InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2015

If Smucker’s can annually generate hundreds of millions in sales for a variety of food products, there is little risk that a mediocre company or product name will preclude you from achieving similar success. However, if this is true, “Aardvark” would have been a more clever choice and equally as relevant to online book sales.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Running that effort is Kevin Hell , the founder of DivX, who we caught up with to learn more about EvoNexus and how the group is trying to help grow technology startups in San Dieog. Is there a screening process or criteria for firms to use the facilities? Once they pass that, they get into the incubator.

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Incubator San Diego Technical Review Development Team Review 212

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Do you screen all of the documents on the marketplace, or how does that work? Jason Nazar: We screen the profiles, but we don't screen the content. We want to make sure the marketplace is for professional content, so we screen to make sure the seller is a professional or small business owner, or a startup or entrepreneur.

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Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2010

TechZulu is heading off to BlogWorld and New Media Expo October 14-16 where we will be reporting live and bringing you some of the biggest names in the tech industry along with all the keynote sessions. Also, the new iPad rumored for release in first quarter of 2011 to sport a 7-inch screen and a micro or mini USB port.

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Technical Review News Tips Screening 65

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2012

Over the past few months Boston Startup School and it’s founders have reviewed hundreds of applications for their first class all while working very hard to get to know each and every candidate. .” -says Shaun Johnson, Co-Founder and COO of Boston Startup School. Something a “corporate” job would not do.) great jobs.

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Education Startup Software Review Technical Review 86

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

At the big consulting firms, investment banks and established large technology companies we’re taught to produce long reports, make sure that every document is perfect quality and that every possible bit of diligence has been done. It says that you need to take due care in selecting team members. Good enough isn’t.

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Startup Technical Review Framework Entrepreneur 335

Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

Truth be told, your only path to some serious funding is perseverance and diligence in getting meetings and being prepared. To help you crush your next investor meeting, we asked top VCs and tech leaders to share their best pitch advice. Ready to test your pitch in front of top tech investors and industry leaders?

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Tips Help Slides Technical Review 70

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

They get positive product reviews on TechCrunch, GigaOm or Paidcontent.org. Keep on the radar screen – I know the VC’s seemed to love you when they met you. It’s marketing 101 for tech companies in terms of how you market to customers. They get their widgets embedded or their products piloted.

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Venture Capital Guide Startup Technical Review 309

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

It’s a promotional video for a technology company. We talk tech, get a reminder of GumGum’s goals, and get some additional info on what they’re working hard on. Ophir gives us a look into what’s going on in the ad-tech industry. ” Wait, what? And they do what? In-picture advertisements?

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Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. I later learned one of my biggest lesson in sales.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. I later learned one of my biggest lesson in sales.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2012

The voice technology enables a driver to dictate a phone call, an email or SMS, edit it or read (listen) and respond to emails and SMS texts received without the touch of a button or touch screen. The voice technology is expected to minimize distractions caused by mobile phones during driving. Driver’s speech into email or SMS.

Email 61

Email Technical Review Software Review Mobile 61

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Before booking a hotel I always check out Trip Advisor and read reviews. It’s hard for angels to assess whether or not to invest because they often have day jobs and can’t commit to the kind of due diligence that most VCs go through. When I want to go to restaurants I check out Zagat and Yelp. Go get your anchors.

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Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Terms “paradigm shift” or “disruptive technology” used more than once. In reality, fundamental changes in technology frighten away more customers than they attract, and take longer and more money to come to fruition than any investors wants to commit. Sales projections are less than one percent market penetration.

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Funding Startup Innocal Entrepreneur 98

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

Apple’s iPhone 7 is due out next month. So, going by the traditional schedule, the 2016 iPhone would have been a major refresh, perhaps helping to reverse this year’s slowdown in sales of iOS devices. The biggest change: no more headphone plug. Redesigned iPhones typically come out in even-numbered years. That sounds cool, but tricky.

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Software Review Screening Design Mobile 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

We are in the process of integrating into various point of sales and providing prefunded vouchers for the unbanked. We restrict money transfer to South Africa while we conclude our due diligence on international money transfer partners. We believe we have a disruptive technology that is the next big thing.

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

I was working hand-in-hand with my close friend and associate Stuart Lander who was running our UK office and with one of our local sales reps. Winning the contract meant that we would hit our quarterly revenue figure and be in good position for our annual sales target. I later learned one of my biggest lesson in sales.

Startup 151

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. We were high tech at the very start of the boom. Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic.

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Startup Email Technical Review Course 295

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. You can then begin your application to one or more of these organizations right on the same screen. Angel investors are people too. Keiretsu Forum.

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Angel Keiretsu Organization Template 102

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

While Lift and Uber allow people to request a pickup and ride from screen tested drivers to transport them and their friends safely to and from their destinations, Buddytruck fills a void that the ride-sharing services are sorely lacking, hauling of items. Unlike the two ride-sharing services, Buddytruk isn’t a ride-sharing service.

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FAQ Startup Technical Review Santa Monica 98

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

And as we know that means your device is with you at all times, is location aware, has advanced features such as a camera and accelerometer but also has the drawback of having short battery lives, slower bandwidth than our typical Internet consumption and importantly smaller physical screens / real estate for content. What does it do?

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

” while watching the screen and registering nothing. We discuss advertising, Vidzey’s story, technology, business, interns, and entertainment. I’m staring at my screen, and there they were. Is the technology even possible? We were reviewing the content and looking at the stats on viewership.

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Entertainment Advertising Startup Media 98

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

The New York Times recently ran an article titled, “ Tech Companies Leave Phone Calls Behind.” Tech Companies most certainly do take calls. Tech Companies & Calls: I once read a quote on Twitter that said, If you use a tech service for free then product is you. But this article missed the real trend.

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Mobile Technical Review Google Screening 311

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

You can then begin your application to one or more of these organizations right on the same screen. As a member of the selection committee on one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization.

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Angel Keiretsu Startup Template 48

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. We're now scaling up to the next stage, where we have that filter as we described, so that we can have an agency independently review content and allow producers to browse that content.

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Looking towards at the end of this year or early next year for our first outside seed round and plan out to build an Android and web version and do marketing and sales. The bigger screen, the better. Then there was an article about us and then reviews started coming in and that was just a triumphant moment for us.

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Startup Design Mobile Software Review 106

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. . Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Remember again that the three major steps to a sale are: Why buy anything?

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To say that the tech elite were cynical of Hulu’s launch would be an understatement , but by the time it launched just a few months later it was getting great reviews. We are entering the age of “second screen&# TV viewing. Tags: Tech Market Analysis.

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Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I want to know how many people, their level of tech sophistication, their age and their interests. And if we’re reflective, it’s also one of the most important success criteria for investors, senior executives, tech writers and virtually anybody involved in business leadership. So I thought I would. That’s a shame.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We as a country are suffering from what is known as “ structural unemployment &# where jobs have disappeared from certain segments forever due to technological or structural obsolescence. The housing market is not recovered : Sales in existing homes in the US fell 27.2% Such is the case with advanced batteries. We took $2.3

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343