socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. We sat down with David to catch up on what Geni and Yammer are doing, plus got his insights into entrepreneurship and the Paypal mystique.
Berkonomics
MARCH 23, 2023
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SoCal CTO
MAY 15, 2009
Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 22, 2010
This week I was preparing for my weekly This Week in Venture Capital web show and was researching some of the deals that were announced for the week. I believe that you need to have product excellence in order to scale to being a really big business and that’s pretty tough when you have such a wide remit.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 22, 2011
Open standards that make it easier to plug into other products & services, creating a global bazaar. Socially connected individuals and platforms that enable faster roll-outs of successful products. Does your product dramatically reduce costs in an industry with large incumbents and fat margins?
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 17, 2009
But then your customes start using your products, your competitors come out with new offerings and your business partners decide to launch a similar product rather than working with you. Did you know that their original product wasn’t a video camera? Geni.com beget Yammer. They were product and cost focused.
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