Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2019

Here are some indicative entrepreneurial facts from recent Kauffman studies and others. While people under 30 have historically jumped from job to job, another striking development has been a deep drop in the incidence of ‘lifetime’ jobs among men over age 50. percent to 24.3 percent last year.

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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

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.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

We could still deliver applicants and deliver passive job seekers to a company, but we could also delivery applicants that already understood what the cultur of the company was, and be able to measure the kind of footprint people were making on a social network. That's been very effective.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But audience size and consumption is massive and growing plus; Study Innovator’s Dilemma ( my cheat sheet here ). Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. This is a service delivery model that provides the capability to lease the hardware, operating systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet. Social Media. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2018

market capitalization, and tech is a growing target for corporate research and development dollars. And since YouTube is the largest social network according to a recent Pew study — 73 percent of Americans use it, compared to just 68 percent with Facebook accounts — that percentage is even more important. In the U.S.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Studying for the SAT, LSAT, GMAT, TOEFL, MCAT and other standardized tests in the US is a massive market that has been dominated for years by Kaplan and Princeton Review. Knewton, Grockit and others are creating new ways for students to study for these tests in a more cost effective way. Especially for their stage of development.

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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. Start social networking with peers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2013

I did some scouting through the Internet to find any academic studies on the subject, and here are a few tidbits: Everyone needs at least one friend. In these days of social networking and business networking, it seems that all cultural pressures point to more friends as being better.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

In association with some of the regions top trade associations/social networking groups and industry hosts, DFR '09 promises to be the largest holiday party of the season and help weave our various communities of interest into the larger collective family of professionals working in and around the technology industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

So if you want to be a content producer and want to make money you can develop content for global “niches” of watchers who might like: Japanese Anime, South Korean drama, Bollywood productions, reality TV on any topic – fashion, cooking, travel. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2012

I did some scouting through the Internet to find any academic studies on the subject, and here are a few tidbits: Everyone needs at least one friend. In these days of social networking and business networking, it seems that all cultural pressures point to more friends as being better.

Entrepreneur 104

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Here are some indicative entrepreneurial facts from recent Kauffman studies and others. While people under 30 have historically jumped from job to job, another striking development has been a deep drop in the incidence of ‘lifetime’ jobs among men over age 50. percent to 24.3 percent last year.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Technical Support 75

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. This is a service delivery model that provides the capability to lease the hardware, operating systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet. Social Media. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2011

I did some scouting through the Internet to find any academic studies on the subject, and here are a few tidbits: Everyone needs at least one friend. By the time we reach 30 years of age, our desire to socialize and maintain friendships already is shrinking, according to a study by psychologists at the Institute for Social Research (ISR).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. This is a service delivery model that provides the capability to lease the hardware, operating systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet. Social Media. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

Cloud Computing 61

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2010

I did some scouting through the Internet to find any academic studies on the subject, and here are a few tidbits: Everyone needs at least one friend. By the time we reach 30 years of age, our desire to socialize and maintain friendships already is shrinking, according to a study by psychologists at the Institute for Social Research (ISR).

Social Network 49

Social Network Study Networking Social Media 49

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. This is a service delivery model that provides the capability to lease the hardware, operating systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet. Social Media. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

Cloud Computing 99

Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur Networking 99

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

ZexSports and PacSun are putting an amazing panel together to discuss the value of key social influencer's, where they are on your social network, and how targeting these potential brand evangelists will have a positive influence on your social media network and ROI. This Panel has gotten extreme and sold out!

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). Innovative. Disruptive. We get it! I Be specific.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Eric Bjorndahl: At the highest level, we're a social networking web site for travelers. How we differentiate from other social networks that are more general, is that we offer lots of features specific to travelers. Eric Bjorndahl: My personal experience, is I studied in Rome in my senior year in college.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2011

Every startup needs to understand that the customer paradigm has dramatically shifted over the past two years with pervasive social networks and smartphones. If your business doesn’t connect with your customers, individually and as a community, demanding customers will not only ignore you, but will actively keep other customers away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

Startup 56

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

According to one study , only 45% of Founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

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Sales Metrics Startup Entrepreneur 96

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

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. From there the user promotes their access to their social networks through our easy social sharing, and others can come to their public profile and request a huddle.

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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. What you enter goes out to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and internally to our own social network.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A recent study by Nielsen showed that an average American adult spend some 34 hours per month using mobile internet on smartphones compared to 27 hours via personal computer. It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

There was a recent study which showed that adding a video makes it 53 times more likely that you'll have a Google first page search result. In between practicing, I actually started and ran my own social network, TripUp, which was later acquired by Sidestep, which is now Kayak.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2023

A recent Department of Education study shows that soft (interpersonal) skills have become more important for success than hard (technical) skills. Entrepreneurs need leadership, teamwork, listening, and coaching skills, which you can learn from advisors and networking with peers. Your personal life is now public.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

If you can’t get product released and validated then do user studies. Do you work as a civil engineer on water projects and have great access to wealthy project developers? Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? But if you CAN find a way to even get your 0.1

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

A recent Department of Education study shows that soft (interpersonal) skills have become more important for success than hard (technical) skills. Entrepreneurs need leadership, teamwork, listening, and coaching skills, which you can learn from advisors and networking with peers. Your personal life is now public.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2008

San Diego-based KidZui, a venture-backed startup which develops a kid-safe Internet browser, said Monday that it has added new social networking features and homework help to the firm's suite of services. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

The firm recently relocated its headquarters from Hawaii, and we talked with Rob about why someone might need the service, how it's different from the scores of social networking sites on the web, and what problem it's trying to solve. There are so many social networking sites, how do you define what's relevant?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

In fact, according to a study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, these Boomers are actually driving a new entrepreneurship boom. Here is a summary of indicative facts from the earlier study referenced, an update published last year, and others. percent to 23.4 percent last year.

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