Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: The number of Baby Boomers starting a business from 1996 to 2011 rose nearly 7 percent, while the start-up rate by those aged 20 to 44 fell about 5 percent. They are becoming the new early adopters.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Instead, buyers are checking out product and service information in their own way, often through the Internet, their social network, or just plain word-of-mouth or customer reviews. It’s a myth that social networks and their technologies are creating new approaches to marketing. One is known as ‘Mr.

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Marketing Software Review Technical Review Social Network 234

YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

The report also tracked maliciously registered domains and reported 22,831 — by far the most since the first half of 2011 (14,650). Social networking and email — 16.8%. The number of targeted institutions totaled 681, second only to the first half of this year (720). Sites affected included those for: Banks — 32.9%.

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Fort Worth Security Application Development eCommerce 133

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

See the March 2011 edition after the jump. Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators.

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Java Database Argentina 79

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

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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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

2011 proved a watershed year for recognition of the power of Mom Marketing. Moms’ overwhelming embrace of social media and the profound impact of the recommendation culture on their consumer purchasing behavior. With a stagnate economy and lingering concerns about a recovery, Moms shifted long-held consumer habits in 2011.

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Social Media Marketing Technical Review Social Network 150

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2011

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. This then enables companies to rapidly roll out a widespread and pervasive social media footprint through its product.

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Social Media Media Management Application Development 187

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. Whom is he or she connected to? To each his own.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Buzz Is Great, But Substance Matters Most In the end, if a startup’s product sucks, it doesn’t matter if it has four users or 4 million when it launches. May 4, 2011 18:47:11 Reply 1 Flag this comment John Roescher Follow I went through the whole process! “Adoption has far exceeded our expectations,” Davis says.

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Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

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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Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&#

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Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Jerry Nettuno, founder and CEO of online appointment scheduling service Schedulicity , believes that 2012 will be a year that will see a majority of small businesses harness and leverage the power of technology and online productivity tools to effective manage and grow their business. million media tablets will have shipped in 2011.

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Cloud Small Business Mobile Social Media 213

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

The image above is taken in Takotna, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 9, 2011. More phenomenal photos from 2011 are in the Other section below. The ideal product manager – [link]. The ideal product manager – [link]. The State of Social Marketing 2011 – 2012 – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

October 10, 2011 by Erica Swallow. Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. The launch of a new product, feature or offering. ” “ Lot18 is a membership by invitation website for wine and epicurean products from coveted producers at attractive discounts.”

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PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. May 23, 2011 16:24:51 Reply 0 Flag this comment Joe Ortiz Follow Interesting comparison.

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Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

.&# This is a direct result of innovation around the iPhone / mobile computing, Facebook / Social Networks and Twitter (as distinct from Social Networks). Please do not read that I think an early-stage company with limited product and only beta customers should go straight for a $5 million fund raising.

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Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development.

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

The Gifts Project is a social ecommerce platform enabling group gifting. Its CEO, Ron Gura, was a mentor at Seedcamp Tel Aviv 2011 , an early-stage micro seed investment and mentoring programme. The company has created a plug-in which displays a Group Gifting widget on e-retailers’ product pages. Continue reading →

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Widget eCommerce Early Stage 97

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

October 28, 2011. The classic delineations of web products for business and consumer (“enterprise” direct selling, on premise vs cloud, etc) are only getting blurrier. But hopefully B2B software companies will innovate in some interesting ways that will bleed into consumer-facing products. Author howerl.

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Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. If your guesses are validated, what you’re building is might be a viable product.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. e Cagal Follow [link] ÖDÜL KAZANMAK ?

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2014

Millions of people rely on Google Apps at work, and every minute of Gmail downtime translates to thousands of dollars lost in productivity across the world. When Bebo, the UK social network went down in 2012, users flocked to Twitter to complain. Sony had to suspend the PlayStation network as it investigated the intrusion.

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Security Engineer PR Framework 174

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

I don’t know exactly when the agency to product transfer happened at Buddy, or at what point you can start calling yourself a software company (when service revenues dip below subscription/license revs?), but the evidence would suggest that repositioning the company as social enterprise software was a master stroke.

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Software Media Social Media Advertising 105

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 18, 2011

Before the weekend, all the attendees can create profiles on CrowdVine.com, a social network for events. To event organizers, make it easy for attendees to meet before the event, it makes the actual event day more productive! I posted my profile and exchanged messages with several folks.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. It will be important that your CTO can execute on big projects, too, hacking away to build an amazing product that is agile. Brenton Gieser , Be Social Change.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The product is the star of the show.” Originally founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin Slide.com was known as the largest third-party developer of Facebook applications until Google purchased it to “make Google services socially aware.”. in June 2011 for $400 million. in June 2011 for $400 million. Slide.com.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2022

When a new product enters the market, it needs to get promoted. However, selling a product or a service is not a straightforward process. Contemporary marketing trends involve a deep dive into the consumer mindset, may address social issues or should be unique enough to become a cultural icon. .” Image Source.

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Marketing Social Media Green Campaign 137

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

During today's roundtable, we had some excellent discussions of product marketing for a couple of different concepts. The first of these discussions was about a new social media marketing platform called Stanzr, from San Francisco-based Voluble, that we are using at 1M/1M. The 1M/1M Channel on Stanzr. We thought it was very cool!

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Entrepreneur San Francisco Technical Review New Jersey 116

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

November 1, 2011 by Joshua Baer. Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. Here are some tips… November 1, 2011 16:54:48. November 1, 2011 19:55:36. November 1, 2011 22:26:46. Productivity Lists. Social Media Lists.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

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. March 25, 2011 at 7:00 am. March 25, 2011 at 12:58 pm. March 25, 2011 at 12:59 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:04 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:12 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:13 pm.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

When I was writing my first novel, Avogadro Corp , I would spend my most productive time writing in coffee shops. 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. Telecommute.

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Technical Review Technical Cofounder Software Review Cofounder 195

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

November 8th, 2011. As Luke Wroblewski states in his book Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks , every form exists for one of three main reasons: commerce, community or productivity. For instance, with a social network, a user would fill out a registration form to inform the organization that they would like to join.

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Web Software Review Design HTML 102

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder. startupcto

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 40

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Lack of Any Market Validation It’s no exaggeration that most applicants have not found a single person willing to pay money for this product. One-Sided Competitive “Analysis&# Most competitive analysis charts look like the one at left, with your product winning every category. That means we were in your shoes!

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

From 2010 to 2012, the percentage of Americans following brands on social media jumped from 16 percent to 33 percent. That’s a significant increase, but it also means two-thirds of local social networkers aren’t following brands. Start-up companies have much work to do to make meaningful social network connections.

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Social Media Media Tampa Social Network 246