TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

“We’re going to continue to improve that technology that helps us fuse together the billions of aerials, StreetView and satellite images that we have to really help us move from that flat 2D map to a more accurate 3D model than we’ve ever had. And be able to do that more quickly. And be able to do that more quickly.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

But Amarin didn’t have the evidence that lowering triglycerides with fish oil would really help people. Amarin’s shares sank. While other groups tested other fish oils and found no evidence of concrete cardiovascular benefits , Amarin pressed on with a massive study, bleeding cash for years. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2023

In my business consulting activities, I often get asked for help in looking ahead, and I well understand your primary day-to-day focus on setting repeatable processes and creating a stable environment for existing team members. Digital technology today can be used to hone your ability to listen, care, share, and be more engaging.

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Xconomy

JULY 15, 2019

The Printing Press. I truly believe AI is going to be that big, if not bigger, because it is not only going to create new efficiencies and help solve a lot of problems (in fact, it is already), it’s going to shake the very foundations of how work itself – and businesses, the orchestrators of work – are organized. Electricity.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

And sometimes I feel happy to help somebody even when we’re just getting to know each other. It feels much better to be helpful than to be indebted. Be helpful. Fill your VC good will, build relationships, be helpful to them not just asking for things. It becomes easier to ask when you need help or money.

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Xconomy

MAY 1, 2018

You’d be hard-pressed to find a workplace today where using technology isn’t an integral part of the job, whether it’s an AI-powered recruiting tool, special coding software for app development, or even just Google Sheets that help workers keep track of budgets. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

6 or 7 years ago when TechCrunch was at its peak market share (they are still strong but many more tech blogs have also popped up) there was a term for getting covered there called “the TechCrunch bounce.” That helps me figure out whether they’re in my target market or if they’ve raised too much money already.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2014

Review the company''s press releases, the recipient''s LinkedIn profile, etc. This can be a blog article that helped you make a particular decision or a link in a Tweet that you found helpful. Be specific as to how you were helped and why you are motivated to express your gratitude. Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. but not that this justifies take a 45% revenue share. Sound interesting?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. I like to speak about this topic with first-time wantrapreneurs because if you read the tech press every day you’d get the impression that it all glamor. But it’s hard to know that from the press.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

The image of boards and of investors vs. founder conflicts has been so at odds with my experiences on dozens of boards over the past 20 years that I thought it was worth sharing what I actually see. And of course we help with business development introductions and with fund raising events. I consider myself founder friendly.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The thing is … what I see many sales execs do is burn up countless hours on mid-level campaigns that get torpedoed when the go up the organization due to lack of budget, a desire to own that core IP or other more pressing organization priorities. Having senior executive air cover is invaluable to help streamline these leg-breakers.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

But in a world of nearly unlimited inventory, merchandising becomes a huge challenge and curation > selection for customers who want some help. There is another form of curation that’s really powerful and that’s when you want a provider to help you actually choose products that they feel you’ll enjoy. even a DTC company?—?if

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 24, 2021

In a press release from the company , Wix announced the enhanced partnership with Google that would see Google My Business functionality added to the website building platform. Now, with this new partnership, Wix users have a wide range of tools at their disposal to make an impact on Google with customers at a close distance. Considering Wix?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

If I can help you avoid some of my first-time mistakes it would be a victory. It means not over-sharing your deal with VCs or other investors. They certainly struggle to find mentors as there is nothing more frustrating than trying to help a company who is afraid to tell you anything. They come and go.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2014

The entire dinner was a discussion of what it would take for our software to help this customer be successful, what he liked about it and where we needed to improve. It was a personal discussion and you could tell that our senior leaders and he shared friendship as well as respect and admiration. You can’t. They would be wrong.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Consumers buying through smart phones, travelers using the new, shared economy and businesses replacing old software with modern cloud-based solutions. It could last 6 more months or 6 more years for all I know. ” It helps to have seen the way down twice before to know many of the signs. And importantly we’ve had revenue.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

In a press release The Disney Accelerator highlights the success of Sphero and announced: “They have a multi-property lineup for this year including the App-enabled Ultimate Lightning McQueen, the voice interactive Spider-Man, and more.”. “And Hoodline also analyzes data sets to unlock insights for businesses and media companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2015

That tested well, but it seems the press liked SnapChat better. So we went peer-to-peer and launched a sharing-economy version of MakeSpace called UberSpace. They designed a device that you could strap to your head and help you remove bad thoughts & experiences. But what if we could make those photos disappear like SnapChat?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Newly launched Crash is hoping to help solve that problem, by surfacing "photo-worthy" locations around you in its mobile app--sourced from its users. It got a little bit of press, and did fairly well, but eventually fizzled. Number two, the biggest thing Idealab has is a great shared resources pool. How did the company start?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2010

I have read much commentary on my Twitter stream (ironically) and in the press about how investors are going to abandon investments in the Twitter ecosystem because they seem to appear hostile to ecosystem partners. By embracing high-quality in-stream ads Twitter will help foster its own ecosystem of publishers and advertisers.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

A post shared by Collab Studios (@collabstudiosatl). The price of membership varies depending on what resources an applicant is looking for, whether that’s marketing, help connecting with potential brand partners or use of studio space. Black Founders Matter presses VCs to pledge commitment to diversity.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

With all of these tasks you end up with either a partner or two who “manages” the firm (some trade this role every couple of years), a loose confederation of partners who own and split tasks of management or a firm that brings in professionals who help manage the firm. Kerry brings experience from all parts of the marketing mix.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? I started helping them with strategy in 2000 and then. On the following Monday, Marten was besieged by the tech press. Share and Enjoy. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. There were twelve people.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

I’d like to share some insights with you. In my home town of Santa Monica they painted 19 miles of bike lanes green to help delineate bikes & scooters from cars and they built 3 miles of soft barriers to test how this works with traffic flow. This led to massive funding rounds at Bird, Lime and others. It’s too lucrative not to.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

With the Connected Security Alliance, the four inaugural members are joining forces to help plug gaps in organizations’ cyber defenses. That means the vendors’ products are more seamlessly integrated, more data gets shared and analyzed in order to spot attacks sooner, identity authentication measures get boosted, and so on.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

And it was convenient for me because we also held our annual London board meeting of DataSift , who helps companies processes and analyze large volumes of social plus enterprise data in realtime. Another is DeviantART who are able to tap into hundreds of millions of people around the world who produce art and help them making a living.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The goal is to help those who live far distances from airports save money and to make the experience of busing more enjoyable. Airbnb, for its part, filed a press release this week confirming its plans to go public in 2020. A traveler pays Sun Country one fixed price to get them from the bus pick-up point to their final destination.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

I know that you keep reading about how our competitors seem to been going from strength-to-strength in the press. You’re only reading our competitor’s press releases. I promise you that inside their offices they’re reading our great press releases, wishing life was as easy for them as it was at our company.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Examples: Guttenberg leveraged the wine press to create the printing press, the railroad jackscrew was used to create modern municipal sewers. Examples: Printing press led to the need for reading glasses while urbanization resulted in air, water and sound pollution. Share and Enjoy. 7. Nothing Happens Quickly.

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2018

Each one has their own process for discovering talent, promoting them to industry, and helping provide career momentum for them. We've really just been focused on growing organically, and have done very little press, with virtually no marketing to date. We saw that was a fairly disorganized and ad-hoc process.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Most newspapers are written at a third-grade reading level, White House press releases average a fourth-grade reading level and the New York Times is easily digestible by the average fifth grader. Hopefully this straightforward format will help you avoid overly obtuse verbiage, while keeping your executive summary to two pages.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

I had a narrative in my head that I didn’t want to fund apps that would help husbands cheat on their wives or help kids send naked photos. I saw one that we considered strongly and then declined due to the nature of sharing obscene photos on their app and our worry that the company might struggle to contain that.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

I’ve observed the following scenario in both of my companies and in countless others I’ve advised or invested in: - your company becomes moderately high profile in a few press articles. But I’m not going to change that, so if they want to share in your success how should you deal with it?

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Obtaining funding is a key milestone, but equally important is helping fledgling companies build institutional mass once they leave the relatively safe confines of an accelerator. Provide High Impact Exposure Beyond Your Hometown Press. Share and Enjoy. Adopt A “Whatever It Takes” Mentality.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2012

My latest interview with tech entrepreneur Andrew Draper helped me realize what an important part passion plays in the whole tech entrepreneurial process. Snapable is a mobile app that makes it easy for your guests to take and share photos of every moment at your wedding.

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