SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are your key Startup Metrics ? What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? 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?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Not every new game site is a Club Penguin or Minecraft. Not every social network is a Facebook or Instagram. What are the elements needed to focus upon in making the attempt to take a product viral? Sometimes, it is just the right idea to brand your product inside that of a known presence. Here is my list.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Using amSTATZ athletes can track workouts and search for trainers and local events and event organizers can use the network for their events publicity and partner with trainers to develop training programs for their registrants. Advertising revenue is generated from each site visitor, paid or otherwise. Events pay a listing fee.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 exist ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). New product process. Make sure all team members have some connection with the product – has either used it, or sold it, or assembled it. Ownership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

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. But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth. get the attention of the market they choose.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I challenge them to think beyond what I call linear extensions to a current trend, such as another “easier-to-use” app for smartphones, a new dating site for pets, or another niche social network. Why doesn’t this product or service already exist?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (now over 2500 in the US alone). New product process. They benchmark their ideas against competition, use metrics to track acceptance, sales growth, and return on investment. Ownership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). New product process. Make sure all team members have some connection with the product – has either used it, or sold it, or assembled it. Ownership.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

These metrics-application rely on our need to know our “value” and will only continue to perpetuate the dilution of online engagement. The inverted logic loop of Klout works like this, “If you use a social network and connect to the right people, and they reshare what you share, and so on, we’ll give you a biscuit.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

I agree with my friend Lon Safko, and his classic book “ The Social Media Bible ,” which asserts your team can be successful at social without the cost of an expensive expert or agency, by following these five basic steps: Start with the dominant players. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 billion users).

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Understand the basic tools – the social media trinity. Blogging (Wordpress), micro-blogging (Twitter), and social networks are the trinity. Key social networks are Facebook (500 million consumers) and LinkedIn (60 million professionals). Put your social network links on your stationery, business cards, and email.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. A FB ad targeted at one person (my wife) - Gabriel Weinberg , May 14, 2010 The other day I gave a presentation with Steve Welch on the use of social media in politics. they have purchasing intent ).*. But the rates are high for a reason.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. We just recently started rolling out ad-related products, like Ad Manager, which is like Google's ad manager with baked-in social targeting.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. We just recently started rolling out ad-related products, like Ad Manager, which is like Google's ad manager with baked-in social targeting.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Weve also found that other social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace to have almost no results when it comes to recruitment.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. It's a full-blown, B2B social network.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Investors my tell you that, but what they can look at your product on paper and tell what it does and they will understand if it can be built. Investors my tell you that, but what they can look at your product on paper and tell what it does and they will understand if it can be built. Third party products are used appropriately.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2015

If you are selling beauty products for example, Dove commercials are a good example. Social media is a favorite among small business owners. However, social networking sites also have rules. Measuring online metrics is important to give you direction in your digital strategy. Know the rules.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

This year, it being our third year in a row conducting on site interviews and live streaming, we definitely had to ensure this year’s lineup was up to snuff with the great ongoings of SXSW. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. Here are some sites from the trade show floor!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

He posted on several social networking sites the following message: If you know of a startup company that could benefit from the knowledge, experience, professional network and reputation of a globally recognized technology and innovation leader.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

And in fact all our globally-connecting-social-networking tools are making face-to-face more, not less desirable. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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