socalTECH

MAY 1, 2013

From the annual search statistics from Google and Bing , it''s clearly information about celebrities. The startup--the brainchild of Evan Britton--has been ramping up its efforts recently, having just launched a brand new responsive web design which optimizes the site for mobile phones and tablets, in addition to desktop web browsers.

Web Design 182

Web Design Santa Monica Statistics Web 182

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2010

For example, my personal interest is entrepreneurs, and MySpace is for tweens. Here is my characterization of the social networking scene, as it relates to business networking for entrepreneurs and startups: Twitter. Believe it or not, this is my favorite for entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs can find like-minded people here.

Social Network 102

Social Network Networking Entrepreneur Statistics 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. Every good entrepreneur needs to invest skin in the game, to show credibility and leadership to others. Build a prototype first on your own time and money.

Funding 138

Funding Startup Equity Invest 138

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Social-media advertising relies on popular social media sites (such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) to generate leads through pay-per-click ads and tweets on sites that target customers in specific demographics. You can start an SEM campaign with as little as $50 today and get results very quickly. Social-media advertising.

Marketing 114

Marketing Invest Social Media SEM 114

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.” Both of these approaches are a waste of your time and theirs.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Startup Statistics Social Media 109

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Most entrepreneurs I know admit to a poor first media interaction, and many are still waiting for the instant replay. Message supports are stories, statistics, and sound bites that reinforce your message. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Both need to be clear and direct.

Media 118

Media Tips Social Media Startup 118

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Most entrepreneurs I know admit to a poor first media interaction, and many are still waiting for the instant replay. Message supports are stories, statistics, and sound bites that reinforce your message. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Both need to be clear and direct.

Training 93

Training Media Entrepreneur Social Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

In the aftermath of the recent pandemic, which caused many businesses to close, a new raft of business workers and entrepreneurs are deciding to pursue their own dreams of being a new business owner, and controlling your own destiny. Pick a name, location, and marketing strategy early. Names and taglines are critical to success.

Social Media 98

Social Media Metrics Media Tool 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2012

Search on any product name for census data, online research reports, trade association publications, and online newspapers with relevant statistics. Credible sites include Gartner Group , Market Research Reports , and Frost & Sullivan. The Internet today is like the Library of Congress at your fingertips. Informal focus groups.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Research Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Start by reviewing current statistics, like the recent Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 , to learn which social media sites are most popular, which features drive the most impact today, and how other social media marketers have maximized their efforts and seen the greatest ROI.

Social Media 135

Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Social-media advertising relies on popular social media sites (such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) to generate leads through pay-per-click ads and tweets on sites that target customers in specific demographics. You can start an SEM campaign with as little as $50 today and get results very quickly. Social-media advertising.

Customer 146

Customer Custom Marketing Startup 146

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

Let me give you a few examples: SwingbySwing Golf created an iPhone/Android app that lets golfers use the GPS in their phone to measure distance to the hole and track statistics. TripTrotting recruited thousands of local travel guides for their site. inLife signed up dozens of merchants in Santa Barbara for their activity site.

Incubator 91

Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Despite the huge surge of content specifically being developed for the web--and for sites like YouTube--making that content profitable and sustainable continues to be an issue for content creators. One of them, is unless you have a million dollar, celebrity campaign, you can hardly ever make the home page of those sites. READ MORE>>.

Content 231

Content Platform Sites Web 231

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.” Both of these approaches are a waste of your time and theirs.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Statistics Startup Social Media 124

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

It''s a place where people can submit their ideas and patents, and we provide a platform for them to try to find entrepreneurs who would like to work on those patents together with us an the crowd. We offer up those ideas and patents to any user on the Internet, and they can sign up on the site to work with the entrepreneur on the idea.

Ideas 178

Ideas Patents Funding Startup 178

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

We''re not the company which tells athletes to jump on our site, and we''ll spam you to schools and find you a place. Brenton Sullivan: We really put the customer at the center of our business, something that many entrepreneurs miss out on. That''s the quantitative analysis of statistics to find players. It''s a big topic.

Coach 252

Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Geared towards artists, entrepreneurs and innovators, crowdfunding is a great way to get any projects off the ground, be it startup, movie, music or invention. Statistics show that 60% of projects on crowdfunding sites fail to reach their funding goals.

Statistics 90

Statistics Entertainment Google Web 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2016

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. Searching LinkedIn, for example, is a must for contemporary entrepreneurs. Review current crowdsourcing sites for a good fit.

Startup 61

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Funding 61

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.” Both of these approaches are a waste of your time and theirs.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Statistics 109

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.” Both of these approaches are a waste of your time and theirs.

Funding 62

Funding Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup 62

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient. Content is king of the road.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Most entrepreneurs I know admit to a poor first media interaction, and many are still waiting for the instant replay. Message supports are stories, statistics, and sound bites that reinforce your message. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Both need to be clear and direct. Marty Zwilling.

Press 105

Press Social Media Startup Training 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2017

Most entrepreneurs I know admit to a poor first media interaction, and many are still waiting for the instant replay. Message supports are stories, statistics, and sound bites that reinforce your message. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Both need to be clear and direct.

Media 55

Media Social Media Startup Training 55

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with ecommerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient. Content is king of the road. like Google.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Social-media advertising relies on popular social media sites (such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) to generate leads through pay-per-click ads and tweets on sites that target customers in specific demographics. You can start an SEM campaign with as little as $50 today and get results very quickly. Social-media advertising.

Social Media 55

Social Media SEM Startup Advertising 55

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

Statistics show that the failure rate for new businesses within the first four years is fifty percent or greater, even with companies that have a large startup budget. According to Digital Point and others, there are about a hundred new websites and businesses created every minute somewhere in the world today.

Social Media 57

Social Media Search Engine Optimization Startup Customer 57

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. Our system will go off and watch those things for you, trend them over time, do statistical analysis on them, or you can use it as a very advanced news gathering system, which is what we''re doing with it today for Wall Street.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. Build a relationship, be memorable, and don’t rush them to leave.

SEO 53

SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Search on any product name for census data, online research reports, trade association publications, and online newspapers with relevant statistics. Credible sites include Gartner Group , Market Research Reports , and Frost & Sullivan. The Internet today is like the Library of Congress at your fingertips. Informal focus groups.

Research 88

Research Marketing Statistics Startup 88

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

The service was created by experience serial entrepreneurs Mark Sylvester and KymberleeWeil, who some might know from creating service introNetworks. Those sites are on the large side, with 20,000 or 30,000 people. We're entrepreneurs, and we like to build our business, and wish we were known a little more.

Social Media 203

Social Media Startup Tool LAMP 203

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. People can come to the site, pay you directly, and we provide them with access to your genie, and away they go. It has links to supporting web site and resources.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01 And why is that?

Snapchat 82

Snapchat Social Media Social Network Media 82

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

They also gave a quick tour of the dashboard that clients would be using to customize their now mobile ready sites. Great for looking up Facebook and traffic statistics, Leftronic’s product offering definitely has the Startup client in mind. Our next company to present was Danger Room Gaming and their Rapid Fire Trivia games.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. Okay, so maybe you never took statistics, microeconomics or macroeconomics.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2016

Aspiring entrepreneurs often approach me as an angel investor, touting their innovative idea for yet another online dating site. According to statistics , there are more than 5,000 dating sites worldwide with 1,000 new ones appearing every year. For starters, 40 percent of frequent site users are already married.

Sites 51

Sites Ideas Statistics Google 51

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

According to current Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity now exceeds 86%, more than 12 percentage points higher than ten years ago at the height of the last recession. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

Startup 128

Startup Social Media Satisfaction Entrepreneur 128

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. I’ve checked out FindTheBest and I think it is a pretty incredible site, given how early stage they are. We get referring site traffic.

Google 264

Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264