Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

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Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

What we've done, is for authentication, we have created a way to have a unique password to give you access to a web site very time. It has nine pictures or more on screen, and in each location there are pictures that contain pictures from your category or have different letters in different locations.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. Solaborate is a professional social media network. LB: Nothing is hard, it’s really hard.

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Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

Here’s my experience, my “ah ha&# moment and why I think, although still nascent, it’s one of the most powerful websites on the web right now. If I’m totally honest it started as a marketing exercise. Obviously it is build on a social network “follow people&# model that is asymmetric like Twitter.

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Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2015

A survey by the Webs Small Business Digital Trends revealed that 63% of small business owners are using digital strategies in their overall marketing efforts. An integrated digital marketing strategy can do that and so much more. These two forms of marketing are meant to work hand in hand. Focus on customers.

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Guide Social Media Content Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Your measurements are automatically sent via wi-fi to the cloud and stored in a password protected portal viewed on the web or on your iPhone. Social networking meets online personal health management. There are some competitors in the market such as MyZeo , but I love my wife too much to wear a headband to bed.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Of that smartphone internet time, mobile apps take up 86% of usage and only 14% access time via the mobile web. It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings. How do you make your mobile marketing strategy effective?

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Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2010

A bright and beautiful screen thanks to the Super AMOLED display. ECLAIR) / ANDROID MARKET. SOCIAL HUB. Integrates SMS, Social Network Services, email, and calendar accounts. Web Browsing on the Galaxy S. The on board web browser made it easy to surf the net. WVGA(480×800) 16M SUPER AMOLED.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Screening RSS Web 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Those who didn’t get a ticket in time, turned to Zaarly where tickets sold on the SUW “grey-market” for up to $450 per ticket (this being up for discussion with potential upcoming policy changes). Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, I was baffled.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, I was baffled.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 176

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

We’re in a market where 800-pound gorillas throw their weight around and the rest of the market races to react and survive. It is the same movie I saw 10 years ago when every VC would say to me, “yeah, I get that you’re an online document sharing service, but what’s going to happen when Microsoft enters the market?

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Google Press Marketing Content 325

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. Of course much of it is conflicting. Press the flesh.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I’m just listed who I perceive as the market leaders. We put all of this infrastructure in an Exodus web hosting facility and had to pay for rack space, bandwidth and some management services if a disk failed, for example. It’s the input screens where we enter data or search requests. We raised $16.5 Weather data.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role. and Excite in particular as well as all of the Internet companies with grandiose stock market valuations.

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Content Google Media Hulu 386