socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit. Not just what the product needed to look like, but how to sell it, and to make sure that the people we sold it to were really successful using it, and stayed with us. Instead, we'd tell them, we'll help you leverage them.

Google 127

Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

It was the first company to do “paid search&# back when Larry & Sergey were saying they would never do it. plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Google had huge destination traffic. Google monetized this with AdWords (ads on their home page).

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In the online world, you need a solid connection between your domain name and your product, brand, or business. You have to be found and favored by search engines. Search engines like Google are still the primary method for finding information on the Internet. Engage your audience with social media.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Headed by famed Google AdSense creator Gil Elbaz, Factual has created a massive, cloud-based repository for data on geolocated. businesses and points of interests; products; and much more, plus an extensive set of application programming interfaces (APIs) to. analytics to help companies track and optimize their marketing effort.

Southern California 66

Southern California Software Artificial Inteligence Company 66

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations. The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad. But obviously Google won the war.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350