Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

The 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web. “If There are 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web, in no weighted order they are: 1.) The web is interconnected, and traffic flows between sites that interlink.The more sites that link to you, the more sustainable traffic you build overtime. Search Engines. Referring Traffic / Press.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Retail or end user web sites do not even receive limited notice without being discovered through a real marketing program, aimed at finding the flywheel effect (the moment. Dave’s syndicated cable show: The Berkus Report. Sometimes, it is just the right idea to brand your product inside that of a known presence.

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Social Network Metrics Ideas Sites 179

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

To get started, go to the International Business Innovation Association web site, and use the search tool provided to see what’s available in your area. As evidence that it does work, CrunchBase reported that more than 200 companies in YCombinator’s Winter 2023 cohort were funded, and many were scooped up by VCs even before the Demo Days.

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Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

To get started, go to the International Business Innovation Association web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area. As evidence that it does work, TechCrunch reported a new high of more than 200 companies in YCombinator’s Winter 2019 cohort, and many were scooped up by VCs even before the Demo Days.

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Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

You should also use these forums to test and hone your solution idea for general acceptance, before your risk your own money and investor funds to build a shippable version. You need to be an active member of LinkedIn, Meetup, or equivalent sites where influencers exchange ideas and discuss current business issues.

Product 127

Product Entrepreneur Technical Advisors Technical Review 127

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Applications are being accepted starting today, through April 16, 2014 for early-stage companies with innovative consumer media and entertainment product ideas. Accepted participants will receive $120,000 in investment capital to develop their ideas, along with mentor support from top Disney executives, including Chairman and CEO Robert A.

Entertainment 102

Entertainment Santa Monica Ideas Mentor 102

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

. “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1) How many ideas like that are left? They were stark in that he had just sold his company to Microsoft for a reported $1.2 ” He gives a nice little 6-minute video interview on Bloomberg reinforcing these ideas. Laughable now.

Technical Review 299

Technical Review Venture Capital Yammer Google 299

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Are “strategic investors&# (e.g.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We build web and mobile applications, and we've been doing so for a little over fifteen years. Anyone who has been around the web development block is going to tell you that they select technologies with some balance between coolness and pragmatism. To our delight, technology has evolved and improved in many ways over that time.

Web 200

Web Platform Technology JavaScript 200

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

There are 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web , in no weighted order they are: 1.) Wikipedia and About are two of the most popular sites on the web, but the majority of their traffic comes from referrals from search engines, not people going directly to their site. Search Engines. Referring Traffic / Press. Social Media.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

We had an idea to recapture what we saw was a huge pool of unlimited corporate resources. How did the idea for the company come about? They sign up through a web portal, online, and they create a resource pool. Explain what Kazuhm does? Tim O'Neal: Kazhm was founded in 2017. Tim O'Neal: We try to make it really easy.

Cloud Computing 133

Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage. The idea is to solve the problem which is holding them back from accessing a larger audience.

Startup 223

Startup Equity Venture Capital Ideas 223

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2014

In Los Angeles, it seems like everyone has either a script or a startup idea in their back pocket. How did the idea for this come about? How is this different than how most shows use the web and online today? We''ll be looking for a global tour reporting for three weeks in New Zealand. That goes live next Tuesday.

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Platform Media Startup Social Media 233

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Theodore Schleifer at Recode reported a rare deep dive into the internal intrigue at a prominent VC firm, in this case Mithril Capital. Quality tech news from around the web. One interesting note in the report is an observed slow down in early-stage venture investing. Mithril Capital, management fees, and VC strategic drift.

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. My thought was, why couldn't you do that with expense reports? That was the concept.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

My partner is a documentarian and reports for the New York Times, Time, and Newsweek, and was given a story to write about for the New York Times, about the sounds that fish make , for their Science section. We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places. We grew out of an interesting use case.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2016

In the world of residential real estate, there are now web and mobile services for everything from finding a new home, comparing neighborhoods and properties, to finding a mortgage, and even handling paperwork and closing. Fortunately, I was able to get some pretty influential people behind the idea, and so we set off to do this.

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Technical Review Startup Mobile Marketing 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. Was it David Cohen’ Idea? It was David’s idea.” “Well I didn’t know David. Oblong, Minority Report, and the rise of Spatial Operating Systems. was starting.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Boards shouldn’t assume that situations are broadly applicable but by introducing views from experience across many companies this should give executives ideas they may not have seen on their own. If you’re at that level of reporting you’re probably sub-optimizing your board’s role. It happens. It is a HUGE MF distraction.

Tips 212

Tips Slides Startup Technical Review 212

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2016

He later became a chapter president of the Drone Industry Association, and explored the idea of setting up a business providing drone surveillance of farmland. Morris did go on to co-found an aerial imagery company for agriculture in 2013, but he scrapped the idea of using drones.

San Diego 107

San Diego Outsource Development Startup Resource 107

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital. View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016.

San Diego 40

San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Making ideas reality : dependency. Everyone reports updates and obstacles. The challenge is in getting clear numbers, but not often as cleanly as a basic web analytics report. Web analytics, pretty clear. Jen Robinson has been building web and mobile tech for more than 10 years. Move the needle: data.

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Too many people still believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and people will throw money at you. But I’m happy to report that I see more and more of them eschewing entitlement to become real entrepreneurs. A startup begins with a great idea, but all too often, that’s where it ends.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Blogging Social Media 96

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Unfortunately, despite the wealth of Internet based tools for email management, web-based sales management tools, and more, contact tracking has been mostly an afterthought in the Internet age. Jon describes how he's creating a "next generation", web-based contact manager which takes into account the social nature of the web today.

Google 216

Google Tool Email Sales 216

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2011

The simple answer is that if you want to be found and remembered on the Web, the perfect domain name can easily be worth several thousand dollars. Kevin Ham was the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of in 2007, reports Business 2.0 Early on, he wrote software to snag expiring names on the cheap. Otherwise, find the owner.

Company 81

Company Companies Pricing Web 81

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Klout measures influence on topics across the social web to find the people the world listens to; assigns a Klout score to Twitter members. Segment Two: “Deal of the Week”.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Matt Weghorst got in touch with TechZulu to explain the idea of Cojoin, LA, and the advantages of business intelligence software. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version? MW: The process of configuring reports is much more suited for laptop/desktop situation. Tablet and mobile are a huge part of that.

Startup 85

Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Or how about the best example – Loic Le Meur gets everybody over to Paris every year for Le Web. Students are great source of ideas because they’re willing to challenge the existing norms – the basis for all disruption. I thought it was an amazing idea. LA has the annual Monty Conference. And build from there.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Ultimately, what that means is customers want to enter their data once, and have that carry through clearing, to back office settlement, to system reporting, to confirmation delivery, to trading partners you are involved with, and all of that. One of our main themes, was straight-through-processing. The technology has just exploded.

Networking 214

Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. Mobile Web America, Inc. The Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is the hub for innovators in the Caltech community who want to learn how to make their idea a reality. Co-Host & Venue Sponsor.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This was the first in her string of web properties. The idea came from having been recently married herself and seeing how expensive it can be to buy a new wedding dress. Daily Candy was one of the earliest successes in the newsletter business, which ultimately sold to Comcast for a reported $125 million.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

The best part about being a writer who covers startups is seeing revolutionary ideas take shape from their infancy. PayDivvy provides a smarter way to manage bills by allowing you to pay, send and share bills…simply and socially…via web or mobile.

Conference 96

Conference Orange County Technical Review Software Review 96

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. What is the idea behind Knowledge Genie? It has links to supporting web site and resources. An author can structure their Genie as appropriate.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Many retailers report $100,000 is the minimum price of entry. The report notes that in general, the companies that prioritize mobile had modest budgets. As mentioned above, many retailers think apps are a waste of time and money because they can build a responsive and adaptive mobile web presence. and internationally.

Mobile 40

Mobile Sites Customer Custom 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

As CEO Rao wrote in a blog post Monday , “Nervana started with the idea that we can engineer better solutions for computation by bringing together computer engineering, neuroscience, and machine learning.”. Just over a year later, Jurvetson led the Series A round of venture funding for Nervana Systems.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Framework Venture Capital 40