InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

You probably haven’t heard of Raymond “Pappy” Smith, but he parlayed his Junior High education into an entertainment empire that changed the way Americans viewed gambling. People will forfeit their money for the entertainment value of gambling, but only if they feel might win. Thus, he had to educate his gamblers.

Education 100

Education Zag Entertainment Sales 100

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. Arthur’s response: Identify the specific beneficiaries of your invention – and the companies already serving those beneficiaries. So, there you have it.

IP 136

IP Product Equity Tool 136

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. Arthur’s response: Identify the specific beneficiaries of your invention – and the companies already serving those beneficiaries. So, there you have it.

IP 120

IP Product Equity Tool 120

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

The reality television show Shark Tank makes for entertaining content but many of its underlying messages are potentially detrimental to tech entrepreneurs. I get that Shark Tank is a TV show focused on entertaining its viewers. Experienced entrepreneurs have no issues parsing where reality stops and entertainment begins.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Entertainment Technical Review Ideas 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

These usually provide a customer’s first impression of your offering, and should not be blatantly self-promotional, but instead informative, educational, and even entertaining. Long-term sales. We often talk about short-term sales and long-term relationships in mutually exclusive terms.

Media 95

Media Framework Social Media Metrics 95

socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

We've had event companies, and clubs, and web businesses, all vertically focused on either passions or really exciting subjects like knowledge management, sales, field force automation, and home office computing, small business, bedtime reading. On the fun side, we have different show in the entertainment world. That is amazing.

Media 150

Media Report Advertising Content 150

Tech.Co

APRIL 13, 2015

Shelon currently serves as a Managing Partner/Investment Advisor at Turnkey Partners and the Founder/CEO to BizTechIQ™, a hands-on Tech Startup Incubator + Pre/Post – Accelerator for students, entertainers, athletes and professionals.

Journal 70

Journal Incubator Networking Education 70

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2018

Ahead of the conference, we sat down and spoke with Kevin Anderson , co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Appetize (www.appetizeapp.com), a rapidly growing developer of point-of-sale software, on the topic of customer service. What has been the biggest lesson you've learned in retaining and keeping customers?

Customer 113

Customer Custom Services Conference 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. We also have live lab sessions, which we run through Google+ Hangouts, which mirror the school education experience. It's a hands-on kind of education. What is CreatorUp all about?

Web 187

Web Content Startup Education 187

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

While I was working for the NBA, I learned there were two problems the live entertainment and sporting industry were facing: the number of empty seats and the consistency of raising prices. This is a huge deal to a half a billion dollar industry market that our tickets are on sale. The first problem is the number of empty seats.

Startup 61

Startup Pricing Entertainment Education 61

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

These usually provide a customer’s first impression of your offering, and should not be blatantly self-promotional, but instead informative, educational, and even entertaining. Long-term sales. We often talk about short-term sales and long-term relationships in mutually exclusive terms.

Advertising 66

Advertising Marketing Startup Framework 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

These usually provide a customer’s first impression of your offering, and should not be blatantly self-promotional, but instead informative, educational, and even entertaining. Long-term sales. We often talk about short-term sales and long-term relationships in mutually exclusive terms.

Marketing 100

Marketing Social Media Framework Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2010

Educate – Your primary role on stage is to educate the audience. Entertain – It is also your job to entertain! It spices things up and makes for great entertainment. Nobody is there to be “educated&# about your entire career history or have a long-winded description of your company in the intro.

Startup 284

Startup Conference Venture Capital Tips 284

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Following graduate school, he worked in Film Finance and Sales at CAA, Creative Development at Vuguru (Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio), and Content Partnerships at Blip Networks. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world.

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

I once worked for the NBA and there are two problems that the live entertainment and sporting industry faces: the number of empty seats and the consistency of raising prices. Marketing that our tickets are on sale is a huge problem and in the live entertainment/sport industry, that’s just bad. What is ScoreBig?

Startup 79

Startup Pricing Entertainment Sales 79

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

These usually provide a customer’s first impression of your offering, and should not be blatantly self-promotional, but instead informative, educational, and even entertaining. Long-term sales. We often talk about short-term sales and long-term relationships in mutually exclusive terms.

Media 101

Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". The popularity of the company''s newsletter soon began to grow at a pace that outstripped the MouseDriver''s relatively meager sales. As John noted at the conclusion of his talk, "The book did help us increase sales.

Newsletter 233

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2014

Offer a story, entertainment, or a compelling idea that you can link convincingly to your brand, rather than trying to sell products or services directly. Sell yourself as the expert, and business sales will follow. Use the interactive, goal-based play of online games to engage customers for fun, education, and relationship-building.

Customer 99

Customer Custom Startup Content 99

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Paul Ollinger, West Coast Vice President of Sales of Facebook Paul Ollinger is the West Coast Vice President of Sales for Facebook. He has also been a Regional Sales Director and National Account Director for Facebook. He was raised and educated in London. and SVP, Branded Content & Audience Creation at nitetime.net.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Heather Wilburn – Founding Member of AdWords Program & Biz Dev Manager for Channel Sales team at Google. Until then, we’ll be focused on gimmicky applications and entertainment. An audience member brings up education. For a full breakdown of each of our speakers’ backgrounds, visit our event info site !

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Offer a story, entertainment, or a compelling idea that you can link convincingly to your brand, rather than trying to sell products or services directly. Sell yourself as the expert, and business sales will follow. Use the interactive, goal-based play of online games to engage customers for fun, education, and relationship-building.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Startup Content Media 111

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

They've done a fanstic job moving through the space, and educating the market about expense management and reporting. We're now taking the same solutions around the globe, and finding companies in the sports, entertainment, manufacturing, large automotive companies, and the Fortune 500 acquiring and using Chrome River.

Software 100

Software Report Startup IBM 100

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Influence’s Robertson tells us venture capitalists were initially uncertain of his latest startup despite his track record, which includes the sale of multiple software businesses, including the affiliate marketing company VigLink. “We When I was younger, everyone wanted to become a famous sports star. invests exclusively in the space.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2011

For instance, a more complicated feature-rich product might require a hands-on sales approach carried out by enterprise salespeople, as opposed to a simple product that can be sold online. In such cases, a Freemium solution might be the appropriate initial market foray. Follow the Beatles’ lead.

Product 232

Product Marketing Sales Customer 232

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace. It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". The popularity of the company''s newsletter soon began to grow at a pace that outstripped the MouseDriver''s relatively meager sales. As John noted at the conclusion of his talk, "The book did help us increase sales.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate. In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. .”

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. In Michael's case, he promised his parents that he would return to school if the sales at his startup did not meet his expectations. "I "I had to give it a full go and see what happened.

Tips 247

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2011

Offer a story, entertainment, or a compelling idea that you can link convincingly to your brand, rather than trying to sell products or services directly. Sell yourself as the expert, and business sales will follow. Use the interactive, goal-based play of online games to engage customers for fun, education, and relationship-building.

Media 91

Media Startup Company Companies 91

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The show has an educational focus, and its attendees have a vested interest in signing up for your private or public betas, giving you valuable feedback, and helping you iterate your products. Here’s the catch: to qualify, your company MUST be less than two years old and making under $1 million in sales. .

Media 109

Media Startup Conference Social Network 109

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

They generally are extremely well-educated with many holding numerous degrees and/or certifications, especially African American women. Women in sales or real estate, were more savvy with negotiation than those who weren’t and often asked for, and received, the better price as a result. Very inspiring on so many levels.

Conference 40

Conference Entertainment Startup Digital Hollywood 40

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

OP: During the launch we had to do some consumer education where we had to teach people how to use the app, and this involved creating new behaviors such as bringing headphones to theatres, downloading the audio track beforehand, understanding that they had to put their phone away as to not disturb someone next to them – those sort of things.

Startup 91

Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

Analogy – As readers of this blog know, I enjoy drawing connections between seemingly disparate people, historical events and pop culture minutia because it is entertaining and can facilitate learning. Listing a variety of bread-and-butter IP protection tactics would not have been as compelling. As such, eschew verbosity.

Writing 150

Writing Social Network Ideas Entrepreneur 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The Black Tux online tuxedo rental, which is reinventing the customer experience in the antiquated $10B+ tuxedo rental and sales industry. The Blayze network already reaches or 200 million viewers and has generated thousands in sales. Within three months, Panjo has achieved hundreds of thousands in monthly gross merchandise sales.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Especially with DVD sales declining, we offer an interesting way to help studios. We've seen the proliferation of streaming through Netflix, Amazon, and others, and as people get into the streaming features business, that income can help make up the income being lost in DVD sales. I ran the Los Angeles Film Festival for a decade.

Startup 190

Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

At Fandango, they examine ticket sales and trends over time. These factors can vary greatly week to week, and movie launches often influence what sales look like. His Product experience spans various industries such as Mortgage Banking, Dating, Online Ecommerce, and Entertainment. For example? Online usage data, easy.

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87