socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

But, it looks like being a seed investor has paid off for at least one local investor, Baroda Ventures , the venture capital investment fund owned by GeoCities founder David Bohnett. Baroda was a very early investor in Fab.com , which just today raised $150M in funding at a $1 billion valuation. and oversease. READ MORE>>.

Invest 170

Invest Social Network Commerce Venture Capital 170

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. USA Angel Investment Network. Angel investors are people too.

Startup 135

Startup Keiretsu Platform Invest 135

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

According to the company, the new round will go towards growing its social marketing software, plus expansion of sales and marketing. The firm's software helps marketers launch and track promotions across Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, and other social networking platforms. READ MORE>>.

Social Network 183

Social Network Los Angeles Tool Software 183

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Very few people fund individuals. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. If you’re really an entrepreneur you’ll find a way to network with the right people. Team: You need a team.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Ribbon, the developer of a social commerce platform which lets users list items for sale, distribute that through their social networks like Facebook , and accept credit card payments--said today that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round.

Draper 164

Draper Seed Funding Commerce Social Network 164

socalTECH

JULY 26, 2011

Fab.com said it raised $8M in a Series A funding round Tuesday. Fab was previously Fabulis, a gay social networking site; the firm has since refocused into a daily deals and flash sales site. Fab.com said the funding will go towards scaling its business. Fab.com is based in New York. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2015

However, that process really hasn''t taken advantage of today''s mobile, always-connected, socially networked world. It''s meant to help moms get stuff done quickly, by leveraging their network. I ran operations, strategy, sales, and technology for the online division of Warner Bros. Why did you start the company?

Networking 100

Networking Startup Cornerstone OnDemand Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or angel investors in Arizona, where I live. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. get the attention of the market they choose.

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Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Although relatively new, AngelList already has featured over 42,000 businesses and provided over 28,000 introductions to potential investors in a format that''s, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and Angels.

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Angel Startup Funding Keiretsu 115

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. Concentrate elsewhere on the near-term marketing activities (which are also expensive) for this round of funding. business entrepreneur funding marketing budget mission startup' Marty Zwilling.

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Marketing Funding Social Media SEM 102

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Elabelz was pulling in $23 million in revenue off of the sale of 150,000 boxes of clothes — so the logistics and fulfillment and brand partnerships would be a breeze. FlipFit works by creating a social network based on friends and followers. FlipFit works by creating a social network based on friends and followers.

Social Media 184

Social Media Commerce Los Angeles Social Network 184

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2010

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based startup Worlize (www.worlize.com) announced it had received a seed round of funding, and launched a firm to focus on social gaming and chat. Brian McKelvey: We're building a virtual world, which attaches to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and all the social networks.

Social Network 239

Social Network JavaScript Startup Platform 239

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JULY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks. The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners.

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Social Media Media Social Network Seed Funding 268

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Sean McDonald is founder of Jute Networks (www.jutenetworks.com), which is in a startup developing highly visual, graphical tools to help people use their professional networks and connections to further their business. What is Jute Networks? Our company, Jute Networks, is a startup that is about a year and a half old.

Networking 113

Networking Startup Social Network Software 113

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Let’s help get their funding get finalized or the company sold if it’s already in play. And VCs scrambled to raise their own funds. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. Fundings boomed. Let’s review all of our existing investments. Depressing.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

in a Series B funding. The funding came from Toronto, Canada-based Emerson Ventures and Propulsion Ventures. Shopit develops software which can be embedded in social networking profiles, blog pages, and on other web pages for selling products. READ MORE>>

Social Network 113

Social Network Blogging Los Angeles Advertising 113

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

Startup 106

Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Custom 106

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. Sentiment is strong in personal portfolios and up commensurately with VC’s expectations that their last fund will now be worth something (and along with that increase the partners’ personal wealth).

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Social network app developer and ad network.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Our publisher distribution network reaches in the tens of millions of unique users and is comprised of “head end&# stars as well as many “mid tier&# and “long tail&# publishers. The affiliate networking market alone is about a $2 billion industry now.

Advertising 284

Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. USA Angel Investment Network. Angel investors are people too.

Angel 96

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 96

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

accredited investors in 1,000 angel groups and venture capital funds to. Perhaps surprisingly, the components are NOT the traditional coding/business pieces; nor are they even coding /user interface / business / sales, or whatever. Described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering. BUT good ideas are NOT hard to find.

Startup 189

Startup Sales Ideas Entrepreneur 189

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Arizona, where I live. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. get the attention of the market they choose.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. Instagram happens to be one of the few social networks I regularly use along with Twitter. I am not saying all companies should be for sale. I’ve lived this personally.

Venture Capital 316

Venture Capital Pricing Social Network Acquisition 316

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We spoke with Derrick Oien, president and co-founder of the firm, about the company's mobile social networking applications, as well as about his view on penetrating the mobile carriers. in funding from Venrock, Avalon, and Masthead. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications?

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

Pricing 123

Pricing Cloud Computing Custom Customer 123

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

John Ellis: PurePhoto is a social commerce network, for buying, sharing, and selling original photographic art. One of the things that people will get out of PurePhoto, is we've combined social networking with the e-commerce element. How is the company funded? He told us all about what the company's trying to do.

Westlake Village 164

Westlake Village Yahoo Commerce Social Network 164

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APRIL 4, 2011

We've worked with Microsoft, Live Nation, Variety, and other clients, plus just closed our funding of $2.2M Those can be sales, coupon redemptions, or downloads. I was a co-founder of a company called TagWorld, which was a social networking website we ended up selling to Viacom. from a group of VCs and angels.

Advertising 198

Advertising Startup Santa Monica Social Network 198

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based Focused Labs , which provides social media marketing services, said Thursday that it has renamed itself GraphEffect , and raised $2M in funding. GraphEffect provides a social advertising platform which helps advertisers gain Facebook fans and Likes. The firm was founded by Clark Landry and James Borow.

Marketing 189

Marketing Santa Monica Social Media Advertising 189

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. I Be specific. He’d wasted a year of his life and had a pile of stock options that weren’t very interesting.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. It boasts more than 1,000 member-managed groups and VCs, with 40,000 investors, and over 1,800 startups funded in the last 12 months. New England Investment Network. Angel investors are people too. Keiretsu Forum. Marty Zwilling.

Angel 108

Angel Keiretsu Organization Invest 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. get the attention of the market they choose.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. That was in addition to the social media work I'd done. For the first time, that social media activity is actually taking place at the point of sale.

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. USA Angel Investment Network. Angel investors are people too.

Angel 67

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 67

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. Brenton Sullivan: What we are is a private social network and platform for coaches to connect with each other, to exchange information on athletes.

Coach 252

Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Tech Events / Meetups - In Los Angeles, There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. Here are a few perspectives on the topic of finding technical cofounders: In Building a sweat equity team , Joel on Software tells us: You simply need to network. Ask your friends to do the same.

CTO Hire 211

CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211