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MAY 28, 2015

It turns out that it works fine how I did it with the web version of Twitter but not with mobile. It forces clarity of writing & discrete ideas. 4/ Each point you make in a Tweetstorm in a way has to be its own independent idea to be truly effective. I faced the wrath of the community.

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MARCH 13, 2010

I’ve always believed that you learn a great deal when you’re presenting, teaching or writing about what you know. Part of the reason I always found presenting to people so compelling is that it forced me to put into writing (a PowerPoint deck) what I thought I knew about a topic. It’s just my writing style.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

It’s true the some VCs have started writing so many checks that they resemble stock pickers but the majority of us still have less than 10 board seats at any time and tend to go pretty deep so the result is that we care deeply about where we commit our time. .” ” The approach was clever and novel.

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Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Go Trexx (www.gotrexx.com), which is based in Mission Viejo, think it's by engaging kids with mobile applications which provide background information, helps to build excitement, and gets kids involved in traveling to different destinations. Where did the idea for the company come from? I'm more of a serial entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

But you also vastly expand the universe of those who will discover the topic and want to do a deep dive, learn more and then spread the idea to others. It’s why super smart people shouldn’t hate on the idea of simplifying if it provides a tool for the masses. Simply write a great book? What about mobile?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. Do you have an application that helps mobile developers build HTML5 apps? Write out the topic and maybe even the blog title.

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Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

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MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)? And Flurry always gets mentioned. Final example.

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Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. 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. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about?

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. What's the idea behind Maple Media? What was appealing to you about the mobile app area?

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Media Mobile Startup Acquisition 153

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JANUARY 22, 2014

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Think of web vs. mobile. I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5.

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Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. At 12.30pm in the afternoon the idea to create the video was hatched. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. Harlem Shake.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Mobile Application Creation Utility. is a mobile application creation utility with free code and API open for developers to create ‘micro-apps’ that can engage an applications audience. will help clients send their user’s real-world data-collection expeditions, prototype a mobile idea or companion app for a website.

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Mobile Writing Activity Screening 68

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2011

Lahman is also one of the co-founders of JAMDAT Mobile, the immensely successful developer of mobile games, which had an IPO in 2004, and eventually became part of Electronic Arts in 2006. We spoke with Scott about GOGII and textPlus, the shifting mobile market, and also what lessons he's applied to his new startup.

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Gogii Mobile Activision Electronic Arts 200

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Something to write your notes, another to set reminders, and one that does both. No folders, submenus, or “category-container-box-lists” Write your reminder with a string of hashtags: #todo #pickup autobiography of arnold schwarzenegger from #amazon. You get the idea. The notepad was my idea bank.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2008

How did you come up with the idea? James Tamplin: The idea originally was a mobile payment system, but that ran into trouble when we found out that a mobile payment system would have to rely on the cooperation of the credit card networks. Why not just write your phone number or information on an item?

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Santa Barbara Startup Writing Ideas 100

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 other nice thing about that, is as things are happening on the same computer, there is no server code to write. What is Croquet? David Smith: Croquet is a long term project. That's what happened here.

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Platform Startup Examples Web 168

Frank Addante

JULY 26, 2016

Here are some thoughts I have on how to not only embrace change, but to use it to propel your team and your company forward: Let Go of Expectations: The writer William Faulkner once said about the writing process, “You have to learn to kill your darlings”. It’s easy to become personally invested in an idea. keep moving.

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Ideas Writing Mobile Guide 40

Frank Addante

JULY 26, 2016

Here are some thoughts I have on how to not only embrace change, but to use it to propel your team and your company forward: Let Go of Expectations: The writer William Faulkner once said about the writing process, “You have to learn to kill your darlings”. It’s easy to become personally invested in an idea. keep moving.

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Ideas Writing Mobile Guide 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.” In stead of just writing operating and funding advice Fred also talks about industries. I remember writing about online video nearly 5 years ago. Again, Fred.

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Venture Capital Startup Writing Blogging 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. He knew he was an entrepreneur because he couldn’t stop thinking about ideas. On the east coast, the response is typically all the reasons why your idea is not going to work. On the west coast, generally the response is how to improve on an idea.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

Their view was that HTML5 would allow them to replace the notion of having to download a Facebook App into your phone or tablet, and release them from the idea that they have to have nine different apps on different platforms, and have to maintain all of them. What are game companies going to look like in the future?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: In addition to my management writing I’ve interview many CEOs and innovators. I’d love to get your thoughts at some point about writing for these publications vs. on your own blog. Vince: Digiday Mobile and Digiday Social Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles? What was the best one you've been to recently?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

At Sony, he didn’t feel like he could “steer the ship” and get his ideas heard so he left and started GUBA, GUBA had no seed funding. Thomas said it was partially the lifestyle, but mostly that he had a lot of ideas but limited execution. The team, of course, is just as important as the product or idea. 0:18:52).

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MAY 18, 2010

For our interview today, we caught up with Al Eisaian , CEO of Pasadena-based IconApps (www.iconapps.com), which is developing mobile applications for the iPhone market. Al Eisaian: IconApps is built around simplifying people's lives through mobile technology. We caught up with Al recently to hear about his latest startup. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Not just URLs that the developer created, but snippets of their source code that show how they write (comments, formatting, etc). ? Even if you can’t read the code, if it looks organized, and you see a mix of English words (comments) around code that looks like it has structure, then you can get an idea of how they organize things.

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CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop Development 81

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I spoke a lot about the need for “personal branding” which I plan to write about soon. And we had these vans and mobile kegs in the back, and we would go to golf courses. Talk to us about when you got the idea for BuildOnline and how that came to be – how you finally got out of the job. No other reason.

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JANUARY 20, 2013

Brad Feld seems to write books faster than I can read and write about them. He teamed up with his wife, Amy Batchelor , to write about about the impact that entrepreneurship has on relationships and what to do about it. ” … my idea of success and happiness has changed. I am more open to ideas.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. April was really focused on locking down the business strategy an idea.

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MAY 21, 2017

of all Statistics are Made Up ” My summary is an example I use often: when I consumed reports from Goldman Sachs about the future predictions of mobile phone penetration for a report I was working on for a client I would call the analyst to ask how she calculated her data because I wanted to be sure of my conclusions.

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Venture Capital Statistics Writing Report 182

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

That's the idea behind Focus@Will (www.focusatwill.com), a new Los Angeles music startup headed by Will Henshall. Will Henshall: Focus@will is the first, ever music service which helps with focus and distraction, while writing, reading, and studying. Where'd the idea come from? Explain what Focus@will is all about?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

I spent more time organizing my tax forms, keeping them safe, getting invoices together, getting invoice templates, then getting them out there and tracking down my payment for writing the article. The article can take 10 hours to write a good article and the paperwork can take five hours. Where do you see mobile going?

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Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Emily Nagle Green, in her book from a while back “ ANYWHERE ,” argues effectively that the future of the world and business is ubiquitous connectivity, the total interconnection of people, ideas, and products through a global digital network. Don’t let yourself be talked out of powerful ideas. Be a ubiquitous connector.

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Entrepreneur Ideas Writing Training 95

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2011

For those who may not be familiar with the LA Game Conference or the workshops: Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. Nintendo (NES). Playstation 2.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

We've taken matchmaking onto a mobile application, as a modern matchmaking company. As I was driving home from that meeting, I decided to work from there, and ended up writing a business plan and fundraising from family and friends. Anyway, that's how the whole idea came to light, from my own, personal frustration with online dating.

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Startup Entrepreneur Southern California Netflix 203

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2015

I write about sales often both because it’s the lifeblood of any organization and because in my experience it is the area in which more startups are least experienced or inclined. I also write and talk about it frequently because raising capital is a part of sales and this is important for entrepreneurs to understand.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. As I write these words I’m aware that I could practically change the words AOL and Facebook for much of this section and with a few factual tweaks it might not be noticeable to the reader which of the firms I was talking about.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SocialStay is: "An easy to set up & manage mobile platform designed for the hospitality industry. Month by month, the hospitality business is sorting out how mobile plays a role in increasing revenue and driving loyalty. Write it down…. It drives revenue & engages guests."

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