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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

About how Microsoft viewed Google Apps. earned handsomely from Google’s success. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. I am reminded about how dismissive traditionally television media is about YouTube – even to this day. Sony, the iPod. What future have telcos for call-based revenue in the era of Skype?

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MARCH 17, 2010

They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA. You don’t.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Remember that you’ll be investing against people who have worked on the Google algorithm and REALLY know what drives SEO. Oh, and he was acquired by and worked at Google. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. Think you know a thing or two about location-based services? Connections. Domain knowledge.

angel investing 288

angel investing investing investment advice 288

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2010

We need our own Google!". I pretty much thought the Google of the New York tech scene was, in fact, Google. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. In the past, I've heard lots of arguments about how New York City needs its own [insert something national]. "We We need our own Techcrunch!". "We We need our own SXSW!".

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

The world is filled with doubters who say that things can’t be done and then pronounce after the fact that they “knew it all along.&# Look at Google. You no longer work for Google, Oracle, Salesforce.com or McKinsey where everybody calls you back. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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JUNE 18, 2010

I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). I sure hope that Apple is working with Google to make this work. Thus we see lots of movement from Google, Verizon, HTC, Dell, HP and others.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

but if Google can’t find your webpages, it is all for naught. Websites and pages don’t automatically join Google’s search. Google deploys digital spiders to crawl the web looking for new pages and content, and then the search engine indexes those new pages, or adds them to it search capabilities.

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APRIL 18, 2010

What do Google Analytics and print newspapers have in common? I’ve been using Chartbeat for over a month now to track performance of my blog and I find myself looking at Google Analytics much less these days. In fact, I’m surprised by how antiquated Google Analytics feels. Tags: Tech Market Analysis.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

But of course Google eventually became the massive winner in this category. Google has made a lot of noise in this space and will apparently sell all of its display inventory this way, through the Double Click Ad Exchange. This no doubt led to the acquisition of AdMob by Google and Quattro by Apple. Lots of great people there.

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JUNE 12, 2010

Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. InviteMedia (acquired by Google). Google acquisition helps address advertiser demand for a bidding platform that integrates with DoubleClick and plans to allow InviteMedia to remain platform agnostic (not just Google/DoubleClick). Total raised: $129.0mm.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

struck in the early days where newspapers would put a little “Tag this article” widget at the end of every story, and in return, they’d get a feed of the keywords used to take the articles, which helped them on search and ad targeting. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Very simple, very effective.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

If you worked for firms like McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Google and the like you’re probably more likely to rise to the top of the stack. Tags: VC Industry. The chosen candidate will probably have worked for a very reputable firm that is either in technology, consulting, investment banking, media or a startup.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

We eventually got a successful exit but I can’t say it was a Google like exit! Tags: Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I went from managing a team to “ flipping burgers.&#. So in my case, I believe that I acquired good judgment from my previous bad judgment.

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DECEMBER 19, 2009

You want that key marketing resource from Google but he’s on a fat salary that you can’t match. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Inspiration/ Leadership – As an entrepreneur you’re always under-resourced. They get a sixth sense that you’re going to pull this thing off.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, DataPop launched its initial Search Marketing application across Google, Microsoft and Yahoo late last year and leading marketers and agencies are seeing breakthrough results. Tags: SoCal Stuff. We had executives from the studios like Fox, Warner Bros and Disney.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Competitors: Google. Current round: $2mm Series B from Tomorrow Ventures (Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google) and Lars Hinrichs (Xing founder). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. -Also offers premium ad campaigns to publishers by tracking reader intent, behavior, and demographics. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Total raised: $18.3mm.

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APRIL 28, 2010

In late April 2010, VentureBeat published that Blippy credit card numbers were published on Google search: [link] followed by Blippy’s response. So when I heard that Google Ventures had invested in OpenCandy and I didn’t even get a look I could only think one word. Investors: Google Ventures. Read more: TechCrunch.

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APRIL 22, 2010

If they are Google, Facebook and then a startup – you’re fine. You have Google guys sending you CVs. Google offers your product for free. Tags: Start-up Advice. But in a competitive job market you’re less likely to get the chance to tell me your sob story. You’re on the borderline. I can take it.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Imagine the positions of Sequoia (Google, Zynga, YouTube), Kleiner Perkins (Google), Accel (Facebook), Union Square Ventures (Zynga, Twitter) and so on. 60 deals, 16 already acquired (by Google, Twitter, eTrade, Intuit, Microsoft). Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Argument two says, “big companies can’t innovate anymore so Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. Many may simply hit the wall.

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angel investing investing investment real estate 299

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 11, 2010

Marissa Meyer as a non-founder at Google or some new female tech entrepreneur who statistically won't create nearly as many jobs and revenues as Marissa does everyday--because startups, no matter what the color or gender of the founder, are hard. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology.

peer-to-peer 271

peer-to-peer VC entrepreneurship education 271

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APRIL 21, 2010

TellApart “E-commerce tool for analyzing and targeting consumer behavior; ex-Google team&# – This company was founded by two ex Google Ads professionals – Josh McFarland and Mark Ayzenshtat. So hot that even Google is getting in on the act. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry.

venture capital 265

venture capital peer-to-peer capital ventures 265

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JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books. Tags: Start-up Advice. And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. Estimated 15mm downloads to date.

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AUGUST 28, 2009

Google announced Google Wave and people are worried about the impact on your business? Believe me they’ll all have Google Alerts out on the competition and will read their announcements with interest. Tags: Start-up Advice. Get feedback, find out whether they are happy and serve them well. Don’t.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What’s more, there are more than 200 factors that affect your ranking on Google, which means it is tricky to bifurcate priorities. When the keyword density is higher, it is assumed that Google will recognize your page more easily. Use H1, H2, H3 tags. Add relevant meta title, tags and descriptions. High-quality content.

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mix-use strategy health accelerator 118

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Clearly these advertisements make some impact but often the effects aren’t measurable (and even when you do see something it is often subconscious and may manifest itself later as a search query in Google and therefore harder to attribute to the banner). Tags: Tech Market Analysis. More on that another day.

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MAY 15, 2010

Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. Tags: Start-up Advice. Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. Senior exec team is ex-QPass (mobile payments platform sold to Amdocs).

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APRIL 5, 2010

Recently — in the name of censoring pornography — China blocked access to Google and demanded that computers sold in China come supplied with an Internet nanny filter called Green Dam Youth Escort, starting July 1. Think Sergey Brin, the Russian-born co-founder of Google, or Vinod Khosla, the India-born co-founder of Sun Microsystems.

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JULY 1, 2010

Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. -A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it. Current round: $4.2mm led by Spark Capital and Foundry Group. Total raised: $6.0mm.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Or you have to hit the lottery and be an early player middle management player at Google, Facebook, MySpace or Twitter. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Startup Advice. If you want to “Earn&# (and by earn I mean the chance to buy your house outright or greater) – you have to start a company or join as a senior executive.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. There has been a preponderance of early-stage deals that have seen quick exits. As tempting and as deserving as it might be.

angel investing 284

angel investing investing investment VC 284

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 11, 2010

This includes user research and testing, Drupal-based surveys, collaborative design tools using Google docs and a Drupal-based site called Good Ideas that supports collaboration around internal bottom-up (grass-roots) innovation. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. RSVP: [link].

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JULY 25, 2010

I was excited to read it because Robert Cialdini had been a speaker at Google when my wife worked there and she told me that many members of the senior management team at Google had been raving about his work. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. I decided not to be bothered by the cheesy title and to read it anyhow.

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MAY 4, 2010

Palm is a maker of mobile computing devices, including the Pixi and Pixi Plus; HP: “Our intent is to double down on WebOS”; helps HP compete in mobile computing with Apple, RIM, Google, and MSFT. But Google’s investment seems to be focused on supporting a payment platform that can support the Android ecosystem. LivingSocial.

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MAY 25, 2010

This would be no different that Google’s having quality scoring. Tags: Start-up Advice. There are many ways to implement this but one idea is to judge based on a combination of unfollows, Retweets, CTRs or third-party evaluations based on subjective spot tests. Establish a clear policy of revenue sharing.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

BCG, Bain, LEK – they’re all great), a few years at a start-up or a few years somewhere like Microsoft, Google, Amazon or Apple. Tags: Start-up Advice. MBA fine, but not required. It’s hard to start companies and take risks when you’re $150,000 in debt. Okay, now you can shoot me.

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VC peer-to-peer advice consulting 337

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JANUARY 21, 2010

If you don’t follow the image reference above or the tag line, “ You don’t need double talk; you need Bob Loblaw “ (try saying it out loud) , and if you care! But I’m sure he’ll never remember your company when Google buys you for $500 million and he’s still eating Ramen – right?

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