Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. That was a kerfuffle too.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. Optimize your web history and presence.

Marketing 105

Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who often look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested. Marty Zwilling.

Guide 136

Guide Venture Capital Funding Class 136

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. Optimize your web history and presence.

Search Engine Optimization 174

Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Customer 174

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

One of the investment themes I’ve been focused on in the past 3 years has been Performance-Based Marketing. When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Thus, we click!

Advertising 284

Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. Too many angel deals just means more to watch and invest in for the ones that do succeed (if the VCs can get in at reasonable prices).

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

Tech.Co

MAY 16, 2024

Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA Galaxy Grants Community Development Financial Institutions Fund 🔎 Want to browse the web privately? Power Forward Small Business Grant Black Founder Startup Grant Powershift Entrepreneurs Grant NAACP and Lelsie’s Certification Boost Grant U.S.

Design 225

Design Commerce Entrepreneur News 225

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter. First of all, what's the idea behind StockTwits, for people who haven't used the service?

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Small Business Grants to Apply For Today If your business doesn't have enough capital to take on future debts or has a unique specialism or back story that could catch the eye of grantors, it might be a good idea to apply for a grant. Want to browse the web privately? ? Or appear as if you're in another country?

Technical Review 193

Technical Review Software Review Startup Competition 193

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Naturally I’m excited about this investment or I wouldn’t have done it.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

Vinny Jindal: Stockr's mission is to help people invest better. The two things that are mostly lacking from people's investment experience are the lack of a wide network of people to refine investment ideas with, and the best available content about companies they are considering investing in.

Social Network 239

Social Network Startup Networking Content 239

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. The “Three C’s” of the Internet … The infrastructure and web services phases of the Internet are built. The obvious starting point is the cross-pollination of ideas and talent. But what is it we actually DO on the Internet?

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Most colleges have now added classes in entrepreneurship to include the necessary business focus to technical majors that usually drive innovative ideas. Every school recognizes the power of “hands-on” work to help you develop your own ideas into a business. Build a web site and incorporate while in school.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Mentor Class Resource 157

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I frequently work on networking through the social web and building new relationships that will foster knowledge gathering or business growth. We need to spend some time discussing what you do with the social web. I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. Love the minis!

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses. Same with CreatorUp.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Founded by Alessandro Petrucciani from Italy, Alex Napetschnig from Austria,Baris Tamer from Turkey, Emiliano Saurin from Argentina and Roland Heuger from Germany, Klash App recently closed its first ever investment round and revamped its iOS App which is now online. Great Idea. Dare Your Friends.

Invest 68

Invest Slides Ideas Mobile 68

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Remember the old adage that “investors fund people, not ideas.” In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

Invest 99

Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who often look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested. Marty Zwilling.

Funding 125

Funding Venture Capital Startup Class 125

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

You may dream of developing a new silicon chip technology, but a bit of research should tell you that most disruptive solutions take billions in investment, and more time than you can afford for acceptance. More important than a business plan may be early networking, a web site and blog, and building relationships with key industry experts.

Social Media 105

Social Media Writing Ideas Resource 105

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2012

If you were a student in college, working on a startup idea, what would spur you to drop your education plans, and go full time on your startup? For Scott Ferreira , the founder of MySocialCloud.com (www.mysocialcloud.com), it was an investment from Sir Richard Branson and Jerry Murdock. He really took to the idea, and enjoyed it.

Startup 239

Startup CTO Coach Content Web 239

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Today, thanks to the Cloud, it is literally possible to have an idea for a new business one morning, and have that business up and running the next day. Resources from server space and database storage to sophisticated software are all available on demand to anyone with little more than a Web connection and a credit card.

Software Review 100

Software Review Technical Review Conference Venture Capital 100

Berkonomics

APRIL 17, 2014

With recent legislation and new portals on the Web, it’s entirely possible, perhaps for the first time for small businesses. Usually the investors are non-accredited, and only invest a small amount. Are you an artist with a new record, a new movie idea, a new small product to offer? Can you imagine having 300 shareholders?

.Net 209

.Net Pricing Ideas Invest 209

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Despite the huge surge of content specifically being developed for the web--and for sites like YouTube--making that content profitable and sustainable continues to be an issue for content creators. Josef Holm: Tubestart is a crowdfunding platform for YouTube creators, web series creators, and for digital video in general. READ MORE>>.

Content 231

Content Platform Sites Web 231

TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

But we have an idea for dealing with Gozer. We also want the ever-increasing diversity of options for web development to be represented. But most importantly, I think, we created the project with a hopeful mindset of “perhaps we can convince some people to invest in performance for the better of all web-app developers.”.

Framework 377

Framework TechEmpower Platform Metrics 377

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2021

Today you can start a new web site business for as little as $100, produce cheap smart phone apps, or lead the effort to tap the multitude of opportunities brought by capitalizing on our concern for dwindling natural resources. It’s a higher calling than one more social media platform. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 162

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 162

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We set up a digital media fund, which had the goal of investing in new digital media properties, ideas, and concepts. Right now, we're working on integrating more data from around the web, and our goal is to really aggregate and curate the information out there. That's where our initial database of products is coming from.

Incubator 239

Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Many of the entrepreneurs I advise or invest with spend considerable time on the Internet, keeping up with technology, customers, and competitors, but very few feel the need for an early personal presence. Invest your time in networking online, as well as offline. A positive personal brand will give your product instant credibility.

Product 127

Product Entrepreneur Technical Advisors Technical Review 127

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Your new idea won’t resonate with people the way “check-ins&# does because they’ve never heard of it by definition. And I feel the same about investing. I think you make money by investing where the puck is going. In my view almost all ideas are derivative. It’s the puck at your feet.

Startup 296

Startup Evite Web Ideas 296

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

The idea is pretty simple. In the real world, the idea that what you see is what I see is a central aspect of our experience. The web is so powerful today, that Croquet allows them to now create truly collaborative applications that could not be done before. What is Croquet? David Smith: Croquet is a long term project.

Platform 168

Platform Startup Examples Web 168

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

That''s especially true when you think about the investment we are putting into the domain side. That''s just an example of the kind of investment which is needed to build out those new businesses. If you think about it, if you can spin that out to its own business, it makes those kinds of investments clearer.

Demand 231

Demand HTML Web Media 231

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. John laid into a well-honed thesis on why the social web needed a “Page Rank” equivalent for people. 39:15 Why did you invest in Klout?

Cornerstone OnDemand 303

Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2021

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. If you don’t have a clear idea of why you are there, anything you measure will be useless. Social media is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations.

Social Media 127

Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

I think you will find that most investors will relate to the following strategy for keeping the right perspective and getting the profit versus growth balance right: Pick an idea that has the potential to make money. Identify the total investment required for profitability. So let’s take a look.

Platform 118

Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. DST invested $180mm last fall. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Attempt To License An Idea. Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic, I can sit back and collect licensing fees while someone else does all the work required to turn my idea into a successful business. Fallacy: Ideas are worthless, while skillful execution is priceless.

Entrepreneur 272

Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollars, with one of the many web building tools available, like Shopify or Weebly. Minimize investment in prototypes and tooling. You don’t need to count on the old myth that all you need is a new idea on the back of a napkin, and investors will throw money at you.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Outsource Development 162

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. The team''s ability to drive significant customer interest without spending a dime on marketing was one of the reasons Jim Andelman and I invested in the company.

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Customer Custom Template Startup 195