Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

It comes courtesy of Google and Amazon-backed startup Anthropic, which was only founded in 2021. Since then, Google has invested almost $400 million in the startup and holds a 10% stake in the company, while Amazon has pledged up to $4 billion. ” The only exception is if you're flagged for a trust and safety review.

ChatGPT 141

ChatGPT Artificial Inteligence Training Startup 141

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2012

NEOGOV , which has quietly built an enterprise software company supplying human resources software to the government and public sector. A lot of software startups have shied away from serving public institutions, despite a big market, due to concerns about how slow they adopt things. What's the next thing for you?

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Software Review SaaS Startup Technical Review 243

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

A good overall example is the synergy between Google co-Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as with Chairman Eric Schmidt. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

A good overall example is the synergy between Google co-Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Carry minimal historical baggage.

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Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development CTO Coach 56

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2014

Google Glass. Google Glass is one of the most famous examples of wearable Tech. Although there are many companies making variations on the product, Google’s seems to be the most advanced and streamlined. Let’s take a look at a few of the most anticipated smart devices changing the way we use technology. Oculus Rift.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Google 88

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

TechZulu caught up with co-founder Calvin Schemanski chat about their upcoming launch, their product and why Long reviews suck. myfab5 is a platform that reinvents the restaurant review. Unlike typical review sites, our platform does not use star ratings or long reviews. What is myfab5?

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Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2013

Example: when I send a “save the date” email I often put the date, location & reply by date near the top in red. When emails get a bit longer due to background info I often break it up into sections (as I am doing in this post). I am soon going to start piloting a software application to help me do this.

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Email Writing Software Review Startup 415

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? With Google, they are obviously the big dog, no matter who you are talking about. Outside of Facebook, Google is the internet. Google has to go through channels like us just to get to an advertiser. Yelp and Agie''s List has been fantastic in the reviews path.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

That’s called leading by example, and it is actually appreciated by businesses of every size. For example, a marketing project would be the number of leads generated or ad impressions, instead of recommendations for improving the process. Leadership by example works at all levels of a company.

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Services Startup Software Review Social Media 100

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? With Google, they are obviously the big dog, no matter who you are talking about. Outside of Facebook, Google is the internet. Google has to go through channels like us just to get to an advertiser. Yelp and Agie''s List has been fantastic in the reviews path.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2015

There's been a huge debate over the future of Adobe's Flash raging over the last month, as both Google and Mozilla disabled Flash due to security holes and other issues. I think it's a shining example of Silicon Beach's technology helping out Hollywod. Matt Cooper: It's been different, but it hasn't been a bumpy ride.

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Hollywood HTML Software Review Advertising 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Apart from the suite of software applications above, HelloSociety, helps present and optimize its client’s content on Pinterest, resulting in increased reach and direct sales on their respective websites.

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Sales Technical Review Marketing Technology 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

If you are the first to deliver this, your startup might be the next Google! If you add the next generation of natural language processing (NLP), you will be able to ask Google Voice Search or Apple Siri the questions right through your smart phone. Of course, many are still fighting it as well, due to privacy concerns.

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Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 98

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2011

It became a project of passion, and we wanted to get it done super quick, because we believed in it, and saw that there were many others trying to do the same thing--big companies--who had been trying to do this for years, but just hadn't cracked the code.

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Guide Software Review Twiistup Technical Review 203

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution. Investors look for “street smarts,” or examples that didn’t come from a school book or a corporate process. Now, of course, Page and Brin have that same credibility with their successes at Google.

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Startup Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review 60

Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

Why does Google dominate search? The good news is you can do it, too, and there are great examples in Socal. MindBodyOnline is a terrifically succesful SaaS company, based in San Luis Obispo, that provides scheduling and transactional software for Yoga studios, hair salons, and spas. They read product reviews obsessively.

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Customer Custom Software Review SaaS 97

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. In April of 2010, we put up Dealcurent.com, and we started indexing number one on Google for daily deals software. We had our contest software, ArtisticHub, driving some revenue. How do clients license your software?

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

In an eCommerce or Internet Services business it is often the marketing costs (if purchased online) and in an enterprise software company it is often marketing plus enterprise sales reps. So if you paid $100 for a customer who converted via a Facebook ad or Google search ad (SEM) that is not your CAC. Payback Period!!!”

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Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Could you give an example of how a customer might use your service? Rob Reed: Starbucks seems to be a good example, though they are not a client. That might be check-ins, that might be photos, reviews, likes, all of those things are in one place. Rob Reed: I've learned it is not easy.

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Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition. For example, look at the following graph.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Facebook, Google) to a large market opportunity then you had better have enough resources to compete. That’s why when you hear Steve Blank talk about lean startups you can hear his experiences ooze out of him in real-life examples of 8 startups. .&# It is at this point that your startup needs to consider “ going fat.&#

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. With roughly 91% of the population using mobile devices and 26.3%

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2013

We gather rich data on a dentists, including where they got their degree, how many years they have been in practice, and patient reviews, plus what technology they employ in their practice. We do marketing, and are marketing on KNX, online, in Google search results. What we bring to the party is, number one, new patients.

Pricing 227

Pricing Startup Networking Software Review 227

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

This includes support for Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn and over a dozen additional services. Also, as any changes to each login will be handled by JanRain, you wont have to keep updating your authentication code if changes are made by the login provider. Now click the "Generate Code" button. This can be changed later.

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Software Review PHP Class Startup 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

As an example, I was just reading a plan for a new dating app with a tagline of moving users quickly from the virtual world into the real world of offline dating. Regularly follow reviews and influencers in your industry. There are always new competitors who are planning their arrival tomorrow.

Customer 57

Customer Custom Technical Review Software Review 57

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

in a venture round for the firm's software recommendation startup. Darrius Thompson: We came from a company called DivX, where we had built a business primarily around consumer software. We got really good at figuring out how to get wide distribution for our software, and how to monetize that software in unique ways.

Software Review 100

Software Review Software Startup Examples 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We've created bi-directional, and real-time links between a web site and translation software. NativeTung is a cloud-based platform, which includes some software which runs on the web site, which ensures synchronization of the translation at all times. Idris Manley: We see ourselves as the third generation. It also supports blogs.

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Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), co-founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well. Company : FindTheBest. 1) The economy sucks, but you guys are hiring.

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Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest , former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well. Now, you can give Amazon a credit card and have any size system you need in minutes.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). I like to use the example of a company I backed called MakeSpace because it’s such an easy an obvious market to understand.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. There’s tremendous leverage in learning to use Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and how to Google for sample contracts and the latest tax changes.

Startup 92

Startup Outsource Development Development Team Review Equity 92

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

In the example above, you may find that although radio listeners cost $50 more than your average cost per customer, they may correspondingly have a longer life and thus a higher lifetime than your average customer. Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

Perhaps in part due to its dominant market share, WebEx adopted telecom-style pricing, which effectively penalized their users. In particular, the Google AdWord market matured, making it increasingly difficult for lead generation operators to profitably purchase keywords that would motivate qualified users to complete a lead form.

Entrepreneur 225

Entrepreneur SaaS Pricing Cloud Computing 225

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. There’s tremendous leverage in learning to use Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and how to Google for sample contracts and the latest tax changes.

Startup 92

Startup Outsource Development Development Team Review Equity 92

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2009

That's what the Cogi service offering is all about--giving you the ability to capture, review, and share the content of your important conversations. I can review it myself, both in audio form, or text form, and share it with others. Even before we began the process of starting work on our software, we did extensive market validation.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Startup Software Review Technical Review 100

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example, you can transform your longish and ugly dynamic URIs into short (but keyword rich) URIs, and more. For example when you operate a WordPress blog, you could code nearly everthing below in your 404 page (consider alternatives ). You need to take care of errors yourself.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309