InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The lessons learned by Divshot confirm that obtaining, and more importantly maintaining, visibility on the front page of a major social news site results from the congruence of three factors: audience, timing and engagement. No matter how you end up on the front page of a major news site, getting there is just the first step.

News 198

News Sites Startup RSS 198

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Online job and career sites still seem to be in another decade, when it comes to both design--and user friendliness. Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? Los Angeles-based Workpop (www.workpop.com) thinks so.

Design 174

Design Sites Cornerstone OnDemand Startup 174

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. Remember that investors can’t see the business from a demo or prototype, and they won’t appreciate all the love and work you have put into building the product.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Startup Statistics Social Media 109

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2010

This morning's interview is with Alon Goren , co-founder and President of Los Angeles-based Invested.in , an online site which allows users to run fundraisers for their projects. launched earlier this year at DEMO. You publish it, and the whole thing is managed on our site where you've created a fundraising campaign.

Sites 237

Sites Startup Invest SoCalTech 237

Berkonomics

APRIL 5, 2018

Each night’s backup would be carefully marked and the rotated between offsite and on-site locations in a series of steps so that backups of a day, two days, a week and a month were all available both on site and off site. As was each subsequent backup, on-site and offsite. Big OUCH!

Sites 266

Sites Outsource Development Customer Custom 266

Berkonomics

AUGUST 28, 2014

But an increasing amount is now coming from web sites and YouTube videos created by companies looking for an edge in their marketing efforts. Dave’s Top Ten Trends workshop promo video Check this example by clicking on the link to the left – from my www.berkus.com site. Finally, content does not last forever.

Netflix 166

Netflix Sites Content Entertainment 166

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The offering--the first foray into added services for the site--will provide professional headshots, professional demo reel, and one year of access to its job platform, for $499. The site also has a major business in running talent-related promotional campaigns for brands, including Sony, Mercedes-Benz, and Virgin Mobile.

Hollywood 183

Hollywood Sites Los Angeles Platform 183

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. Remember that investors can’t see the business from a demo or prototype, and they won’t appreciate all the love and work you have put into building the product.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Statistics Social Media Startup 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2011

As always, we will be doing demo's for those of you that want to demo your product/site. Friday, February 4, 2011 -- Startup Nights 2.1. Bring your work or awesome startup ideas, so you can collaborate and make it happen. See [link] (more)

Startup 113

Startup Ideas Sites Product 113

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Much effort and study has been expended to determine how a web site can better convert its visitors to paying customers. Sites like ww1.novarad.net novarad.net place their free demo button above the fold and make it as visible as possible. Site Speed . There is ample justification for these guidelines. Value Proposition.

Sites 40

Sites Search Engine Optimization Technical Review Web Development 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The service--split across sites TrekTrac, MotoTrac, and SailTrac depending on types of trip--allows users to share videos, photos, and text, correlated with a Google Map showing the location of that content. Tags: traveltrac travel content startup demofall demo. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 140

Southern California Content Google Sites 140

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Then join us for LA's next AngelHack, where winning teams will receive 6-8 weeks of mentorship and be flown into Silicon Valley for a weekend of events including a Global Demo Day to A-list investors and media, Site visits to, Google, Facebook, Google Ventures, VIP dinners, and ragging parties with the Valley startup community.

Google 124

Google Ideas Sites Media 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. To get started, go to the International Business Innovation Association web site, and use the search tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

Organization 92

Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

This is the day you will wrap up any loose ends with your code, and prepare a 5 minute demo with 5 minutes of Q+A in the evening. We will vote on a winner and they will be featured on the MobileHackDays LA Web site. Sunday, September 18, 2011 -- Los Angeles Mobile Hack Days. Finalization day. See [link] (more)

Los Angeles 113

Los Angeles Mobile Angel Web 113

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online is showing a new, screen recording service it is calling " GoView " at the DEMO conference this week, saying Monday that it is launching the service to allow business professionals to record, edit, and share their computer screen. Tags: screen goview citrix share demo record computer software.

Screening 100

Screening Services Santa Barbara Conference 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. To get started, go to the International Business Innovation Association web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

Resource 159

Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2017

Serial Entrepreneur: Jon Kraft, co-founder of Pandora (Interim CEO), Jean-Marc Touch, co-founder Funding status: Angel backed, raising funding via crowdsourcing site StartEngine. Entering Startup image courtesy Mike @ flickr. Description: MUMO Music Moments allows you to share life's moments with friends, family and fans. Ground Control.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Company Companies Technical Review 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2009

Huntington Beach-based HowSimple has launched the firm's "desktop viewer" at DEMO in Palm Desert, saying that it has created software which allows users to browse, navigate, and search the web in a multiple-panel, desktop user interface.

Content 100

Content Screening Web Sites 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. Remember that investors can’t see the business from a demo or prototype, and they won’t appreciate all the love and work you have put into building the product.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Statistics 109

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The firm was one of the recent startups to launch at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference last week, and has the backing of OrganicStartup, the startup acceleration effort of local angel investor Scott Sangster. How is what you are doing different from the many online invitation sites out there? Fei Xiao: We launched our beta at DEMO.

Startup 147

Startup Organization Sites Conference 147

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Site Unseen. Site Unseen is a mobile app that serves as a personal tour guide for exploring a city. At the beginning of the night, a couple of the organizers over the weekend worked on a site, StartupKoolaid.com, decided to pitch it as a joke to lighten the mood. Below is the entire USC Startup Weekend Demo Night.

USC 82

USC Startup Tech Coast Angels Guide 82

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. Remember that investors can’t see the business from a demo or prototype, and they won’t appreciate all the love and work you have put into building the product.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. Remember that investors can’t see the business from a demo or prototype, and they won’t appreciate all the love and work you have put into building the product.

Funding 62

Funding Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup 62

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

According to OVP's site, it was approached in 2005 by the CFO of a former portfolio company, who had made money for the firm twice before, begging the firm to invest. OVP said it passed due to concerns over commoditization, and after losing NIM's demo phone. The lesson: "In this business, as in life - timing is everything."

Networking 133

Networking Orange County Redpoint Mission Ventures 133

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2014

We are pleased to announce a special discount for TechZulu readers: Visit Wearable Tech LA registration site and use TECHZULU4WTLA to save 30% on ticket prices. Live demos including a demo on extreme wearables used by a trained wolf. 15 Startups to pitch their products – 2 winners to be announced.

Entertainment 88

Entertainment Hollywood Pasadena Training 88

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

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. Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Each night’s backup would be carefully marked and the rotated between offsite and on-site locations in a series of steps so that backups of a day, two days, a week and a month were all available both on site and off site. As was each subsequent backup, on-site and offsite.

Sites 149

Sites Outsource Development Email Customer 149

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

For customers, a sample, demo device, or at least a brochure will solidify the message and your readiness to deliver. It should be imbedded in the home page of your web site, the introduction section of your business plan, the heart of your executive summary, and the first slide of your investor pitch.

Sample 127

Sample Summary Startup Slides 127

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

We spoke with CEO and founder Jack Bicer --just back from DEMO--to learn more about the app and why he thinks the company has the solution to e-commerce shopping cart abandonment. So this is for e-commerce sites, not in person purchases? Jack Bicer: Any e-commerce site can be enabled for Sekur.me.

Startup 214

Startup Symantec Commerce Software 214

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

There will be demos, tutorials, and presentations on how to be safe.” Glassdoor shows that the store manager job was posted more than 30 days ago, and the site estimates the potential salary at $41,000 to $74,000. We’ve reached out to Lime and will update if we hear back from the company.

Santa Monica 221

Santa Monica Startup Technical Review Education 221

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

After some pre-game mingling, we began our evening with demos from companies that had been picked from months of company submissions. They also gave a quick tour of the dashboard that clients would be using to customize their now mobile ready sites. Our next company to present was Danger Room Gaming and their Rapid Fire Trivia games.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

The main reason that your advisors tell you to focus on your vertical, your age demo or your users favorite destination is that this is the obvious way to interest your user base. Here’s how you should think about your PR plan. Understand That You Don’t Only Have One Target Audience.

Blogging 309

Blogging Journal Press Startup 309

InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

230 flyers resulted in 87 site visits (38% conversion rate). Twitter hashtag activity resulted in 4 demos. Big competitors like SAP and Microsoft immediately started spending large amounts on the company''s site. In Hubba''s case, the company was well rewarded for its boldness.

Marketing 239

Marketing Conference Startup RSS 239

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does. I first reviewed the “Alleys and Pavilions” company list provided by the TechCrunch site. 6 Always do a demo. 8 You’re not psychic so drop the qualifiers.

Press 97

Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

The founder needs to remember that investor meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or one or two executives. It’s worth your time to do a little extra work here, and make the honeymoon phase a win-win one for both sides.

Invest 59

Invest Startup Doc Slides 59