socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Snapchat - Snapchat--or as it calls itself now, Snap Inc.--is Jam City (aka SGN) - the mobile gaming firm, led by MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, recently said it hit $400M in revenues, and hinted at an IPO. Fulgent Genetics - this company, led by serial entrepreneur Ming Hsieh, filed for an IPO at the beginning of September.

Southern California 100

Southern California Dollar Shave Club Acquisition Snapchat 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Our strategy is to get into a company, sometimes early, in the A, B, or C round, in a theme or entrepreneur we really like. Something like a CrowdStrike might be worth more than a Snapchat, in the end. If your company was mobile, or cloud based before, now it has to be AI-enabled. At this point, AI is table stakes.

Funding 160

Funding Capital Artificial Inteligence Startup 160

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Our mobile phones are capable of doing almost anything these days. ML: Being an entrepreneur, especially with very little resources is like a rollercoaster. To pay for convenience and to value how mobile can shape your every day. Where do you see the mobile landscape going in the future? What about the good times?

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Can a mobile app make creating and designing your space as easy as posting a selfie on Snapchat or Instagram? If you think about a filter on Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat, this is like putting a filter on your space so you can find a design that you love. How does that work, and what's the purchase part about?

Snapchat 100

Snapchat Design Startup West Hollywood 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). Where are we today? 50x more Internet users (2.4 Online connections that are 180x faster (10.5

Venture Capital 398

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

. “We saw the impact that the rise of mobile was having on linear. “We looked at mobile and we saw the massive animation gap. ” For Attanasio and Huang, those timelines were too slow to take advantage of the mobile content revolution. “People totally connect with Mario from Super Mario Bros.

Social Media 261

Social Media Content Media Artificial Inteligence 261

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Even with instant two-way communication via the Internet and mobile phones, your greatest new solution or service won’t found or properly recognized without marketing. As an advisor to many entrepreneurs and small businesses, I often get asked where to start, and how to proceed. every month.

Marketing 96

Marketing Metrics Social Media Content 96

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Brad Brooks: Locally, I think Snapchat's IPO is going to spawn a massive ecosystem in the Southern California tech community. In healthcare, I think the impact of mobility is still in its infancy as far as the enterprise is concerned. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017?

Southern California 113

Southern California Social Media News Entertainment 113

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

The people who we our content and videos in are essentially connected, mobile, have their phone with them all the time. Everyone carries their phone around, and 70 to 75 percent of the traffic on our site is all mobile. We've since expanded to Instagram and Vine, and it's Snapchat and Youtube next. We've done really well.

Media 100

Media Content News SEO 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2016

By now if you follow me on Twitter you probably know that I do near daily “Snapstorms” or a collection of short videos (usually < 5 mins in total) with entrepreneur advice on Snapchat. You can follow me on Snapchat at msuster. Snapchat for my “original run” and I’ll also store each video to be watched later.

Snapchat 150

Snapchat Course Media Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. What about mobile? You know that deep down.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2017

In the entrepreneur world, most of the energy I see is focused on the current opportunity bubbles, now including anything mobile, the new sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb), or yet another social media app (Snapchat, WhatsApp). I do believe we are entering a new era of opportunity for entrepreneurs.

Ideas 55

Ideas Snapchat Social Media Entrepreneur 55

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And here’s an important point that I think modern entrepreneurs often forget: Investors are “co-owners” of your business. There are just as many bad entrepreneurs who do bad things. Unless you’re SnapChat, Instagram or similar this is probably 3-5 years into your existence. In the Growth Years.

Startup 325

Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Think of web vs. mobile. I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5. You could look for a VC who has huge wins under his or her belt and therefore has a formula for success.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

Mentor 75

Mentor Venture Capital Draper USC 75

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I then got my MBA at University of Chicago so I secretly pull for local entrepreneurs as long as they don’t make me visit in the Winter any more. For example, Lookout is a mobile security company that was founded by three talented graduates of USC. Locally we call it “the Snapchat effect.”

Company 369

Company Companies Startup Snapchat 369

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. Snapchat is a disappearing moment, Instagram is a moment in time, Twitter is a moment with a status or link. So, I took at look at it.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. Snapchat is a disappearing moment, Instagram is a moment in time, Twitter is a moment with a status or link. So, I took at look at it.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Why ADD Might Actually Benefit Startup Entrepreneurs. I wrote about that experience in my post, “ The Yo-yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur ,” in which I described an experience that some entrepreneurs has told me mirrored their own so much they found it scary. How to Know Whether You Have ADD & What to do About It.

Tips 150

Tips Startup Help Mobile 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Thus begins Snapchat and why you don’t get it. Snapchat will be used for both like the Internet (and TV) are. I just need to break you of the idea that Snapchat is for one thing – it is not. But since Snapchat uses the frequency above your hearing range it’s nearly impossible to “get” without help.

Snapchat 150

Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Two years ago I made a commitment to stop bringing my mobile phone into my bedroom and with like a 95% compliance rate this made a big improvement. I’m happy to say that this has been a huge improvement in my life and productivity and I notice the downside of this behavior when I travel and have my mobile phone in my hotel room.

Social Media 267

Social Media News Mobile Snapchat 267

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Currencies only began in earnest about 2,500 years ago and ever since have been a great enabler of democracy and social mobility, not the other way around. For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google.

Course 280

Course Startup Framework Marketing 280