Both Sides of the Table
MAY 28, 2016
I’ve been online for nearly 30 years (yes, there was CompuServe and Prodigy before the www), blogging for 10 and using social media tools since the earliest days. As somebody who invested his time heavily in writing and wanting to share his thoughts through a blog I learned that I had to Tweet a post 3 times to get it read: 5am, 8am and 10pm.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 24, 2016
For the past few months I’ve been doing nearly daily “Snapstorms” or short videos with startup advice released on Snapchat. Among the most comical things to me in the past few years is just how much it annoys some people that I use Snapchat. If you’re not on Snapchat — but still want video advice — Snapstorms.com is for you.
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OCTOBER 8, 2014
billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. He built & IPOd Demand Media. In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5 What Has Given Birth to This New Movement in LA? .
socalTECH
MARCH 16, 2017
Earlier this week, Derek Norton , a long time advisor to the media, Internet, and technology industry in Los Angeles, announced a brand new venture capital fund called Watertower Ventures (www.watertowerventures.com). We'll continue to write checks into our companies, whether that is from our fund or SBDs from our LP base.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2018
When you look at social messaging, and talk about social messaging, we're talking about social media, text messaging, email, and chat applications. Right now, when people are communicating using Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and others, those businesses are principally using display advertising and sponsored listings to monetize those users.
Tech.Co
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
On your birthday, something special happens on social media: you receive hundreds of likes and well wishes from friends, family, high school classmates and people you haven’t talked to for years on Facebook. Writing a wish list for birthday presents at 10 years-old is expected. Say Goodbye To The Wish List. At 26, not so much.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 12, 2014
While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. You might write a piece now and then that catches fire but there is nothing repeatable that would be useful for a business. Simply write a great book?
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