Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 3, 2013

With so many different cell-phones in the marketplace, it may be hard to determine which mobile device best suits you. with a two-year service agreement beginning May 10. with a two-year service agreement beginning May 10. Android Apps & Software Gadgets AT&T HTC One LG Mobile Optimus G Pro s4' 3,140 mAh Battery.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling your consulting service or a few products (as an alternative to eBay): Go online to reserve a website domain name.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SocialStay is: "An easy to set up & manage mobile platform designed for the hospitality industry. Month by month, the hospitality business is sorting out how mobile plays a role in increasing revenue and driving loyalty. Write it down…. It drives revenue & engages guests."

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I do energy and materials investment, Internet investing, digital media investing, and financial services investing. We can also write checks as large as $35M out of the Omega Fund. Fouad ElNaggar: I think that what we offer to companies is a different level of service, even at the early stage, than super angels can provide.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

However, Los Angeles-based Postcard On The Run (www.postcardontherun.com) is trying to recapture that sense of value of physical photographs, with its new service, which turns digital photos into postcards. For those who haven't used your service, what does it do? We allow them to use our SDK to implement our service in their app.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

This biotech company developed Xplore-PATHO as a service to test samples for the presence of pathogens – everything from bacteria and DNA virus to parasites and fungus – in a single test. Beast Mobile (Kirkland, WA). In collaboration with Marshawn Lynch, the cofounders are planning on making cell phone service free.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. Mark then talked about Crittercism, a mobile feedback solution. How did the idea for Meebo version 3, the web-based IM service, come about?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2012

We are here to be part of that movement and help making music creation, distribution and consumption easier, more mobile and user friendly. ( Malte: Disruptive, open and transparent, social, active, insomniac, positively aggressive. I think I speak for many when I say, we are ready.).

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. How do you use LinkedIn?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. What made Twitter unique was the infrastructure and psychology that coincided with the rise of mobile text messaging. In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms. The noise volume was just too high.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Michael Schneider – CEO of Mobile Roadie. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

James Citron – Outspoken , pioneering the combination of mobile messaging and advertisements. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. Anima Sarah Lavoy – Connect , Geo locational convenience for your social networks.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2010

mDNIe(Mobile Digital Natural Image engine). SOCIAL HUB. Integrates SMS, Social Network Services, email, and calendar accounts. Swype, Write & Go. In addition to the standard video formats that mobile devices are able to play the Samsung Galaxy S also supports DivX and Xvid. ANDROID SAMSUNG UI.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. If one vocal person blurts out, “just give us the details, we all know social networking&# don’t assume that person speaks for the entire room.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.)

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

We hired a head of technology, a head of customer service, a head of marketing, a head of strategy (which no startup should ever hire) a CFO and, ugh, 33 developers. On the other hand, I had never had to do the detailed work to get an intuitive feel for what customers wanted or how to train and service them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. How could it be when they always have “schlocky” ads or PSAs (public service announcements). Online text book rental service. Online radio music service. Social network app developer and ad network.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). .

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Asymmetric – Before Twitter most social networks had “symmetric” relationships meaning that when somebody wanted to follow you, you had to follow them back in order for us to be connected. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. Twitter is a valuable and unique service. Not so on Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I believe that this is a major new area of growth & innovation for the Internet as Cloud Services start to form deeper & richer layers. I’m not covering the actual layers of the Internet (under the OSI model) but rather the Cloud Services layer. Let me explain. I’m just listed who I perceive as the market leaders.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Video will be inextricably linked to the future of the Internet and consumption between PCs, mobile devices and TVs will merge. Note that I didn’t say there will be total “convergence&# – but I believe the services will inter-operate. Imagine how much mobile telco money still exists in meat & potatoes.

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