Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2012

Part of this will help you continue defining your feature-set, but it will also help you know what sort of brand you need to create and how you’ll eventually market your application to those users. One for each of the main Hero Screens you have in your application. Sally is taken to the Create an Account screen.

Marketing 84

Marketing Screening Social Network Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

The purpose of Branchout is helping people to network their way to jobs. Instead, I want to look at how they've integrated themselves with Facebook and particularly how they engage users to help viral spread. and as part of completing your profile, it helps you spread the message around Branchout. More on this below.

Examples 331

Examples Startup Course Networking 331

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

The purpose of Branchout is helping people to network their way to jobs. Instead, I want to look at how they've integrated themselves with Facebook and particularly how they engage users to help viral spread. and as part of completing your profile, it helps you spread the message around Branchout. More on this below.

Examples 323

Examples Startup Course Networking 323

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2012

Part of this will help you continue defining your feature-set, but it will also help you know what sort of brand you need to create and how you’ll eventually market your application to those users. One for each of the main Hero Screens you have in your application. Sally is taken to the Create an Account screen.

Marketing 53

Marketing Screening Social Network Email 53

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Network to the maximum with investor connections.

Invest 99

Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Sherry Gunther: MyMiniPeeps.com is a unique, online community for kids ages 6-13, which is both a social networking community as well as a game site. We allow them to participate, and help shape the community, as they play the games and quests. There seem to now be a slew on kids-focused virtual worlds.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Tips: Download the mobile app and put it on your home screen. HootSuite (Social Networking): Application to consolidate all of your social networking into one place (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Yammer, etc.). The iSleep meditation app helps you fall asleep and stay asleep.

Tool 112

Tool Tips Yammer Organization 112

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Google balances the universe and helps all of the hardware, software and media companies ensure it isn’t a “one horse race.&#. Attempts at “moving up the stack&# – In 1997 I led a project to help senior management at British Telecom define its Internet strategy. This will change in the next 2 years.

Content 386

Content Google Media Hulu 386

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. We are definitely looking to reach out to some of those and help us raise some money.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

What we’re doing at Meebo is trying to socially enable websites by allowing them to immediately get not only the social graph information but to do useful stuff with it. Over time we’ll continue to build out the applications – helping make the entire web more social.&#. They help make rational decisions.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). Consultants Don’t Pivot, Founders Do - Steve Blank , May 13, 2010 Consultants can help startups leverage their limited resources. Here’s why. Your Process Doesn’t Work.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Network to the maximum with investor connections.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Stribe offers a plug and play service for instantly creating a social network on any Web site. PathMotion - provides relevant career and job search by helping consumers identify their career goals and learn from the experience of others. The company is targeting recruiters with problems screening candidates.

Incubator 40

Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. Before you start spending money and time being a user, you need to understand how it can help you and your business. Allowing your social media efforts to stagnate. small businesses.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Startup Tips 93

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

No private head nods are given to small startup companies to help them prepare. While Google stopped Facebook in their tracks when they built a social networking company. And Facebook stomped out Twitter from building an open social network. from winning the Internet portal wars. And on and on. eBay / StubHub.

Google 325

Google Press Marketing Content 325

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

Well today, Younity strikes back with an update that provides plethora of useful new features to help you access, maintain and share your data. Whether you utilize your devices PIN lock screen or not, you’ve now got the ability to ensure that at least the data stored on your system is behind a secure lock.

Mobile 89

Mobile Social Network Software Screening 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup.

Funding 92

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 92

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

We help them identify products that are safe and health for them and their families, from organic baby food, to household items. To do that, we've gotten pedestrians, doctors, and eco-experts involved in the company and helping us to determine the criteria we have published on the site. They love how we help them make healthy choices.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

They help find talented film makers globally, enter them into competitions and advance the best of them toward winners that get to produce full-length films. Filmaka is the creation of Deepak Nayar who is the producer of films such as Buena Vista Social Club and Bend it Like Beckham. means specifically one thing. Done by the masses.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

As an entrepreneur people who aren’t going to respond to you and it’s your responsibility to politely and assertively stay on people’s radar screen. I can’t help it. You think that anybody really believed 1999 that two young kids out of Stanford had a shot at unseating Yahoo!, Excite, Ask Jeeves and Lycos?

Entrepreneur 338

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Google 338

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

These offers that you see on every social network and Craigslist are invariably scams. You can also ask them what kind of screening they do for their employees if they do not interview them. Keep your wits about you, and save a friend tomorrow by helping Google clean up the problem today. The problem is getting worse.

Startup 95

Startup Google Social Network Screening 95

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Another big innovator in helping manage cloud implementations is Okta , founded by Todd McKinnon, the former VP of Engineering at Salesforce.com (who knows a thing or two about cloud services) and Freddy Kerrest who was senior in biz dev & sales at Salesforce and was there from 2002-07. This is the top layer in the Cloud Stack.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. Before you start spending money and time being a user, you need to understand how it can help you and your business. Allowing your social media efforts to stagnate.

Social Media 85

Social Media Media Startup Content 85

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

There was the usual cogent presentation by Brian Solis on the future of PR in which he implored us to get beyond the echo chamber of Silicon Valley and Techmeme and focus on staying on the radar screen of real America. photo credit to Brian Solis]. I think I could summarize the hour by saying, “don’t be a douche.”

Twiistup 228

Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

The other key is making your goals public – at least to someone else who can help keep you accountable. So DailyBurn allows you to invite friends to see your goals and help you monitor them. Social networking meets online personal health management. One key to sticking to goals is measurement. Pretty cool stuff.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

You blog both because you enjoy it and because it helps build your online reputation. Obviously it is build on a social network “follow people&# model that is asymmetric like Twitter. I wrote some answers and then quickly noticed alerts flashing gracefully across the top of the screen. Want to get more followers?

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 59

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

You couldn’t help but seeing Uber Pedicabs all around town. After dinner with a film distributor dear friend of mine, Janet Brown (check out FilmBuff ) I caught an interesting screening of a new film, Surrogate Valentine with Gary Chou of USV. It has to do with the future of social networking. Hanging out.

Ideas 294

Ideas Startup Marketing Pricing 294

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

most Seed or A round deals will be done by an investor in your region so that should help you to focus. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. Other investors have national practices.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Hulu emerged in the social networking era and yet Boxee has been way out in front in terms of creating social viewing experiences. We are entering the age of “second screen&# TV viewing. Yet Hulu blocked the integration and wouldn’t allow Boxee to stream Hulu on the TV.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

“I found it to be the best social network, connecting people on a deeper level. People stopped worrying about social status.”. Park had a screen-printing business in 2004, starting with his own $4,000 investment. The whole community loves him and he helps build and create the fun culture that Insteegram represents.

Startup 98

Startup Custom Customer Pricing 98

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. Zack is one of those guys that when a tech product weenie like myself meets I can’t help but walking away feeling like an uncreative nerd every time.

Gogii 310

Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings. This will help your users find you easier and help you rank better in downloads. In short, if you are always on the go, apps are your best friend. We need an APP!

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2015

Social media is a favorite among small business owners. However, social networking sites also have rules. If you are planning to go digital and employ social media marketing, you must educate yourself on these rules or all your efforts will go to waste. Social media is a great platform to post videos and photos.

Guide 40

Guide Social Media Content Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. Our advice is what helped them target the right market, hire the right team, build the right products.&# And there are some delusional people who really believe it.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. We want to help them, and will. Thank you @eminutes. . Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78