Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2015

Most aspiring entrepreneurs are convinced that the strength of their initial idea somehow defines them as a leader, as well as the success potential of their derivative business. It takes leadership ability, as well as a good idea, to make a successful entrepreneur, and great leaders evolve from key leadership decisions along the way.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Ideas Framework Tips 103

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 5, 2013

It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan. Or cost estimation. Where did you get the data to drive your assumptions of market size or market share? Email readers, continue here.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2014

Most aspiring entrepreneurs are convinced that the strength of their initial idea somehow defines them as a leader, as well as the success potential of their derivative business. It takes leadership ability, as well as a good idea, to make a successful entrepreneur, and great leaders evolve from key leadership decisions along the way.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Ideas Framework Tips 111

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2017

Milana Rabkin: As a platform, we work on a consensus model. They can use Stem as a platform to distribute that content. As revenue comes back from the platforms and services they've monetized that content on, we automate the disbursement of payments to everyone at the same time. Talk about this funding and what's next for you?

Startup 140

Startup Content Metrics Platform 140

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“They demonstrate best-in-class expertise with Facebook and Google paid ad platforms. What can you tell us about MuteSix as an agency? Greg Gillman: We’ve been around for about nine years. For agencies that work with large brands, usually it’s more about impression buying versus performance buying.

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Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Every business owner and entrepreneur I meet in my consulting rounds dreams of finding that “ disruptive ” innovation that will supercharge their business and move it into the ranks of business unicorns (billion-dollar valuations), such as SpaceX and Apple. Define realistic metrics to keep track of progress.

Technical Review 101

Technical Review Metrics Resource Software Review 101

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2019

We caught up with Vanessa Dawson , the CEO of The Vinetta Project, to learn more about the group and what it's doing with P&G Ventures. We have been in operation for about five yaers now, across North America, and operate a chapter model with local programming, across seven cities across the US and across Canada.

Entrepreneur 124

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI).

Social Media 96

Social Media Media Marketing Metrics 96

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

The reason why, is the firm has been running ads since January to help get the word out about its service and products. Fans of Los Angeles subscription razor firm Dollar Shave Club might have noticed a lot of the firm recently on television.

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Dollar Shave Club Advertising Media Design 171

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Tell me a bit about your background. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. not for startups?

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

We caught up with Rachel recently to hear more about the company. Rachel Payne: FEM is a video discovery platform that provides quality, relevant video recommendations for any website, app, or content network that is seeking to drive more engagement around video. We''re not talking about pre-roll, we''re talking about branded content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

In fact, the first challenge is to build a strategy, put together a budget, and define measurement metrics. As an advisor to many entrepreneurs and small businesses, I often get asked where to start, and how to proceed. Resist the urge to try the latest “hot new channel,” just because all your friends are talking about it.

Marketing 96

Marketing Metrics Social Media Content 96

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

Shane Bernstein: We look at actionable data points and data metrics which are quantifiable across the web, and we qualify them and normalize that data, and sort them based on what they've done. It's all about sourcing and the workflow of recruitment. The first product is a platform, a technical recruitment engine.

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Sites Startup Tool CTO Hire 240

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

But we do it anyway, because we believe that the short-term metrics probably aren''t indicative of the long term.”. As I discuss in Entrepreneurs Should Go For The Quick Buck – Then Stop , there are situations in which a startup can generate profitable, near-term revenue that does not support, and may even undermine, its long-term strategy.

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Tips Framework Metrics Cloud Computing 223

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI).

Social Media 102

Social Media Media Product Metrics 102

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Jackson, CEO and co-founder of CapLinked (www.caplinked.com), which is developing tools to help entrepreneurs and investors connect. Eric is an experienced entrepreneur, and was a very, very early employee at PayPal, where he was recruited by Peter Thiel. Jackson: It's actually two audiences, both the entrepreneur and investor.

Southern California 243

Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company. It's a much smarter way of understanding shopping behavior, using data about human tastes to deliver recommendations to grocery consumers. The challenge of any AI platform, is to understand that. The company has raised $1.9M What is Halla?

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Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI).

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 62

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

The company is all about data solutions which combine meaningful application frameworks together. I was a principal engineer facilitating the integration and connectivity of the ServiceNow platform into these other systems. That was about 18 months after our first round of funding. How did you get into this?

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Customer Custom 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2018

Most aspiring entrepreneurs are convinced that the strength of their initial idea somehow defines them as a leader, as well as the success potential of their derivative business. It takes leadership ability, as well as a good idea, to make a successful entrepreneur, and great leaders evolve from key leadership decisions along the way.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Framework Tips 66

socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2018

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Scot Lawrie , the President and technical Co-founder of Los Angeles-based Coverfly (www.coverfly.com), and John Rhodes , Coverfly's head of Marketing and Business Development, to learn a bit more about the early stage, bootstrapped startup focused on Hollywood script writers. What is Coverfly?

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Hollywood Platform Competition 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2009

Hamet is now helping True Ventures look at investments in Southern California, and we thought it would be worthwhile to talk to him about the firm's new interest here, his role, plus his insights into where the advertising industry is now. Hamet Watt: NextMedium was acquired by the Steelbergs, the founders of several successful ad platforms.

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Southern California Venture Capital Advertising Entrepreneur 164

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Especially fun when you get him telling stories about his pilot experiences. They say that the best entrepreneurs are those who fundamentally want to solve problems or change industries. But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. Actually, I’ve done this!

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

Landry is a serial entrepreneur, and active investor, having been co-founder of TagWorld. First of all, talk about GraphEffect and what you are doing? How did firm come about? We started the company about a year and a half ago, because we saw an enormous opportunity in helping companies advertise effectively on Facebook.

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Advertising Startup Santa Monica Social Network 198

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2012

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little though given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI).

Social Media 91

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 91

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

We caught up with the company's founder and CEO, David Baird , a former AOL executive, to learn more about what Gigmor is working on. We grew to about 50,000 musicians and bands using our music matching service, where we match people based on a proprietary formula for musical compatibility. What is Gigmor? How long do you have?

Startup 150

Startup Metrics Offshore Sites 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

This includes your website, blog, and presence on social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, and many more. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. entrepreneur marketing paid media social media startup zero' Owned media.

Marketing 100

Marketing Social Media Framework Media 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2017

Jay Goss , CEO of the startup--who is a veteran startup CEO here in Southern California-- talked to us about the new startup, which was developed by the technical co-founder of AskJeeves. If you think about what he did for AskJeeves, that was a website recommendation engine. What is exactly.me? Jay Goss: exactly.me exactly.me

Startup 100

Startup Social Network Southern California Mobile 100

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. Chance is a local grown entrepreneur with a 15 year track record. Crowdfunder Was Created With Entrepreneurs In Mind.

Invest 83

Invest Platform Entrepreneur Paramount 83

Tech.Co

APRIL 30, 2018

These founders talked to us about why building a company in Arlington has helped fuel their success. Their financial planning tool helps people track their spending, investments, and credit rating all in one mobile platform. Read more about innovative startups at TechCo. This is where 1787fp comes in. RouteMarket.

Startup 70

Startup Tool Platform Metrics 70

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

Clark Benson: I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have had one prior Internet exit. How Ranker came about, is I love to make lists. It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform.

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Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

This includes your website, blog, and presence on social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, and many more. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Maarten Albarda entrepreneur zero marketing startup Joseph Jaffe business'

Media 101

Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

How do you sort through all that social media activity you are driving, and figure out who really cares about what you're posting? The service was created by experience serial entrepreneurs Mark Sylvester and KymberleeWeil, who some might know from creating service introNetworks. What is Likeabilitee? Everyone is different.

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Social Media Startup Tool LAMP 203

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

As discussed in Hiring Entrepreneurs, the impact of each new hire during your startup’s early days is tremendous. As noted in Optimistically Pessimistic , successful entrepreneurs are indifferent as to the specific tactics they must employ to accomplish their fervently held strategic objectives.

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Tips Startup Framework Customer 279

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The day after we shut down the site, we got an email from this company, saying they had a big opportunity they'd like to talk to us about. I had already been hit up by other people saying similar things, but most of them were about just redirecting our traffic to them, and were terrible proposals for our users.

Software Review 100

Software Review Startup Metrics Content 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Over 500,000 new businesses were created last year, or about one per minute of every day. Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Fundraising through online platforms and crowdfunding.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth.

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Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113