socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. Sam Rogoway: Near Networks is a national production studio that creates online videos for local businesses across the country.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

They recommend up-sells and cross-sells of products. Banner ads were never very effective on web pages so it baffles me that it’s the preferred method of advertising today on mobile devices. Purchasing high-value or complex products is still way more effective person-to-person. Or can they? They’re not.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2015

I’m a political junkie and an admirer of the news media world having studied it since college. But now I felt forced to Google “How to cancel your WaPo subscription.” I clicked on the customer service, contact us page, to talk with a rep. That would have been even easier than improving page-loading times.

News 150

News Mobile Customer Custom 150

InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

While the web based version of Facebook has an abundance of display banners and advertisements littering every page, the mobile version has nothing of the sort. But even Facebook admitted in their SEC filings that this was a weak solution and that they don’t currently generate any meaningful revenue from the use of Facebook mobile products.

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Netflix Blogging Mobile Advertising 191

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Much effort and study has been expended to determine how a web site can better convert its visitors to paying customers. Why tell someone about your product if you can give them a demonstration, and what better way to make that demonstration irresistible than to make it free? Free Demonstration . Site Speed . Value Proposition.

Sites 40

Sites Search Engine Optimization Technical Review Web Development 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility. Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility. Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. How long has this new product been available?

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012. Even the Google search engine crawlers may take up to two weeks to find you. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

Platform 105

Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

A study in 2013 showed that 61 percent of marketers found it hard to generate high-quality leads. It integrates with 600+ customer relationship management systems (CRMs), marketing automation tools, and landing page builders. Connect your Google account with Milkshake to get started. Pricing: $9/user/month.

Tool 79

Tool Startup Help Template 79

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I also talked about Virgin Money , a product that I have used to lend friends money in the past. Studying for the SAT, LSAT, GMAT, TOEFL, MCAT and other standardized tests in the US is a massive market that has been dominated for years by Kaplan and Princeton Review. I know the product intimately and it rocks.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to a recent study done by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were 565,000 new businesses created per month in 2010 in the US alone, which is a 15-year high. Even the Google search engine crawlers may take up to two weeks to find you. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

Startup 104

Startup Social Media Platform Blogging 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility. Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

BCG, Bain, LEK – they’re all great), a few years at a start-up or a few years somewhere like Microsoft, Google, Amazon or Apple. I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The object is to exploit the convergence of people, information, products, services and places with today’s smartphones and tablets, which drive online orders in addition to purchases from brick-and-mortar stores.”. A study conducted by Rice University’s Jesse H. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Ophir references a study that listed a striking statistic: 54% of all ads being shown aren’t actually being seen. GumGum’s goal is to continue educating the market and selling the product – they’re expecting 400% growth next year. Ophir gives his take on Google Glass. Why the shift? Banner blindness.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We said to the studios--you have this amazing content, why not let us clip it all up, find the best moments in film, and allow users to post those to their blogs and Facebook pages, and let us create curated channels on the web? Studies show, if you don't, people will turn to piracy. We represented Google in the acquisition of YouTube.

Startup 190

Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A recent study by Nielsen showed that an average American adult spend some 34 hours per month using mobile internet on smartphones compared to 27 hours via personal computer. Google followed immediately and introduced Android. Just one year after their respective launches, Apple and Google exceeded one billion app downloads.

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Verizon , Monster Products , MerchLabs , HIRED , Instart Logic , Zeel , Shootly , Move Loot , Microsoft , American Laser Company , Zirx , DoorDash , Drizly. Green Way Labs develops high-performance cleaning products that are 100% non-toxic. Their distribution footprint consists of: Over 400 million Page Likes on Facebook.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

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. Scuba or skydiving?

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

A Google survey from July 2012 calculated that more than half the small businesses in the US are still without a basic website. With over three billion local search queries in any given month on Google alone, no business can afford not to be on the web. They are as follows: 1. Avidya – Ignorance. Raga – Attachment. Dvesha – Aversion.

Web Design 58

Web Design Web Design Sites 58

Xconomy

JULY 29, 2016

Begole: The DARPA Grand Challenge in autonomous vehicles paved the way for the autonomous vehicle products that are coming out today. What are some examples of government-funded research in AI and robotics that is happening today that will set the stage for tomorrow’s products?

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Examples Research Design 40

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

A Google survey from July 2012 calculated that more than half the small businesses in the US are still without a basic website. With over three billion local search queries in any given month on Google alone, no business can afford not to be on the web. They are as follows: 1. Avidya – Ignorance. Raga – Attachment. Dvesha – Aversion.

Web Design 40

Web Design Web Design Sites 40

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

Our goal was to take those observations, and subsequent research, and turn that into commercial products. Don Patterson: I was doing my graduate studies at the University of Washington, and was doing things in the field of activity recognition, which is recognizing sensors and getting computers to identifying what people are doing.

Startup 100

Startup Research UCI Social Network 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Simply click on the title of the panel you like and you will be taken to their SXSWi panel picker page. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Bootstrapping development, minimum viable product, startups. .

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. Angels will largely take a product risk (they bet on the product or idea and your ability to build it). “A” The team, of course, is just as important as the product or idea.

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). While customers will be willing to try your product, they think two steps ahead. The role of Product Managers at Technology Companies. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? 15 minutes.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285