Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Jeff Bezos is one of the world’s most admired entrepreneurs, primarily because of his humble style and his growth from a regular person background to a current net worth in the neighborhood of $200 billion dollars. He repeatedly refers to what he calls " divinely discontented " customers. They always want more, so they pull you along.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

We had the final terms of our agreement fairly well boxed in within a range of about 5-7% on price and within 30 days on move-in date. That said, there are times where you need to cast a wider net. Often recruiters want to handle the final negotiations on package and/or do the reference calls. Let me start with an example.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2020

You see, inventing a business is about attracting money from investors and customers, rather than spending money on a challenging dream. billion net worth. I find that inventors are fond of referring to their new technology as “ disruptive ,” or a major advance. Then he was able to turn his genius to business and now has a $6.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2012

And in most cases I would heed Fred Wilson’s advice about the “double opt-in” email for intros – where you ask for permission before green-lighting an unsolicited introductions. I’ve commented to several of them (so, no, I’m not talking about YOU. I give introductions frequently. The Details.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

It has also influenced my thoughts, as evidenced by the six infoChachkie blog entries which reference Art. For instance, Guy refers to an entrepreneur’s venture as their “cause.” Anything that you are passionate about and are willing to expend energy to motivate others to support, qualifies as a cause. I was not disapointed.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 18, 2012

In the beginning there were few variations of domain types you purchase as you had a selection of.com,net, or.org. domain was good enough for the Brooklyn hipster, referring to the company Hipster out of Brooklyn, NY. As the Internet gained popularity with businesses and the general public domains began to expand. you had your.biz and.us

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Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 2, 2019

Assess On-Net Fiber Optic Maps. To determine if local providers have the coverage you need, start by assessing their on-net maps. When evaluating providers, ask about flexibility up front to ensure you’re committing to the right partner. References. ¹ [link]. ² [link]. Consider More than Just Infrastructure Availability.

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Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Below we’ll outline how to squeeze those last drops of talent out of your own social circles, how to incentivize current employees to lure in potential candidates in their networks, and how to entice “superconnectors” to recruit through their own far-reaching nets. But how do you go about pitching your friends? Tap Into Your Network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

Right or wrong, the name you choose, or don’t choose, speaks volumes about your business savvy and understanding of the world you are about to enter. Try to adopt a business name that provides some information about what your business does. Ask questions about the names to see if they give off the impression you desire.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

Wil--who has previously been involved in such starutps as Affordit, GotCast, GoBig Network, and several others--sat down with us to talk about his new startup. You saw the first glimmer of this on Kickstarter, with projects, and then at the same time, we saw the JOBS Act come about equity. What's Fundable?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. The thing is – even if your services business is a smaller scale than this – you have complete control over the decisions about where to take the business. There are a couple of ways to think about this growth.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

We sat down with Derek to learn more about the new $5M fund and what it's all about. Tell us about the new fund? Derek Norton: I just closed on a new fund, worth $5M, which I raised from a group of high net worth, high profile LPs. Our investment thesis we refer to as the connected consumer. It all starts there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

Right or wrong, the name you choose, or don’t choose, speaks volumes about your business savvy and understanding of the world you are about to enter. Try to adopt a business name that provides some information about what your business does. Ask questions about the names to see if they give off the impression you desire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Right or wrong, the name you choose, or don’t choose, speaks volumes about your business savvy and understanding of the world you are about to enter. Try to adopt a business name that provides some information about what your business does. Ask questions about the names to see if they give off the impression you desire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

People are even talking about “decacorns" -- investable companies with net worth now exceeding $10 billion -- like Dropbox and Pinterest. This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. Prime examples include Uber, Airbnb and Snapchat. Seed-round investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers. The article also refers to government data showing that those 55 to 64 and older represent one of the fastest growing groups of self-employed workers. They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Right or wrong, the name you choose, or don’t choose, speaks volumes about your business savvy and understanding of the world you are about to enter. Try to adopt a business name that provides some information about what your business does. Ask questions about the names to see if they give off the impression you desire.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

Despite the relatively large-percentage increase, our conversion rate of trail-to-paid customers rose substantially, from about 35% to around 50%. Whenever we encountered a prospect who attempted to nickel-and-dime us with an unreasonable request, we referred to them as “wanting a rib.”. Fortunately, our analysis was sound.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Ria Consulting is hosting its 3rd annual Dallas Day of Dot Net on February 8-9, 2013 at Sheraton Market Center in Dallas, Texas. It’s OK, You Can Create Kick-Ass Web AppsAre you tired of getting verbally beat up about developing web and HTML5 apps? We will also look at versioning and other advanced topics.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

WebEx also charged exorbitant setup fees (again, much like cellular carriers), averaging about $4,000. They knew that price restructuring would significantly impair their gross revenues as well as their net income, which would dramatically impact their stock price. A typical 60-minute meeting with one attendee cost $54.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

VC's love to talk about their successes. spoke with Jeff for about 40-minutes. The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: Subject: Reference for Twilio. There are a number of reasons why Rincon Venture Partners passed on Twilio’s Seed Round. John Greathouse <john *@ *.com>

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

I often speak about co-founder fighting and how this ends in lawsuits but this has become much more prevalent. He regretted the decision and sued the company and the board – it’s still not totally clear to me what he was suing about. He signed a release and remained on the board. He sued anyways. No “special deals.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Banner or AdSense style ads placed either at the top of the page or down the right hand side (often called a skyscraper) would only net Twitter money for users that log into Twitter.com. After all, when I’m in Facebook they know one hell of a lot more about me than Google does. Why am I excited about in-stream advertising then?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

A writer is someone who writes, not someone who goes about telling their friends that they are “a writer”. If people who know you well think that you share traits with good old Uncle Harry, then you may want to think twice about leaving The Herd. You can learn more about his experiences at johngreathouse.com _. — Impatience.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

We live in interesting times where working at a startup is glamorized to the point that many founders even refer to their team members as “rock stars,” which to my ears is cringe worthy. Great programmers are artists, for sure, but rock stars is about the last definition I’d choose. The reality is quite the opposite.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. You can also greatly reduce the risk of employee lawsuits with a few simple preventative steps: Employ consistent and disciplined hiring procedures, including background checks, backdoor references (i.e., Meredith Publishing.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I didn’t mean to be so insulting and I didn’t mean for the net to be cast so wide that many people wondered whether I was talking about them when I was speaking of “job hoppers.&# I learned a lot from reading the comments. They come in the form of personal references. I learned about revenue recognition.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

What is wonderful about this interview is that I got Tom on the record on: what angels look for and how they work? some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. You should approach all investors as if they literally have no information or inkling about your idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views.

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