Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2011

Yet, according to a study by the Center for Women’s Business Research , the number of female-owned firms is growing twice as fast as all the rest, so women are catching up. Here are key observations from this and other studies: Leadership style. Investment style. Men network for the sake of utility. Emotional style.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Add outgoing links.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

What we saw with CareerArc, was there was already a tremendous amount of investment in the middle of the market, with all of these different services and products that went into taking care of an employee when they were hired until they were let go. That's been very effective. Explain what you mean about branding in the employment area?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Add outgoing links.

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Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Yet, according to a study by the Center for Women’s Business Research, the number of female-run firms is growing twice as fast as all the rest, so women are catching up. Women have larger social networks, for advice and resources, and relationships with other business women are more nurturing than competitive. Investment style.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Add outgoing links.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. Start social networking with peers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2014

The successful ones then invest their time and money in furthering their knowledge base. Follow up online with social networking to make contact, dig deeper, and maybe even line up a mentor. Some formal learning is always advisable, but get beyond university MBA courses to professional seminars and case studies.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in. First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). My angel investing strategy vs Joshua Schachter - Gabriel Weinberg , May 18, 2010 Joshua Schacter has a great AMA thread on HN about angel investing. Here’s why.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Add outgoing links.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I first wanted to invest in this trend by backing a company called Filmaka. I didn’t end up investing but I always loved the concept. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). social amplification (from which memes are spread) by Twitter and the like; and … commenting.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

The firm recently relocated its headquarters from Hawaii, and we talked with Rob about why someone might need the service, how it's different from the scores of social networking sites on the web, and what problem it's trying to solve. There are so many social networking sites, how do you define what's relevant?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2010

Yet, according to a study by the Center for Women’s Business Research , the number of female-owned firms is growing twice as fast as all the rest. Here is a summary of observations from this and other studies: Leadership style. Investment style. Men network for the sake of utility. Business relationship style.

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Entrepreneur Study Competition Summary 49

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The successful ones then invest their time and money in furthering their knowledge base. Follow up online with social networking to make contact, dig deeper, and maybe even line up a mentor. Some formal learning is always advisable, but get beyond university MBA courses to professional seminars and case studies.

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Entrepreneur Startup Mentor Case Study 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The successful ones then invest their time and money in furthering their knowledge base. Follow up online with social networking to make contact, dig deeper, and maybe even line up a mentor. Some formal learning is always advisable, but get beyond university MBA courses to professional seminars and case studies.

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Startup Mentor Case Study Course 103

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2010

After years of dramatic growth in the 70-80 percent range, online dating revenues have leveled off in the US, according to a recent study. So sites have to invest heavily in viral marketing to achieve critical mass, which competes with current social networks, while users expect to join both for free.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

According to one study , only 45% of Founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Add outgoing links.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2010

The successful ones then invest their time and money in furthering their knowledge base. Follow up online with social networking to make contact, dig deeper, and maybe even line up a mentor. Some formal learning is always advisable, but get beyond university MBA courses to professional seminars and case studies.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Mentor Case Study 96

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Our focus is providing anyone who is active online already with the ability to leverage their existing social networks for monetized one-on-one conversations. From there the user promotes their access to their social networks through our easy social sharing, and others can come to their public profile and request a huddle.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

If you can’t get product released and validated then do user studies. They know that the money they invest may be lost. Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. How much do they like to invest? Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves).

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

There was a recent study which showed that adding a video makes it 53 times more likely that you'll have a Google first page search result. In between practicing, I actually started and ran my own social network, TripUp, which was later acquired by Sidestep, which is now Kayak.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

In 2009, after their first round of investment, they launched internationally. The service can be accessed by computer, mobile phone ( iPhone , Android ) or social network ( Facebook ). While studying at university, one of the founders had a girlfriend who lived in another city. Any user stats? What inspired them?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. It's generally thought that investment banking and management consulting are terrible backgrounds fo. Entrepreneurism / Monetization investment, latin america, startups. . As a leader in social commerce, we strive to stay ahead of what’s happening right now.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 19, 2012

I’ve wanted to come back but had a busy year on the road meeting with investors and making a few investments of my own. Is App.net right the rail against ad-supported social networks or ad-supported products more broadly? Study channel strategies. But I’m back. Jonathan Strauss is ex Yahoo!). Bitly is great.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. An obvious vector for me would be software for the media industry.

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