mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

It would take an article in itself to fully compare the benefits of these (and other popular ecommerce site providers), but suffice it to say they both offer options for businesses that do not wish to manage the technical aspects of their ecommerce storefront. The “Mom and Pop” Effect. Image courtesy of iStockphoto , iPandastudio , logorilla.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Hacked Zappos Customers: Beware Phishing Scams. How to Plan Your Social Integration Strategy. Brian Sullivan is vice president of client services at Gigya , where he advises clients on implementing social technology. No longer does a business wonder whether its site should contain social components and functionality.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. After Office 2.0

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

While the aforementioned example may not fit every startup, regardless, you need to have an actionable, scalable business model with measurable metrics (downloads, customers, etc.) Managing employees and tasks remotely can be a recipe for disaster when you’re building a nascent operation. BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

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. For starters we saw a huge influx of inexperienced managers enter the VC industry proving clearly that being a VC is not a purely quantitative job. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The Exit Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Not only do they need to have a high level of diversified technical prowess and proficiency, but they also need to possess strong leadership and project management capabilities. However, it’s more important that the CTO have exceptional interpersonal skills and be able to manage a team effectively.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? GLIIF’s initial offering includes a brand-able and blend-able custom encrypted image at a low cost of entry, pre re-direction marketing services and full analytics. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

David Schoenbach is vice president of product management at Exadel Inc. From these examples we can see the following: An API may expose business data such as customer data in apps only intended for internal sales staff use. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking.

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API Cloud Web Social Media 68

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are my beliefs on how employees and customers should be treated? There was a time before terms like “social network,” “iPhone,” and “Google it” were used. When products meet or exceed customers’ expectations, they are more likely to remain loyal and recommend your brand to friends, family, and associates.

Business Plan 174

Business Plan Employee Entrepreneur Customer 174

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

The ideal product manager – [link]. Good suggestions on handling customer service questions and issues – [link]. Mark Cuban on Why You Should Never Listen to Your Customers – [link]. The ideal product manager – [link]. 21 Inspiring Custom Made Logos – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

In other words, it isn’t just about choosing native apps or choosing the mobile web — it’s also about looking at who your customers are and what devices they use. Mobile websites that aren’t optimized for touch or for larger screens can make customers confused, and again, unlikely to purchase. My 2 cents.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. They seem so reachable.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

If you can name drop big customers, do that too — you want your profile to look impressive. How many customers have signed up to your service? I use a service like Tout to manage my email templates for quickly replies. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Social, Agile, and Transformation. social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Product owners and technical managers also need to interpret this scenario properly. Business minded, agile CIO with strong social networking background. crisis management. (3). social media.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

But the fact that it managed to get thousands of people to take blind action (before the site even launched) with so much competition for early adopters is quite powerful. LaunchRock gives startups a turnkey solution for a custom coming soon page that allows users to sign up for updates and share the fact that they did so.

Pakistan 94

Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

Brian DiFeo, the Hive’s community manager, says the trend is to be professional but have a sense of humor and be ready for the inevitable group laugh or room-wide joke. Having their own office space really enables the various departments to communicate and work together to improve zozi and the customer experience.

Cofounder 81

Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc.

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Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

AtlasCT – (Atlas Cartographic Technologies LTD) offers a wide range of products for LBS applications and services, with the ability to provide a complete solution, adjusted to the customer needs, for all types of platforms, with remote or standalone. We provide our customers with a combination of sophisticated data analytics techniques.

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Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Task Management. Project Management Tools. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Customer service. Google Custom Search Engine. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

This helps determine the risks that a website and/or internal network might be facing. You can start by having your information technology (IT) manager, or outside IT resource, provide you with an overview of common cyber threats and how they are carried out. Inform Your Customers. Consider a Move to the Cloud.

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Small Business Security Software Cloud 100

Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2010

Starting in 2005 with 300 attendees from a variety of backgrounds (research, academia and entrepreneurs), this past conference had 1200 attendees from large enterprises, government and a lot more startups and entrepreneurs. Is Hadoop good enough to manage this data explosion? The web has gone social and is rapidly going semantic.

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Semantic Web Wiki Guatemala 86

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. Back then there were “email forwards.”

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Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. Day 2 was much more interesting. ► January. (1).

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

What happens when evolving customer preferences for certain technologies make lead capture forms obsolete? Then came the second wave with Skype (2003), Blackberry Messenger (2005), and Google’s first incarnation of its messaging app, Google Talk (2005). billion MAUs for the top four social networks. Image Source.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Upon closing the deal, Essilor will fully consolidate Shamir Optical while keeping the Israeli management team of Shamir Optical in place. By 2015 we see more than 50 million femtocells being shipped annually with WCDMA femtocells making up the bulk of the market,&# Aditya Kaul, of Mobile Networks, ABI Research, said.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. This is mostly a mistake slide because customer slides are more appropriate for enterprise pitches. Great customers are predictive of future customers for enterprise businesses. This slide is overkill, and in hindsight I would delete it.

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Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

2) Help Others & Improve Upon Customer Service. I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. I heard horror stories about how their technicians had chips on their shoulders, belittling customers with their elitist attitudes. That’s it.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Frankly, I just dont buy the notion that making an investment is akin to throwing a dart in the dark. Worse, I think its a dangerous idea to promote." I'm sensitive to the combative tone some have tried to take the conversation, which isn't an accurate reflection of what I said. startupcto

Silicon Valley 46

Silicon Valley Semantic Social Network Cofounder 46

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 27, 2012

I have a pretty rough idea of what an upcoming week is going to entail, but I leave room to stumble on an emerging idea, change in some social network or the occasional rant as I consume content. I’ve used a mixture of custom themes and my current theme is a custom configuration of iBuilder from iThemes.

XML 66

XML Framework Caching Hosting 66

Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

Last year, I tried out a custom textbook through one of the major publishers, which seemed like a great way to go. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Guess its not only the students who procrastinate. This whole process got me thinking about the textbook business model.

San Jose 28

San Jose Software Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

JULY 7, 2015

I have always admired the Dead's biz model (sorry Friendster/MySpace/Facebook, The Dead was the First Social Network) and music, although I never became a full fledged Deadhead. I joined Sand Hill Angels (SHA) in 2005 and at the time we had 10-15 members vs. close to 100 today.

Angel Groups 28

Angel Groups Due Diligence Lead Investor Finance 28

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The strategy was brilliant: get loads of people using your product and eventually turn them into paying customers. Do paid and free customers have very different needs/priorities? Asking for the credit card up front is a good way to vet customers. This reduces the number of customers and time cost of support.

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. If you want to serve enterprise customers,NET is one of the best ways to do that and do it well. And.NET’s languages (C#, IronPython, managed C++, etc.) lorf: NET supports JAVA.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107