Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2021

So sites have to invest heavily in viral marketing to achieve critical mass, which competes with current social networks, while users expect to join both for free. Social networks. Social networking” is really the new term for dating, with mega-sites like Facebook , and the hyperlocal site Foursquare.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Find customers, partners and channels early. There is nothing like a real customer pipeline to convince you that you need partners and channels, and to convince partners, channels, and investors that you are real. Use social networking to start the wave. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Two weeks ago, my partners and I here at NextView Ventures announced our second fund. As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. Network Effect B2B. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B). Step-Function Ad Tech.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

On the infrastructure side, Epic owns ‘Unreal Engine’ the second most popular 3D graphic engine, and creator of MetaHumans, a digital twin rendering software that can be used to create hyper realistic characters to ‘populate’ the Metaverse. The largest and most popular 3D engine has big plans for the Metaverse.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Conduct regular online searches for your company to see how you appear in search engine results and be sure to read and engage with user comments. You can maintain your reputation on your own using Google Alerts, social listening software, or a review monitoring service. Keep an eye on your reputation.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Keep an eye on your reputation Conduct regular online searches for your company to see how you appear in search engine results and be sure to read and engage with user comments. You can maintain your reputation on your own using Google Alerts, social listening software, or a review monitoring service.

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Reputation Management Small Business Software Review 115

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Last week I was having coffee with an ex engineering student of mine now on his second startup (and for a change it wasn’t a Web 2.0 m pleased.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

We were going to toss teaching the business plan aside and try to teach engineering students a completely new approach to start companies – one which combines customer development, agile development, business models and pivots. The slides below and the syllabus " target="_blank">here describe the details of the class.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Find customers, partners and channels early. There is nothing like a real customer pipeline to convince you that you need partners and channels, and to convince partners, channels, and investors that you are real. Use social networking to start the wave. Get out there personally and find that first customer.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

NSO – Offensive cyber espionage tools for governments (Raised $130M) – 60% of the company is owned by PE fund Francisco Partners. Plarium – Multi player games for social networks (Raised Unknown). Kenshoo – Programmatic advertising in search engines and social networks (Raised $65M).

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Plain and simple, if you want to enter any aspect of the online business world, you are going to need a surface level understanding of search engine optimization—at the very least. To put it simply, it’s everything that goes into making sure your site is visible to search engines like Google. What is SEO ?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I n its first investment in Israel, Russian search engine Yandex is rumoured to invest $3.4 Face.com was founded in 2007 by Gil Hirsch (CEO), Yaniv Taigman (CTO), Moti Sneiberg and Eden Shochat (Eden is also one of Face.com’s investors and today serves as a partner in Gensis).

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Brandanew

AUGUST 13, 2015

Your Blog takes care of your social content and Email content needs. What new ideas must you bring to each of the always-on twenty social networks and Email campaigns that you run each week? It keeps the search engines aware of your presence and drives relevant traffic to yours site. What’s not to like?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. Have an account? Whom is he or she connected to?

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 19, 2012

The player can conduct transactions even when embedded in a social network or third-party website. "If I think the applications (for the service) are almost endless," gushed panelist John Dillon, chief executive of cloud platform provider Engine Yard. "I I was blown away by that one.".

Intellectual Property 113

Intellectual Property Switzerland Software Review California 113

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

1/ Social Network Interference. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information. VC funds invested directly in MakerDao’s Dai stable coin. My goodness, where to begin. That turned out to be a prescient comment. ended the Cold War with the then Soviet Union.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. Our platform extracts the real value from social networks, empowering online businesses to attract, engage and understand users like never before. How do we do this?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. 1) Twitter. 3) Facebook. million to develop.”.

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Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Today, instead of going niche and focused, he and his partners are going broader, even, and planning to burn even more money. Then Nirupama Mallavarupu from Summit, New Jersey, discussed PTA Portals, a platform for building niche social networks for private groups, starting with Parent-Teacher Associations. Discuss.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

In fact, their affiliate partners dissuaded them from doing so. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. They bought distribution and engineering talent. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

But they did lead to expanding my social network, new technical expertise, speaking opportunities at SXSW Interactive, freedom to pursue new projects at HP, and the idea to write a best-selling novel. The most important relationship you can cultivate is with your spouse or partner. OK, I drew a salary while at HP.)

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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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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

But there’s an important paradox facing small businesses and startups – effective content marketing requires the creation of consistent, high quality content AND a strategy for distributing/promoting that content across social networks and the Internet. from Velocity Partners. ensure that the content is high quality.

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Small Business Marketing North America Distribution 94

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. Greylock Partners. You can register for the survey here. VC Firm. $ Tech % of workforce.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

A Post Startup Execs Should Forward to Your Spouse or Partner. Up Close With Facebook Graph Search | Search Engine Land – [link]. 40 Well Designed Free Social Networking Icons – [link]. 40 Well Designed Free Social Networking Icons – [link]. Who owns your UX philosophy?

Social Media 108

Social Media Small Business Design Media 108

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

That’s how search engines know what your site is about. It’s our direct connection to the search engine giant itself, and it can give us a wealth of information about how Google is reading our website. Top From Our Partners. That boiled down to keywords. That’s spam. Listen To Your Webmaster Tools. This isn’t rewriting.

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Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2013

So sites have to invest heavily in viral marketing to achieve critical mass, which competes with current social networks, while users expect to join both for free. Social networks. Social networking” is really the new term for dating, with mega-sites like Facebook , and the hyperlocal site Foursquare.

Intellectual Property 215

Intellectual Property Social Network Matching Viral 215

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.

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Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Our startup creates custom vertical search and decision making engines for people or businesses with structured data. Top From Our Partners. Cartoon Network Favorites Star in Strange Video. 5 Better Ways to Network on Twitter and LinkedIn. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media.

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Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

While all of these factors are true to an extent, the truth of the matter is that the reduced costs of hardware and software are easily offset by the expense of engineers and experienced business people. Nearly all of your costs will be headcount, primarily in the engineering department. Have an account?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Do you work as a civil engineer on water projects and have great access to wealthy project developers? And just like with VC’s – it is as much the partner your working wit as the group more broadly. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? And each town has their own group.

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Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. ISRAEL CORP UNIT TO BUILD $680 MLN PERU POWER STATION.

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Peru Technical Review North America 96

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

As the innovation engines of the economy, what startups figured out in 2011 will likely appear on other sectors’ trend lists in 2012. Meanwhile, some of the web’s best-known companies increased their presence in New York City — likely bringing investor money and capable engineers with them. Top From Our Partners.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

accessible to search engines, sitemap.xml), fresh (i.e. Startups should take this principle and translate it into user activation and retention: Include logos – startup was featured in TechCrunch, the Next Web, New York Times etc or main clients/partners include Google, Adobe, Nike etc. Rinse and repeat.

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API Viral Startup Retention 167

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Johnson also says that search engine issues have affected the style of names. Amidst all the search engine and domain name drama, consider that names are memorable when they sound good.

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Also consider an area for its potential business partners (software integrators, resellers, etc.) With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. as well as key influencers for your community (well-read bloggers and analysts).

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