Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe. I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Consumer spending is 70% of the economy and will continue to be stretched – We can look all we want at tech innovation, VC funding cycles and hot M&A deals, but ultimately growth and therefore investment must be underpinned by revenue. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. 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: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about. Do you have a custom algorithm or other technology? Accounting Beyond reviewing transactions, what accounting support do you need?

Develop 520

Develop Development Technical Review SEO 520

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

so compelling (other than the fact that the CEO Sean Rad is a great young technology leader and his advisers – Brian Norgard , Dan Gould and Evan Rifkin - are some of the guys I respect most in the LA tech market.). Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia).

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I was an early user of Quora and like all new technologies they take a bit of playing with them for a while, discussing them with others and reflecting on them to let them sink in. What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.).

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2013

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. This smart phone app places all your contact information into a single QR code image. That doesn’t address social networks and other lists you may have.

Software Review 99

Software Review Social Network Email Google 99

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2011

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. Here’s the latest technology. Of course, you both need to have compatible smart phones with the software already downloaded. Commercial software.

Technical Review 83

Technical Review Technology Software Review Social Network 83

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We've been two years in development, and are excited to provide a revolutionary platform for web sites, blogs, and social sites to create and grow their international business. Help us understand your technology--is this focused on the automated language translation technology, or on the process of localizing a web site?

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. We spoke with CEO and founder, Dr. Dmitri Williams , on how a collection of data scientists ended up in the online, social, and mobile gaming industry, and how the company is turning those petabytes of data into what''s important for companies: money.

Metrics 166

Metrics Software Review Research Startup 166

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Young people naively enter their pictures and personal data for fun on social networking sites, ignoring constant feedback from the media that these are bad practices.

Customer 137

Customer Custom Technical Review Symantec 137

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. With 28 Million Users by December 2012 Pinterest commands a huge social network that’s the population of New York City, three and a half times over.

Sales 101

Sales Technical Review Marketing Technology 101

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”. This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network,” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”. This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. Zumbox was essentially the USPS online, where we had networked street addresses so that email cloud flow online the same way as it did offline.

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

The firm recently relocated its headquarters from Hawaii, and we talked with Rob about why someone might need the service, how it's different from the scores of social networking sites on the web, and what problem it's trying to solve. There are so many social networking sites, how do you define what's relevant?

Social Network 147

Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). We told the horror story of the company that originally owned the URL groupon.com and lost it due to not having a trademark. &# A: Yes.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Young people naively enter their pictures and personal data for fun on social networking sites, ignoring constant feedback from the media that these are bad practices.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or angel investors in Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Young people naively enter their pictures and personal data for fun on social networking sites, ignoring constant feedback from the media that these are bad practices.

Startup 94

Startup Technical Review Social Network News 94

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. We spoke with CEO and founder, Dr. Dmitri Williams , on how a collection of data scientists ended up in the online, social, and mobile gaming industry, and how the company is turning those petabytes of data into what''s important for companies: money.

Metrics 113

Metrics Software Review Research Startup 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

As we know, developers always give their product a code name. Rob and Lance made multiple business trips to the USA and UK in order to understand the offerings and strategy of existing payment providers, social networks, banks and financial service providers. How safe are money transfers or online purchases on social networks?

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2013

As fast as life moves, technology moves even faster. Especially on the local level, and especially when it comes to embracing technology. They need a government that is more open, more available; a government that speaks their technological language. Technology moves fast. Government, in contrast, does not move quickly.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Software Review CIO Web Design 105

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Young people naively enter their pictures and personal data for fun on social networking sites, ignoring constant feedback from the media that these are bad practices.

Startup 85

Startup Technical Review Social Network News 85

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2010

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Young people naively enter their pictures and personal data for fun on social networking sites, ignoring constant feedback from the media that these are bad practices.

Entrepreneur 85

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Network News 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. The list goes on and on.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Comparison shopping is great when you are out and about looking for the best deals on a product or even looking for reviews. However, I catch myself wondering about the reviews on occasion. For all I know this could be an intern working for the product maker going around putting up great reviews for a crappy product.

Software Review 58

Software Review Social Media Social Network Product 58

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. We spoke with CEO and founder, Dr. Dmitri Williams , on how a collection of data scientists ended up in the online, social, and mobile gaming industry, and how the company is turning those petabytes of data into what''s important for companies: money.

Metrics 100

Metrics Software Review Research Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. The list goes on and on.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Young people naively enter their pictures and personal data for fun on social networking sites, ignoring constant feedback from the media that these are bad practices.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Symantec Social Network News 78

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2012

One Giant 420,000-Square-Foot Room for Code. The social networking giant has not disclosed the amount it has set aside for the 420,000-square-foot building at its Menlo Park, California campus or how much Frank Gehry is cashing in on this deal. However according to Mark working with Frank Gehry will actually save Facebook money.

Software Review 74

Software Review Design Santa Monica Social Network 74

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2010

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. I found dozens of software packages available on the Internet for free download, or a nominal price. The scan hardware here is required for all software solutions.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Technology Software Review Social Network 48

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Social networks. They became popular for socializing, but now are prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Wikipedia started this, but it is also used for technical support, software, and product reviews. You are now reading one of 50 million out there already.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging 89

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2012

The startup has come up with an app now fully integrated with the giant social network and can be used to comment ,like, tag, browse through events, statuses, comments or swipe through videos as you rank them relevant or unwanted without leaving Facebook. The startup, loui Apps was founded in Berlin late last year. So why Gabi?

Social Network 89

Social Network Startup CTO Coach Social Media 89

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

To examine disruptive technology and prognosticate on the effects on society as a whole is fascinating. PayDivvy according to CEO Mike Melby is: “the first and only social bill pay solution. PayDivvy provides a smarter way to manage bills by allowing you to pay, send and share bills…simply and socially…via web or mobile.

Conference 96

Conference Orange County Technical Review Software Review 96