Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

Invest 99

Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. We then spoke about startups.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

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. MLState - has created OPA (One Pot Application), a new development architecture for building social networks, games, etc.

Incubator 40

Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

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. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

What we've done, is for authentication, we have created a way to have a unique password to give you access to a web site very time. It has nine pictures or more on screen, and in each location there are pictures that contain pictures from your category or have different letters in different locations.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The only con with the web application is that it can’t be used offline. Tips: Download the mobile app and put it on your home screen. HootSuite (Social Networking): Application to consolidate all of your social networking into one place (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Yammer, etc.).

Tool 112

Tool Tips Yammer Organization 112

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

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). Last week I was having coffee with an ex engineering student of mine now on his second startup (and for a change it wasn’t a Web 2.0 It’s also the wrong answer.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

These offers that you see on every social network and Craigslist are invariably scams. To stem the tide, the web giant Google late last year launched a legal battle against more than 50 companies that allegedly infringe upon the Google name to promote "work-from-home" scams. The problem is getting worse.

Startup 95

Startup Google Social Network Screening 95

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. Professionals can keep in contact with another, without their personal life getting in the way.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Filmaka is the creation of Deepak Nayar who is the producer of films such as Buena Vista Social Club and Bend it Like Beckham. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). means specifically one thing. WoW is their home base.”

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2010

A bright and beautiful screen thanks to the Super AMOLED display. SOCIAL HUB. Integrates SMS, Social Network Services, email, and calendar accounts. Web Browsing on the Galaxy S. The on board web browser made it easy to surf the net. The Samsung Galaxy S definitely deserves a double take at the least.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Screening RSS Web 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

Here’s my experience, my “ah ha&# moment and why I think, although still nascent, it’s one of the most powerful websites on the web right now. Obviously it is build on a social network “follow people&# model that is asymmetric like Twitter. really understand it. New followers.

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Once that a product has made that initial screen, we look further, to make sure it's also cost effective and easy to live with. For lack of a better word, it's really social shopping--not in the way of using social networking to drive sales, but because moms are social, to allow them to share information regularly online.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Of that smartphone internet time, mobile apps take up 86% of usage and only 14% access time via the mobile web. It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings. Google followed immediately and introduced Android.

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Your measurements are automatically sent via wi-fi to the cloud and stored in a password protected portal viewed on the web or on your iPhone. Social networking meets online personal health management. It’s a wi-fi enabled scale that measures your weight, body fat and BMI (body mass index). But wait, there’s more !

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking. When using the Handjob app , users must shake the app up and down or side to side and out pops a pre-screened job applicant. All presentations were of extremely high quality and teams did a killer job.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2015

A survey by the Webs Small Business Digital Trends revealed that 63% of small business owners are using digital strategies in their overall marketing efforts. Social media is a favorite among small business owners. However, social networking sites also have rules. Photo courtesy of Tom Pugsley via Pinterest.

Guide 40

Guide Social Media Content Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 176

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. He is currently CEO of ThisWeekIn.com , a web television network he co-founded with Jason Calacanis and comedian/actor Kevin Pollak. Kaye Popofsky Kramer – Founder of Step Up Women’s Network.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

While Google stopped Facebook in their tracks when they built a social networking company. And Facebook stomped out Twitter from building an open social network. Skype is an amazing web company. It was about freeing up content to be displayed on big screens regardless of the source or content type.

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Google Press Marketing Content 325

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. It’s tempting to want to stay in your offices and fund raise via email or web conferencing. Determine how to get access to them.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

We put all of this infrastructure in an Exodus web hosting facility and had to pay for rack space, bandwidth and some management services if a disk failed, for example. It’s the input screens where we enter data or search requests. No wonder people had to raise $5 million just to get started back then. We raised $16.5

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The “second screen&# – One of the most exciting developments in television & media to me will be “second screen&# technologies built initially on iPads and extended to the plethora of devices we’ll see over the next 3-5 years. Will we discover stuff through second-screen apps?

Content 386

Content Google Media Hulu 386