Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Ask Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble , who raised over $10 million on the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform for his relatively low-tech wristwatch with programmed clock faces. Handling different media formats.

Media 118

Media Tips Social Media Startup 118

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Some of the standout technology innovators include: ClippPR : ClippPR provides businesses with a simple way to track any type of online activity — press releases, videos, blog mentions, etc. Hachi : Hachi puts the “networking” back in social networking.

Social Network 111

Social Network Social Media Press Technical Review 111

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2011

With the proliferation of social networks, communications clients and VoIP phone services, users often find they need to use multiple ways--Twitter, Facebook, phone, FAX, and more--to communicate with their contacts. Why would your users want to manage all of their communications, social networking, and so forth in one place?

Social Network 259

Social Network Platform Networking Google 259

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There have been a lot of entrepreneurs here in software and other industries, and interestingly enough there seem to be more self-funded, bootstrapped firms here, rather than those looking for venture capital to get off the group. You are self funded too, we recall. What we do is provide an automation solution to the market at large.

Networking 214

Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

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.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. If you have neither, and choose to approach an investor, you will get no attention, and probably never again get a shot at funding with that investor. Now investors will pay attention, since scale-up funding is less risky and has a time frame.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Custom 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2017

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Ask Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble , who raised over $10 million on the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform for his relatively low-tech wristwatch with programmed clock faces. Handling different media formats.

Media 55

Media Social Media Startup Training 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

Concentrate elsewhere on the near-term marketing activities (which are also expensive) for this round of funding. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Put out regular press releases for search purposes and general visibility. Do something unique to get customer attention.

Marketing 106

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. If you have neither, and choose to approach an investor, you will get no attention, and probably never again get a shot at funding with that investor. Now investors will pay attention, since scale-up funding is less risky and has a time frame.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Custom 101

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Ask Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble , who raised over $10 million on the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform for his relatively low-tech wristwatch with programmed clock faces. Handling different media formats.

Training 93

Training Media Entrepreneur Social Media 93

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

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Every investor expects to see some traction, both before and after a funding event. If you have neither, and choose to approach an investor, you will get no attention, and probably never again get a shot at funding with that investor. Now investors will pay attention, since scale-up funding is less risky and has a time frame.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Concentrate elsewhere on the near-term marketing activities (which are also expensive) for this round of funding. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Put out regular press releases for search purposes and general visibility. Do something unique to get customer attention.

Marketing 94

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 94

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Let me give you some (real) examples: - You were an EIR at a VC firm who isn’t funding your current company. - million for a social networking site 18 months ago. If you’re in front of a customer and you had some very public bad press that week don’t pretend it didn’t exist. You raised $1.5

Venture Capital 264

Venture Capital Startup Training Sales 264

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Mostly you read about fundings, product releases, big valuations, and M&A. Get your press coverage. I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. I’m not trying to be negative. They were envious.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

One really great experience was a discussion I had with the camera rolling with my good friend Dmitry Shapiro who founded the major YouTube competitor of its time (Veoh) that was sued into oblivion by Universal and who also founded a social network designed to promote pseudonymity. Kill a fat person. So so funny. It’s just hate.

Technical Review 329

Technical Review Blogging Examples Startup 329

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). From this crowd of 12 I believe you’ll see 4-5 companies with the potential to rise to prominence. In the afternoon we had a corker of panel.

Twiistup 228

Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors. We thought about where else we could apply it to, and thought about the various social networking services, and specifically, Twitter. How long has Bccthis been around? That has really helped us get over that hurdle.

Email 185

Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Our company, Jute Networks, is a startup that is about a year and a half old. We build web software that improves the ability of people to manage their networks. We're specifically not a social network. How are you funded? Sean McDonald: We had a friends and family round, and we've raised some angel money.

Networking 113

Networking Startup Social Network Software 113

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

As a former hedge fund guy, Roger immediately saw the value in helping companies better sift through the masses of data; often to gain better insights into financial information. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. Not so on Twitter. People can follow me and I don’t have to follow them back.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

Mostly you read about fundings, product releases, big valuations, and M&A. Get your press coverage. I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. I’m not trying to be negative. They were envious.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 176

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Social media. Social networking. Social games. MYTH 2: Silicon Valley companies will always have the best shot at funding. Matthew has seen hundreds of startups pitch funding though OCTANe’s LaunchPad program. Saudi Arabia uses your gas dollars to fund solar energy Health Cisco helps build first U.S.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996). Leila is a recipient of the Rainer Arnhold and TEDIndia Fellowships, and serves on the San Francisco board of the Social Enterprise Institute. . . He is a frequent public speaker. Dave McClure. . Rick Heitzmann.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

The National Science Foundation mainly funds professors to do research. Government-owned venture capital funds, like the intelligence community's In-Q-Tel ( [link] ) or the USDA's former AARC may be a great hybrid strategy (government-owned, private appearance). You can affect this process. One example I found was H.R.

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Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45