SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool! Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Board Effect

APRIL 1, 2019

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Better Business Bureau, Charity Navigator and other organizations are increasing their pressure on nonprofits to be more transparent and accountable. The result may involve reputational risk, lack of trust or worse. Mastering Governance for Nonprofit Boards.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

2007 was the watershed year. Because this is all VCs do and if we intend to work with all of our fellow VCs and entrepreneurs when the rain ends and the sun shines again our reputations matter greatly. Unprecedented revenue growth + companies staying private longer =. Lots of new entrants moving to capture this value =.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

It’s important to keep in mind that there are two types of revenue/profit loss when you’re a small business owner. There’s the tangible revenue loss due to trial and error, and also a cost associated with missed opportunity. Lawns as Director of Franchise Recruiting in 2007 and is now Director of Brand Development.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. I actually think this is a pretty innovative model.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Its works great. And there was a big surprise. It includes traffic! This is something that Ive wanted on my wifes GPS for a while. If you havent checked it out, its pretty amazing.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it. Thanks Ben.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. “They’re probably a little ahead of their time,&# she said.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf I was just pointed to a set of great podcasts done by Stanford B-School and particularly, I just listed to the podcast by eHarmonys Greg Waldorf. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. This company was started by Victoria Duff (who many of us know from back in the late 90s), Phillis Lane (who I have known for quite a few years) and Jon Bukosky.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. Im sure that many of you have read Guys article Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

Businesses have a bad reputation when it comes to privacy, leading to a disconnect : they think they are improving and giving their consumers more privacy than ever, whereas consumers believe things are getting much worse. The two years following the iPhone’s release in June 2007 were some of its best years ever.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? In it he separates web consumers into: Time Rich (more time than money) and Time Poor (more money than time).

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

AmeriData was a public company, a voracious acquirer (we acquired 40 companies in three years), and a very fast growing business (they were less than $50 million in revenue when they acquired Feld Technologies and over $2 billion in revenue three years later when GE acquired them.) This corp dev leader was gracious.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

It’s not surprising that companies with successful products grow their customer base, increase their revenues, and outperform competitors. iPhone (2007). In 2007 Apple launched the iPhone and revolutionized the mobile phone industry. A successful product quickly acquires new users/customers and delivers consistent value.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The same report states that transactional emails also generate more revenue per email than promotional emails. When anticipated messages aren’t received, you not only lose revenue, but you also lose your customers’ trust. In some cases, they’re even aware of reputation. Sharing means sharing a reputation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It’s a bit like if you bought a $1 million home in 2007 and want to sell it for $1 million today. One is slightly better and priced at $1 million, which you know from Zillow is what they paid for it in 2007. Another is slightly worse but priced at $700k and was bought in 2007 for $1 million. Reputation.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It didn’t take a pound in revenue for seven years. The new platform automated many parts of the booking process and brought all payments online – which meant that finally, we were able to take our first £1 in revenue from commission included in the booking cost. Recently we’ve focused on building our Trustpilot reputation.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Posted by: Serkan | September 10, 2007 4:44 AM Thanks Serkan - the next post will be up soon. Posted by: Matt | September 10, 2007 4:46 AM Good read but. Posted by: Darren Stuart | September 10, 2007 4:53 AM What an excellent article! Posted by: Matt | September 10, 2007 6:28 AM Excellent post! Cant wait for more ;).

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2013

Today, Zayo has eclipsed $1.1Bin revenue and $600M in EBITDA, leading to an estimated Enterprise Value in the vicinity of $6B. By 2007, they were doing quite well. Circa 2007, this was considered a ridiculous approach. Between 2007 and 2013, we acquired 25 companies. and London.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 21, 2013

The first Techstars class matriculated in 2007. Traditional metrics of employees and annual revenues won’t capture Techstars’ most important impacts. In reputational benefits to Colorado, the near term impact is already outsized.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2016

I had already left my good paying job when my son was born in 2007 so failure was not an option. For example, ater working with a handful of small businesses, I realized buzz words like “SEO” were often thrown about as a way to generate revenue, but few knew how to make them work for their business. Then that SEO service is pointless.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2014

When Groupon first launched in 2007, they were an activism platform called The Point. To their mind, if you do something that isn’t related to billable hours, or that doesn’t immediately positively affect revenue, you’re using valuable resources, they’re losing billable hours and their reputation (as they see it) is at stake!

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter. Assuming a marketplace rake of something like 11%, this would imply gross room revenue of over $9B for the quarter — which would be $36B annualized.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

This equates to a loss of revenue, which requires more and more signups from new customers just to replace what you are organically losing every month. I have seen this happen at a few startups I’ve worked with by expanding revenue from the current product, plus up-sell and cross-sell opportunities , but that will be a future post.

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Today, Groupon is worth about 1/10th what it was on the day of its IPO, and revenues have been flat for years. The fund generated $17 billion in returns in 2007. This gives Google a major advantage in delivering relevant results and in maximizing advertising revenue. The more common big prize is a lasting, long-term advantage.

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thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

After leaving Reddit in 2007, Swartz has been involved in a huge number of different ventures, from founding Watchdog.net to being an advisor for Avaaz.org and a consultant for Change.org. Apples China App Store Brings in 18% of Downloads, 3% of Revenue. Ah, so thats Twitters strategy: A "clickable" world.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 16, 2007 F2F Still Matters Kathy Sierra has a great post today: Face-to-Face Trumps Twitter, Blogs, Podcasts, Video. and she provides this picture: It shows that while we slowly approach real-time, realistic virtual conversations, it still isnt quite the same thing as being there.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

This highest quality of the traffic information, never achieved before, together with the perfect applications generate significant revenues for the operator and maintain customers’ loyalty. Improves customer experience during sale, after sale and support interactions while generating revenues and reducing operational costs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

This single decision wound up costing the company significant revenue and over the course of several months sent its customer growth into decline. When IMVU instigated a policy of banning users from voicing their thoughts, however, even more damage was done to the company's reputation in the eyes of many.

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