Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2020

a leading researcher on consumer behavior and the impact of digital, reports that decision makers, social media users, and younger demographics are more and more comfortable sharing data in order to close the gap between thought and action. In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D., No-comfort consumers – 17 percent.

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JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Buying the Kik messaging platform adds another social media weapon to the arsenal for MediaLab and its chief executive, Michael Heyward. Whisper’s last round was a $36 million Series C back in 2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible. business entrepreneur investment IPO social media startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Scott, just published a new book that I like,” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. Social-media advertising. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/1/2014. One of these experts, David T. business David T.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

a leading researcher on consumer behavior and the impact of digital, reports that decision makers, social media users, and younger demographics are more and more comfortable sharing data in order to close the gap between thought and action. In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D., No-comfort consumers – 17 percent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2014

The smartphone brought a lot of Instagram and Vine feeds to the world of social media. Also, from the application you can snap images and do basic editing of the video which can be uploaded to social media.”. 360 in October 2014 and offers a discount code to those signed up for their newsletter. The post V.360

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

With the advent of social media and the pervasive move to smartphones, even customers who still prefer to purchase in brick-and-mortar stores have dramatically changed their shopping habits. If you refuse to play by their rules, they have the power to easily find alternatives, and actively pull other potential customers away.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Represent was founded in 2014. Represent operates e-commerce sites for celebrity clients, and counts such clients as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ed Sheeran, Jennifer Lopez, and Kendall Jenner, among many others. Cameo--worth now over $1 bihllion--is backed by Amazon, Google, UTA, and others.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

This is especially true in a booming market (like 2014) where PR firms can charge premiums and be super selective about whom they work with. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Exciting new technologies these days range from the easier to use social media software platforms I see almost every week, to new transportation models, like consumer space travel and hydrogen fuel autos. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/12/2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/26/2014. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself. The timing of cashflow is everything. burn rate business cashflow entrepreneur investor startup'

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

Naritiv was part of the 2014 Disney Accelerator class, and says it has been working with such brands as Freeform, Coca Cola, Fox, Marriott, Sphero, and Redken/L'OREAL on Snapchat campaigns. The funding was led by Third Wave Digital and Allen DeBevoise and also included Disney and Luminari Capital. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

This is a whole new world for startups seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well social media trend challenges. The challenge is to increase response rates and propagate a single view of the customer, by integrating customer data from multiple Web and social media interactions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social-media marketing and ecommerce technologies. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/8/2014. Although technology is getting more pervasive in business, it’s not rocket science. Are you there?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social platforms such as Slack and Trello. 57 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2019, up 4 million since 2014. In the U.S., Freelancers now make up 35% of U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso is credited with coining the term in the title of her 2014 memoir, “#Girlboss,” which chronicled her rags-to-riches success and was adapted into a Netflix show. It’s more of a mockery,” said Isa Watson , founder and CEO of social media app Squad. Please stop using the word Girlboss thank you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social platforms such as Slack and Trello. 58 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2021, up 5 million since 2014. In the U.S., Freelancers now make up 36% of U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/28/2014. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

.); the actors Uzo Aduba, America Ferrera, Jennifer Garner, Eva Longoria, and Lily Singh and former US Women’s National Team players including Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, Rachel Buehler, Shannon Boxx, Amanda Cromwell, Abby Wambach, Lauren Cheney Holiday; social media stuntman Casey Neistat, and more.

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MARCH 7, 2015

For two plus decades, Steve has been a pillar of the LA startup community leading innovations in Internet, mobile, social media, app development, eCommerce, and now, digital currency technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

Certainly, I’m not recommending just one more Facebook, with a couple of features from Twitter, since social media has an unlimited potential for innovation. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/21/2014. Don’t be intimidated by the negative image that imitation currently has in the startup world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2014

A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 5/22/2014. Tie use of funds to real traction milestones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/24/2014. Yet credible reports on current trends tell us just the opposite.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/20/2014. Be a visible and available expert in your domain. You are the ultimate critical success factor for your business.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. Brock’s project in December 2013 that we would see half a billion dollars in investments for 2014. Setting Up 2014. Bitcoin specific job boards.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2014

There are a wealth of tools available today, relying on social media and marketing, to create or foster the market your company needs. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/29/2014. “It’s now obvious that there is no market for what I created.” Big markets never spring up fully grown out of the ether. “My

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2014

2014 Wavemaker Award recipients are: Hang Ten Award: Advertising & Marketing Services. Party Wave Award – Social Media, Content and Distribution. “The startups have so much potential and we’re really eager to see how they will continue to push the culture of global technology forward. Hitesh Chawla, CEO. Silver Push.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. No company has more value control points than Google, which spans advertising, e-commerce, social media, video and mobile, as well as a full suite of hardware products. Look for value points to control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Its only been in the last 10 years that social-media companies, such as Facebook and Twitter, have achieved market valuations in billions of dollars, while clearly sacrificing revenue to gain users. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/1/2014. entrepreneur revenue startup user count'

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group or opinion survey. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/15/2014. These are also important for your product positioning in the competitor section of your business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

As outlined by Adam Holden-Bache recently on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. Beyond mobile phones, the same concepts can be applied to embedded systems, portable navigation devices, and laptops.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Social-media vehicles, including Twitter and LinkedIn, allow interactions with hundreds of people, or one on one, without the pressure of your leadership role. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 12/12/2014. Interact with customers in a non-pressure situation. burden business entrepreneur leadership startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/31/2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This year’s TZ #startupforecast (Jan 28, 2014) was no exception. In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. 2014 looks to be the year of emerging technologies (wearables, bitcoin, etc.)

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