Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches?

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Another fine line companies are skating is with how much user information they make publicly available. Facebook is back in the fray on the privacy issue but this time it is more about how user information is displayed by third parties. Does it risk disclosing sensitive information that could affect their relationships?”

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Blogging Content Press Startup 328

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Today, I received this email from the BBB: We’re writing to let you know that during the past month the Reliability Report that we publish on Make It Work was accessed 6 times. Our reporting system relies on an algorithm that takes into account a variety of business factors including complaint and other business information.

Santa Barbara 265

Santa Barbara Technical Advisors Email Technical Review 265

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information. The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Statistics 109

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked, Cloud-based enterprise platform for deal management and investor reporting, Wednesday announced a new suite of enterprise features in a move to take transactions mobile. The new features launched include business tools for reporting, file management, discussions and first-of-its-kind functionality for managing deals on an iPad.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

Jay Budzik: You might have seen in our coverage, that Discover Financial, a pretty famous card issuer, is using us for an installment loan product, which helps them leverage machine learning to a specific business problem around losses related to their personal loans portfolio. What kind of lenders are using your tool?

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Tool CIO Customer 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information. The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

Many entrepreneurs pitching err on the side of too much information. I try to remind people that raising money is about building rapport and you can’t build rapport wading through 60 pages of charts or showing 45 product features. Here is from a great report by Fenwick & West. You actually know this intuitively.

Startup 150

Startup Venture Capital Course Marketing 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information. The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service.

Funding 62

Funding Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup 62

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Sure, there are examples of Founders who have survived and prospered, such as Bill Gates and Larry Page, but these guys are the exception, not the rule. With Sarbanes-Oxley, the CEO, CFO, and the Board of Directors are all assumed to have full knowledge of all government standards of compliance and reporting.

Startup 89

Startup Entrepreneur Report Summary 89

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A core tenet of Xconomy—and the reason behind our broad coverage across information technology, life sciences, energy, and more—is that the most interesting and important innovations often arise from the intersection of different disciplines. In short, the field is exploding. billion last year , roughly double the 2014 total.

Newsletter 40

Newsletter Research Technology Equity 40

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Our clients are retail, technology, consumer product goods, and other companies who are trying to address challenges with a very complex, digital marketing mix they face every day. As you might imagine, I started as a brand manager in the consumer product goods market. What''s your background, and how did you get into this?

Marketing 196

Marketing Pasadena Platform Email 196

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2013

Incorporate your startup after the business plan, but before you spend a dollar on product development. For example, an LLC with two or more members (even husband and wife) will default to a partnership for tax purposes, and report income through Schedule K-1. If all else fails, hire an attorney to guide you through the special cases.

Startup 93

Startup Tips Examples Guide 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

According to a recent industry report on travel spending, small businesses buy 37% more airline tickets than big business travelers, and spend 24% more when on the road. Yet if your service is consulting, for example, real travel is required to deliver the product. You would be wrong. Sharing your passion for the business live.

Startup 100

Startup Tips Mentor Conference 100

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. Michael Kleist: Oh gosh, that could be pages.

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Sure, there are examples of founders who have survived and prospered, such as Bill Gates and Larry Page, but these guys are the exception, not the rule. With Sarbanes-Oxley, the CEO, CFO, and the Board of Directors are all assumed to have full knowledge of all government standards of compliance and reporting.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Startup Report Summary 95

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We started building the product 18 months ago so we are in better shape than 99% of start-ups. Page 1: Market Size. $3 I hadn’t thought about the fact that he would become aware of my link. I was wrong.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. The ten companies selected for the programe are: • AccessDNA : – Think WebMD for genetic information. And of course we had, TheMan.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

Sure, there are examples of founders who have survived and prospered, such as Bill Gates and Larry Page, but these guys are the exception, not the rule. With Sarbanes-Oxley, the CEO, CFO, and the Board of Directors are all assumed to have full knowledge of all government standards of compliance and reporting.

Startup 94

Startup Entrepreneur Report Summary 94

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

For example, as a potential investor, I regularly see business plans that lead with pages on the technology, and only abstractly relate to customer value and improving the total customer experience. Improve the whole customer experience, as well as the product.

Technical Advisors 82

Technical Advisors Artificial Inteligence Customer Custom 82

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

As the San Diego Union Tribune reported in 2013, Tsien (pictured) was also unafraid to shine the spotlight on what he considered suspect scientific approaches, even when espoused by legends like DNA co-discoverer James Watson. . A spokeswoman told Xconomy it was part of an “internal re-alignment.”

News 57

News San Diego Journal Technical Review 57

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

billion for 35 funds during the first quarter of 2013, an increase of 22 percent compared to the level of dollar commitments during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a report from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Venture capital firms raised $4.1 New focus on a sustainable planet.

Startup 86

Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

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. In addition, apps can be a pain for users who have to download a retailer’s app to find product information. This is certainly on the high end of the spectrum.

Mobile 40

Mobile Sites Customer Custom 40

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

The firm's CEO and co-founder, Jennifer Sargent , has an interesting background, most recently serving as an executive at Variety/Reed Business Information. There are trade publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline at one end, and gossip celebrity news at the other end. How did you decide to launch HitFix?

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. 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).

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2013

Another approach is to diversify and broaden the product lines and services. While a nice improvement over the last several reports, the Index still remains on par with the 2008 average and below earlier troughs. Visit [link] to take a look at the reinvented Facebook Page: Well Sourced by Visa Business. fiscal cliff.

Study 78

Study Tips Entrepreneur Guide 78

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

On every profile page, we have a like button, plus we also have a search box. When people search for a celebrity birthday, or like a profile page, we count that as a vote. Instead, we build a very good product, get organic traffic, and those networks pay well. The first, is popularity rankings. Our revenue is solid.

Google 236

Google Sites Startup Web 236

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The object is to exploit the convergence of people, information, products, services and places with today’s smartphones and tablets, which drive online orders in addition to purchases from brick-and-mortar stores.”. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land. With roughly 91% of the population using mobile devices and 26.3%

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

A cybersecurity report by Ponemon Institute, in association with Keeper Security, found that in the 12 months leading up to June 2016, 55 percent of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experienced a cyber attack, while 50 percent encountered data breaches involving customer and employee information.

Startup 40

Startup Framework Statistics Customer 40

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jim Semick: I’ve been launching and managing software products for 15 years now, going back to when you and I worked together at Expertcity before it was acquired by Citrix. I have always worked on early stage products. Some of the products I’ve helped validate and launch include GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and AppFolio.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Each individual piece of content should have its own distinct URL(title tag), and a unique title (H1 tag) for the page that search engines can read and index. Increase the production of your content.It’s a simple formula, go to Google and type in this query site:“ name of your site.com ”.The Referring Traffic / Press.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The FDA agreed this summer to reorganize the way it evaluates drugs, diagnostics, and other cancer-related products. The full report is here ; a summary is here.). X : The report starts by recommending a national cancer patient network. … Next Page » Reprints | Share: There are policy issues.

Geni 40

Geni Research Study Summary 40

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. You could create a business process design Genie, and announce it through public relations or social networking efforts, and direct them to a login page.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A research from Indiana University also points that aside from the information and personalization, apps provide the connection between the user and the brand they know and trust. It is no wonder that the average apps user spends 139 minutes per day browsing them, according to a report by Flurry, a company catering to app developers.

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

The first point to acknowledge is that if the reports are right, it would be the first time Apple has departed from its traditional two-year upgrade cycle. Already on that plateau are products like the commercial jet airliner, which hasn’t changed much since Boeing introduced the 747 in 1970. Doesn’t sound like much of an innovation.

Software Review 40

Software Review Screening Design Mobile 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Most board meetings are administrative updates that accomplish very little other than inform board members about the performance of the company since the last board meeting. There are too many pages. People debate the information you put in front of them. Never put information in front of people if you don’t want it discussed.

Startup 226

Startup Slides Metrics News 226

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

He gave a glimpse into the 500 Startups program, including, but not limited to: Weekly roundup meetings with all hands to report wins and losses. So far, after every batch completion, that’s been the number one benefit reported by almost all our startups. For more information on 500 Startups, be sure to visit their website.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111