Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey.

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Marketing Statistics Research Report 157

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

SimplyEvents is a social media website that enables a community of members to shout out location based events and stay connected by tracking fellow friends, family, public figures, organizers, bands, artists etc. You can use it to quickly turn your location data into a complete mapping website and companion iPhone app.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I had called on Chamillionaire from the audience and asked him to provide some views on how artists view social media, why they use it and where it’s heading. So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Tonight I was reading a good blog post ( here ) from Sean Powers with Alistair Croll on preparing yourself for the TC50 “bump” – the rise in traffic that a company gets from presenting at TechCrunch 50. It kind of reminds me a bit of how “social media experts&# are talking to customers today). Don’t drink it.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Prepare an executive summary and investor presentation. Angel investors expect to review a short executive summary before booking time to hear an investor presentation or taking the time to analyze a full business plan. Highlight existing presence on the Internet and social media.

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Angel Startup Technical Review Social Media 65

SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Software 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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Networking CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

What I really liked in my conversations with The Hive is that they are willing to work with and fund ventures that would never get VC dollars. Theres many good companys that will never turn into a $100M VC kind of company. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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Incubator CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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MyShape CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Learn from the experts and leaders first hand on topics like Digital Content, Women Developers, Social TV, Film Finance: Crowdfunding or VC, How to Find and Hire a Developer and many more! Hone your skills of pitching by watching a few selected companies to present their company and pitch to a big crowd.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2009

He gives the example of Roelof Boetha, a very well known VC from Sequoia, who always (re) introduces himself to Michael and reminds him who he is even though Michael has met him several times. We presented to you about a year ago our company that does voice recognition software integrated with IVRs. An even better way to meet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey.

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Research Marketing Statistics Report 87

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Thousands of people submit their panels for SXSWi (South by Southwest Interactive) and only a handful will be selected to present. SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. jim spencer, media convergence group. But, with the.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. You’ve found a VC partner or principal who has invited you to the Monday partners’ meeting. Congratulations. Does that sound ok?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2015

As they say, you only get one chance to make a great first impression, so don’t pitch to a key angel group or venture capital team for practice. Through peers, social media or connections, make every effort to meet one or more of the investors before the actual pitch.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. In attendance we had startups galore with VC's and Angle's mixing and mingling all through the night. VC/Angel Panel. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. Almost every VC I’ve spoken with in LA is tracking DataPop. Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures. Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. Social Media: Snapchat. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 14, 2009

Mr. Young’s venture capital financing experience includes representation of companies and investors in well over 100 financings, constituting over $1 billion in aggregate proceeds. These events are put on in conjunction with our friends at DealMaker Media. We are joined this month by David Young a Partner at DLA Piper.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

If 10 percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group or opinion survey.

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Marketing Entrepreneur Statistics Research 97

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. It serves a similar role as Digsby (which I love using) albeit from a social media metaphor rather than an IM metaphor. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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Angel Technical Review Software Review Platform 254

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2016

If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from Angel and venture capital investors. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey.

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Marketing Startup Statistics Research 59

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. Second, it was very low impact. There was not a lot of work involved.

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Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust. Mixergy and AsAble are also joining us to bring you an amazing VC/Angel Panel. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention.

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2010

By Adam Hoeksema According to a report distributed by the Angel Capital Education Foundation , total startup funding from venture capital funds, state funds, and angel investors totals approximately $20.8 Surprisingly, friends and family contributed nearly three times the amount of capital to thousands of startups each year.

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Funding Startup Blogging Invest 90

Jason Nazar

JUNE 8, 2009

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing the best ways to meet, court, and pitch venture capitalists on your business ideas. We are joined this month by Mark Suster , a serial venture backed entrepreneur and current Partner at GRP Venture Capital. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. But this isn’t likely to be a VC-backable business (which to be clear is totally ok). Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Market Size. Competition. You need a wedge.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. short answer: very, very rarely.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Create and manage your social media presence. Set up a collaboration method for business documents, spreadsheets and presentations ( GoogleApps ). Master social media marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

Upfront immediately wrote a check to back this vision and we later teamed up with their former colleague from Twitter turned VC, Rishi Garg of Mayfield and we’ve stayed quiet on what we were up to. Think of time spent outlining presentations and swapping online and offline notes with co-authors before you even start building.

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Startup Social Media Slides Design 191

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

Hiring Bounty is the first business I’ve founded and has presented an incredible learning curve and no shortage of small wins to get excited about. As an employer in the Social Media age I find it ground breaking.” We received some incubation from 42 Engine, but beyond this will start looking for VC in 2013.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

SXSW Interactive features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas the community has to offer. Are you interested?

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