Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. So naturally we’re pushing for him to drop critical information when their paths cross organically. Rob does it. On steroids.

Tips 365

Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

On myfab5, people rank their favorite places instead of giving them star ratings and write bite-sized reviews instead of writing long reviews. When talking to review site users, we found the top two reasons people don’t write reviews is because it takes too long and it is confusing. Any competition?

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. In the bay area you have Facebook stealing employees from Google, Zynga stealing from Facebook, and some new hotshot startup ready next in line to pounce.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Commonly referred to as “Wicket,” it’s an irregularly scheduled meeting organized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the UN’s telecom regulatory agency. If you think this will only affect the big boys like Google and Facebook, think again. The next meeting is taking place in the United Arab Emirates a few months.

Writing 102

Writing Conference Google Technology 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2014

. “The future refrigerator will be semi-transparent, and the opaque smart display will display exactly what’s inside, so we only have to open the door once we know what we want,” Itzkovitch writes in UX Magazine. “Neatly organized food items will be recognized and categorized via sensors.

Belkin 92

Belkin Startup Google Press 92

InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

To avoid waiting too long, pick an age or a specific life event (marriage, having a child, graduation, etc.) Approximately 33% fail, another third return an approximation of the capital invested and the remaining 33% generate anywhere from 2x to “Google-x return.” The form at the end of this entry may help you organize your thoughts.

Startup 243

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 243

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

We’ve seen companies like Zendesk utilize HandUp gift cards for customer appreciation, and provide the gift of impact at an event like Keen IO’s KeenCon, as well host internal matching campaigns like Box did for the team on #GivingTuesday. Some donors simply want to write a check to a national organization and move on.

Platform 100

Platform Startup Tips Help 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” I’m not a morning person; in fact, it’s 2pm as I’m writing this and I’m still in sweat pants, but for this, I’ll gladly be there. There’s a strong need to customize UI and car companies are realizing their $700 navigation systems just aren’t going to sell as well as a free app from Google.

Advertising 97

Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. Neither became Google but I figured I had learned quite a bit about taking a company from cradle to grave. I perceive her as smart, ambitious, friendly, organized and helpful. Not kidding.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. By Frank Addante Since Googles announcement of their decision to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 A move very similar to what Google is doing with DoubleClick today.

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I don’t care if you’re a 10-person organization, a 1,000 person organization or a multinational corporation – often it is the few key players that change the dimensions. Community Leaders + Organizers. I would say recruiting at least one superstar would be your priorities 1,2 & 3.&#.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

However, more than 40 percent of the organizations said that they wouldn’t run a Groupon offer again.”. Credit for the writing and research of this article and content below goes to goes to them as well. But what Groupon (and Living Social’s) platforms have revealed is the social nature of contemporary couponing.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. Google was clear that they WOULD NOT go into this business. He came up to Bill after the event and said, “clever idea, we should do that with you.&# They were a juggernaut and Google was a small company. But obviously Google won the war. Overture (Goto.com).

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. but: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free! When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld.

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I know it’s easier to write “horse race&# stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot&# lately. It is open also in the same way that Google was open in its early days. Google started as a place where you came to be taken via links to other people’s websites.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat.

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Course Startup Framework Marketing 280