David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

venturedig.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The business models within the social media realm are much different than traditional businesses. In social networking, they’re ever-changing, backed by eye-opening revenue and have very little documentation. Conclusion: 2010 will be the year of social networking monetization.

Social Network 55

Social Network Business Model Networking CPA 55

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 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! This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). Consumer approach to software for business users. Folksonomy.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

The tech-savvy millennials (me being one of them) are already familiar with the “shareware” concept that was turned into freemium. You’re not going to go viral Dropbox style, so having a freemium model doesn’t really work. Let’s take a look at the benefits now: Freemium customers could be a great source of virality.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Review the code being built.

Technical Cofounder 338

Technical Cofounder Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 338

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 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! a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. Visit [link] / for more information.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 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! FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. Visit [link] / for more information.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 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! This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

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! They are also limiting in a fast-moving industry like tech, where what you do now might not be what you’ll be doing in a few years. “A The downside? Take AT&T. And Good luck!

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 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! FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. Here' the article: [link] Seriously, thanks.

LLC 75

LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 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! FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. Here' the article: [link] Seriously, thanks.

LLC 75

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 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! FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. Netflix Goes Down (in the Middle of t.

Coder 60

Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

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.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. No inquiry as to why they never installed the code.

Acquisition 63

Acquisition Software Review Fresno Algorithm 63

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 29, 2023

How To Take Back Control Of Technology written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Gaia Bernstein In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Gaia Bernstein. She writes, teaches, and lectures at the intersection of law, technology, health, and privacy. Like this show?

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology China Business Model 76

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. When I want to know about some concurrency issues between services in his cluster, he doesnt blink an eye when I suggest we get the source code and take a look. He throws off volumes of code, and it works. All is not lost, though.

Software Review 94

Software Review Technical Review Part-Time VPE San Francisco 94

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. 90 Things I’ve Learned Founding 4 Tech Companies: Find your company’s One Thing. ?? Fab.com Fab Feed Bradfords Blog. So, here goes. It’s that important.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! It would take an article in itself to fully compare the benefits of these (and other popular ecommerce site providers), but suffice it to say they both offer options for businesses that do not wish to manage the technical aspects of their ecommerce storefront. Print Story.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Still, this trend’s days may be numbered, if only due to overuse and association-bordering-on-marriage with the Apple/iPhone brand. See also: Wet floor effect.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media PHP 111

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Still, this trend’s days may be numbered, if only due to overuse and association-bordering-on-marriage with the Apple/iPhone brand. See also: Wet floor effect.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media Software Review 111

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

The shortage of startup technical talent, especially in New York City, has been well-documented. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Have an account? In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity. Kayserian believes they will.

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Some Code-Free A/B Testing Resources 1. You can use Optimizely even if the thought of coding makes you break out in a cold sweat. Light-Coding-Required A/B Testing Resources 1.

Developer 73

Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

What Startups Can Learn From Watching “The Social Network” – [link]. What is holding back social media investment? Social media critics keep getting it wrong – [link]. 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Do you feel like the more users you have it helps accelerate, is there some kind of, maybe not necessarily viral, but that people just tell their friends at all. One of the things we find, because we certainly threw out what can we do to make this more viral or to work more in a social way so that we can try to get more people on the system?

Cofounder 208

Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. This is particularly true in the fast-paced high-tech and software world, where only a small percentage of startups mature. All Stories.

LLC 68

LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

9 Tech Millionaires Under Age 30 [INFOGRAPHIC]. How to Plan Your Social Integration Strategy. Brian Sullivan is vice president of client services at Gigya , where he advises clients on implementing social technology. No longer does a business wonder whether its site should contain social components and functionality.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

From a technical point of view, its amazing. All I see is a name, an icon, a price, the developers name, and a review star-rating. The reviews are all over the map. But even clicking through to see a screenshot and some reviews is incredibly time consuming, given the hundreds of apps in most categories.

Distribution 74

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 74

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Twitter List Directory Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

Developer 93

Developer HTML API Ruby 93

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. But the problem is that marketing isn’t like coding. Coding is a highly constrained environment and, with most problems, a well-known path to success. Marketing Isn’t Coding. Note: by “Design&# I mean technical (application) design.

Design 51

Design Software Review Marketing Software Developers 51

mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Most of the scripts that run the spreadsheets are “public,” meaning you can access them from the Tools + Script Gallery menu (this also means they were reviewed and approved by Google Spreadsheets team). Social media. Social media analytics. More Stories in Apps & Software. Latest Social Media News.

Social Media 108

Social Media Analytics Media API 108

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Why People Hate Your Viral Marketing – [link]. Consumer Reports: Half of Social Network Users are “Oversharing&# – [link]. How to Create Cool Water Effect Typography – [link].

Social Media 88

Social Media Small Business Design Media 88

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Erica Swallow is a technology and lifestyle writer. As a tech journalist, I’ve been pitched by hundreds of companies and have developed a taste for what works and what doesn’t. Latest Social Media News. Tech & Gadgets Highlights. The Social Good Brief. Facebook’s iPad App Finally Arrives [PICS].

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103