Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The nuts and bolts of our tech company is that CMS in the middle, the connection engine. When I went full-time, I did not have the full-time support on the tech side I wanted. So, I have no tech support right now. Which I have shown to do, but anybody who invests in tech, invests in team. It’s a huge challenge for me.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Snap reported revenues of $404.48M in revenues for the year ended 2016, and total costs and expenses of $924.86M--much of that due to the huge increase in staffing for the company.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Southern California Venice Technical Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Reviewing financial & operational performance. By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.

Startup 325

Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Xconomy

DECEMBER 19, 2017

And while organizations may be paying a higher ransom, the cost of these attacks are going down, due to artificial intelligence tools making these campaigns infinitely easier. Cyber attackers see that organizations are willing to pay the ransom, so they’ve upped their asking price.

Social Media 82

Social Media Artificial Inteligence Media Technical Review 82

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. It’s worth a quick read. My argument is pretty simple. But it wasn’t to be.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

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). Use your knowledge of evolving needs and technology to add more value than competitors, and introduce clients to each other to build partnerships.

Social Media 56

Social Media Pricing Technical Review Demand 56

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2016

I was reminded of this yesterday watching my friend Justin Kan on Snapchat with this 10-second reminder, “No matter how much you raise at your company you’ll end up spending it in 12–24 months” https://medium.com/media/8594cb16d022a083932b0f3d60b79ebd/href I would probably amend it to say 12–18 months.

Startup 292

Startup Software Review Pricing Entrepreneur 292

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. We always look like it’s only fun in our Instagram photos, don’t we? Year in, year out.

Software Review 150

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2015

On the one hand it denied Facebook from enormous amounts of web traffic that Google controlled at the time but in the longer-run due to network effects of social networks it made Facebook significantly more powerful. What are the chances that SnapChat or WhatsApp would emerge without getting crushed like a bug?

Startup 150

Startup Google Software Review Snapchat 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. He wanted to bring the same level of technology focus and energy that Mayor Bloomberg had brought to New York City.

Riot Games 191

Riot Games Los Angeles Technical Review Venture Capital 191

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

My blog has always been a mixture of what was on my mind and a blend of venture, startup life, tech views and current society events that related to my interests: Venture, startup & tech. And when the tides turned towards more inclusiveness I cheered it on whether it was on this blog or through Twitter / Facebook / Snapchat.

Startup 197

Startup Blogging Technical Review Writing 197