TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Today, when you start a brand, your first hire is probably someone to build out your Shopify site. They’ve also had suppliers sell perishable goods as well — a vendor sold 80,000 dates on the platform a month ago. “We’re She went on to write, “Dee and Josh are the exact right team to tackle it.

Product 191

Product Funding Technical Review Equity 191

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

Equally important, if someone does find your site, your content must stand out above all similar sites, to keep visitors engaged, close a sale, and get customers to return. One of these is blogging, to let people know about your brand, provide links to supportive articles, and generate back-links to your content from other sites.

Blogging 85

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Gabe Rivera wrote a post on why TechMeme is now using its editors to curate titles that appear on its site. When I first started writing this blog several years ago I had less followers than you have right now. In Gabe’s post he explained why TechMeme was having editors write headlines. I should know.

Writing 326

Writing Buzzfeed Social Media Blogging 326

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

A high-performance application (notably, one based on a high-performance platform) will be capable of performing modestly complex algorithmic work on behalf of users without necessarily requiring the construction of a complex system architecture. And retail sites are not alone; all sites will silently lose visitors who are made to wait.

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Web Technical Advisors Framework Technical Review 200

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Add content regularly.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

In the rush toward the daily deals space, it seems like there is at least one, new, daily deals site created every day. It's an incredibly crowded industry, which not only includes giants like Groupon and LivingSocial, but countless smaller sites, newspapers, and others all looking for a piece of the action. What is Deal Current?

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

We now have over 100 million users visiting our owned and operated sites, and we're also doing this for other people like USA Today. But, they could not write, and did not know what to write from the travel perspective. They couldn't find enough people to write the content they needed, at the quality they need.

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Demand Media eHow Content 240

Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Jeff Bezos didn't get to be the world's richest man by writing a lot of checks, and one recent way to keep Amazon's profits healthy has been to cut its affiliate commissions scheme. A host of bloggers and publishers are seeing their revenues massively dented, from tiny BBQ grill review sites to the hugest media organizations around.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 130

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Add content regularly.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

TechCrunch LA

MAY 17, 2019

Even as Quibi , the short form video platform from Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo , reportedly looks to raise another $1 billion , rival service Fiction Riot continues to steadily build out its pipeline of short form serials. Michael Scott is simultaneously writing a pilot for linear television.

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Services Report Netflix Content 167

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Platforms eschew threading and then re-invent threading anew. We work with clients to get them off the ground with a platform to build their business. So even if that business doesn't exist as anything but a web site, we want them to avoid unnecessary technology risks. Those requests had better be worth it! Think of the money!

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Web Platform Technology JavaScript 200

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2016

In particular, there are many platforms who enable taking ticket payments for sporting events, donation payments for non profits and rent payments for property managers, who don't fit into the current legacy way payments are handled. In the middle section are platforms like Uber, Airbnb, or Taskrabbit. What is Digitzs?

Platform 113

Platform Startup Ticketmaster Writing 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Ask Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble , who raised over $10 million on the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform for his relatively low-tech wristwatch with programmed clock faces. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. On the social media side, the stakes are just as great.

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Media Tips Social Media Startup 118

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

If you look at the articles on a site like CNN, and the 650 opinions you see after every article, your eyes just start to go crossed. We've instead taken those comments and turned them into scores and a rating platform. The owners of a news site or blog can then install our plugins on their site, via all six lines of Javacript.

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Startup Blogging Writing Examples 174

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Prior to starting PublishThis, I was the General Manager for Edmunds.com, the automotive site here in Santa Monica. We're a content curation platform, software-as-a-service for content, and we are focused on helping companies engage their customer more directly using content. It's all about what is happening on the realtime web.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Add content regularly.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

They cite sources like the BusinessWeek story, “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ” and this Forbes article. In fact, they are probably in such a hurry to give you money that they don’t want you to waste time writing anything down and passing it along to new investors. You need money, and plan to do crowdfunding.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 109

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I had already written about OpenSocial ( OpenSocial and Facebook as Platforms) and frankly I was hoping for a lot more in the announcements and APIs. The problem with OpenSocial right now is that it: only defines how you plug into platforms and grab the data, but it does not define the form and meaning of the data.

Writing 150

Writing Platform Sites Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The platform connects foodies to restaurants for a win-win situation for both parties. The platform uses an iPhone app and website to help users make decisions quickly and confidently while also helping them share their valuable restaurant experiences with others. myfab5 is a platform that reinvents the restaurant review.

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Add content regularly.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

I know that finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup. Trying to write something down for someone else to understand quickly, will tell you if you really understand it yourself.

Startup 101

Startup Blogging Writing Google 101

Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

With content management systems like WordPress , getting a site up and running is no big deal. A contact form is one of the first interactive elements that most novice bloggers learn to use on their site. Nowadays, you’ll never run out of choices when it comes to contact form plugins that can easily be integrated into your site.

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Tool Customer Custom Sites 39

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

As the number of sites on the Internet floats around one billion, the challenge with every new startup is to be found and stand out. More important, if someone does find your site, the content better be enticing enough for them to come back. Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2013

They cite sources like a recent BusinessWeek story, “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ” and this NY Times article. In fact, they are probably in such a hurry to give you money that they don’t want you to waste time writing anything down and passing it along to new investors. Clemson University professor William B.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Writing Slides 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Zach Zalon: Super Hi-Fi is a platform to help music experience companies, like digital music services, to deliver much more compelling, much higher quality music experiences to their audiences. We ended up building a lot of digital music platforms. We spoke with Zach about the company and its technology. What is Super Hi-Fi?

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Startup Artificial Inteligence Content Platform 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We''ve also built a data driven platform, that allows us to drive millions of unique visitors to our network of sites every month, covering the banking, credit, and travel and vertical markets. We started looking at the landscape, and as I was getting my MBA at the time, ended up writing the business plan for ConsumerTrack.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

The days when you could launch your business with a new web site, and the phone would begin to ring, are long gone. According to many experts, including Michael Hyatt, in his new book, “ Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World ,” you need to build the highest platform you can, to stand out and be heard above all the rest.

Startup 104

Startup Social Media Platform Blogging 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2013

I know that finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup. Trying to write something down for someone else to understand quickly, will tell you if you really understand it yourself.

Blogging 104

Blogging Product Startup Writing 104

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Zack Zalon: Super Hi-Fi is a platform to help music experience companies, like digital music services, to deliver much more compelling, much higher quality music experiences to their audiences. We ended up building a lot of digital music platforms. We spoke with Zach about the company and its technology. What is Super Hi-Fi?

Startup 100

Startup Content Platform Artificial Inteligence 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Add content regularly.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Write a blog entry and post the Round. For weeks, we have been stuck at step 4 waiting on me to write something, so I'm going to keep it short and sweet to get this out before Halloween. We suspect that over time, more platforms will support the "pipelining" capability, gradually re-balancing the stratification we're seeing.

Framework 75

Framework Software Review TechEmpower Writing 75

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. By offering that software for free, we've attracted over 10,000 writers to our site. What's the business model behind the site--everything is free? What's Scripped?

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Tumblr – “Microblogging platform&#. Other deals. It sucked.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. He is starting to see this occur in sites that are verticalizing content. Initially it was a UGC site that competed with sites like YouTube and Veoh. However these unknown and unforeseen changes could lead to new problems for sites. 37:00-40:30).

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

And to give credit where it’s due (in addition to the content that Fred producers) a lot of the discussion works well because of the Disqus commenting platform. Fred talks about it here – he beat me to the punch because I always wanted to write about how awesome this is. It’s an awesome implementation.

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

margins offered by YouTube, MCNs must drive fans to purchase merchandise, experience videos on wholly owned (non-YouTube) sites and directly negotiate sponsorships with advertisers, rather than solely relying on YouTube''s ad network. However, to move beyond the average 16.5% Fighting Nerds.

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Course Advertising Social Media Content 190

TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

Check out the new stand-alone framework benchmarks site if you are interested in the latest and most accurate data. Authors'' Note: We''re using the word "framework" loosely to refer to platforms, micro-frameworks, and full-stack frameworks. The high-performance Netty platform takes a commanding lead for JSON serialization on EC2.

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Framework EC2 PHP Java 544