Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

They present a convincing story that every entrepreneur has the same potential, but most get sidetracked and bogged down by their technology, competitors, and internal organization. Incorporate AI-powered data and metrics systems. My simple answer is that they keep their focus on customers, rather than technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2014

The two-day Summit encompassed 70 company presentations from successful founders, 30 featured speakers, 40 early stage award nominees, 50 renowned judges, a series of roundtable discussions, and networking and relationship-building opportunities. 2014 Wavemaker Award recipients are: Hang Ten Award: Advertising & Marketing Services.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 23, 2013

The brother & sister founders (yes, brother and sister) of PromoJam used their knowledge of the social marketing industry to capitalize on a visible market opportunity by reinvesting into the company and expanding beyond client services. We’re talking real-time metrics here, ladies and gentlemen. PromoJam 2.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Present at trade shows and network with your ten-slide pitch to build your following. For inspiration, I recommend you watch a few episodes of the Shark Tank TV series, where entrepreneurs pitch their wares, looking for an investment and national visibility for their product or service. Make the product or service come alive.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

I know you want to live in a world in which you can just present your great ideas to a board, you’ll have great value-added discussions and the right answer will emerge. The full financial details and metrics were in the deck. Establishing Metrics & Monitoring Success (or Failures). I tell people all the time.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Last week, job search service Indeed launched a new service in Los Angeles, called Indeed Prime , hoping to jump into the market for finding talent here to address that issue. Briefly tell us about your new service? Why did you pick Los Angeles for the new job service? because it's been such a hot job market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The image of a self-proclaimed expert who can generate a report, make a great presentation, and leave you to do the implementation, is just not attractive when you don’t have a staff, and you are already overloaded with the crisis of the day. Adopt a project-based revenue model with metrics. Use social media for more visibility.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In several cases, Association CEO’s are assessing strategies, products, & services as for profit executives do at global enterprises. While each segment presented different implications, NAIS leveraged Board guidance and took to address the differences in each member segment. The National Association of Independent Schools.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How profitable is my product or service? What sized team can I afford in order to sell, market & provide service to these customers? We realized that operating a business in distributed markets presented multi-city coordination efforts that we weren’t prepared for. were more distributed.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Social media giants Twitter and Facebook were both on hand to present their latest findings of their contributions to social television. Evan Silverman, the Senior VP of Digital Media at A&E Networks gave a very thoughtful presentation on the disconnected TV analytics. They all gather different metrics.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

As our first time covering a 500 Startups demo day , we could only imagine the stratospheric levels of stress our Batch 8 founders must have gone through to get on stage and present their progress from their last four months of startup bootcamp. Today, we’ll be presenting our favorite ten of the day in ABC order.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2013

Every culture is the culmination of the leadership, values, language, people processes, rules, and other conditions, good or bad, present within the organization. The service you provide for your customers will never be greater than the service you provide to your employees. You are on the outside what you are on the inside.

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2018

We've created a database that writers can optionally join into, to present their needs, their positive reviews across different organizations, all in one place so that the industry can discovery emerging talent. I had a screenwriter friend in Los Angeles, who asked me to work on a service for him.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Every culture is the culmination of the leadership, values, language, people processes, rules, and other conditions, good or bad, present within the organization. The service you provide for your customers will never be greater than the service you provide to your employees. You are on the outside what you are on the inside.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2012

Every culture is the culmination of the leadership, values, language, people processes, rules, and other conditions, good or bad, present within the organization. The service you provide for your customers will never be greater than the service you provide to your employees. You are on the outside what you are on the inside.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Tara Weingarten: We had no metrics when we started, and even now, we had a big week with 1900 uniques on one day. We did a bunch of research into services like TrueCar, and how they presented things, played with those services, and so on. How did you manage that? We decided there is no need for that.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2012

World renowned speaker and author, Eric Reiss presented the teachings of his new book, Usable Usability: Simple Steps for Making Stuff Better. Reiss started with service design in the 1980s and thinks a lot of the things done then are the same things that people are doing now. What UX really is… OLD dog with NEW tricks.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Unfortunately, a lot of networking events attract more service providers and people out of work than interesting people. And, yes, I realize that Im a service provider, but I also am a CTO for several companies. This allows me to get a sense of whos coming and also to figure out who Ill try to meet at the event.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

If your dream has long been to start and manage your own business, there is no time like the present to get started. Customer service is not just fixing problems. Start by setting some specific growth targets, and implement metrics to chart your progress. Customers today are looking for relationships, not just transactions.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Sometimes, it's just content presented online. Michele Ruiz: The only thing I would add, is this is a software-as-a-service solutioneverything is on our online platform. Why that it is important, is the metrics associated with this is are how scalable it is. We're basically putting those two pieces together.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Every culture is the culmination of the leadership, values, language, people processes, rules, and other conditions, good or bad, present within the organization. The service you provide for your customers will never be greater than the service you provide to your employees. You are on the outside what you are on the inside.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 30, 2012

In most instances, the majority of the above characteristics were present. A/B testing requires marketers to leave their egos and emotions at the door and allow quantifiable metrics to drive their decisions. I tested the efficacy of Guy’s criteria by reviewing a cross section of online, direct response trial offers.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

It’s human nature to prioritize the metrics that get measured, so the simple act of keeping track is often enough to have a significant positive impact. Products: You obviously can’t create value without a viable product (or service) to sell. Use your Venture Value Scorecard to summarize your major risk management initiatives.

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