SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. in Computer Science.

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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. Entrepreneurs cite family roots, a sense of neighborhood responsibility, existing professional networks, and more.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Weve also found that other social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace to have almost no results when it comes to recruitment.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

What appears clear to me today is how fundamentally the Internet is changing business processes, and the advent of nifty social media tools and technologies that plug into core business processes like lead nurturing are a powerful force. Nirupama is looking to find a niche where she can penetrate the niche social network platform market.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) can be split into two search strategies: Pay-Per-Click (PPC) refers to how your company bids on keywords that represent the intent of what the customer is looking for, leveraging marketing spend to gain visibility by securing placement at the highest ranks within the search engines.

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Channel PPC Marketing SEO 165

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

If we zoom even further, we see that the strongest interest in content marketing is found in two major startup markets – the East Coast and California. B2B marketers use numerous social networks to distribute content. ensure that the content is high quality. Quality content will nearly always win. For example, in U.S.

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Small Business Marketing North America Distribution 94

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The test for non-obvious is: given the prior art at the time of the invention, would a typical engineer 1) identify the problem, and 2) solve it with the invention? social network start up – trademark and copyright are more likely. Scientific principles or pure mathematical algorithms cannot be patented. In the U.S.

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Intellectual Property IP Software Review Non-disclosure Agreement 213

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

First up today was John Boyd with MeetingWave , a social media platform that caters to university alumni associations and addresses the challenge of helping them create walled-garden professional and social networking groups under their own brand, as opposed to groups within Facebook or LinkedIn. Photo by duchesssa. Discuss.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. Seth saw friends move out to California, go to school, and launch Plaxo. We then captured this conversation again on camera. It then permeated my thinking and I began to explore the theme more as I looked around at web properties.

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Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Our average delivery times to California are 50% faster than Amazon. If you are in this category, know that the last “secret” of ecommerce is that figuring out how to weaponize shipping – and free returns – is a powerful conversion increasing engine. Social cues to the rescue. Costco Special: Get an extra year of warranty!

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

Start Up Blog

APRIL 17, 2013

Quora is quickly becoming my preferred social network to ‘invest’ time in. Palantir – we’ll build arcane analytics software, put the company in California, hire a bunch of new college grad engineers, many of them immigrants, hire no sales reps, and close giant deals with D.C.-based

Social Network 108

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles. Originally from California, she now lives in Paris, where her involvement in the vibrant startup scene keeps her from spending too much time in the bakeries. Plyce : Feature-rich location-based social network.

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France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. They later renamed their search engine research project “Google,” and the rest is history.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 17, 2007

On Ben Kuo's blog, he posted about Entrepreneurs in Southern California and pointed to a post by Will Johnson, a Southern California entrepreneur and blogger. Ben actually didn't address the issue raised by Will that there is definitely a shortage of really good developers, engineers, etc.

Southern California 150

Southern California Los Angeles California Startup 150

Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community.

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Massachusetts Silicon Valley Washington Boston 33

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

so I feel I have an unbiased appreciation for BOTH Californias. LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). Go on, have a bit of fun down memory lane!).

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Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Southern California 290

Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

New York, California different toilet, same s#@t. If the organization purchases, for example, social networking software it must attempt to take these needs into account. For example, an enterprise sales rep might buy a network engineer a new Porsche in exchange for a $10 million order. Meet the new boss.

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Customer Technical Review Silicon Valley Internet 78

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The meaning of alpha test , beta test, and first customer ship are pretty obvious to most engineers. The plan calls for selling in volume the day Engineering is finished building the product. While the product is being engineered, Marketing begins to create web sites, corporate presentations and sales materials.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 215

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

LinkedIn is the most trusted social network out there, so you should have a name that is cognizant of its professional atmosphere. For instance, I live in Orange County, California, but if I were in charge of a territory that was primarily centered around Los Angeles, I would want to change my location to Los Angeles.

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Search Los Angeles Social Media Social Network 198

ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

Arun Ravi from San Francisco, California, discussed inCircled , a proposed new social network that would be significantly more selective about only involving 'inner circle' friends. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discuss.

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Acquisition SEO San Francisco India 115

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Were helping the second-largest city in the United States become a veritable tech center," Google says on its website, in trying to attract employees for sales and engineering positions. He has hired engineers from Loyola Marymount University , CalTech, University of Southern California and UCLA , he says. Google says.

Los Angeles 87

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels.

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North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MARCH 14, 2010

This weekend some friends and I went to P-Camp ‘10 (product management camp) at Yahoo in Sunnyvale, California (Thanks Yahoo for hosting!). Engineering makes the decisions, what do you do? Tags: Business Social Networking Technology. I am a product manager after all and I do like to perfect my craft.

Social Network 49

Social Network California Networking Product Development 49

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Business, Engineering, Computer Science, and Design were all represented. If you are interested in sponsoring the course, would love to hear from you as being part of a state institution in California provides its own special challenges. Collaboration with engineering, computer science, life sciences, etc. May 14, 2010 10:56 PM.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

He was the first American in 30 years to graduate from the 5-year brewing program at the Technical University of Munich , the highest technical degree in brewing engineering. Upon graduation, he knew he wanted to open a German brewery restaurant in California and the passion and determination drove a lot of the early success.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

The original Apple engineering team had no idea the iPhone would lead to the iPod which would lead to the iPad which will lead to iTV. There may be a real estate certification class in Florida or a computer programming convention in California. You may find that Harry’s tricks-of-the trade are only the the tip of the iceberg.

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Retention Acquisition Programming Florida 64

Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

Then in 1998 along came a tiny company in Los Gatos, California named Netflix. And don’t get me started on how great of a job Netflix does in creating high switching costs (or “community stickiness”) with all of its great ratings and social networking features. a recommendation engine). It worked, big time.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Campaign Video Naming 62

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. Business Advising & Resources.

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Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels.

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Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

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. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. New York, California different toilet, same s#@t. call to arms.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This pivot fundamentally changes your required organizational competencies, from Sales and Marketing to Engineering, Operations, and Support. We had engineering specialists and felt we had this unique technology. Peter, Max, Luke Nosek , and I held an off-site at my grandparents’ house in Gualala, California, to figure this out.

Startup 36

Startup Silicon Valley Business Model Mobile 36

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

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. GroupOn, Living Social, AdMeld, Gilt Group, Demand Media, ShoeDazzle, Tumblr, FourSquare, etc. Determine how to get access to them.

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Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. This one claims to be the world’s largest single Angel investor network, with 1,100 accredited investor members throughout 27 chapters on t3 continents.

North America 289

North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 19, 2012

The young companies that took the stage Wednesday to kick off the three-day startup fest in Santa Clara, California, demonstrated a surprisingly wide variety of software and Web services. The player can conduct transactions even when embedded in a social network or third-party website. "If I was blown away by that one.".

Intellectual Property 113

Intellectual Property Switzerland Software Review California 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally). New England Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum.

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Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270