Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2017

Yet another social networking site. Just for starters, Wikipedia now lists about 200 sites by name, which they claim is just the more notable existing social networking sites. The ultimate online dating site. Most of these will fail, or never turn a profit.

Ideas 87

Ideas Sites Social Network Startup 87

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. Don’t settle, demand the best.

Entrepreneur 133

Entrepreneur Organization Social Media Social Network 133

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street. In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Don’t take shortcuts on these.

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Startup Technical Review Social Network News 94

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Here are eight Southern California companies and the experienced, successful entrepreneurs heading up their efforts, who haven't had any problems finding investors--or customers--for their firms. Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups. Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Don’t take shortcuts on these.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2011

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. Supply and demand ignored. We all believe that supply and demand meet to create stable prices (reflexive).

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Startup Demand Google Commerce 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

That challenge is a major business opportunity, as well as a risk, for startups. Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. and this black eye won’t soon go away.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Symantec Social Network News 78

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

It's another big week for startup launches, this time in San Diego at DEMOfall. One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. How did you start NativeTung?

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

The second part of our app is Know It, which is a video on demand platform. They can then make money from that video-on-demand, and people can pay them to watch that content. That's where I first started getting the idea to create what is now Indi. Neel Grover: I ran Buy.com for more than ten years, then we sold it to Rakuten.

Help 113

Help Commerce Platform Orange County 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups. Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Don’t take shortcuts on these.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Symantec 54

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

As I discussed in Matching Algorithm , I end up talking to a lot of startups who want to become the eHarmony of careers, eHarmony of clothes, eHarmony of jobs, eHarmony of tutoring, eHarmony of services, eHarmony of investments, etc. So, it makes it much harder to predict, test and scale a network effect startup.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 204

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Anyone can build a new web site, or publish a smartphone app for a few thousand dollars, but getting market penetration requires a lot more. Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. For them, adapting and stretching their limits is the norm.

Entrepreneur 143

Entrepreneur Social Network SpaceX Ideas 143

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

As I discussed in Matching Algorithm , I end up talking to a lot of startups who want to become the eHarmony of careers, eHarmony of clothes, eHarmony of jobs, eHarmony of tutoring, eHarmony of services, eHarmony of investments, etc. So, it makes it much harder to predict, test and scale a network effect startup.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 196

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2012

Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. Don’t settle, demand the best.

Startup 94

Startup Entrepreneur Organization Social Media 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2013

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. Supply and demand ignored. We all believe that supply and demand meet to create stable prices (reflexive).

Demand 89

Demand Google Commerce Pricing 89

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Armed with a degree in Marketing and Business from University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and an Operations experience from Ireland, UAE and Egypt , Ciaran Connolly, 36 teamed up with Ernist Turdubaev 33, with a Master of Arts – Retail and Government Sector to launch ProfileTree. What is ProfileTree? We help them with this.

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. In addition to the P2P deals covered below, on the show we also talked about some of my favorite financing startups ( Wonga in the UK run by Errol Damelin , who is a superstar) and Affordit.com run by serial (and I mean serial!) Collaboration in business starts and ends with email.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

Van Nuys-based Audiolife (www.audiolife.com), a new startup focused on providing e-commerce tools to musicians, recently raised $1M in angel funding. For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web.

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Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Social networking continues to be a superior force in marketing, especially Facebook. percent of all social network ad spending worldwide. Costs for advertising on Facebook are increasing, due to high demand, and their profits continue to soar. How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016?

Marketing 40

Marketing Social Media Social Network Technical Review 40

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2019

Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. Don’t settle, demand the best.

Organization 85

Organization Social Media Entrepreneur Social Network 85

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. What usually happens, is there's a barrage of poorly targeted ads leading up to opening weekend, and it drives downhill from there.

Hollywood 256

Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Bootstrapping: Score PR for Your Start-Up, On the Cheap. Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. Bootstrapping bootstrap, Profitability, Startup.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

They are starting to expect their name to appear at the top of Web sites, personalized e-mails, and even advanced checkout options that suit their habits. Real time on-demand collaboration. Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration. Examples include Second Life and Funsites.

Web 95

Web Entrepreneur Doc Examples 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2010

My plea to entrepreneurs and startups is to recognize it as an opportunity, and go the extra mile to make people comfortable rather than paranoid. Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street. In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups.

Entrepreneur 85

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Network News 85

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

They are starting to expect their name to appear at the top of Web sites, personalized e-mails, and even advanced checkout options that suit their habits. Real time on-demand collaboration. Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration. Examples include Second Life and Funsites.

Web 88

Web Web 2.0 Doc Examples 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2014

Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. Don’t settle, demand the best. You decide.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Organization Social Media Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Anyone can build a new web site, or publish a smartphone app for a few thousand dollars, but getting market penetration requires a lot more. Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. For them, adapting and stretching their limits is the norm.

Entrepreneur 86

Entrepreneur Social Network SpaceX Ideas 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2010

They point to YouTube as the big gorilla, but also social networking with video (Bebo), and video job sites (VisualCV). billion for the site in 2006. There are now more than 24 hours of video uploaded every minute to the site. Tags: webTV Internet video entrepreneur startup business. Marty Zwilling.

Hulu 84

Hulu Social Network Blogging Netflix 84

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Anyone can build a new web site, or publish a smartphone app for a few thousand dollars, but getting market penetration requires a lot more. Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. For them, adapting and stretching their limits is the norm.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Social Network SpaceX Ideas 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2017

Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. Don’t settle, demand the best.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Organization Social Media Social Network 60

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. TechZulu caught up with the founder Mike Tringe and this is what he told us. We have 2,000+ users signed up for our Beta. What inspired you?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. Don’t settle, demand the best.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Organization Social Media Social Network 95

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I started out with a handful of dimes making cold calls from a phone booth in Grand Central Station. I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. So cheer up everybody, this too will pass. Foreign Service.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

We caught up with the CEO William Zell. Our focus is providing anyone who is active online already with the ability to leverage their existing social networks for monetized one-on-one conversations. Our revenue stream will come from huddles that are paid for on the site. How different are you from other networks?

Mentor 94

Mentor Platform Social Network Chief Technology Officer 94

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

At the Twiistup panel last week, there was a debate over whether big companies could be created here, which is ridiculous--Demand Media is the latest example there, we've got Cornerstone OnDemand coming out soon, and there is no question there are market leading, large revenue companies coming out of Southern California. That's part one.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The idea was that if you could put up a consumer site that was seen as the best place to consume content then people wouldn’t go to lower-quality or free sites to get it. The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer.

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Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292