acquired Gramophone Media, a New York-based artist and brand development company. LiveOne says the acquisition is the sixth for the company.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2010

The price of two of Demand Media's acquisitions, Pluck , and The Daily Plate , have both been made public with the firm's IPO filing Friday evening. According to the S-1, Demand paid $56.3M for Pluck, a developer of social media tools, and paid $5.0M READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2018

Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply. They are not hesitant to engage the crowd through social media and sites like Yelp to drive you from the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 20 million registered developers in 2018. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the social media firm headed by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, said this morning that it has made a minority investment in Toronto-based CoveritLive. CoveritLive develops live blogging tools and related products for creating live, online events. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. What’s the problem?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, former Chairman of MySpace, said Wednesday that it has launched a new service which automatically pulls up and links to related content on web pages. Pluck was a developer of social media software for web publishers. READ MORE>>

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2018

Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply. They are not hesitant to engage the crowd through social media and sites like Yelp to drive you from the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Xconomy asked technology and innovation leaders around our network to reflect on the most important developments in their industries during 2017, and the answers were appropriately wide-ranging. Here now are responses, edited for clarity, from Mark Bowles, co-founder of medical diagnostics. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Initially pinned as a generative AI startup for Twitter when it first hit the headlines back in April, the xAI website seems to suggest that the new startup will remain separate from the social media platform, as well as Musk's collection of other technology companies. Will xAI Rival OpenAI? The post What Is xAI?

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Its “content arm” Entity Mag has quite interestingly gone viral on social media and has more than 1.1

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Set an example by being visibly connected to the people and information you need through social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

Don’t dumb it down for social media. Many entrepreneurs fear giving away their very best insights, strategies, or tools via social media – it might diminish the demand and the profit. Be passionate about what you do, but develop a really strong plan, and a strong plan B too. They will call you back.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. Social Media. Cloud Computing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. With the advent of interactive social media, as well as high-bandwidth video tools, there is no excuse for not involving real customers, and prospects who fit the desired demographic. Keep users engaged throughout design and development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This distrust for the scripted message has led to a new demand for unfiltered marketing, and the emergence of business credibility heroes, like Elon Musk, with his bold statements about space travel, and sometime villains, such as Mark Zuckerberg defending Facebook privacy practices. They want the raw data versus a polished message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2022

It started with an email survey on your last stay at their hotel, but now includes requests for online product reviews, to social media input on the design of future products. The participants, not the marketers, are in control, and they are demanding a relationship, not just a marketing message.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

An empty textbox, demanding to be filled with a concise, compelling summary to impress potential employers is daunting. Do you participate in professional development workshops, or perhaps enjoy problem-solving puzzles in your downtime? Fill it with the right words, and your dream job could be right around the corner.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2014

He has a long career in developing products and companies (such as Pogo, Excite@Home, Demand Media, The Daily Plate and now TasteMade) discussed much about his career choices and lessons. In the most recent episode, I interviewed Joe Perez , Founder of Tastemade. If you don’t know Joe, you should.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

You may dream of developing a new silicon chip technology, but a bit of research should tell you that most disruptive solutions take billions in investment, and more time than you can afford for acceptance. Assess your connections, both social media and financial. You can’t really succeed in life if you are not happy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2021

If you have a development organization which is never ready to ship, and insist on continually adding new features, or doing more testing, the ready-aim-fire approach will not likely happen. Firing at some market will at least give you the feedback necessary to direct appropriate development.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

what is the importance of social media? what is wrong with today’s social media? 35:29 Why people use social media. 36:30 Eric: Social media is great for people with social capital. 42:20 Did agile development influence you? how do you handle internal company morale?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

TechZulu is excited to invite you to a fireside chat with Greg Cargill, VP of Client Services and Social Media at BLITZ. Greg will share his experience on how to Successfully Build and Sell an Effective Social Media Marketing Agency. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza & Drinks! Venue Sponsor.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. With the advent of interactive social media, as well as high-bandwidth video tools, there is no excuse for not involving real customers, and prospects who fit the desired demographic. Keep users engaged throughout design and development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

He offers a set of seven principles and values for his ultimate win-win philosophy and harmonic balance among all stakeholders, as a roadmap for any company to develop a profitable, sustainable, and fun way of doing business. Start with only the very best people, demand excellence, and train them to stay ahead of the pack.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Don’t settle, demand the best. But don’t believe that any plan will develop and must remain unchanged throughout the execution process. The Internet and social media facilitates cooperation and collaboration, which is what we need to shift our thinking, then reset our goals and ways of attaining them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2015

Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply. They are not hesitant to engage the crowd through social media and sites like Yelp to drive you from the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. A primary focus on process leads to highly structured training classes, leaving little room for personal career development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2014

Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply. They are not hesitant to engage the crowd through social media and sites like Yelp to drive you from the marketplace.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2013

If you missed out on the keynotes live we have all of them for you on demand. Dana White discusses The UFC’s rise to become one of the leading global sports brands through success with social media, community engagement and game-changing steps including connecting pro athletes with fans online.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. An expanding customer base demands better support. As the company grows, functional leaders need to build and manage larger teams, recruit and develop talent, and manage remote offices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

New technology markets and paradigm shifts have traditionally been bad bets when seeking investors, since these were known to take decades to develop, and cost lots of money. Steve Jobs proved it with the iPhone, and Elon Musk can’t produce his electric cars fast enough to keep up with demand. Concept marketing is critical.

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