Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2023

The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “open leadership.” Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other.

Social Media 281

Social Media Media Software Review Social Network 281

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. It needs to have great search and display capabilities as well as spreadsheet-like sorting so you can look at the information in various ways. Shareware.

Software Review 249

Software Review Social Network Software Email 249

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2013

The emergence of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “Open Leadership.” Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other.

Social Media 257

Social Media Entrepreneur Software Review Leadership 257

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

First of all, Google is the queen mother of all search engines. Secondly, Google has some really outstanding products that are attached to its search engine. This is why you’ll see comments made in Google+ rank in Google’s search results, along with their hashtag search which only shows Google+ hashtag comments.

Entrepreneur 276

Entrepreneur Social Media HTML Engineer 276

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2013

Use social networking to start the wave. Costs are low these days to set up a credible website, do some search engine optimization, start blogging, and start mining the social networks for interest. It will narrow your development focus, and adjust your strategy for you.

Agile 263

Agile Startup Social Network Software Developers 263

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Use social networking to start the wave. Costs are low these days to set up a credible website, do some search engine optimization, start blogging, and start mining the social networks for interest. It will narrow your development focus, and adjust your strategy for you.

Agile 253

Agile Startup Social Network Software Developers 253

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

Social Media 289

Social Media Small Business Media Technical Review 289

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Examples might be a recommendation engine, search engine, matching engine or something with a complex interface. Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service.

Technical Cofounder 338

Technical Cofounder Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 338

View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Typically, these patterns arise out of a combination of approaches by my partners and me: proactive searching for startups in specific categories, reacting to what entrepreneurs pitch, and translating valuable learning from making one investment over to making another. Network Effect B2B. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B).

Seed Stage 272

Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “open leadership.” Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other.

Leadership 230

Leadership Software Review Social Network Social Media 230

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

Entrepreneurs need leadership, teamwork, listening, and coaching skills, which you can learn from advisors and networking with peers. With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way. We have moved from an information economy to a social one.

Startup 331

Startup Technical Review Social Network Reputation 331

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2012

Use social networking to start the wave. Costs are low these days to set up a credible website, do some search engine optimization, start blogging, and start mining the social networks for interest. It will narrow your development focus, and adjust your strategy for you.

Agile 230

Agile Entrepreneur Social Network Software Developers 230

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? Is it limited to login and Like buttons, or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Search Does the application include search? How tight is that integration? What content is searchable?

Developer 520

Developer Technical Review Fractional CTO CTO Hire 520

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Ensure that key words are set up well in advance to allow search engines time to index and find your products and services. It’s common knowledge by now that social networking is an important way to connect with customers. Be intentional about SEO, and don’t wait until the last minute.

PR 229

PR Social Network Web Development Incubator 229

Agile VC

MAY 13, 2013

Facebook (social networking following in the footsteps of Friendster, MySpace, etc). Google (search… lots of predecessors). I think this has less to do with network effects which are distinct from first mover (though the two are complementary) and more to do with locking up preferential access to supply.

Cloud 205

Cloud B2B Software Review Technical Review 205

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Internet 294

Internet Web Affiliate Advertising 294

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Entrepreneurs need leadership, teamwork, listening, and coaching skills, which you can learn from advisors and networking with peers. With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way. We have moved from an information economy to a social one.

Entrepreneur 274

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Network Reputation 274

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Twittering. Professional directories.

Reputation 248

Reputation Affiliate Technical Review Social Network 248

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook. Publish the site and now you are in business. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

Hosting 248

Hosting Bootstrapping .Net Social Network 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2014

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. It needs to have great search and display capabilities as well as spreadsheet-like sorting so you can look at the information in various ways. Shareware.

Software Review 230

Software Review Social Network Software Email 230

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal presence and testimonials.

Startup 263

Startup Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 263

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. According to Google data 30% of all restaurant searches now come via mobile devices. Search for a restaurant, book a table, eat in 30 minutes. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook. Publish the site and now you are in business. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

Startup 252

Startup eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping 252

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

Coworking spaces are a really cool option for a lot of workers that, for whatever reason, don’t really fit in to a traditional office space like startups, telecommuters, small businesses, and especially creatives in search of collaboration. Dogs are welcome in this welcoming, casual coworking environment, too.

San Francisco 253

San Francisco Las Vegas Seattle Phoenix 253

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

If you want to be found online today, you need to be thinking in terms of online visibility not traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Although it is still important to be positioned well on a search engine page, the Internet has changed dramatically. Social media has taken over how people search.

SEO 160

SEO Social Media Social Network United States 160

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal presence and testimonials.

Entrepreneur 241

Entrepreneur Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 241

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. LinkedIn – Leveraging each person in the company’s network. Your mileage may vary. Real-time Communication (internal and external).

Technology 251

Technology EC2 Mobile Startup 251

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2017

Although there are many different actions you can take to gain search engine recognition, content creation is the one with the most staying power. Integrate Your Content with Social Media. Similarly, you can update the old post for even longer on-page time metrics, as well as more recognition from Google Search.

Curation 164

Curation Analytics Social Media Metrics 164

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Their content marketing team can also help you with search engine optimization so that those beautiful professional photos are sure to be seen by anyone scrolling through their search results for a given keyword. Branding and imagery should be one thing that you do not need to stress over.

Kansas City 191

Kansas City Kansas Social Media Flash 191

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2014

We behind Hibe , a new personal publishing social platform, have compiled the following list of seven tips to help someone make their social networking appearance more attractive to potential employers: 1. Entering your name into a search engine can be an eye-opening experience. Google yourself.

Social Media 189

Social Media Media Social Network Engineer 189

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

dennysantoso : Founder and CEO if SixReps.com Danny Santoso tweets all about social fitness, fat loss, and nutrition. brrhodes : IceRocket search engine founder and CEO Blake Rhodes tweets about his insights into social media and the online world. Marketing & PR. Media & Art.

Cofounder 239

Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

Startups are in fact only temporary organizations, organized to search –not execute–for a scalable and repeatable business model. JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites.

Lean 307

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 307

Gust

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Use social networking to start the wave. Costs are low these days to set up a credible website, do some search engine optimization, start blogging, and start mining the social networks for interest. It will narrow your development focus, and adjust your strategy for you.

Agile 163

Agile Startup Lean Social Network 163

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Affiliate 221

Affiliate Advertising Technical Review Social Network 221

VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

Gartner predicted in 2024 that traditional search engine volume could drop 25% by 2026 due to users favoring AI chatbots and virtual agents. Digiday reported conversations with media executives, with one publisher seeing a more than 50% decline in its search referral traffic since AI Overviews rolled out last year.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review B2C Generative AI IPO 78

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It is the most mainstream marketing strategy because the everyday use of the internet and social media has become the most significant source of influencing the audience displaying the intended product. You can either pay the social networking applications to display your advertisements in video form.

Social Media 140

Social Media Technical Review Marketing Social Network 140

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Tech Events / Meetups - There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. Twitter - You can run searches for various types of techie terms being used in a given geography. Visit your friends and ask them to bring you to their dev shop. And then use them to get to even more.

Fractional CTO 349

Fractional CTO Southern California Startup Mobile 349