Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. And I hope the output is that you get a glimpse into the people shaping our tech present and a sense of the kinds of conversations we have when the cameras aren’t around. We then captured this conversation again on camera.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

At a recent hackathon, the company saw that their users also wanted to selectively share their moments on public social networks, such as Twitter. When you’d like to share who you’re currently “With&# , you are presented with a simple screen to tag who you’re with and what you are doing.

Mobile 74

Mobile Social Network Screening Demand 74

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Social networking meets online personal health management. 5 companies presented and all were talented. WakeMate has you record things like the last time you had caffeine before sleeping, your last meal and when you last had computer or TV screen time. The part of DailyBurn can use the crowd to keep you motivated.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. Over half of the survivors remaining are eliminated during live presentations, and another 6.5% Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The irony: a sad state that even with the huge number of social network applications we have at our disposal, we’re oftentimes lost, unable to keep up, or still lose touch so easily. It’s not your fault that we can only be social creatures to a certain extent before brain overload. Finally, some solid relief.

Web 74

Web Social Network Email Networking 74

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. Proposal content is too short to be meaningful.

Funding 92

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 92

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ABSA Jewish Entrepreneur of the Year – WINNER (This award was actually presented by Gill Marcus) – (Annex.13). Rob and Lance made multiple business trips to the USA and UK in order to understand the offerings and strategy of existing payment providers, social networks, banks and financial service providers.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

It was just a matter of process to add iOS, and later, Android to the output, and start designing games for the larger screens, later bringing those games down to run on BREW and Java after that. It's pretty clear that right now, that is the model of the present. Two, we've also been a full service, publishing and development house.

Mobile 168

Mobile Java Google Startup 168

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. Proposal content is too short to be meaningful.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 59

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Groups rehearsed in every way possible, making sure their presentation covered the Problem, the Solution, How it makes Money along with showing off a killer demo. Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking. Nice work by everyone and congrats to our winners!!

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Today the Traveling Geeks saw presentations from 11 interesting startups at French incubator, the Paris Development Agency. Stribe offers a plug and play service for instantly creating a social network on any Web site. The company is targeting recruiters with problems screening candidates.

Incubator 40

Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Colony’s presentation is intriguing (and worth a watch if you have a few minutes) because I love to see when informed people make arguments that are different than you ordinarily hear (and different from my own views). In other words, our mobile devices are all powerful and the network that they connect into sucks.

Web 355

Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

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. He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically).

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

dealing with how digital or analog signals are actually transmitted for point A to point B), the network layer in the middle that deals with routing packets of information, to the presentation and application layer at the top end. It’s the input screens where we enter data or search requests. Other Layers.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. I know this because you’re not a young teenager.

Gogii 310

Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2010

The app has your standard social networking features such as Friend Requests, Messages, and a profile. Also, no social networking app would be complete without some kind of lifestream, or in Graphic.ly’s case, an event feed. The Death of Superman graphic novel was my constant companion during El Nino in the 90s.

Software Review 40

Software Review Social Network Screening Networking 40