Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

This is why I loved Brad Feld’s recent post about the “ illusion of product / market fit.” Are our users addicted to our product? But if users don’t come back to your product directly and often I question whether you have a sustainable product / company. Not vanity metrics.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In the world of online, mobile, and social games, there are now petabytes of data being collected by companies on what users are doing in those games--and trying to make sense of all that information. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing? The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Per a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 According to what I see, as outlined by Surdak, this data surge is being driven by the following six technological and social trends: Mobility: smartphones, tablets, and the “Internet of things.”

Startup 126

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Traction is evidence that your product or service has started that “hockey- stick” adoption rate which implies a large market, a valid business model, and sustainable growth. Free and freemium products need a solid base. What does traction really mean to investors, and how much is enough? First of all, a definition.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad have completely revolutionized how consumers interact with the online world in the past few years. One of the first companies to see the potential for a mobile application specifically targeted at the enterprise was Roambi (www.roambi.com), which is based in Solana Beach.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

Los Angeles-based Burstly , the mobile advertising technology firm headed by Evan Rifkin, said today that it has acquired TestFlight , a developer of a real-time dashboard which provides mobile advertising and revenue analytics for iOS apps. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. funding round in November. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Its works great.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and Instagram leads as the top social media app for teens.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

I'm going to be looking at aspects like: Things to consider before building your MVP Features often overlooked when documenting an MVP for developers Understanding important metrics you want to measure Risks and challenges in developing an MVP. Do you have a Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2022

These changes can be cultural, like the increasing need to be social, spawning Facebook and a hundred others, or technological, like the explosion of mobile devices around the world. Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books. New unmet consumer or customer needs.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product." It is almost never the case that you are building an MVP to "show" to an investor the product itself.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are your key Startup Metrics ? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Does it need to playback on mobile devices?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are your key Startup Metrics ? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Does it need to playback on mobile devices?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging.

Entrepreneur 104

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Rather, these were the words given in response to the opening question to a panel of product managers to “describe their occupation” in 3 words or less, + an additional word on what their biggest challenge was. Jay Stakelon , VP Product Design, Fullscreen. Jen Robinson , Head of Product Manager, Bigframe.

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In his classic book, “ The Leadership Capital Index ,” Dave Ulrich, a best-selling author, business consultant, and business school professor, provides some real insights and metrics on what makes up the elements of goodwill in the minds of top valuation experts. I have paraphrased his key points here as follows: Leader personal impact.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Are users willing to check into local businesses with another, mobile check-in product? For local businesses, we're also giving them free mobile web sites, and working on other relationships. Other than that, I don't really see a downside for a company that is trying to raise money, if they are close to product.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

This new mobile application allows its owner to privately and securely save details of their sexual encounters. Every black book comes with a passcode system (thankfully), a dashboard that tracks total rendezvous over time (an important metric for the analyticals in life), date, locations, and details of each encounter.

Mobile 82

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 According to what I see, as outlined by Surdak, this data surge is being driven by the following six technological and social trends: Mobility: smartphones, tablets, and the “Internet of things.”

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Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Roughly two years ago, in July 2019, Los Angeles set up an office of climate emergency and earlier this year Mayor Eric Garcetti launched the climate emergency mobilization office to coordinate activity between civic leaders, the mayor’s office, and the city council. .

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LATechDigest

MAY 12, 2016

Santa Monica-based talent management software firm Cornerstone OnDemand announced the launch of its suite of people analytics products at its annual Convergence Conference. Cornerstone Planning.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Our mobile phones are capable of doing almost anything these days. My every day is trying to fundraise, reaching, re-reaching out, and trying to keep people updated with metrics. To pay for convenience and to value how mobile can shape your every day. Where do you see the mobile landscape going in the future?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I was talking with an early-stage founder who has a product vision and wants to get it built. He wanted to get input from me on what he's doing, and he wants to begin to ask developers what it would take to build his product. Me : Product definition, use cases, feature list, wireframes, comps, really whatever you have.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For example, most e-commerce platforms today offer millions of products, with a changing mix daily and a changing market, such that it’s virtually impossible to manually predict a strategy for mapping customer demographics to products displayed online. No human or paper tracking systems are a competitive alternative.

Artificial Inteligence 84

Artificial Inteligence Metrics Commerce Software 84

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and the fading MySpace is for tweens and creative types.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2019

Now, if your web site is not clear and clean, or you don’t have a chat robot for a product question online, you may be abandoned as providing poor customer service, just as certainly as having to wait in a long product exchange line after the holidays. The marketing metrics covers support as part of experience.

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Customer Custom Company Companies 84

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

These changes can be cultural, like the increasing need to be social, spawning Facebook and a hundred others, or technological, like the explosion of mobile devices around the world. Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books. New unmet consumer or customer needs.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur eBook Metrics Examples 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and Instagram leads as the top social media app for teens.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Invest Platform 79

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

As a simple example, the Wal-Mart website now shows shoppers more products that they may like, based on previous purchases. Simple metrics and your personal knowledge of the industry can’t keep up with all the relevant competitive forces. You need to be part of a larger ecosystem.

Competition 142

Competition Software Review Social Media Customer 142

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

In his classic book, “ The Leadership Capital Index ,” Dave Ulrich, a best-selling author, business consultant, and business school professor, provides some real insights and metrics on what makes up the elements of goodwill in the minds of top valuation experts. I have paraphrased his key points here as follows: Leader personal impact.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Organization Coach Invest 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

It's a powerful opportunity to connect people offline with the mobile, online experience. market has been different, is that the adoption of mobile internet has not been nearly as prevalent. Matthias Galica: My last role was as a product manager for another local startup, Woome.com, an online dating site.

Startup 220

Startup West Hollywood Metrics Entertainment 220

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. What was appealing to you about the mobile app area? What's the idea behind Maple Media?

Media 153

Media Mobile Startup Acquisition 153

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2017

This is the year, according to all the data, where mobile messaging will surpass social. Even without knowing the exact number, we know social is big, but that this year, mobile messaging will pass it in terms of user engagement, sessions per day, and minutes per day. What it started out as, and what it received funding for morphed.

Startup 100

Startup Social Network Southern California Mobile 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 According to what I see, as outlined by Surdak, this data surge is being driven by the following six technological and social trends: Mobility: smartphones, tablets, and the “Internet of things.”

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

Gogii [the original company name] was an early leader in the free text messaging space and we had tens of millions of downloads of our product. We toughed it out together with other board members and encouraged the company to rebuild the team and the product from ground up. He’s with you in good times & bad.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

That's the fascinating story behind Los Angeles-based Earbits (www.earbits.com), which offers up a mobile music streaming service focused on discovering both new and talent. We had some investors very interested but wanted us to validate some metrics, so we spent time building things to prove those metrics.

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