Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2010

I must be the only one who believes that most of the “watching” in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy. Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street.

Technical Review 212

Technical Review Entrepreneur Internet Social Network 212

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2012

With another list of the Top 10 Internet Scams and more identity theft , there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. The opportunity is to take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

Technical Review 214

Technical Review Startup Social Network Software Review 214

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2011

The result is we can’t find that key name and phone number quickly when we really need them. 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. That doesn’t address social networks and other lists you may have.

Technical Review 209

Technical Review Technology Software Review Social Network 209

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly Users were outraged. “The Internet is free, you can’t make money off it! So PPC (pay-per-click) advertising on social networks has performed poorly to date.

Technical Review 286

Technical Review Advertising Early Stage Internet 286

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

If you have a unique creation or invention, 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 a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. The cost of entry has never been lower.

Hosting 248

Hosting Bootstrapping .Net Social Network 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

I continue to believe that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

Security 195

Security Technical Review Social Network Software Review 195

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

No matter how talented you are, it doesn’t matter unless managers can see those talents and think of you as an invaluable employee, or a game-changing manager, or the person whose name is synonymous with success. With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way.

Startup 331

Startup Technical Review Social Network Reputation 331

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.

Startup 252

Startup eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping 252

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. This is simple in concept, but requires real effort and can be time consuming, and even expensive, if someone gets there before you and tries to sell you the rights to your preferred business or personal domain name. Professional directories.

Reputation 248

Reputation Affiliate Technical Review Social Network 248

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 Internet usage a decade ago was less than 1 hour per day and was restricted to narrowband communications.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

If you have a unique creation or invention, 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 a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. The cost of entry has never been lower.

Cost 220

Cost Startup Hosting Bootstrapping 220

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2014

The result is we can’t find key names and phone numbers quickly when we really need them, and the data is outdated for the ones we do find. 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. Shareware.

Software Review 230

Software Review Social Network Software Email 230

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. Finally, I HATE the name. Golden rule of branding for me: 1) name your company or product your URL and 2) don’t paint yourself into a corner. &# Tweet&# = corner. So if TweetPhoto (bad name, again. uh, hello!

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2013

No matter how talented you are, it doesn’t matter unless managers can see those talents and think of you as an invaluable employee, or a game-changing manager, or the person whose name is synonymous with success. With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way.

Entrepreneur 274

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Network Reputation 274

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

If you have a unique creation or invention, 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 a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. The cost of entry has never been lower.

eCommerce 196

eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping .Net 196

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

As the old joke goes, “on the Internet nobody knows you’re a dog.” Every time my posts ended up there the conversation descended into hate and vitriol and a lot of people that don’t really know me calling me all sorts of names. You call them all sorts of names. Cars are dehumanizing.

Technical Review 329

Technical Review Reputation Naming Internet 329

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

P.S. Three types of external providers are not mentioned because they are well known: open-source software stacks, domain name (DNS) providers, and marketing/social networking sites. Your mileage may vary. Real-time Communication (internal and external). Hipchat – Intra-company chat with history (+mobile).

Technology 251

Technology EC2 Mobile Startup 251

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. If the founders are not experienced, find a couple of advisors from the business sector to fill the gap. In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company.

Intellectual Property 249

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Technical Review Elevator Pitch 249

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2013

Social media can also be an important and useful part of your marketing campaign, particularly if your business exists only online. For companies without a physical location, social networks are the only place that customers can go to get an idea about you, your business, and your company culture.

Marketing 153

Marketing Startup Technical Review Viral 153

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

Every night you are just hanging out with big name bands and the teams around them that brought them to their peak.&#. Or how about the inventor of the Internet? It is called, “ the new rules for the Internet bubble &# and he just nails it. It has to do with the future of social networking. No, not Al Gore.

Technical Cofounder 294

Technical Cofounder Austin Hosting Cofounder 294

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

box office of over $84 million “ The Social Network ,” – the movie about Mark Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook – is just another example of the public’s fascination with social networking and young billionaires, not necessarily in that order. Aspiring entrepreneurs who seek their name in lights pray to them.

Social Network 72

Social Network Networking Technical Review Flash 72

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

I must be the only one who believes that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

Technical Review 136

Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Network Software Review 136

Gust

MARCH 23, 2014

These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. This is simple in concept, but requires real effort and can be time consuming, and even expensive, if someone gets there before you and tries to sell you the rights to your preferred business or personal domain name. Image via Flickr by krossbow. Professional directories.

Reputation 178

Reputation Affiliate Technical Review Social Network 178

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Zappos assumes everyone in the company is on social media and trusts them to participate in growing the brand. Prioritize social networks. You’re not going to be able to blanket the entire Internet with your message – nor should you want to. Now, the startup and its software solutions are both household names.

Social Media 158

Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. If the founders are not experienced, find a couple of advisors from the business sector to fill the gap. In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company.

Angel Investor 224

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Technical Review Elevator Pitch 224

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. business models. New Rules for China.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 328

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Not only does the country have a higher percentage of homes with high-speed Internet than the U.S. plus it's faster and costs half as much ), it ranks first in the world for number of blogs per Internet user, and has a formidable market of Internet consumers who spent €5.5 billion online in the first quarter of this year.

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2011

With the advent of social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, Internet usage has totally morphed, from a serious business medium, to a social and fun medium that still means business. Here are the current big three in social networking for business: Facebook is biggest, moving from social to business.

Social Network 239

Social Network Networking Naming California 239

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2010

The result is we can’t find that key name and phone number quickly when we really need them. 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. That doesn’t address social networks and other lists you may have.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Technology Software Review Social Network 120

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. For that, he turned to a previous relationship he had with Apple’s Senior Vice President Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue.

Los Angeles 161

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Media Startup 161

ReadWriteStart

JULY 2, 2022

Since most startups in 2022 are going online, you need to think about starting your business on the Internet. Thanks to the Internet, anyone can become a business owner. All you have to do is partner with wholesalers and manufacturers to sell their products under your brand name. What Business is Popular in 2022.

Cost 140

Cost Software Review Technical Review Cloud 140

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I can’t say his name yet because he hasn’t announced funding. Creative destruction will continue to create opportunities for people who understand the deflationary economics of the Internet. And Social. I told him (verbatim), “close your round by August 2nd. After that, all bets are off.&# But he got it done.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Social media is about doing that online. Establishing a presence on the Internet even if you have a physical store, is critical. Create an interactive, regularly updated site or blog , or by build informative yet informal profiles on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. Are you a thought leader? Be visible!

Small Business 167

Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2015

Twitter, which originated as an accidental side project of a failing Internet startup, first launched into prominence in 2007 when it landed best start-up in the blog category of the technology portion of annual festival SxSW that year.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder New York 100

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Kawaii Illustration Calling all woodland creatures: You’re wanted on the Internet. Color-Coordinated Compound Words Web startup names and logos are inextricably linked. It was notably used for Vignelli Associates’ 1967 rebranding of American Airlines, whose two-word name became a one-word logo in red and blue.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media PHP 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2018

No matter how talented you are, it doesn’t matter unless managers can see those talents and think of you as an invaluable employee, or a game-changing manager, or the person whose name is synonymous with success. With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Marketing Social Network Reputation 148