Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you merge the power of pure creativity with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a dose of adventure, and make it work to your advantage. In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2011

Foursquare is good example of a modern hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” Their “Notify your neighbors” feature lets people post messages (news reports, classifieds, etc.) It also shows how such a website can scale by adding new cities. Geographic messaging.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Social media is a huge resource for entrepreneurs. Sadly, too many entrepreneurs still think social media is only for play, rather than work. It’s been essentially my only resource, and has paid off handsomely, for example, with almost 380,000 followers on Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2015

So it’s a disappointment to me that these esteemed journalists haven’t adapted to the modern media – to social media. Here’s an example from nobel-prize economist Paul Krugman. He can write well about economics but dude can’t Tweet. NYT Learn How to Use Social Media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2010

By Adam Hoeksema According to a report distributed by the Angel Capital Education Foundation , total startup funding from venture capital funds, state funds, and angel investors totals approximately $20.8 For example, assume that you have a vision of becoming the leading online retailer of picture frames. billion annually.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you merge the power of pure creativity with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a dose of adventure, and make it work to your advantage. In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Social Media. Leave comments on their posts, link to them from your site… do that and when you approach them to write about you, you’ll find a welcomed reception. Make a list of the journalists writing the articles, they’re easy to find on Linkedin and Facebook. Search Engines. Referring Traffic / Press.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2010

Foursquare is good example of a hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” Their “Notify your neighbors” feature lets people post messages (news reports, classifieds, etc.) They are free to write about neighborhood events, charities, schools, and local causes.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Jones Graduate School of Business found that 66 percent of the 150 businesses surveyed reported that Groupon promotions [were] profitable. But what Groupon (and Living Social’s) platforms have revealed is the social nature of contemporary couponing. With roughly 91% of the population using mobile devices and 26.3%

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Perfect example; ShoeBoxed.com. When I stumbled upon Shoeboxed I kissed the ground, danced around with joy like a drunken Pirate finding his treasure then shared the wealth with everyone in my crew… That’s social schmeedia right? Help a Reporter Out (HARO). In forums have a signature like this example below.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

Initially that means a creative, collaborative toolset for visual communications, allowing users to develop really compelling slides, print materials or social media posts that are more visually compelling and easier-to-build for those who aren’t naturally gifted as visual story tellers. What are some examples? Yeah, this sucks.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. In 2009, when the platform was just under three years old, Nielsen put out a report stating that Twitter had grown 1,382% year-over-year. In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. Today they announced that they acquired a large competitor in their space for what is reported to be a $100 million transaction. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated My first ever investment as a VC was Invoca.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? You might, for example, hold events in the rough key/value form: user_id, event_name, value, datetime. Make sense?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

. - Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - lament the coverage they get from journalists who reported the details unfairly. Be respectful.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

It also means that the publisher (person writing the status update) can share in the monetization. Tags: Social Media Tech Market Analysis. Think about the creative tension. I believe this is important because it means that Ad.ly is integrated with the content while being specifically denoted as an ad.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

One of the big questions, probably the biggest questions that I get from reporters, is 'what trends do you see? We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. Novel and creative campaigns like the recent YouTube campaign from Old Spice purportedly demonstrate the power of social in marketing. Example: Netflix).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Let me use LA as an example. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ).

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