Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Thursday, September 15 - Los Angeles Drucker Business Forum It starts bright and early at the Drucker Business Forum , with a breakfast event at 7:45am (talk starts at 8:15). Luckily, the amazing Lean LA meetup group has organized to do this in front of an audience, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Register here.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2023

01:22] Is it fair to say the company is best at ensuring conversations in community spaces stay in context? [03:03] So it's pretty foundational to the internet and what makes it different than the other places is the questions that people ask remain and you can see the conversations and communities that form around them.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. They will tell you how they are going to build the greatest thing ever and so the audience will talk about it. Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I figured that telephonic conversations provide limited help to the victims, and physical intervention is required. We are successfully dominating the core markets within the Dubai Real Estate arena and our recent growth into New York, Los Angeles, and Miami is proving to be extremely successful.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The 310 area code covers the western and coastal regions of Los Angeles County and more. Using a 310 number, you can instantly convey to your audience that you understand their needs and are familiar with the area’s culture. It will foster trust with local customers and help you attract more leads and conversions.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2018

Whether that’s among the team I work with, or the audiences we serve, the most important part of any project is to have emotional buy in (purpose) from everyone. Because again, once you share the same purpose between yourself, your team, and your audiences, it makes what you’re working for much more rewarding and easy to do.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

This was because of the incredible response we were getting from our initial conversations with prospective retail clients as well as several other factors: Our initial solution had been built by Josh Baer ’s team and it wasn’t very hard to replicate at the beginning. He lives in Los Angeles now and is pursuing his dream of being a producer.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 12, 2009

This past week has had an interesting confluence of events that's led me to conclude that I want to start doing a lot of visible networking among the tech / web crowd here in Los Angeles. Most of the time when I go to an in-person networking events in Los Angeles, it takes me at least 3 hours. More often 4.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 11, 2019 The 11th annual SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx brings together more than 50 of the world’s top startups who will present their emerging technologies before a panel of expert judges and a live audience on March 9–10. Read interview LinkVR Robot , Austin, TX?—? Read interview Steamchain , Milwaukee, WI?—?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

I was in Los Angeles on book tour a few weeks ago. The Los Angeles Lean Startup Circle arranged a spectacular event. So if you'd like to see the next chapter in this story, you're cordially invited to a video shoot, which will take place next Monday , November 21, at Mahalo World HQ in Los Angeles.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Back in the days of straight advertising, it was important to have a name that explained what your company specialised in so the audience would be drawn to it. If you do not connect with your audience in a strategic way, then you will not see results. Los Angeles St. Ted is a nickname for my full name, Thaddeus.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

To draw titular inspiration from a New York Magazine article entitled Ellen Pao and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove (we’ll talk more about Pao later on), I entered into this topic less with the desire to try to “prove” a specific point, but rather to explore an issue that continues to rise to the top of conversation in the entrepreneurial space.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

After just 4 years I become managing partner of what is now the largest venture capital fund in Los Angeles. Every now and again somebody figures out how to communicate a unique message to an audience and become known for something in a field. You may never have this audience but even niche networks create power.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. This will give us the audience we need to test features, build engagement, and collect data that will help us propel forward in 2020.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. On average the platform is generating 30+% increase in conversions and 15% decrease in cost per lead. We’re excited to work with them.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Troy represents what I believe the best magic of Los Angeles is – the merging together of creative talent with technical talent and he brings the lessons learned from these two fields into investments nationally. ” Lady Gaga played 4-5 clubs a night in Los Angeles and New York when she was a relatively undiscovered talent.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based incubator Science is at it again, having launched a brand new company called TopFloor designed to change the way we shop online. Affiliate links and Web stores built in Facebook application tabs are just two examples. These results, combined with research by Booz & Co.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

See the pitch at SXSW in category of Entertainment & Content Technology , 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Sunday, March 15, before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Tell us your favorite thing about being based in Los Angeles. SXSW attendees are also invited to Meet the Finalists from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday, March 16.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

we could bring all of these lessons learned by the startups we invest in to a wider audience,” said Schwartzfarb. “Of 16: Los Angeles, CA Oct. 17: Los Angeles, CA Oct. Of course I jumped at the opportunity to collaborate so we can help founders everywhere.” 18: Startup Week?—?Denver, Denver, CO?—? RSVP here Sept.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Hint: 60 million US Latinos driving US growth engine) I am beyond excited to announce the Herb Scannell has agreed to move from NYC to Los Angeles to take on the role of CEO at mitú, the fast growing Latino digital media company, serving more than 100 million monthly unique viewers. Latino purchasing power will reach $1.7

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

See the PurePlus pitch in the category of Consumer Technology & CPG , 9:30 am to 10:30 am Sunday, March 15, before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Tell us your favorite thing about being based in Los Angeles. SXSW attendees are also invited to Meet the Finalists from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday, March 16.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 29, 2018

There were panels devoted just to these dialogues, but what was missing was not on the schedule or the roster of speaker, but in the audiences. feeds that reach a cross-cultural audience that will soon be the majority of the U.S. Where were all the forecasters? They missed crucial information about their current and future customers?—?that

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

From a demographic perspective, LinkedIn is very different from other social media channels in that it has a very influential, affluent, and educated audience. I don’t know about you, but that’s definitely the group to whom I want to be showcasing my skills and experience.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

More than 500 tech start-ups have sprouted in sprawling Los Angeles and its environs, according to members of the L.A. The frequency of students staying in Los Angeles has definitely grown over the last two years." For Viddy, the access to celebrities helped it find a large audience quickly. Advertisement.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 16, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Patrick Dees, co-founder and chief gaming officer of the Los Angeles-based company, answered some questions about their plans.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

These managers have a tendency to steamroll conversations. in applying for a job with the checkout team at Expedia, it would be better to prioritize experience in e-commerce and checkout conversion than to focus on your love of traveling). Great PMs are prone to “patience and the ability to not jump to conclusions.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2017

It’s also an excellent way to engage with your audience and start conversations. Now, go show your audiences on your other social media pages! Sharing positive reviews from Yelp to Facebook and Twitter is the best way to show your audiences on other platforms what your customers are saying about your business.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We are also building an audience from our Poogling Internet Safety Seminars, soon to be an online Webinar/video for broader reach. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Really fantastic insights and I look forward to continued conversation around these things.

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Bryce Dot VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

quartlerly retreat in Los Angeles last week so I’m thinking now is as good a time as any for a quick update. Given the audience, it was a day filled with panels and speakers entirely focused on the business of raising and deploying money. We just wrapped up our 3rd Indie.vc A few of them are solidly in the black.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

I attended BlogWorld Expo in Los Angeles last week and, while I thoroughly enjoyed the people and the content, I was amused by the gyrations that speaker after speaker went through to assure us that they were not going to try to sell us anything. 2) Make your free stuff better than your competitor’s paid stuff.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 24, 2017

This is your opportunity to provide your audience with what they are looking for…. Finding an expert in your niche is not only a unique approach to a blog post, it is interactive as it displays conversation which further engages the readers, and it is also highly informative and authoritative. Check out offline sources.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Jamie Siminoff is not only one of the single best true entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, he’s amongst the best we’ve worked with in the country. Jamie understood the mass-market appeal and the massive audience he could reach going on the show. Brand Jamie was one of the first entrepreneurs I knew to go on Shark Tank.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

My company focuses on optimization for the high-end and luxury market, and over the years, we’ve learned there are 5 critical factors that will make or break the conversion rate of a high-end ecommerce store. We’ve done a lot of research to understand the needs of high-end customers, and how luxury ecommerce stores can increase conversion.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Of course, there are many, but the three most common (and relevant) types of validity for conversion optimization are: internal validity, external validity, and ecological validity. Not only does your sample need to be large enough, but it needs to be representative of your entire audience, as well. This is where things often go wrong.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2023

But basically I, I was a bartender in Los Angeles from age 21 to age 31. Or who is the, what is the piece of that audience that you most wanna work with, right? Then you get on the phone with them and in one conversation you can enroll them into your five or eight or $10,000 programs. Nobody wants to get into that.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

John Cantarella (04:44): I think it is complex from a, from a, you know, you have to be somewhat skilled in knowing how to reach an audience. It up, you know, you can put some basic things in there and the, and that system will take care of the rest for you, like continually optimize the audience across platforms.

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