Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

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 127

Marketing Framework Social Media Media 127

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2011

Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. In a world dominated by Google, Apple and Facebook, can the other content and media companies retain or regain their former glory? TCOSC Digital Media Society.

Content 113

Content Technology Council TCOSC Cloud Computing 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. In a world dominated by Google, Apple and Facebook, can the other content and media companies retain or regain their former glory? TCOSC Digital Media Society.

Content 100

Content Technology Council TCOSC Cloud Computing 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

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. exabytes per month at the end of the year.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. You don’t.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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 graduated from Rhodes College and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (MBA).

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models.

Startup 55

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

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. Google is great at search, yet their G+ social network wasn’t the most successful. Search Meets Social = Commerce.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

With unrivaled weather, a host of high-profile universities and unlimited array of daytime and nightlife entertainment, Los Angeles seems like a dreamland for young tech professionals and the companies hoping to employ their talents. And for good reason. At SBF, a number of good ideas were floated to do just that. But as long as L.A.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. zettabytes by the year 2016.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

Nordstrom sales reps are trained to do this to, but of course they can’t know every customer that walks around the store. Publishers have been reluctant to put phone numbers on Internet ads because then they lose the ability to track the fact that they drove the sale in the first place. Or can they? to 2x the average order value.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Heather Wilburn – Founding Member of AdWords Program & Biz Dev Manager for Channel Sales team at Google. The conversation shifts over to the work Heather Wilburn is doing with Google AdWords. Even with Google, the creators might not even realize what the hidden potentials are for their products and services.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

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

InfoChachkie

JULY 16, 2012

As noted in YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund , many YouTube personalities are sensitive to the nature of the ads associated with their content. Others shun translucent run-of-site Google ads, because they are distracting and monetize at extremely low rates.

Custom 226

Custom Customer Entrepreneur Advertising 226

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

01% conversion rate again to the people who clicked over to the website from the YouTube video, that’s 185 new customers, 185 people who would have never thought to google search for a tampon service, who will now be signing up to spend the 15 bucks a month to get tampons delivered to their door. If we apply that.01% Comedic timing.

Dollar Shave Club 101

Dollar Shave Club Customer Custom Marketing 101

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We also have live lab sessions, which we run through Google+ Hangouts, which mirror the school education experience. YouTube has a player which works in Google hangouts, so they can instantly screen your work or your pitch, and you can get instant feedback that way. We wanted to replicate that experience online.

Web 187

Web Content Startup Education 187

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

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2015

It's not just a real estate or technology or entertainment town, it's all of those, which we can show off with a new namespace. The biggest sale I think was over $10 million fro a domain, and we have thousands of customers. Between 2004 and 2009, things were driven by Google's search engine algorithms.

Social Network 100

Social Network Startup Mobile Google 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

This is a great way to engage customers on a first visit and start working towards a sales follow-up. . While this is true for entertainment products as well as business to business purchases or even charitable contributions, it can be especially effective when used to strengthen the chances of that first engagement with a customer. .

Sites 40

Sites Search Engine Optimization Technical Review Web Development 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

But instead of hitting pause, opening a new tab, and searching Google, or waiting to be served random ads for things you might be interested in, you’re presented with the option to open a catalog and use a directed link to buy immediately. We discuss advertising, Vidzey’s story, technology, business, interns, and entertainment.

Entertainment 98

Entertainment Advertising Startup Media 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Their purchases are limited to restaurants, bars, retail clothing outlets, travel and entertainment. In late April 2010, VentureBeat published that Blippy credit card numbers were published on Google search: [link] followed by Blippy’s response. Jeremy Liew, a respected VC from LightSpeed, obviously saw the change to ramp up sales.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

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

Frank Addante

JULY 20, 2012

Sales and marketing become the channels to take that product to market and everything else in the organization-finance, human resources, IT-are there to support the product and those who work on it. Great companies like Amazon, Google, and Apple have adopted product-driven structures very successfully. It’s a continuous cycle.

Product 59

Product Company Companies Organization 59

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We're now doing revenue share on affiliate revenue, doing revenue share on DVD sales, or ads we run against that content. About one quarter of all of the searches on Google are for entertainment related content, and studios are not playing into that at all. Beyond that, everything is just gravy.

Redpoint 201

Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

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. I don’t like going against Google Docs or against 37Signals for project management. File sharing?

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

InfoChachkie

JULY 5, 2012

Others shun translucent run-of-site Google ads, because they are distracting and monetize at extremely low rates. Fortunately, several startups have devised tools which make it possible for content creators to maintain the entertainment integrity of their videos while embedding relevant calls-to-action.

Custom 133

Custom Customer Entrepreneur Advertising 133

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

Here it seems that entrepreneurs are coming out of business school, transitioning from corporate life, or hail from the entertainment industry. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1 Loosing talent is a HUGE problem and the reason why Google will give big bonuses and cash to keep their teams in tact.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you look to the bottom of your browser you will see to the far right the ability to connect to Facebook, AIM, Google Talk and other chat networks. Trending topics are all the rage, Twitter, Google. Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. Also, with the meebo bar comes meebo chat.

Stickam 60

Stickam Content Draper Web 60

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

Think of looking at a dot graph of your business sales in virtual reality. And for those that run on Google, having an extra layer of protection against ransomware or hacks could save businesses. Spinbackup is a Google Cloud Partner and provide Cloud-to-Cloud backup and cyber security solutions for SaaS data.

Startup 79

Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

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. We represented Google in the acquisition of YouTube.

Startup 190

Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

NAME Google. In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. The southern migration is taking place as companies like Google. NAME Facebook.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002. Share on Google+. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share on LinkedIn.

Sherman Oaks 44

Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

When tickets went on sale over a month ago, we expected the regular ticket sales cycle, however we were more than surprised when Startup Weekend LA sold out in 6 hours! That’s right… just about the same amount of time it takes to sell out a Radiohead show at the Forum. Stay tuned for the upcoming Ming.ly is also hiring.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Following a quick ice-breaker game of “Half-baked” where anyone in the room throws out a word to then generate an entertaining pitch, the real pitches began. We’d also like to thank the Startup Weekend Global Sponsors including Amazon, Twilio, Kloudmine, Open Tok (Talk Box), Sendgrid, Microsoft, and Google. Coffee is for closers!”

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66