Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And I had been telling my partners for a couple of years that I thought Ethan was one of the more talented entrepreneurs I had come across in San Francisco. We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping. We like to be able to see the concept.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches. You can start an SEM campaign with as little as $50 today and get results very quickly. Some consider direct mail very expensive or dead as a lead-generation tool. Social-media advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

The page Title tag is predominantly displayed in search engine results as the first line of the result and is normally the link to your web page. These are HTML tags needed per page, which contain one or two sentences, and keywords and phrases, that briefly explain to the search engine what the web page is about. Reduce page load time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

By now we all know that the largest part of the online spend has been SEM (search engine marketing) where people buy CPC (cost per click) links to display alongside the “organic&# search results in the search engine. For starters – the team is exactly what I look for when I’m looking to fund entrepreneurs.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

We are TechZulu after all, so you know we could not do this post without some helpful event recommendations for startups and entrepreneurs. The Startup/Entrepreneur Guide to Social Media Week. Tuesday - Sept 21st - 2PM - Exploring User Experience, Content and Brand Strategies for the Social Web. TechZulu is always here to help.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution. I think this makes no sense.

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