Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. Contrary to a popular myth, word-of-mouth and viral marketing are not a substitute for more basic branding activities.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

That's the idea behind the technology being developed by Pasadena-based ObEN (www.oben.me), which is led by co-founde rand CEO Nikhil Jain. The goal has to make the technology really accessible using the power of the smartphone, and bringing people into AR and VR as no one has done before in such a way. Where is the product now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth begins to stall. The reasons for this requirement, and some practical guidelines for how to prepare, are outlined in the classic book “ The Curve Ahead: Discovering the Path to Unlimited Growth ,” by Dave Power.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

It is simply the most important way to proactively control your career development and how the market perceives you. Frankly, many of their views are shaped by unconscious biases, word-of-mouth feedback, stereotypes and how they perceive your communication style in the world of open, social communication fora. It is neither.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Market Opportunity. But what about markets? We always say that great opportunities are composed of a world-class team addressing a big & disruptive market opportunity. “There’s no such thing as a large market with lots of white space. Lines vs. Dots is all about people. Let me explain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2013

There is nothing more exciting than finding a lucrative market that everyone else has failed to spot or target. Start with social media, blogging, and word-of-mouth. Being a risk taker in business is not the same as being reckless. Here is their list, with a little prioritizing and comments of my own: Spot a new trend and pounce.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

Indi is focused on powering individual commerce. If you're a big influencer, you might get paid by a brand, but every day, people are providing word-of-mouth advertising, posting about their favorite things. Our interview today is with serial entrepreneur Neel Grover , the CEO and founder of Indi (indi.com). What is Indi?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

For startup new product development, this is a strategy used for fast and quantitative market testing of a product or product feature, popularized first by Eric Ries for web applications. Osmosis marketing. Osmosis marketing is the hot new term for word-of-mouth advertising. Super-angels. Startup accelerator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2012

There is nothing more exciting than finding a lucrative market that everyone else has failed to spot or target. Start with social media, blogging, and word-of-mouth. Being a risk taker in business is not the same as being reckless. Here is their list, with a little prioritizing and comments of my own: Spot a new trend and pounce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

There is nothing more exciting than finding a lucrative market that everyone else has failed to spot or target. Start with social media, blogging, and word-of-mouth. Being a risk taker in business is not the same as being reckless. Here is their list, with a little prioritizing and comments of my own: Spot a new trend and pounce.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

We have a major expansion not only to SoCal, but also at our offices in Salt Lake City, and will be taking a more aggressive stance than what we are doing today to help harness the power of video through the Internet. What is Sorenson Media about? Peter Csathy: Sorenson Media has been around for several years. Peter Csathy: Absolutely.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Being an entrepreneur is about, “The journey through the ‘NO’ to get to the YES’ ” said by Ryan Caldbeck, CEO of CircleUp , on a panel at the Connections Conference in Indianapolis. image EPA/Andrew Gombert. Being an entrepreneur is about making a commitment no matter how painfully difficult it is to keep it.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The founders selected California as their test ground, entering the market with deep aviation experiences and the same entrepreneurial spirit they expected of their Members. As noted in Success, Santa Barbara Style , my definition of success includes living where you want to live and making money doing what you love.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

There is nothing more exciting than finding a lucrative market that everyone else has failed to spot or target. Start with social media, blogging, and word-of-mouth. Being a risk taker in business is not the same as being reckless. Here is their list, with a little prioritizing and comments of my own: Spot a new trend and pounce.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. The large gathering of top investors spilled out of the office into the surrounding sidewalk and swelled with buzz and speculation of what the 10 newly formed companies had to offer. He is looking to find more.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 8, 2014

The initial company, Roam Mobility Service came to market in January 2012. Considering the size of the addressable market (60M visiting the US, 20M Canada), their goal was to create products that allowed every Canadian entering the US to forget about roaming fees. Click here for more info on Ready SIM. Introductions and Inspiration.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Thank you eMinutes. We believe there are awesome entrepreneurs everywhere, not just in the places constantly covered by the media. We want to help them, and will.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. Branding / Marketing / Publicity marketing, PR, publicity. . Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . The time is once again upon us. The best thing of all is that there are no judges! Jon Loyens, Bazaarvoice.

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Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Part II: Solving a.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 27, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Part II: Solving a.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Part II: Solving a.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Part II: Solving a.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Think of DataSift as turning the fire-hose into a cost-effective and manageable tap of running water. What does that mean?

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