SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Programs include lectures, seminars, symposiums and panel discussions led by prominent eco-leaders, innovative demonstrations, natural cooking workshops, live music, product showcases and family entertainment. See [link] (more)

Entertainment 113

Entertainment Product Technology 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2013

The biggest excuse most startup founders mention is too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, investors, etc. From a networking standpoint, it’s a lot more efficient than going to seminars and other industry events. I know that finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Populate your team.

Blogging 104

Blogging Product Startup Writing 104

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s what I call “ the evangelical phase ” of a company in which you’re out trying to persuade customers that a product you’ve designed is going to meet their needs better than other solutions on the market. Invariably your first efforts at product won’t quite hit the mark – and this is OK. question in sales.

Sales 393

Sales Startup Resource Customer 393

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

In a couple of weeks we held our first seminar educating parents on how to keep their kids safe online. Instead, we did a seminar to bring awareness to the parents and provide a few tips (and software) to monitor or block inappropriate content and behavior. Poogling Internet Safety Seminars was officially born!

Google 115

Google .Net Santa Barbara Email 115

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. According to Gartner , one of the biggest drags on productivity is employee engagement, still hovering around 30 percent, and costing our businesses over $450 billion per year.

Tips 96

Tips Satisfaction Training Mentor 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2022

As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars. The other four are: new product development, writing, time management, and sales/marketing. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

Marketing 113

Marketing Entrepreneur Guide Custom 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

True leaders are never satisfied with what they know about their leadership, as well as their products, and are always in pursuit of new learning. That means constantly seeking feedback, taking time for relevant seminars and guidance, and looking for positive changes in the organization.

Develop 124

Develop Development Technical Advisors Satisfaction 124

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. But these are great products and thus a lot of people stuck around at Kik to continue using it. But it works.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2013

We also realized that they were going to consume a lot of resources and have a lot of requests to customize our product so we had to be careful which features we would commit to them. We held semi-annual platinum customer retreats in which they got to participate in all-day planning seminars with our product team and technical leads.

Custom 297

Custom Customer Pricing Startup 297

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

As a treat to Angelinos, this coming weekend October 13th and 14th, Reiss is flying to Los Angeles from Copenhagen, Denmark and will be conducting two limited seating seminars in Culver City. Attendees will learn a method for evaluating and improving products and services in a truly lean and agile way – a way that.

Culver City 105

Culver City Design Content Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). The “product” value is difficult to quantify, the costs are nebulous, and entrepreneurs have to clone themselves to scale the business. Don’t forget seminars and events.

Social Media 56

Social Media Pricing Technical Review Statistics 56

Tech.Co

JANUARY 29, 2018

Sunil Koduri, cofounder and Chief Listener of Zsolutionz , a software company developing a computer vision and machine learning product for the health and wellness space called Zofie based on fuzzy logic, said gaining information from the industries has helped him realize opportunities. I am a big proponent of the mentorship program.

Startup 87

Startup Mentor Artificial Inteligence Research 87

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2019

As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars. The other four are: new product development, writing, time management, and sales/marketing. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Customer Custom Guide 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

The biggest excuse most startup founders mention is too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, investors, etc. From a networking standpoint, it’s a lot more efficient than going to seminars and other industry events. I know that finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Populate your team.

Startup 101

Startup Blogging Writing Google 101

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2017

As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars. The other four are: new product development, writing, time management, and sales/marketing. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

Company 97

Company Companies Entrepreneur Guide 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars. The other four are: new product development, writing, time management, and sales/marketing. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Media Guide Custom 126

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2013

As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars. The other four are: new product development, writing, time management, and sales/marketing. The implications to you and your company are also large, so be prepared. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

Startup 116

Startup Entrepreneur Custom Customer 116

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

But I’m not really selling a product or service. Rather, the guy who invites you to learn more about something you care about and finishes the discussion/seminar/webinar/call/meeting with a “you can buy it here.&# I’m not talking about the guy that DM’s you and says, “this link will change your life.&#

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Sales Marketing 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen. The intersection of entertainment and technology has been a long time coming.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The biggest roadblock is that startup founders already have too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, courting investors, etc. From a networking standpoint, it’s a lot more efficient than going to seminars and other industry events. So finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do.

Blogging 93

Blogging Invest Startup Writing 93

AeA Los Angeles Council

APRIL 10, 2008

"More states are weighing environmental legislation on everything from how electronic products can be recycled to what materials can be used in products. Council will present the Inaugural Harvey Mudd College Green Engineering Award at their 15th Annual dinner award show. Register for this Orange County event.

AeA 40

AeA Technical Review Orange County High Tech 40

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

We've also hired a tremendous set of experience career counselors, who have had colorful or substantial careers, to supply services and products to our students. Those include how-to on resumes, aptitude tests, videos, coaching seminars, and more of that nature. However, they're more job related than internship related.

Startup 223

Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

In his seminar Benny talked about “How to Go Viral Without Being a Virus” and shared if you are looking for a quick cash infusion then have that pop up box slap a site visitor in their eyeballs right when they arrive to your site to collect their email and sell them something. So a pop up sounds like a no brainer right? Not really.

Blogging 83

Blogging Email Writing Sites 83

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Beyond the traditional new product or service model, you can always buy an existing business, purchase a franchise, join a multi-level marketing (MLM) company, or simply go out on your own as a consultant. Start with the local Chamber of Commerce, industry associations, or investor seminars. Each of these has a cost in time an effort.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Funding Training Ideas 101

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Beyond the traditional new product or service model, you can always buy an existing business, purchase a franchise, join a multi-level marketing (MLM) company, or simply go out on your own as a consultant. Start with the local Chamber of Commerce, industry associations, or investor seminars. Each of these has a cost in time an effort.

Training 96

Training Ideas Commerce Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Beyond the traditional new product or service model, you can always buy an existing business, purchase a franchise, join a multi-level marketing (MLM) company, or simply go out on your own as a consultant. Start with the local Chamber of Commerce, industry associations, or investor seminars. Each of these has a cost in time an effort.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Invest Training Ideas 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2010

Beyond the traditional new product or service model, you can always buy an existing business, purchase a franchise, join a multi-level marketing (MLM) company, or simply go out on your own as a consultant. Start with the local Chamber of Commerce, industry associations, or investor seminars. Each of these has a cost in time an effort.

Training 84

Training Entrepreneur Startup Ideas 84