Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Download free website tools. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via PayPal or credit card), including FrontPage in the Microsoft Office Suite, and DreamWeaver by Adobe. Start simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. As of this writing nearly 50,000 versions have been created and uploaded and watched by some 200,000,000 people. Harlem Shake. million views).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Look for simple and free tools. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via PayPal or credit card), including FrontPage in the Microsoft Office Suite, and DreamWeaver by Adobe. Start simple.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. LinkedIn - This remains one of my primary tools. I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Ask around for ideas on where they hang out.

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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. Our company, Jute Networks, is a startup that is about a year and a half old. How are you funded?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Our focus is providing anyone who is active online already with the ability to leverage their existing social networks for monetized one-on-one conversations. From there the user promotes their access to their social networks through our easy social sharing, and others can come to their public profile and request a huddle.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

6) Social networking is impacting all aspects of business, including recruiting. Social recruiting’ is currently a valuable tool for mid-level through senior positions or for positions requiring a specialized skill set. Beyond that we’re still nailing down roles. It’s fluid.”. Build an elite team.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

6) Social networking is impacting all aspects of business, including recruiting. Social recruiting’ is currently a valuable tool for mid-level through senior positions or for positions requiring a specialized skill set. Beyond that we’re still nailing down roles. It’s fluid.”. Build an elite team.

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MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 157

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Nowadays, when you post something online, whether that is an image in a gallery or social networking site, it only has a lifespan of just a few seconds. Josh Brooks: In sum, I had the idea of what I wanted, and did my best to use all of the tools out there to synthesize my idea. Let's talk about funding.

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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 do, make sure you write them out and think about what you’re answers will be. Your A round investors are not stepping up. - You raised $1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Writing down your weight from your scale is obviously a manual process and it’s tedious. My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn. Data storage in Twitter is a big problem and tools like CoTweet that solve this are essential). It is really a pleasure to use the tool compared with WW. We’ll see.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. If one vocal person blurts out, “just give us the details, we all know social networking&# don’t assume that person speaks for the entire room.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. Anima Sarah Lavoy – Connect , Geo locational convenience for your social networks. Alex Taub – Social Rank , Twitter metrics and engagement tool. Margaret Francis – Heroku XL , making large-scale app development easy.

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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.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Gamzee (www.gamzee.com), a new game company founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision and Acclaim Games, announced a seed round of funding. Flash is not a game programming language, and actually started as an animation tool. What is Gamzee all about? They've proven that in many ways.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

The reason passwords don't work, is because if you want a stronger password, when a system forces you to use a certain number of characters, or put numbers or special characters into a password, people can use keystroke logging to force themselves into your network or your PC. It's not used for authentication.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Total raised: $56.3mm.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. Not so on Twitter. Twitter is inherently viral.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. MUST be on this list!!

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