InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2014

It was a rather hapless soul who was seeking my help networking within Santa Barbara''s startup community. In the fifteen minutes that we chatted, the caller made some shocking networking mistakes. During our email exchange before our call, I had to ask the caller what he wanted. Fortunately, this particular call was brief.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Operations over at Culver City-based Sony Pictures have apparently been completely shut down by a hacker, who apparently hacked into and disabled the company''s corporate network. Sony Pictures employees are apparently unable to access their corporate email or any computers. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2019

Photo by Juliette F on Unsplash Networking is a critical part of relationship building and there is no event more valuable to building relationships than the proverbial “breaking of bread” with people. You should allow a period for general networking, a chance to eat your first bites of food and some casual catch ups. It matters.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 29, 2014

They get pissed off if a senior executive at Google doesn’t take a meeting with them, if people are late to their meetings or if they have emails that are unreturned. The 70% of entrepreneurs that simply can’t get past an un-responded-to email. Well, for starters you need to be a great networker.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

However, Mobigirl Media (www.mobigirlmedia.com), a new mobile advertising network, is looking to change that by specifically creating an ad network focused on girls. Jennifer Noonan: Mobigirl Media is the only mobile ad network targeting girls. We''re not the first mobile ad network. What are you all about?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

There is no skill more vital to an entrepreneur than effective networking. You can’t build your business alone, and networking is the best way to open doors, professionally and personally. In business networking settings, it’s not very memorable to talk only about business. Networking and relationship building should be fun.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group?

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Design Challenge In this particular web site, we needed to get the user's email (and password). Mahalo offers you the choice of sign-up / registration via a host of social networks (powered by JanRain). They tell you the other option is to provide your email and password. Email Address. It grabs your email.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Grindr, one of the world’s largest dating and social networking apps for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed anyone to hijack and take control of any user’s account using only their email address. users, including their private messages and HIV status.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2017

The impact of the hack over at HBO is getting worse, as hackers--demanding a multimillion dollar ransom-- has released the email addresses and phone numbers of the stars of Game Of Thrones, plus other personal data--saying they have much more data from HBO's corporate network.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

And it applies to business relationships & networking as much as it does to remuneration in the workplace. I see it on email even more. But less as a complaint and more as advice to younger networkers, the more you invest in relationships the more you will get when you need. Jason Nazar is a master networker.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. For the first time in history content producers can build a direct relationship with views through subscribers, email addresses and mobile phone number.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

How did Sarah Penna create one of YouTube''s most successful networks? As noted in YouTubers Come Of Age , YouTube has progressed from its initial incarnation as a repository of random videos to a number of vertically focused, professionally managed networks. which evolved into the biggest YouTube network, called Maker Studios. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 10, 2011

And as I’ve written about in the past, I truly believe that Twitter networks are significantly different from other social networks. For me, when I use Twitter on my Blackberry I email the Tweet to my gmail account and I read them later. How do you deal with this scenario?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. It’s why many talent agencies or ad networks struggle to get scale advantages.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

ParkMe operates an online service to provide real-time parking data to smartphone users; Nimble aggregates email, social networks, contacts, and calendar into a single online CRM system; Quarterly sends out a subscription-based gift from influencers; BeachMint operates a network of celebrity e-commerce sites; Dollar Shave Club is the subscription, (..)

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Outgoing, full of creative ideas, and certainly the best person to teach us how, here is Kim on networking… By Kim Shepherd . Networking with others you want to meet is second nature to some, but it fills others with dread. After all, networking is much more than cocktail parties and trading business cards.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Here’s my advice: A got an email from a young, super bright entrepreneur today. He responded by emailing the COO and asking him to lunch. I get emails all the time from people asking me on a first date and saying, “how about if I buy you dinner.” A guy I would love to work with – maybe even hire myself.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 20, 2017

We asked him about building relationships and advice for founders needing to expand their network. What is one practical tip you’d give a young entrepreneur who is just setting out to build a professional network? There is no better network builder than providing value. What was your biggest networking faux pas?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Then I get people sending me Twitter comments, blog comments and tons & tons of email intros. Be energetic, be very brief, get my contact details (if I don’t have a card ask politely whether you can have my email address to send me a pitch deck) and by all means make sure you follow up. 80% of the people never do.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

At The Pool , the Los Angeles-based social networking site focused on helping locals meet other locals, said Wednesday that it has launched a major, new site redesign, including adding the ability for local groups to create their own "pools".

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

They generated an enormous amount of inbound leads through PR, email blasts and heavy efforts with analysts such as Gartner Group, IDC, Aberdeen Group, etc. If you’re not ready to buy then you go into an email database. Your goal as a website is to elicit my email address out of me with as little else required as possible.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Nimble's web-based software lets users track all of their interaction with a customer or client, including emails, social networking activity, phone calls, and more. Nimble--which is led by CRM software vet Jon Ferrara--said that the new enhancements lets users pull in external data, such as maps, invoices, news, and much more.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 24, 2014

You can subscribe to the Bothsides TV YouTube channel as well – you’ll get an email update when we post new videos. Amit is amongst the best liked and most admired tech professional in Los Angeles and has a network that extends nationwide. Follow @BothsidesTV. Here is episode 1 with Amit Kapur, CEO of Gravity.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Email Address Almost every startup wants and needs email as a means of notifying users. In the meantime, I will say that most startups will want to have an email address for users. do not provide access to the email address. But I’ll still capture email and establish a separate password.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 7, 2011

Commenting on topical blogs is a form of topical social networking in the same way that Quora is. Disqus emails me when somebody puts a comment on the blog or when I put a comment on somebody else’s Disqus blog and if somebody responds to me. Disqus is a “social network at the blog or topic level&# in the say that Quora is.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2013

Nimble is led by Jon Ferrara, and offers up a service that helps users better track their contacts, customers, sales prospects, and more, and communicate with them via email, social networks, and more. The company's list of startup accelerators include LaunchpadLA, MuckerLab, and many others. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MAY 6, 2022

Deliverr ships over one million orders monthly and gaining its network will more than double the size of Shopify’s fulfillment team. Get the latest news delivered to your inbox faster than Shopify's fulfilment network. Please fill in your email. The post Shopify Just Bought the Deliverr Shipping Network for $2.1

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Berkonomics

JUNE 19, 2014

And in all cases, simply sending in an executive summary of the business plan via email or filling in an application for funding on a website lowers the chance of success to near nil. Create time to network with members of these groups at their public events. Spend time finding your champion. Seek out names from your trusted sources.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2013

The startup, led by Andy Wilson, said it has created a big-data driven system to analyze a user's professional relationship, and helps organize and syncrhonize contact data, emails, meetings, and phone calls. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

In his early career he realized the importance of email lists. He would do anything he could to capture people’s email addresses because he knew that they served as a valuable tool for future marketing purposes. His email list became his power. He would occasionally give away free music in exchange for email addresses.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Nimble said that Vallade had headed up the 40-plus digital media team building websites and mobile apps for FOXSports.com, FOX.com, AmericanIdol.com and other Fox Network Group digital properties. Nimble's online tool helps users track their personal contacts and interactions across email, real life, and social sites. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

After we typed the first two letters from our computer room at UCLA, namely, “Lo” for “Login,” the network crashed. When my team of graduate students and I sent the first message over the internet on a warm Los Angeles evening in October, 1969, little did we suspect that we were at the start of a worldwide revolution.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

As VCs we’re inundated with emails from founders, friends, colleagues, angels, seed investors, VCs, law firms, venture banks, corporates and so forth with their favorite deals. What I’m saying is that you can’t spend all of your time in email working your inbox. ” What do I mean? It’s inbound.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The moderator asked the question, “if an entrepreneur writes an email to a VC and doesn’t hear back what should they do?&# This VC responded, “Move on. If you fold at the first un-returned email what hope to you have as an entrepreneur? I emailed him back with my bona fides and made the case again.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2011

” And then you can build email lists and market video content to your fans in the same way Gilt Groupe markets its clothes to its end consumers, making it an insanely scalable business. They are now the largest independent network who produce in-house videos and distribute them. Sound familiar?

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