Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. When the market run started in March people were relieved that “the world wasn’t ending” so they started spending again. Unemployment coupled with a stock market drop will stop this spending cold IMHO.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We've been two years in development, and are excited to provide a revolutionary platform for web sites, blogs, and social sites to create and grow their international business. Help us understand your technology--is this focused on the automated language translation technology, or on the process of localizing a web site?

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. The best startups start from a painful problem needing a solution, rather than a technology solution looking for a problem. Don’t take shortcuts on these.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Social Network 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. It seemed like “all of the big ideas had been done” in technology. This was obviously prior to the Internet and everything that led to: (mobile smartphones, social networks, new payment technologies, etc.). As I point out in my video.

Technical Review 299

Technical Review Venture Capital Yammer Google 299

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. The best startups start from a painful problem needing a solution, rather than a technology solution looking for a problem. Don’t take shortcuts on these.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Symantec 54

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

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

get the attention of the market they choose. For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe. But when I read thoughtful pieces on the future of technology I start to imagine where our lives will be in 10 years. My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

As we know, developers always give their product a code name. Rob and Lance made multiple business trips to the USA and UK in order to understand the offerings and strategy of existing payment providers, social networks, banks and financial service providers. Omidyar Networks – head of investment. Why the name?

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Use video and audio, rather than jargon, abbreviations, and computer lingo on your site. Don’t take shortcuts on these. That’s just good business.

Startup 85

Startup Technical Review Social Network News 85

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

get the attention of the market they choose. For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Arizona, where I live. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital.

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Use video and audio, rather than jargon, abbreviations, and computer lingo on your site. Don’t take shortcuts on these. That’s just good business.

Startup 94

Startup Technical Review Social Network News 94

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

get the attention of the market they choose. For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

With the rise of location-based check-ins from Foursquare, Gowalla, Facebook, Twitter, and others, there's suddenly lots more data that marketers want to parse through to make sense of how consumers are interacting with their brands. First off, where does MomentFeed fit into the location based marketing market?

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

so compelling (other than the fact that the CEO Sean Rad is a great young technology leader and his advisers – Brian Norgard , Dan Gould and Evan Rifkin - are some of the guys I respect most in the LA tech market.). Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia).

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Unfortunately, there is so much marketing “noise” and outright scams on the Internet it is difficult to know what to trust.”. We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. How do you use LinkedIn?

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I was an early user of Quora and like all new technologies they take a bit of playing with them for a while, discussing them with others and reflecting on them to let them sink in. What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.).

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2010

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Use video and audio, rather than jargon, abbreviations, and computer lingo on your site. Don’t take shortcuts on these. That’s just good business.

Entrepreneur 85

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Network News 85

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2015

It’s convenient not to bother thinking about politics because you want to just ship really cool code and if users love it then you’ll be successful – but that’s not reality. How will they act if the market tanks? What are the chances that SnapChat or WhatsApp would emerge without getting crushed like a bug?

Startup 150

Startup Google Software Review Snapchat 150

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Unfortunately, there is so much marketing “noise” and outright scams on the Internet it is difficult to know what to trust.”. We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc).

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

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 have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). Page 1: Market Size. $3 Consumer approach to software for business users.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

So what do people like about the mobile app technology? The growth of the mobile app technology is something that companies, big or small, are riding on. The mobile app revolution also gave birth to mobile marketing. Suddenly, maintaining a company website and a social media account is no longer enough. What’s in an app?

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

While great strides have been made in the mobile economy, there are still many challenges and opportunities to consider, and much we can learn from the market frontrunners. John Busher, Harry Balls – a humorous site offering reviews and information about mobile apps, primarily indie games. Mobile is a different animal than Web.

Mobile 71

Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. TCA is a not-for-profit organization.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. TCA is a not-for-profit organization.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. Review the code being built. WordPress is pretty easy to hack.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

Approximately 50 executives from the worlds of technology & venture capital piled into the dining hall on June 30th to listen to Dr. Mark Drapeau speak about "innovation" and its sister topic, "STEM education." It proposed to fund advertising to encourage young Americans to enter the science and technology workforce. government.

Education 45

Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

million which closed the first week of March 2000 – a week before the market crashed. We hired a head of technology, a head of customer service, a head of marketing, a head of strategy (which no startup should ever hire) a CFO and, ugh, 33 developers. We built 4 products simultaneously with no market feedback.

Startup 299

Startup Venture Capital Technical Review Training 299

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals. That’s @MeganBerry to you, blogger and social media expert, marketing manager of Klout.com. Here’s why.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343