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. This is a marketing program on the Internet that you make so popular it spreads like a virus, like "word of mouth." Blogs composed of video clips are called “vlogs.”

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Instead, buyers are checking out product and service information in their own way, often through the Internet, their social network, or just plain word-of-mouth or customer reviews. It’s a myth that social networks and their technologies are creating new approaches to marketing. One is known as ‘Mr.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Berkeley Boalt Law School and runs their entrepreneurship program. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2012

But there are also evil people out there who steal identities, hack credit card accounts, track personal information, violate privacy, insert malicious programs that can exploit your company or home network, destroy your hard drives and raid your social network. Protect Your Wi-Fi Network. Stop Tracking Cookies.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The beauty of programming is that you take a concept and turn it into reality with just typing some stuff into the computer. anyone who doesn't program). Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. It's about creation. Find your dev shop.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

He told me in some combinations of device / OS / network they are crashing 4 times per 100. All applications crash and this is especially true in the nascent mobile world where dealing with device types, OS’s & networks adds one hell of a configuration management problem. Do you have a customer referral program? In 6 months?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. Stitcher - San Francisco-based service that lets users customize talk radio programming on their mobile devices.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Social networking meets online personal health management. Turns out DailyBurn was part of the TechStars program in Boulder. They joined the YCombinator program and have raised a small amount of angel money. When I ran the London Marathon I did this by raising money for Parkinson’s disease.

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David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

The new FinTech Innovation Lab , an annual program run by the New York City Investment Fund and Accenture, had their launch event on Thursday night. This is definitely not the norm in accelerator programs; I’d be curious to know the logic. I think android / 4g networks will take over tablets. Ask the senator who was on TV.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 12, 2010

That may be OK for Twitter — today — but what about the 100 other social-networking-slash-link-sharing networks that didn't survive? AT&T Bell Labs invented Unix, the C programming language, wireless Ethernet, and the laser, but made no money on the inventions. Ask them about selling intangible benefits.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Successful knowledge retention programs answer three key questions: What knowledge may be lost? At the same time, implementing knowledge retention programs is usually easier for smaller companies: A few Google Drive or Dropbox folders may make knowledge accessible for the 20 employees who need it. Internal social networks.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

While foreign entrepreneurs wait for the Startup Visa to become a reality so they can go launch their startups in the US, France has quietly had a similar program in place for some time. YEI is essentially the same as the JEI program, and winners of the competition can come to France and enjoy the same benefits as startups with JEI status.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The beauty of programming is that you take a concept and turn it into reality with just typing some stuff into the computer. anyone who doesn't program). Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. It's about creation. Find your dev shop.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2010

Perhaps your intern might be given the freedom to design and implement an entire strategy for your company (social networking, for example). An intern program at your small business instills enthusiasm, creativity and youthful thinking. In return, the intern benefits immensely from the experiential education.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2010

The book aims to share some of the insights gleaned from those who've participated in the TechStars accelerator program, and many of the chapters were contributed by TechStars' mentors and entrepreneurs. Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup is the recent book by TechStars co-founder David Cohen and Brad Feld.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In addition to that, RIM has had several Developer Day programs in various countries, to reach out directly to developers. Top five categories over the last two years: 1) Games; 2) Utilities; 3) Themes; 4) Entertainment; 5) IM & Social Networking. BlackBerry DevCon Asia 2011 will be held in Bangkok, Thailand this year.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Other social networking, online marketing, clean-tech and bio-tech companies have fallen out of favor with some investors, fueling speculation regarding the future of the US technology sector. This means it costs Microsoft billions of dollars to make the first copy of its program, but only a few cents to make the second.

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Up and Running

JUNE 18, 2013

Forums will likely still be around for the foreseeable future, but many companies are now finding it more advantageous to connect with customers on various social networks. Host a Webinar or Google Hangout. A webinar or Google Hangout is another innovative and effective way of engaging with your customers.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2011

There will be an increase of frequent buyer and perk programs to support this movement. We’ll see a growth in local offer networks, consumer personalized dashboards and deals with specific targets in mind versus going out to the masses. Social media isn’t just for early adopters anymore. The client continues to be king.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Following are some of the latest digital marketing strategies to boost your business: Social media: An audience attraction: This strategy includes interacting and influencing the audience through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or TikTok.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

We did a cobranded social chat event on Tuesday that gave us an opportunity to actually test ride the Stanzr product. We invited entrepreneurs considering joining the 1M/1M premium program to the Stanzr chat room and did a one-hour Q&A session. We thought it was very cool! You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here.

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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.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Social media is about connecting with the people in your niche: customers, potential customers, people who are interested in what you do, or who share similar interests and circles or hubs with you. It’s about building relationships and networking, not selling, although that does come as a result. Social media isn’t new.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

So they set up seed programs that allowed for rapid decisions for $500k or less, often done as convertible debt for both speed and cost reasons. One of the hotter companies lately in the mobile social networking is FourSquare, which raised $1.35 There are multiple firms that did this. I was an early cynic.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There will also be a free networking reception at Campus on Monday, June 25th. Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. UK Startups can receive an *almost free* ticket by registering on this page.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The two tried to convince me to enroll in their new MBA program focused on sustainable business. I ultimately finished that MBA program while working full-time and with a newborn child, whom I brought to class with me.). Enter the Craziness. I protested, saying that I was too busy. Life may seem busy, but it always seems busy.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Shopify is quite popular for its unique online store designs , branding tools, customized services, and applications to make insightful decisions based on real-time reporting and other ready-made programs. It provides its users scalable business opportunities, selling options across websites, and social media.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

These will receive $50k in seed funding, free office space and credits toward other useful services as part of their acceleration program. We wrote about their innovative program last fall. Most have felt the program worthwhile and given them a jumpstart on their operations. Sponsor. "Our billion market opportunity.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

I may be biased - as I am a graphic designer with programming, Web and marketing skills - but to me it is highly important that a founder have some tech skills. When I started my social network, I didn’t have any tech skills. Currently, I’m teaching myself to program in Python. Nathalie Lussier , Nathalie Lussier Media.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I didn’t sit through any panels (other than the day where I was the emcee and judge for the BizSpark Accelerator program). It has to do with the future of social networking. If you didn’t read it, it’s here. I hold true to form and follow my own advice. I booked several high-profile meetings in advance.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2014

When Bebo, the UK social network went down in 2012, users flocked to Twitter to complain. Sony had to suspend the PlayStation network as it investigated the intrusion. Bebo – Use a banner ad to let everyone know. There’s nothing like an honest apology from the CEO to defuse a downtime aftermath. A banner ad.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2016

Web designers have many programs for designing the website. Web developers are programmers who take the finished work of the designer and makes the website functioning with various programs like HTML, CSS, coding and CMS. He balances the colour layout of the website with good contrast that can fascinate the dear consumers.

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Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

But leveraged distribution via platforms (organic/paid search, social networks, mobile devices) and self-service monetization (ad networks, app stores, payments) is what has truly empowered startups to become real scalable businesses on very small amounts of initial capital.

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