TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. — Balaji S. .

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Startup Chief Technology Officer Social Media 144

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In addition, the discipline of producing it, like writing a business plan, will help you immensely in understanding the key elements that drive you and your business. I often hear the excuse that writing a book takes precious time away from building and running your business, which you cannot afford.

Writing 19

Writing Technical Review Entrepreneur Advertising 19

TechEmpower

MAY 17, 2013

Additionally, we have added a new test type focused on writes, wherein a variable number of database updates are executed per request. MySQL with MyISAM was substantially faster at writes than with InnoDB, but the official Round 5 results are using InnoDB. This is Round 5, but it''s only the first round with Windows results.

Framework 524

Framework EC2 Web Writing 524

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We own the celebrity birthday niche--we''re first in Google for searching for celebrity birthdays on every day of the year. For example, the most popular people born in Texas, the most popular people who are Geminis, the most popular people for each profession--like the most popular comedian or most popular country singer.

Google 236

Google Sites Startup Web 236

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2010

I next write a paragraph to describe what I mean by each comment. I then make sure to flavor it with examples that I have throughout the year. If you don’t have a single example of an instance that proves your point then leave it out. Shame on you for having an area of strength or weakness without a real example.

Startup 297

Startup Writing Examples News 297

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. Type “personal financial management&# into Google. Write out the topic and maybe even the blog title. Absofuckinglutely.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy, how would your 2004 book, Art Of The Start , differ, if you were writing it today? If I were writing the book today, there would be a whole chapter or two…about how to use Facebook and Twitter. I think Google+ is a great, great mechanism for enchanting people.”. He is a great example of…building an enchanting company.

Santa Barbara 262

Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

The company went from a venture backed high tech startup to an IPO as a publicly traded firm, and over its time has battled the perception of being a "content farm", suffered through Google and its Panda update, and now has emerged as a major content partner for Google, via YouTube. Can you explain that process? eHow Spark!

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I started with the hosted version and then migrated to an installed version so I could use Google Analytics and some other products. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. You then need a URL.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example. ” Here are some examples: 1. This industry is so mature now that the cat-and-mouse game between companies and Google has gotten sophisticated.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and Instagram leads as the top social media app for teens. Communication and writing skills are required. Heavy texting experience is not a qualification for communicating via social media.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Invest Platform 79

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2016

In my experience, there is no magic gene involved, just simple good habits executed consistently and convincingly until everyone around you wants to follow your example. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.2 He is always looking ahead. Drive innovation.

Examples 76

Examples Startup Coach Patents 76

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. The world is filled with doubters who say that things can’t be done and then pronounce after the fact that they “knew it all along.&# Look at Google. You no longer work for Google, Oracle, Salesforce.com or McKinsey where everybody calls you back.

Entrepreneur 338

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Google 338

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

If you think about it, in a multi-player game, for example, you have a very limited vocabulary for interaction. For example, if I were to have a room full of bouncing balls, we couldn't share that today because of the amount of information involved. In the real world, you pick up an object, and you can hand it to seomeone else.

Platform 168

Platform Startup Examples Web 168

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

We talked about a lot of great stuff in the video including how to do sales calls and a how a new “culture of writing&# is emerging as a critical skill set in business today. We also talked about why Jon decided to leave Google to become an EIR at a VC firm (Polaris) – minute 33. “How-to&# guides work well.

Buzzfeed 354

Buzzfeed Content Tips Blogging 354

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. Richard coincidentally cites Mike Yavondite’s Qiigo as an example; Mike was a guest on TWIVC later that day. Google Ad Sense was just getting going. An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company. But Google is still showing great financial performance.

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We also have live lab sessions, which we run through Google+ Hangouts, which mirror the school education experience. YouTube has a player which works in Google hangouts, so they can instantly screen your work or your pitch, and you can get instant feedback that way. We wanted to replicate that experience online. What's your background?

Web 187

Web Content Startup Education 187

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent. I notice, for example, that some CEO’s on Twitter never do anything but parrot their companies news. I write on my blog how I think in my head.

Startup 349

Startup Writing Press Blogging 349

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A One example is driving, which has an actual physiological reason it makes you creative. The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. What exactly is visualization?

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2012

In my experience, there is no magic gene involved, just simple good habits executed consistently and convincingly until everyone around you in a startup wants to follow your example. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.4 He is always looking ahead.

Startup 104

Startup Examples Entrepreneur Ideas 104

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

For example, a startup may hire you as an accountant, but you may also be asked to do social media marketing content gearing towards finance for the company blog. Now, you’re handling payroll and doing writing as well. You may even discover that you enjoy writing more than crunching numbers. Startups are hiring.

Startup 102

Startup Social Media Writing Google 102

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

For example, if you want to match the people being returned as friends on one system and look them up on another system, there's no common identifier across systems. I'm sure this is obvious to Google and it's partners, but until this happens, don't get too excited about what interoperability means.

Writing 150

Writing Platform Sites Google 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Here is an example from pw0ncakes. Here is a n example from Brerrabbit , whoever that is. I CERTAINLY opened myself up to attack by writing my original blog post about job hoppers with some incendiary language and tone. One prominent YCombintor graduate CEO said, “Hacker News [can be] somewhat out of control. Ad hominem.

News 258

News Tips Blogging Writing 258

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd. Use strong communication and writing skills. In additional to strong journalistic writing and storytelling, you need business acumen, strategic thinking and planning, and the ability to do the right research.

Social Media 58

Social Media Media Platform Tool 58

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and Instagram leads as the top social media app for teens. Communication and writing skills are required. Heavy texting experience is not a qualification for communicating via social media.

Social Media 66

Social Media Media Tips Platform 66

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. I wrote an example of why this matters when meeting VCs but it’s true of all exec. You need to know how to write good & action oriented emails.

Venture Capital 389

Venture Capital Email Startup Conference 389

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

I’m largely talking about whether to use an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and to some extent, how much to rely on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers or write your own application components. For example, IaaS providers will give you raw infrastructure like compute and storage resources.

SaaS 90

SaaS Framework Resource Google 90

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Jordan Glazier: For example, say you have a friend coming to San Diego, and they ask you where they should stay. Using travel as an example, we already are partners with all of the travel partners you could imagine, such as Hotels.com, Booking.com, Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, Priceline, etc. What does that look like?

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

In my experience, there is no magic gene involved, just simple good habits executed consistently and convincingly until everyone around you in a startup wants to follow your example. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.2 He is always looking ahead.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Examples Ideas 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and the fading MySpace is for tweens and creative types. Communication and writing skills are required. Get familiar with current social media tools, such as Google Analytics, SproutSocial, and HootSuite analytics.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. If you want to see that discussion it is here and its especially fun because we also debated Google Groups, which went on (after the interview) to buy Dmitry’s company so he now works there.

Technical Review 329

Technical Review Blogging Examples Startup 329

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

On myfab5, people rank their favorite places instead of giving them star ratings and write bite-sized reviews instead of writing long reviews. When talking to review site users, we found the top two reasons people don’t write reviews is because it takes too long and it is confusing. Any competition?

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. If you're doing freelance writing, have a story you're trying to sell, there's a whole process of finding out where you're doing well, not doing well, and what responses you have received.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Over the past 12 months, I've had roughly 284,000 people come visit that site and get exposed to things I write. Be interested in what they write. Plan out how you will interact with what they are writing. I looked at a couple of specific examples, where I ask for help from my followers. Get to know them. Choose wisely.

Social Media 222

Social Media Services Media Blogging 222

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

One of the hardest things about being a blogger is drawing that line between being a business owner and writing for passion. Most bloggers wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to make a full time income from writing their blog. Who are you writing to…What are their fears, their dreams, their lifestyles? Write your content.

Blogging 83

Blogging Email Writing Sites 83

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

We can all point to examples of successful entrepreneurs who dropped out of college, but still went on to make a big impact. It also shows that survival prospects are higher if the owner has at least four years of college, like Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, and Andrew Mason of Groupon. It's a huge opportunity to learn early.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Course Education 105