Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

As the number of sites on the Internet floats around one billion, the challenge with every new startup is to be found and stand out. More important, if someone does find your site, the content better be enticing enough for them to come back. Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A great opportunity for more visible networking. I frequently work on networking through the social web and building new relationships that will foster knowledge gathering or business growth. However, as I read more about your focus, you are using these things in a slightly different way, i.e., not sure if SEO is as important.

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Alec Shankman is CEO of Santa Monica-based Gotcast (www.gotcast.com), an online site focused on casting of actors for television shows, movies, and other productions. The firm has some funding? Alec Shankman: We raised an initial seed round from a company called NCT, which is a Columbus, Ohio based venture fund.

Hollywood 252

Hollywood Startup Sites SEO 252

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

From a networking standpoint, it’s a lot more efficient than going to seminars and other industry events. Once you gain real traction as an expert in your space through the blog, investors will put you at the top of their funding list. This eliminates even the standard site hosting fees. Populate your team.

Startup 101

Startup Blogging Writing Google 101

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2013

From a networking standpoint, it’s a lot more efficient than going to seminars and other industry events. Once you gain real traction as an expert in your space through the blog, investors will put you at the top of their funding list. This eliminates even the standard site hosting fees. Populate your team.

Blogging 104

Blogging Product Startup Writing 104

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

She was a painter (art not houses), who saw an opportunity and went for it, funding the company by taking a loan from her parents and selling off all of her paintings. Sellers list their items on the site, using a simple 60-second listing process. Any funding yet? Funded by LaunchPad. Entrepreneurial Background?

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

At the moment, Conolly heads the startups social media team in Egypt while Turdubaev looks after Russian countries and translation of the site. ProfileTree was a good fit – the branches – network, leaves – people. Any funding yet? TechZulu caught up with Conolly and this is what we learn.

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Users can vote for relevancy of results, and over time, the non-relevant information or SEO moves down below the line. We're about to do some marketing, but the hard part really isn't going to be getting people to visit the site, it's to get them to stick. How is the company funded? People are so used to the Google mold.

PPC 113

PPC Sherman Oaks Advertising Yahoo 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. It's a full-blown, B2B social network. companies on the Internet.

SEO 100

SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

From a networking standpoint, it’s a lot more efficient than going to seminars and other industry events. Once you gain real traction as an expert in your space through the blog, investors will put you at the top of their funding list. This eliminates even the standard site hosting fees. Populate your team.

Blogging 93

Blogging Invest Startup Writing 93

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

What I really liked in my conversations with The Hive is that they are willing to work with and fund ventures that would never get VC dollars. What can they do for funding, where can they go for help? User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

Incubator 150

Incubator CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. Probably the biggest drawback of Los Angeles is the distance and traffic that makes networking more difficult.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

In rare cases when a non-bot tries to participate in Twitter, the uber-bot [type T] prevents the whole bot network from negative impacts by serving a 503 error to the homunculus’ browser. XXXL t-shirt that I really like to get a descriptive link from this site. And by the way, Twitter should finally end URI shortening.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. short answer: very, very rarely. But it does happen.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285