Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. Tracking and performance reporting. The display side is called pay per action (PPA) or pay per lead (PPL).

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Tech.Co

MAY 16, 2024

In addition to the regular pressures of running a business in this climate, Black business owners have to contend with discriminatory lending practices from banking institutions and racial prejudices from buyers – with a recent report revealing that 76% of Black business owners claim they’ve experienced racism from a customer.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based web hosting provider Dreamhost apparently is the latest ISP to get caught up in the game of "hot potato" with neo-Nazi, white supremacist website The Daily Stormer. The Daily Stormer reportedly had resorted to using the "dark web" after it was booted from GoDaddy and Google last week. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

Irvine-based Local.com , which operates a network of local business search sites, reported the firm's traffic numbers today, saying that during Q2, it had 63 million monthly unique visitors on its site and network. Local.com's web sites allow users to search for local businesses and services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2011

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a SCREAMING post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2013

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Leaders and investors need to know if you have and are tapping into your key sources of relevant data, including web analytics, sales management data, and customer relationship management (CRM) software. Here there is no substitute for independent analysis from experts outside the organizations involved.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. To get started, go to the International Business Innovation Association web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2016

He is a trusted technology and security consultant and public policy advisory to some of America’s most influential people and organizations. . FireEye has reported Apple phishing campaigns using fake Apple domains to lure victims into providing Apple Store IDs and passwords. By Kevin McDonald. So, what can you do?

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

At a time of so much uncertainty, the most important thing reporters and analysts can do is look at this industry with nuance, and evaluate each project case-by-case. Despite the decentralization ethos of crypto, the potential for cascading failures seems every bit as possible for the crypto world as it does for traditional finance markets.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

It''s up 30 to 40 percent, and we had 2 million visits in May, all organic. Evan Britton: There are two things we''ve done with FamousBirthdays that has fueld our organic growth. I love the web and love Internet marketing. Although the web offers amazing chances for organic growth, you have to do something amazing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

We all see reports of venture capitalists who invest millions in new businesses, but be assured that these investments come only after you have a proven base business, and have a case for scaling it quickly. The remainder use outside funding, including crowdfunding, friends and family, banks, and investors.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 22, 2008

The AeA just released its third Competitiveness Series report endorsing eHealth, arguing that it will lower costs and enhance the safety, reliability, convenience, and delivery of healthcare. The report, entitled eHealth 301: Electronic Prescriptions , builds on two earlier reports analyzing electronic medical records and telemedicine.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

While some organizations may have the resources to manage their own network, an in-house team without the right technical prowess may still struggle to handle their networks in the most cost-effective and productive way. By partnering with an MNSP, organizations can receive four main benefits: Cost Savings. Better Security.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2015

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. Join a startup incubator.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 25, 2014

This innovation has eliminated billions of dollars of annual costs previously associated with creating and maintaining web-based businesses. If a critical mass of new hires enter your organization with a self-serving mindset, selfish behavior will become the norm and a de facto aspect of your company''s culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

My partner is a documentarian and reports for the New York Times, Time, and Newsweek, and was given a story to write about for the New York Times, about the sounds that fish make , for their Science section. We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places. We grew out of an interesting use case.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Every Chamber of Commerce, educational organization, and many business organizations are looking for people who are willing to share some special expertise, skills, or interests. Every organization and web site is begging for content, so spread yourself around. Seek out and mingle with reporters at business events.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

It seems this is already widely known as reported in this Wikipedia article about the Affinion / Treligient Group, “According to the Better Business Bureau , thousands of issues have been reported by consumers for deceptive selling practices, unauthorized charges to consumers’ credit cards, and failure to respond or resolve issues.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We had worked at another organization together in online marketing, and learned every aspect of the business, from closing new deals, on-boarding new clients, to building media plans. We''re able to track everything we''re doing, and report back on it. What''s the story behind the company? We do that methodically.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

The emerging “cloud focused” IT organizations, and the benefits they are able to obtain. Alex is a proven web entrepreneur, having led and sold multiple successful startups. Prior to starting KnowledgeBase, Alex founded HostPro, an industry-leading web hosting and application services provider. Alex Kazerani.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Theodore Schleifer at Recode reported a rare deep dive into the internal intrigue at a prominent VC firm, in this case Mithril Capital. The whole point of delegating investment decisions to a GP is to empower them to organize their firm to win deals and get stuff done. Quality tech news from around the web.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. My thought was, why couldn't you do that with expense reports? That was the concept.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. companies, universities, and organizations will be sharing their latest technologies, products, and services in this unique Southern California event. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 22, 2015

People continue to surf the web to gather information when making a considered purchase. So much so that Google recently reported that mobile search has finally overtaken desktop search, and Facebook rolled out a new app called Hello that connects the dots between people’s social and phone contacts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2012

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. Join a startup incubator.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. Safire Partners (www.safirepartners.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Technology. NeoHire (www.neohire.comk).

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Politico gives credit to a handful of small Republican polling organizations that gave Trump the edge after conducting automated surveys of people answering landline phones. But on Election Eve, NBC News reported that Clinton held a stable 6-point lead over Donald Trump.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. And contrary to media reporting, YouTube has been incredibly supportive of networks like Maker & MiTú in building out our businesses. I wasn’t.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 23, 2012

Asana was launched early November last year as new way of working that keeps teams in sync, a shared task list where everyone can capture, organize, track, and communicate what they are working on in service of their common goal. According to reports Asana is now valued at $280 million after the $28M investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. We settled on Venture Partner as is now being reported and also picked up here. He walked me through both the logic and the math.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

I was recently asked by an organization, "Tony, what topics can you cover?" As the web has led to exposure of every increasing numbers, people need ways to filter the possible options. Over the past several years, I've done lots of presentations around a wide variety of topics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

More than half of Gen-Y (54%) have started their own business or have the desire to start one as found in a recent report by the Kauffman Foundation. Resources abound on the web to help Gen-Y business owners learn from others and become long-lasting entrepreneurs. Don’t let the lack of experience bring you down. Keep calm and carry on.

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