Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The sign up page for the event is here & there is limited availability. It is intended for product & tech people – mostly people who want to build cool stuff on the Twitter platform and it will showcase some really cool stuff that has been built on Twitter. Historically you are your email address. ” Sure.

News 324

News Web Email Startup 324

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

Most entrepreneurs I know are too busy creating a compelling product to give proper focus to the four phases of building a people and media platform that Hyatt says are equally critical for long-term success: Platform creation prior to launch. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

Platform 105

Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. Usually through some sort of referral, it helps assign priority.

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. Upon graduation from Wharton, John and Kyle launched a startup based upon a simple, pedestrian product: a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Tech Coast Venture Network

JULY 20, 2010

For an introverted person, it turned out to be a fun and productive process. I find myself thriving on building relationships and helping others. All this information helped me understand even more the networking process and how it works. There are hundreds of organizations and events going on around each city on a daily basis.

Networking 100

Networking Email Tips Organization 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. While customers will be willing to try your product, they think two steps ahead. Juno provided a free email service. Juno used your modem to to download and send email, and it was paid for by placing ads in the email client.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

But a lack of competition has also lead to a lack of innovation, resulting in low customer satisfaction and frequent complaints of difficult-to-use products. Lastly, the Investor Reporting will help fund managers and financial institutions to automate splitting PDF documents into individual reports for multiple investors.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

Most entrepreneurs I know are too busy creating a compelling product to give proper focus to the four phases of building a people and media platform that are equally critical for long-term success: Platform creation prior to launch. Building your home base with personal and product traction. Using the platform to expand your reach.

Startup 104

Startup Social Media Platform Blogging 104

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. Back then there were “email forwards.”

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. I had been reading Brad Feld’s blog & Fred Wilson’s blog for a couple of years and found them very helpful to my thinking so I honestly just thought I was giving back to the community. Do you have sales productivity software?

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

They went into full product phase over the summer, and unveiled the post-prototype, alpha, pre-beta, whatever you want to call it, at TechCrunch50. It's got a very simple function--helping you organize party invitations and RSVPs online. Harry Lin: That's a very interesting question, about what is the "Evite"-ness of Lottay?

Evite 157

Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Visualization is so important to help yourself & others conceptualize ideas. The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. I personally find music more distracting than helpful. It’s why before every speech I call the organizer and drill them about who will be in the audience.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

SimplyEvents is a social media website that enables a community of members to shout out location based events and stay connected by tracking fellow friends, family, public figures, organizers, bands, artists etc. Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications.

Company 106

Company Companies Web Evite 106

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2014

There are 3 vital questions to ask when putting together a campaign; 1- Is the thing I’m raising money for a great product? 2- How am I talking about my product? He shared, ‘When creating a campaign it’s key to remember that people are fans of you – not the actual product, so you want to be sure to communicate your why.’.

Startup 109

Startup Examples Social Media Media 109

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

I’ve spent almost 20 years starting businesses and helping hundreds of clients, colleges & friends start theirs. If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Check Google , Yellow Pages , and local directories to ensure your business name is not taken.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I programed macros to help my mom with her Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets for work. I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. I helped program my college’s recruiting office’s software system.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

We help them with this. We came together to help others in the same situation – ie starting a business but not knowing how to market it. More and more small business are becoming disillusioned with having to pay to have posts shown to fans they worked hard to get to like their page. Why the name?

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Define your customers, partners and other relevant people to your organization (e.g. I started with the hosted version and then migrated to an installed version so I could use Google Analytics and some other products. Make it organic. The obvious starting point is to email a few friends and let them know you have a new blog.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

And better yet, the company has a product that will turn the stream into a lake. DataSift has a product that builds a permanent database for you of just the information you want to capture. Providing near real-time information to financial traders made Michael Bloomberg a billionaire and helped create the powerhouse Reuters.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We're not able to publicize their names, but if you use the link on our home page, it takes you to their live translations on their sites. That evolved to that guy has a PC, and has emailed a file. We help to eliminate the 98 percent of stuff that doesn't matter, so our customers can focus on things that do matter.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Does the world really need more servers in more datacenters gobbling up more power to send more tweets and Facebook pages around the world? I was learning Ruby on Rails just ahead of the students and wrote the tools to help them manage the servers in EC2. 10) Thorsten, why does the world need RightScale? . “Oh,

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

StartupDemo is an opportunity for early stage startups to showcase their new products and/or services. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Organizing a group of friends is hard! is the easy, fun and social way to get together with friends.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Partners provided products and services including: Uber, Here on Biz, ParkMe, Simply Petals, Triptrotting, Bloodhound, Planana, Pop-Up Pantry, EventSorbet, ROC, Startup Car, Pulsoviral, TrueCar, PopChips, ONE Coconut water, Gamer Food, Zevia. Thanks to students and organizer UCLA comp sci Ph.D can’t wait for next year!!

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. We want to help them, and will. Idea Mensch. Subscribe to RSS.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

This morning's interview is with Billy Fried , co-founder and CEO of Kijubi (www.kijubi.com), a new startup which is looking to help people find travel activities. The automated part, is a customer fills out a form and buys the product through their shopping cart. The firm is launching itself today at TechCrunch50.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Assignmint is a web-based platform to list freelancing work for employers and help writers find the right freelance job for them and standardizes the paperwork between the two parties. I built the product I wanted, as a writer, editor, and as a publisher. It is also a problem for editors who are looking for the right writer.

Journal 90

Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

Because we are still in idea stage, it is in the best interest of the company to keep only a few key people to work on executing the product. RED FLAG #3, 4, 5, 6, 7… : I asked this person to send me over the access info to the domain, as I wanted to create a launch page, and his response was, “I’m working on it.”

Startup 100

Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Whether it be product development, marketing, sales, negotiating or raising capital, I find myself trying harder to not get bogged down with unnecessary details.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

There are many potentially useful consumer and business applications that can be created on the intersection of social and location (at hoc meeting organization app, delivery ETA tracking, etc.) , and with a few more fundamentals in place we’ll start seeing more meaningful integration with social media.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29