Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

Given the statistics quoted above, you must find ways to have your consumers endorse your product publicly, and in a form that is divorced from looking like an advertisement. Using new tools in a social age. But it must be told about and by the customer, with your product as the tool of solution, not the focus of the story.

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Case Study Study Customer Custom 120

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2011

According to the firm and Santa Monica-based production firm Optimus, United Online is launching a national advertising spot focused on the newly renamed and refocused nostalgia business. Optimus said United Online started running their commercial spots this week, on national cable, syndication, and network TV. READ MORE>>.

Woodland Hills 153

Woodland Hills Santa Monica Social Network Advertising 153

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), has become the norm for new products and services. With this model, you provide website access to insider information for a regular subscription payment. Network model. Front-of-the-line model. This one is an extension of the insurance model into new domains.

Startup 117

Startup Pricing Customer Custom 117

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

What does social networking have to do with the stock market? Vinny talked with us about his start, which allows users to discuss and collaborate on their stocks and finances in a social way. We wanted to tackle that problem, by using a social network. In that network, we bring in content from all over the web.

Social Network 239

Social Network Startup Networking Content 239

Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2012

Given the statistics quoted above, you must find ways to have your consumers endorse your product publicly, and in a form that is divorced from looking like an advertisement. People are more trusting of unknown third parties endorsing your product that they are of direct ads touting the benefits of the product in large, clear type.

Case Study 212

Case Study Study Social Network Advertising 212

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? are you going to leverage?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), has become the norm for new products and services. With this model, you provide website access to insider information for a regular subscription payment. Network model. Front-of-the-line model. This one is an extension of the insurance model into new domains.

Startup 168

Startup Customer Custom Netflix 168

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? are you going to leverage?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

With the ITRC 2018 End-of-Year Data Breach Report revealing a 126 percent increase in stolen sensitive personal information, there is a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Symantec Social Network News 78

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks. Jeremy Gocke: With Fliptu, we're aiming to fix the disjointed media and product discovery process for consumers and brands. What is Fliptu?

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Social Media Media Social Network Seed Funding 268

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2014

LinkedIn is one of the largest social networks, with 300 million users, and we fell that it has a higher quality user base. I go the idea when I was on LinkedIn, and noticed that some of my friends had been actually getting dates through the site. This is the first based off of LinkedIn. What''s your own background? READ MORE>>.

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Networking Startup Ideas Mobile 185

socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

in funding, all from angel investors, and will use the funding to continue to develop its product. mEgo's avatars allow users to share photos, videos, wishlists, and other information and embed those into social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, and other sites and blogs. READ MORE>>.

Social Network 100

Social Network Blogging Sites Networking 100

Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Social media and email marketing act separately as great marketing tools. While social media offers a continuous interaction with your followers, email marketing is a tool to provide a steady flow of information received directly by your connections. www.BreakThroughNetworking.org.

Networking 100

Networking Newsletter Social Media Email 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 30, 2010

People seem to be missing the really big picture of the value of social media and really the Internet for that matter. They look at how current social networking sites work and how online and offline relationships currently work and make the assumption that this represents the value proposition. Product purchases.

Social Media 179

Social Media Media Social Network Networking 179

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2016

Right now, you might rely on your friends�or maybe get an inkling of an idea from forecasts�but there's no way to know unless you get some real time information. Los Angeles-based goFlow is hoping to make that inforamtion as easy as checking out an app, tapping into a crowdsourced network of outdoor sports enthusiasts.

Startup 100

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. Brenton Sullivan: What we are is a private social network and platform for coaches to connect with each other, to exchange information on athletes.

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Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In his quest to better connect with new friends, Alex Capecelatro had a problem: none of the existing social networking sites were really designed to connect people with who you didn't know, and might share your hobbies and interests. Alex Capecelatro: Hyphos is a social discovery platform. What is Hyphos?

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UCLA Culver City Startup Social Network 187

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 2, 2011

One of the beautiful things about the Internet is endless amount of websites designed and dedicated to those who like to be the first to know and share information. is a virtual directory of new startups that takes information flow a step further than the static website. Founded by Nick Frost Startupli.st Startupli.st

Help 85

Help Sites Design Social Network 85

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. One version of this is an embeddable, an iframe version of the site.

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Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I also talked about Virgin Money , a product that I have used to lend friends money in the past. I know the product intimately and it rocks. Assistly’s main competitor is ZenDesk, whom I’m told also has a great product. Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content.

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Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. Jody Sherman: We are a site for eco-conscious, health minded parents. We help them identify products that are safe and health for them and their families, from organic baby food, to household items.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

Rob Farrow is one of the co-founders of Chi.mp , a new startup which is getting set to launch a service to allow users to manage their profiles across the many sites on the Internet. We had a concept around creating a platform, using open standards, to resolve lots of the issues surrounding social networking and the issues of identity.

Social Network 147

Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Today's interview with with Rajeev Kapur , Chairman and Chief Wala, Greenwala (www.greenwala.com), a recently launched social networking site focused on green/sustainable topics. I felt that a social networking media company was the best place to be, because I wanted to learn form other people, not companies.

Social Network 113

Social Network Sites Networking Startup 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. Advertising presence.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. Advertising presence.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Defining “Good” and “Great” are completely subjective to the audience you’re trying to reach, but for starters, the Internet should be filled with interesting, useful, intelligent, creative, helpful, informative, entertaining, or fun things. Ignore everything outside of the sites Klout supports.

Social Network 106

Social Network Metrics Technical Review Sites 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Symantec 54

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. " Typically, this requires quite a bit more information for me to be able to respond and provide real help.

CTO Hire 211

CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

At the moment, Conolly heads the startups social media team in Egypt while Turdubaev looks after Russian countries and translation of the site. ProfileTree was a good fit – the branches – network, leaves – people. TechZulu caught up with Conolly and this is what we learn. We help them with this. Why the name?

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. We also think there's a bit opportunity in family gift giving, and we've also partnered with a number of sites to enable that.

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Yammer Geni Startup Southern California 133

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

Startup 85

Startup Technical Review Social Network News 85