SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. What are your key Startup Metrics ? How do you make your money? What already exists in your space? Who are your big competitors? Where do you stand on your brand, name, logo, positioning? Wireframes?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. We were about a year out from our IPO when I joined, to work inside accounting. We're not an accounting system.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

But rather than dwell on the failures, I’ve tried to extract from them a list of practical action items that will improve your survival probability. I offer these pragmatic recommendations: Buffer your funding requirements. Adapt your strategy monthly. Assume your initial strategy will be wrong. Manage your time.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 9, 2013

Should you increase your burn rate by adding 2 senior hires who will help you ship faster or sell more but then have less time for fund raising? Or maybe their existence itself will help accelerate fund raising. It’s why I caution people about whom you choose as your co-founder. You’ll get your accolades.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2019

The solution I recommend is to move forward with a few quantifiable steps, to turn your dreams into specific goals and milestones, and then measure your progress and celebrate each small success in achieving these goals and milestones. Create a specific plan to network to get the help you need.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

Scott Saunders, the CEO and co-founder, of the company is hoping to change that, by providing tools to consumers to help pay off their debt and achieve their life goals. The company already had momentum, and $350,000 in revenue, providing a special process to help banks communicated with defaulted borrowers. 500 company.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

.&# I took it to mean, “making decisions with small amounts of money (pennies) that end up making bad sense for affecting larger amounts of money (pounds, as in Great British Pounds).&# I thought of it as people who cut corners on small costs but paid dearly in terms of lost productivity on expensive staff. I Love Scrappy.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

Jeremy Gocke: With Fliptu, we're aiming to fix the disjointed media and product discovery process for consumers and brands. What Fliptu does, is it enables brands to sync and import all of their social media accounts into a comprehensive, single display. Does this look like a Facebook page, or is this a separate site?

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 1, 2017

Once a novelty act reserved for indie band albums and curious art projects, crowdfunding is starting to play a major role in the world of startups and new products. In fact, the majority of your work should be finished by the time you start your campaign. Rule #3: Do Your Homework. Rule #2: Launch Day is Priority #1.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 2, 2011

Sign up with your email address, Facebook or Twitter account, and it allows you the early adopter, founder, designer, investor, or critic to join the site and track only what you find appealing. Joining “means that all of the sites you choose to track are tethered together in your profile. Founded by Nick Frost Startupli.st

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2015

Duffy emphasizes the often overlooked personal side of entrepreneurship, including balancing finances, relationships, and your health. Processes should be in place to ensure that even if something does not go as planned, you, your family, and even your job are secure. Let your passion drive your cash flow projections.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The crux of it is we help buyers user their network to verify suppliers, primarily in Asia and China, where we started. We''ve now reached critical mass in content, and in Asia we''re number three in the amount of information on products and suppliers online. Tell us about your backers? What is Tradesparq?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jim Semick: I’ve been launching and managing software products for 15 years now, going back to when you and I worked together at Expertcity before it was acquired by Citrix. I have always worked on early stage products. Some of the products I’ve helped validate and launch include GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and AppFolio.

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socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2012

Matthew Goldman: We're helping people to simplify the decision they make when they pay for products. What we have, is a card you can use anywhere major credit cards are being accepted, and the advantage is we help people make smart decisions. To merchants, what is in your wallet looks just like a regular credit card.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2022

Many of these businesses will take a while to gain some momentum, but there are already some fresh faces on the tech scene that are worth keeping your eyes on as the next year progresses. “We’ve been in your shoes. A startup for startups! Having built our own startups we know that startup models are usually wrong from day one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2018

Duffy emphasizes the often overlooked personal side of entrepreneurship, including balancing finances, relationships, and your health. Processes should be in place to ensure that even if something does not go as planned, you, your family, and even your job are secure. Let your passion drive your cash flow projections.

Startup 63

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2014

Duffy emphasizes the often overlooked personal side of entrepreneurship, including balancing finances, relationships, and your health. Processes should be in place to ensure that even if something does not go as planned, you, your family, and even your job are secure. Let your passion drive your cash flow projections.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

Everyone has an account and checks it multiple times a day, no matter how often people threaten to delete it and “de-wire”. 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. Facebook is the new crack. Yeah, right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. Be sure it matches your business, and get a hosting agreement from one of the popular providers like GoDaddy. Open an account with PayPal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. Be sure it matches your business, and get a hosting agreement from one of the popular providers like GoDaddy. Open an account with PayPal.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web. From entry level garage bands, to international superstars, they all understand that cultivating your fan base online has a huge impact on your career.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business Running a small business as an entrepreneur is a never-ending challenge of new products, customers, competitors, and an unpredictable economy. This week is National Small Business Week in the US, so it’s a good time to celebrate your successes, and allow the rest of us to acknowledge your dedication and innovations.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2012

That's exactly what the software from Honey (www.joinhoney.com) does, by automatically helping users of Google's Chrome Browser to find and try out e-commerce coupon codes. There are lots of sites, with different codes to choose from, some of which are expired, some of which are for product that you aren't buying. and around the world.

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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. How has your history with Jason Spievak , Colin Kelley and the rest of the former CallWave team shaped and benefited the company?

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

Using social media to increase your company’s touch and reach with each of your customers may be the most important reason to jump in to this game changing strategy. Social media can help bridge a long standing gap between customers and the companies they trust with their hard earned cash. Eric Greenspan.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google. In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product). It now seems that Mark is more firmly in control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. Be sure it matches your business, and get a hosting agreement from one of the popular providers like GoDaddy. Open an account with PayPal.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Your BBB has formed a strategic alliance to help save you money in your everyday costs starting immediately. First Data of Santa Barbara has offered to extend below market rates to current accredited businesses like yours – again, just like they did for your BBB. No Middleman means Big Savings! www.firstdata.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2013

If you aren’t so sure, need something fast, or need to keep your costs low, then an LLC is the best legal and taxable entity to facilitate your startup. Here are the key steps: Form the simplest legal entity early to cover your efforts. Now would be a good time to see your lawyer or accountant if you need more details.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2014

There are 3 vital questions to ask when putting together a campaign; 1- Is the thing I’m raising money for a great product? 2- How am I talking about my product? He shared, ‘When creating a campaign it’s key to remember that people are fans of you – not the actual product, so you want to be sure to communicate your why.’.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

Great startups are getting ahead of the game with “anticipatory customer service,” like providing smart phone access to product and account data to head off complaints. Here are seven rules derived from his insights to start your thinking: Customers expect a choice of channels. Respect your customer’s view of usability.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

I’ve spent almost 20 years starting businesses and helping hundreds of clients, colleges & friends start theirs. Determine whether your business name needs to be trademarked, and if does Trademark it at the USPTO. Protect your written works and code through the Copyright Office. Forming Your Entity.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

So, it was interesting to speak with Sean Rad , founder of Twitter advertising firm Ad.ly (www.ad.ly), on how his firm is looking to help users make money from the service, even if Twitter isn't. is about helping people on Twitter make money from the content they are creating. is based in Los Angeles. Sean, thanks for talking to us.

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Advertising Content Startup Social Network 189

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Lottay's gift are virtual things--anything you want--attached to real money, in a PayPal account. How did Lottay start, and tell us about your Series A? They went into full product phase over the summer, and unveiled the post-prototype, alpha, pre-beta, whatever you want to call it, at TechCrunch50.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We took into account innovation and entrepreneurship, style and appeal, originality, community, and value. It allows users to code, develop, brainstorm, communicate and then publish projects and files to your web server. No more hassles with backups and syncing your laptop with your desktop. 22, 2010.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

TZ: In our last interview you said that you were about 25% at capacity of your original vision for Miigle. A year and a half later and post-public launch, at what capacity do you think Miigle is today of your original vision? Once you have logged in to your Miigle account, the first step is editing your profile.

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