socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , which operates an online platform for managing fundraising by startups, has linked with the Startup America Partnership. CapLinked's site allows companies to manage due diligence documents, shareholder communications, finding investors, and more; the firm said it now has over 135,000 users using its site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The days of lengthy, text-heavy, business plan documents prepared by expensive experts are behind us. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Fundraising through online platforms and crowdfunding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The size of the document should be based on your style, but 10-20 pages or slides are usually more than adequate to outline even a complex business. Although the major crowd funding sites today, including Kickstarter and Indiegogo , don’t technically require a business plan, they do demand essentially the same information in a project format.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2023

Create mentorship programs and conduct positive team building activities both off-site and on-site. Use shared-document platforms, in-house message systems, and online whiteboards, to maximize sharing and minimize miscommunication. Help your team generate team rituals and encourage networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Jeff Bezos readily admits that his first career in a Wall Street-based investment banking firm gave him some keen insights into business realities, before a fear of regret and a personal passion led him to create Amazon, now the largest ecommerce site in the world. Your leadership skills do not develop without effort.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Eric is also author of the book The PayPal Wars: Battles With Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, And the Rest of Planet Earth , where he documented that experience. Jackson: CapLinked is actually a collaborative platform, a social platform that connects entrepreneurs and investors. What's the business model behind the site?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

If you're like the typical device user today, you've got a smartphone, laptop, desktop, not to mention a dozen cloud accounts where you're storing your documents, music, video, and other files. I would be working on my iMac, and head out to a customer site, but I'd forget to sync things or put those files in Dropbox.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Pasadena-based Central Desktop, a provider of on-demand project management and collaboration software, has rolled out new social networking features on its site. Central Desktop said the idea is to "deepen customer-to-customer" engagement within its platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

Prepare a pitch deck to document and share your plan. The major social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, allow you to reach millions of customers around the world at virtually no cost. Participate in networking platforms and events for support. Find investors through online platforms and crowdfunding.

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Funding Social Media Slides Platform 73

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The size of the document should be based on your style, but 10-20 pages or slides are usually more than adequate to outline even a complex business. Although the major crowd funding sites today, including Kickstarter and Indiegogo , don’t technically require a business plan, they do demand essentially the same information in a project format.

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Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 109

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I recently spoke with Marten Mickos, the former CEO of MySQL and current CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , the leader in private cloud platforms. They have a number of mini-websites that they run for various products and campaigns and they cannot know which of those sites will need resources at any given point. They read the documentation.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. Milo Sindell: Knowledge Genie is a software platform that anybody can use to capture, package, and publish what they know into an interactive online software application.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

The days of lengthy, text-heavy, business plan documents prepared by expensive experts are behind us. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Fundraising through online platforms and crowdfunding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2013

Of course there are scenarios where a written business plan is not critical, but I haven’t seen one yet where a well-written 15-page document, or at least a 10-slide pitch, is a negative. You need an investor, and want a document to mass-mail to everyone. On the other hand, your mother probably won’t read one.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; Real-time search engine.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

One of those he mentioned was Hark (www.hark.com), an online site which allows users to find and share sound bites and audio clips from movies and elsewhere. We thought we'd create a platform that was as powerful and rich as Youtube is for video, or Flickr is for pictures, or Docstoc is for documents. Video games are also huge.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

Over the years, I have documented a number of clever mouth-to-mouth stunts, from DoubleClick to TestFlight. I work for Hubba, a Toronto startup that has built a sharing platform that takes a unique "big data" approach to data management for brands and retailers. 230 flyers resulted in 87 site visits (38% conversion rate).

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2012

All users are protected from things like tracking, stalking and spying by advertisers inside of the site. Your profile, groups and content can never be accessed by somebody outside of the site, and you can only access a private group by being expressly invited in. How was the idea originally generated? Interesting Fact.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2013

Industry-specific networking site Kaleio , has partnered with Indeed.com to include both national and international job listings within the Kaleio Marketplace in a move that is expected to make it a one-stop professional networking and business tool for students and the non-executive workforce. Below is our interview in detail.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

How''d you come up with the idea for the site? Some of the things the government is considering--the JOBS Act, and other changes to private placement rules, could help us make life easier and further enable the platform and the whole industry to scale more broadly, but we''re in business and following all the laws we need to today.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

Plus, younger attorneys understand technology, and are used to sites like eBay, Etsy, and others like that. Lawyers on the platform love the experience. That''s why people turn to Legalzoom and Docstoc, and use those free documents because they just don''t want to deal with lawyers. It''s more of a silent auction.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

Originally intended as an experiment in personal connections, Facebook has turned into a powerhouse platform that can be leveraged by just about any industry you can think of. While 63% of local users on social networks are more likely to use a business or develop brand loyalty to a product or service that has its info on a social media site.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Currently, I am the cofounder and CIO of Remesh , which is an AI platform that understands and engages groups of people in conversation in real time. Complion , a regulatory and document management platform for clinical research sites. Before starting the company, I held engineering roles at Google and Meetup.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Knewton – “Online adaptive test prep and virtual classroom platform&# - I love the innovation that is coming from the test prep industry. They also help you surface things like documents that you shared with other people without having to look through a bunch of old emails to find them. Other deals. Enter Xobni.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 12, 2015

Network engineers and programmers are essential in designing platforms and up-keeping them. Cloud computing makes it easier for employees to pull up documents and other projects remotely. They are in charge of protecting vital documents, so they have the priority of keeping track of cybersecurity. Challenges. Technology.

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2009

Justin Cooper: Society6 is a platform for emerging talent, to get resources and support that they need to realize their full potential. We've created a platform where they can leverage connections around the world--a micro-patronage system--to secure things they otherwise wouldn't have access to. What's the idea behind Society6?

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MySocialNightLife.com (www.mysocialnightlife.com) announced a seed funding round, and its technology platform for the nightclub and bar industry. Where is the site now? We caught up with Artin Nazarian , the firm's co-founder, and chatted about what the company is hoping to do.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

We have software which allows you to select which web sites you want to do this for, prioritizing them above others, and dedicates space on your hard drive which provides a faster, always-on capability for specific web sites. Microsoft SharePoint is a collaboration platform, typically hosted by an IT department.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Additionally, the site allows lawyers to market their legal services by sharing expert advice and engaging in discussion. HowSimple just launched into beta a next generation browser and desktop manager named andi (Advanced Numerous Document Interface). As with TV, it’s also a destination where users can watch others play a game.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

Over the years, I have documented a number of clever mouth-to-mouth stunts, from DoubleClick to TestFlight. I work for Hubba, a Toronto startup that has built a sharing platform that takes a unique "big data" approach to data management for brands and retailers. 230 flyers resulted in 87 site visits (38% conversion rate).

Marketing 133

Marketing Conference Startup Oracle 133

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The founders say on average, teens in the United States spend upwards of two hours online every day and end up creating profiles on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. .” The Ann Arbor startup was founded by Azarias Reda, Jack Shultz and John Cunningham. Who isn’t Online?

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Help Social Media Mentor Study 68

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The only other ways to get discovered was to have good organic search results or to get covered by a major blog site. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet. It was sort of like Twitter’s list of who you follow but much, much smaller. And covered we did. Folksonomy. Free product.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

With this in mind, we figured it would be a great opportunity to get a direct look from someone who’s been immersed in the field, and spoke to Chance Barnett, CEO of LA-local investment platform, Crowdfunder. In order to encompass both, they need to build a large platform. ” Platform Focused. CrowdFundX.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Solaborate is bringing professionals and companies from the tech industry together and connect them through a new social media platform. There are multiple platforms used to get the job done.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2013

We also see that, as video technology and platforms, and platforms grow and Internet connections grow stronger, and as the quality of HD video has started to develop, people are more in favor of online lessons as well. What makes the most successful instructors on your site? That''s favorable for us.

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Startup Education Study Ideas 260

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

By using SteelHouse, ecommerce sites can use live data to instantly respond to a customer’s wants and needs for stronger transaction values, increased conversion rates, and an overall better customer experience. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

Those sites are on the large side, with 20,000 or 30,000 people. Every good entrepreneur dreams really big, and we're planning on having 1 percent of 37 million brands on our platform. Socialtech is an enterprise wiki, social business platform in Palo Alto. When I document that, I get lots of love on those things.

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