Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Let me just put this more clearly for you up front – the vast majority of the Internet is used for porn so every product has this use but you probably just don’t know about it: YouTube, Tumblr, Facebook, FaceTime, Skype and of course be very careful on Google Search without “safe mode” on.

Snapchat 150

Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Many of the investors and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their business is not e-commerce. See how many of the following “new” Internet concepts you recognize, and can explain in terms of value to your business. Here is a quick test of your real Internet savvy.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging 89

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches?

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My macro theme was “great entrepreneurs&# who mapped to my belief system about the kind of entrepreneurs I wanted to work with. They recommend up-sells and cross-sells of products. Banner ads were never very effective on web pages so it baffles me that it’s the preferred method of advertising today on mobile devices.

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Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2010

Collecta delivers real-time streaming news, via widgets, APIs and its Site Search Platform. Prior to that, Gerry was SVP for AOL’s Search and Directional Media group, where he managed the AOL Search, Local Search, Yellow Pages; Netscape Search; and eCommerce Search properties, including all search-based revenue and advertising initiatives.

Tips 90

Tips Commerce News Media 90

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. The good news: There are good answers to these questions!

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. Deliver Bad News Early.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 279

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

Many people don’t post about their experiences, but still routinely check first to see what others are saying about the brand and the product online. One example of this is Nike’s shoe size page. See this Business News Daily article for some great examples that have benefited the customer as well as the business.

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Custom Customer Marketing Social Media 103

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

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. Real time – Much has been written about the real-time nature of Twitter’s news. What does that mean?

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

I spoke about the topic on Fox Business News yesterday in a great session with TechCrunch50 winner RedBeacon and will post it along with my other VC Videos when Fox puts it on their website. The promised to follow up with: calls, using your product, talking to customers or “noodle on things.&# Will they? Let’s be honest.

Venture Capital 277

Venture Capital Startup Email News 277

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. This is astounding and myopic in my view.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. Enter Facebook.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I spoke about this yesterday on Fox Business News. The bring your product to life. Establish the persona of the person who would be using your products. Tell us what their life is like without your product – how they struggle. Tell us about the breakthrough they’ll have when they’re using your product.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe it is the new form of RSS – the place people go to find out what is happening in the latest news. For starters – the team is exactly what I look for when I’m looking to fund entrepreneurs. The configuration of the team was: 1 CEO, 1 Product Lead and a tech team of 6 people.

Advertising 284

Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

While customers will be willing to try your product, they think two steps ahead. They want to ensure they can easily migrate to a new system. The role of Product Managers at Technology Companies. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? A product manager is responsible for: Talking to customers.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Many of the businesses and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their interest is not e-commerce. See how many of the following “new” Internet concepts you recognize, and can explain in terms of value to your business. Here is a quick test of your real Internet savvy.

SEM 95

SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging PPC 95

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

We discuss the origins of Webdoc and as an entrepreneur how Vincent deals with competitors and the general day to day of being an entrepreneur. When you develop a new product, especially one that is disrupting existing habits you are constantly integrating user feedback. Who are your three most influential entrepreneurs?

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

After the first few hundred applications, every word on the page is like Velcro across our eyeballs (which, btw, is why you should never wait until the last minute to apply to a popular accelerator program). So when we come across an entrepreneur who cannot resist using 20 words when 10 would suffice, it’s painful, really painful.

Tips 70

Tips Startup Statistics Metrics 70

Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

In other Google-related news, Recode reported that Bill Maris, the founder and president of Google Ventures (now called GV), has left the firm and will be replaced by David Krane. The news was a relief for Redwood City, CA-based Heron, which has been waiting for word on the status of its drug since September 2015. . —The U.S.

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Google Technical Review News Research 40

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Next → As startup ecosystems evolve and mature, validation of their viability comes in waves from entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers alike. We hope that the platform will allow entrepreneurs a streamlined transition to an accelerator program, financing or to otherwise launch their businesses.”. Get Tickets.

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Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

InfoChachkie

MARCH 14, 2012

His logo, not the blank page, is what represented “a hundred thousand bucks down the drain.”. After much debate, the company agrees on their number one priority: to deliver a compelling product to the higher-education market by the Spring of 1987. All of those things we got for just being, are now… just old news.”

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Startup Press Design Marketing 229

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

William--who, among prior experience developed Stamps.com's security architecture--sat down with us to explain the firm's products and plans. What does Mobophiles do, and what the idea behind the product is? What we wanted to do is allow people to be productive when they wanted to be productive.

SaaS 127

SaaS Web Google Sites 127

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. They are, in fact, great news for traditional venture capitalists. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Each individual piece of content should have its own distinct URL(title tag), and a unique title (H1 tag) for the page that search engines can read and index. Increase the production of your content.It’s a simple formula, go to Google and type in this query site:“ name of your site.com ”.The Referring Traffic / Press.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Program head Robert Jadon describes Startup UCLA as more of a pre-accelerator than anything, meaning the the ideas are typically earlier stage and the entrepreneurs less experienced. PuddleWorks – PuddleWorks is developing interactive mobile games and leveraging these products and capabilities to develop a powerful franchise.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

One of the perpetual themes of the technology news sites and blogs this year has been fairly nonstop coverage of Twitter, the microblogging site. simply because I am a believer that content creation and distribution is moving from static pages to the stream. I left the company about 12 months ago, and decided to pursue Ad.ly

Advertising 189

Advertising Content Startup Social Network 189

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

After the event, we caught up, Parker Thompson , Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) charged with leading Batch 8. Updates could be as exciting as closing investment deals, or harrowing as the news of losing a co-founder. To learn more about all the companies, be sure to visit 500 Startups’ official demo day page.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

We like this business--they've just released one of their three or four different product lines, which are coming later. With this product, publishers are much more responsive, advertisers get better results, and at the end of the day, you need much less people and get a faster return time. We're pretty excited about it.

Advertising 100

Advertising Media Startup Woodland Hills 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Soon into college he realized that a career as a professional athlete is not what he wanted and instead quickly caught the entrepreneur/startup bug. GoodThreads goes the extra step with the ability to integrate product purchases on event registration and fund raising pages.

Technology 95

Technology Framework USC Platform 95

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. 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. Second, how to get leads.

Custom 85

Custom Customer Marketing SEO 85

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Simply click on the title of the panel you like and you will be taken to their SXSWi panel picker page. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Bootstrapping advice, entrepreneur, startups. .

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Each individual piece of content should have its own distinct URL(title tag), and a unique title (H1 tag) for the page that search engines can read and index. Increase the production of your content. The more pages indexed, the more traffic you will get. Get more websites linking to your various content pages.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

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? When you began your teaching career, did you plan on eventually being an entrepreneur? 10) Thorsten, why does the world need RightScale? . “Oh, Oh, you got me there right in the first question!

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

If you look at Google in the way they operate, you have two products, one is called AdWords, one is called AdSense, okay? before which is second-time entrepreneurs. This is a whole new "generation 2.0" of Internet entrepreneurs following up on the successes of the first generation (Overture, etc.).

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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Startup IP Email Report 29