Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

For example, the handmade-item platform Etsy sponsors free entrepreneurship courses for underemployed and unemployed people, including assistance in setting up a store on Etsy, thus adding more artists and artisan sellers to their platform. Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free.

Tips 174

Tips Framework Custom Customer 174

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Communication and writing skills are required. Assess social media relevance to your product or service.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Invest Platform 79

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren also wanted regulation in place that would block companies making over $25 billion that operate as social media or search platforms or marketplaces from owning companies that also sell services on those marketplaces. One issue is do we need regulation on the full platform companies. — Balaji S. .

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Startup Chief Technology Officer Social Media 144

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd.

Social Media 58

Social Media Media Platform Tool 58

TechEmpower

MAY 17, 2013

We have posted Round 5 of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. Additionally, we have added a new test type focused on writes, wherein a variable number of database updates are executed per request. This is Round 5, but it''s only the first round with Windows results.

Framework 524

Framework EC2 Web Writing 524

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

B2C Companies We talked about how some companies saw an immediate decline in purchasing (for example if you’re in travel or hospitality). Seed deals, for example, are easier to get funded than a late-stage deal for obvious reasons. Burn through your cash quickly at your peril. That may happen. But I doubt it. In a word: Yes.

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Writing 263

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2016

In particular, there are many platforms who enable taking ticket payments for sporting events, donation payments for non profits and rent payments for property managers, who don't fit into the current legacy way payments are handled. In the middle section are platforms like Uber, Airbnb, or Taskrabbit. What is Digitzs?

Platform 113

Platform Startup Ticketmaster Writing 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company. If you’ve done a good job in the sales process you’ve already written out a needs document in which your wrote out what you believe the customer problems are with specific examples. Maybe they don’t?

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Sales Custom Customer Examples 328

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

But, they could not write, and did not know what to write from the travel perspective. Every one of those writers has a byline and a bio, and are paid twice a week at a pretty decent rate for that writing or assignment. They couldn't find enough people to write the content they needed, at the quality they need.

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

First, you’ll need a platform. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months. I put much time into it.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Communication and writing skills are required. Assess social media relevance to your product or service.

Social Media 66

Social Media Media Tips Platform 66

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

We've instead taken those comments and turned them into scores and a rating platform. Can you maybe give a concrete example of that? When you stick that plugin on a blog you are writing, it scans the article for names. With things, for example, a camera or electronics, you can check the rating on Amazon.com.

Startup 174

Startup Blogging Writing Examples 174

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

They are using DealCurrent as the deal platform for all of their clients. We see those three products working together, as features of one platform which both can be used independently, as well as together. So, we took that contest and crowdsourcing platform, and started ArtisticHub. What's the story behind Deal Current?

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Communication and writing skills are required. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Platforms eschew threading and then re-invent threading anew. We work with clients to get them off the ground with a platform to build their business. You're in the thick of it and about to write a small chunk of server-side code. Curiously, the same sense doesn't necessarily apply to tuning and platform selection.

Web 200

Web Platform Technology JavaScript 200

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

Their view was that HTML5 would allow them to replace the notion of having to download a Facebook App into your phone or tablet, and release them from the idea that they have to have nine different apps on different platforms, and have to maintain all of them. The Like button is a good example. When did you decide to start Gamzee?

Activision 217

Activision Platform Startup Mobile 217

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I had already written about OpenSocial ( OpenSocial and Facebook as Platforms) and frankly I was hoping for a lot more in the announcements and APIs. The problem with OpenSocial right now is that it: only defines how you plug into platforms and grab the data, but it does not define the form and meaning of the data.

Writing 150

Writing Platform Sites Google 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging. Jordan Glazier: For example, say you have a friend coming to San Diego, and they ask you where they should stay. How does this work?

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). think Apple. Harlem Shake.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2012

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Communication and writing skills are required. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Platform 95

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The platform connects foodies to restaurants for a win-win situation for both parties. The platform uses an iPhone app and website to help users make decisions quickly and confidently while also helping them share their valuable restaurant experiences with others. myfab5 is a platform that reinvents the restaurant review.

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

We're a content curation platform, software-as-a-service for content, and we are focused on helping companies engage their customer more directly using content. Matt Kumin: We're getting ready to launch an all-new version of our platform. I ran that between 2001 and 2008, and then left to start what has become PublishThis.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

It was built originally on the Twitter platform to talk about stocks, and all users had to do was add a dollar sign to ticker symbols to give it context. For example, you can add $AAPL to separate the post from regular posts, which we pulled into our own search around that ticker. It's fun, I guess. Only a dummy would do it again.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Investor and customer attention spans are short, and both will write you off quickly. A winning USP example is the FedEx lead “When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.” For example, I had the pleasure of working with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, when Microsoft was just a startup.

.Net 73

.Net Examples Custom Customer 73

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

Spend your time and money on other platforms. Pick the right platform for your business. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Communication and writing skills are required. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Platform 93

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

How do you decide between a raw infrastructure provider or platform service, and how much work do you do yourself and how much should you rely on service providers? For example, IaaS providers will give you raw infrastructure like compute and storage resources. Salesforce.com and Google Apps are two common examples.

SaaS 90

SaaS Framework Resource Google 90

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. I’ll explain in detail below.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. Richard coincidentally cites Mike Yavondite’s Qiigo as an example; Mike was a guest on TWIVC later that day. An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company. Fansnap is an example, search for ticket purchases. I’m now back & ready for action.

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

As you design your lesson plan, write up objectives and promote the training, be sure to demonstrate how it will enable people to have more ownership in their work and influence on your company as a whole ("autonomy"). Make it learner-centric. Why should an employee take this training? Follow the "Think, Pair, Share" model.

Training 48

Training Writing Conference Slides 48

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)? Final example. And Flurry always gets mentioned.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

You join teams that got good write-ups on TechCrunch, have great VCs, have star CEO’s, whatever. Here’s just one example post featuring the wisdom I learned from Stuart about negotiations. Writing a book will be fun. You hire people who look good on paper. After 6 months – you know. You REALLY know.

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Startup CTO Coach Venture Capital 320

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. He was independently working on a collaboration platform for writers, and eventually we all got on a phone together, and it clicked. What's Scripped?

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Is the revenue dependent on a concentrated set of distribution partners or platforms that put future revenue at risk? For example, look at the following graph. For example, if you sell your product through a third-party reseller who charges 30% of any sale then your COGS will be 30% of revenue (assuming no other costs of sales).

Startup 227

Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

But if you want to level things up, you can use a platform like OptinMonster to create popup forms, sliding forms, floating bars, and sidebars. After focusing on your site, it’s time to use an email marketing platform and move on to lead nurturing. Everything can be done via the drag-and-drop interface. GetResponse.

Tool 39

Tool Custom Customer Sites 39

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

Tech Reporters: These individuals will write and edit informative and practical articles on a range of topics including Startups/Entrepreneurs, Gadgets, Mobile Tech, Tech in Entertainment, Gaming, Apps & Software, productivity, and cover breaking tech news. Think you may be interested? Take a look below and give us a shout.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Software Review Writing News 71

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Under Bruce’s innovative guidance, the company was an early adopter of the Internet, creating online videos long before platforms such as YouTube became ubiquitous. I had problems with reading and writing and comprehension and a lot of social abilities. Certain things like sales was a good example. I am NOT the salesperson.”.

Sales 113

Sales Education Startup Class 113