InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

Former Vice President of Technology at eHarmony and Vice President of Engineering at the Rubicon Project. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Mark’s responses. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Mark’s responses. You can watch the video below or on YouTube here: [link]. For his exact quotes, watch the video.

eHarmony 204

eHarmony Media Oracle Commerce 204

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

The app, dubbed HomeHero Connect, supports phone timesheet tracking, daily activity summaries, emergency alerts and automated payments between a user and an independent home caregiver. The platform will also give jobs to thousands of caregivers seeking work from basic chores and housekeeping to the most sensitive of personal needs.

Software Review 77

Software Review Technical Review Southern California Summary 77

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2014

Some get stuck in a rut and get run over by competitors with new technology, like Eastman Kodak, and others get pushed into a crisis, like Apple did, before they reinvent themselves into a new market. Move to a higher platform. Many entrepreneurs get their first taste of success running their own consultancy or practice.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Technical Review Mentor Summary 105

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Frost & Sullivan just named MediaPlatform the product leader in enterprise video platforms. In summary, it really has been an amazing year and we look forward to supporting additional compelling software companies in 2016. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015?

Capital 100

Capital Beverly Hills Artificial Inteligence Equity 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

We used to call it a “burning platform” as in when your platform is burning you’re forced to take action. But many technology products have huge hidden benefits that if not properly laid out in a business case won’t be readily acknowledged by the customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Here is my summary of her roadmap which I believe can get you back on the right track with a “customer-centric” approach rather than a “company-centric” approach: Find out what customers want and how they want to buy it. She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results.

Startup 105

Startup Search Engine Optimization Summary Customer 105

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

One of the industries which has seen a lot of activity lately in Southern California is clean technology, with a large amount of investment activity and new company formation. A hypothetical scenario, is an entrepreneur might be looking for a couple million to commercialize some technology, which takes algae and converts it to biofuel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I agree with Eric’s summary of the top ten types of pivots to consider: Zoom-in pivot. Platform pivot. This refers to a change from an application to a platform, or vice versa. Many founders envision their solution as a platform for future products, but don’t have a single killer application just yet. Technology pivot.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. TWIVC Summary – Richard de Silva. They had a great team and interesting technologies. It is important to leverage the fastest growing platforms but anticipate changing terms of service.

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

Out is the “cocktail only&# Twiistup and in is the new format of a conference that should take its rightful place on the national technology calendar. I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. Tags: SoCal Stuff LA SoCal startup technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. Still, I believe I’m offering an accurate representation of the ideal configuration of the main technology leaders. Your deepest thinkers on technology architecture are seldom good team leaders.

CTO Hire 400

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Clark’s responses. Clark Benson is the Founder and CEO of Ranker.com. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Here is my summary of her detailed roadmap to get you back on the right track with a “customer-centric” approach rather than a “company-centric” approach: Find out what customers want and how they want to buy it. She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results.

Tips 93

Tips Search Engine Optimization Summary Startup 93

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 Full stop.

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Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

As an active angel investor, I’m accustomed to hearing entrepreneurs pitch their expectation to quickly create a new dominant brand, based on their disruptive technology. Whether our business is a startup or a multi-national brand, through platforms like Amazon, giant players have no special advantage.

Marketing 57

Marketing Startup Entrepreneur Social Media 57

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Right now they’re the leading platform for streaming movies. But for now feel free to read my short summary of the key principles. But the real threat comes from the change in technologies that rule the old business obsolete. Hulu is the leading player for streaming television. Indeed for many this is already the case.

Netflix 329

Netflix Evite Pricing Hulu 329

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. Both of his co-founders worked with him previously and both worked on ad management platforms. I’ll explain in detail below. Enter Burstly. What does it do?

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Some summary notes are below. Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. But Google’s investment seems to be focused on supporting a payment platform that can support the Android ecosystem.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

Here is my summary of her detailed roadmap to get you back on the right track with a “customer-centric” approach rather than a “company-centric” approach: Find out what customers want and how they want to buy it. She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results.

Customer 96

Customer Custom Search Engine Optimization Summary 96

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

You can watch this week’s TWiVC episode by clicking on the link and my summary notes are below. {if I talked about the platform moves of Twitter and why it should be expected. Message of the week (from Fred Wilson) – “don’t fill cracks&# but innovate in new ways with the platform. No big surprise.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company. Every business needs to take advantage of the new tools and technologies which can assist you in making this shift in strategy and measuring effectiveness.

Search Engine Optimization 58

Search Engine Optimization Startup SEO Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In fact, the focus on social networking platforms, starting with Facebook, has destroyed the meaning of the word friend and even changed it from a noun to a verb. Here is my summary of how business relationships relate to friends. It’s now common to have hundreds or thousands of friends online -- but no relationships.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Social Network Technical Review Social Media 66

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2016

You will build out features or expend to platforms — often before you have enough market feedback to warrant it. Second-base entrepreneurs often know a large number of talented technology professionals and other executives who would gladly come back and work for him or her so team assembly is both quick and impactful.

Startup 292

Startup Software Review Pricing Entrepreneur 292

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Jason’s responses. What’s happened in search, there has been a great foundational layer of technology around bid management – what you are willing to pay as a marketer for a lead, but that is only one side of the equation. You can watch the video below or on YouTube here: [link].

Yahoo 210

Yahoo Startup Advertising Summary 210

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

As an experienced business advisor, here is my current summary, with some of the pros and cons or special considerations for each: Product is free, revenue is from advertisers. Use it when your new technology gives you a tremendous cost improvement. If your product is a commodity, the margin may be as thin as ten percent.

Pricing 66

Pricing Customer Custom Advertising 66

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This has obviously occurred in battles with tech platforms like Yelp vs. Google or Zynga vs. Facebook). Warby Parker produces modern eyewear at affordable prices, Apple produces elegant, premium technology products, Netflix offers an enormous library of binge-worthy, unique video. from Charter’s subscribers. even a DTC company?—?if

Product 296

Product Course Customer Custom 296

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

Some of the things the government is considering--the JOBS Act, and other changes to private placement rules, could help us make life easier and further enable the platform and the whole industry to scale more broadly, but we''re in business and following all the laws we need to today.

Startup 247

Startup Software Review Entrepreneur Equity 247

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Be careful with assertions like “We have strong interest from a major customer.”

Competition 113

Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

What kinds of companies are you looking to invest in, when you say digital media--content, technology, or both? But we're also technology focused, looking primarily at consumer facing software and services firms in digital media. We're looking to build out our investment portfolio. What's your ideal investment opportunity?

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Southern California Media Venture Capital Invest 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

What kinds of companies are you looking to invest in, when you say digital media--content, technology, or both? But we're also technology focused, looking primarily at consumer facing software and services firms in digital media. We're looking to build out our investment portfolio. What's your ideal investment opportunity?

Capital 100

Capital Southern California Media Venture Capital 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Be careful with assertions like “We have strong interest from a major customer.”

Competition 116

Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Be careful with assertions like “We have strong interest from a major customer.”

Invest 74

Invest Tips Competition Metrics 74

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. They were mostly a B2B platform enabling game publishers to deliver via Internet streaming their traditional games built for game consoles. That let people play popular titles, for example, directly in Facebook. My guest today is Nate Redmond.

Rustic Canyon 279

Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

The golden rules to live by are: Platforms are channels not businesses. If you put all of your eggs into one platform shame on you, not them. KIK became large in the first place specifically because BBM wasn’t interoperable across platforms so you know the market is broader than one closed ecosystem. It’s why we all exist.

Google 325

Google Press Marketing Content 325

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

The video can be watched here , but there is a most excellent summary below provided by John Excley. Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. How Hashable Got Buzz.

Google 302

Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

What most people never understood about Maker Studios is that much of their growth came through technology innovation and advantages on our back-end the most people didn’t even know about. Online technology company that distributes video. And while a YouTube subscriber is useful it is still trapped inside the platform.

Company 150

Company Companies Startup Buzzfeed 150

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

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