Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to a recent study done by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were 565,000 new businesses created per month in 2010 in the US alone, which is a 15-year high. Engage your customers through blog comments, product reviews, and personal customer service. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest. I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. That’s my 2010 hack. Tim Ferriss gave this extra emphasis in his book.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Founded in January 2010 by Stephen Hood (ex-Delicious head of product), Dave Baggeroer (Stanford’s Institute of Design), and Josh Whiting (ex-senior engineer at Delicious and Craigslist).

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. I also read them “my speech,” which goes something like this: . ‘If

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. ” Part of the beauty of blogging that in two sittings Fred was able to influence what was built over the next 12 months. Use that as a source of competition. The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. My wife showed it to me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. These days, every business needs a blog, so sign up your domain names accounts on TypePad, Wordpress, and Blogger, or all of the above, before someone starts blogging in your name.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. They decided to re-open the competition for 3-4 more weeks.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. They decided to re-open the competition for 3-4 more weeks.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s an important film and the most important topic of our generation if we as a country want to remain competitive in a world that has globalized. Having teachers unions in 2010 is so archaic and leads us to have public school systems where the best teachers are paid the same as the worst ones. This hugely resonated with me.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools. So no prizes for guessing my New Year’s resolution for 2010.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Consumers and businesses, in an ever-competitive marketplace that has been energized by the internet, no longer wants ads that just tell them something. One popular example came from the furniture company IKEA in 2010. They want something that many ads have lost over time: engagement.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand. Because they are anti-competitive most countries ban cartels. NBC will merge with Comcast, owner of “Fancast,&# which would be a competitive offering to Hulu.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# Simple: he/she feels the deal is “hot&# and therefore competitive. In frothy markets (like we’re seeing in August 2010) this happens more frequently.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The hottest buzzword for startups in 2010 is “pivot.” You have to learn that no product will satisfy every customer, so don’t make random jumps based on a single customer, friend, or negative blog article. Adaptation and dealing with chaos is the key to survival for a startup, and your best competitive edge over large companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

LAGbook was founded in 2010 by two twin brothers Chika and Chidi Nwaogu when they were just 19 years old and freshmen at University. 2010 and launched on 25 Apr. 2010, same day we purchased the domain name, lagbook.com. This includes contents like Videos, Photos, Blog Posts and Forum Threads. When was it launched?

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. Because its just not that hyper-competitive, Im-hiring-all-your-staff, because-Im-Google environment. Recent Comments | 3 Total February 26, 2010 at 6:37pm by bill right L.A.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Bielas, a longtime San Diego resident who founded RSI ID Technologies, a San Diego area maker of inexpensive radio-frequency identity tags and RF readers, said he started to invest in technology startups after selling the business (which merged with Sirit in 2008) to Federal Signal in 2010. “I

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Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Describing something using a) jargon and b) competitive comparison could spiral out of control, quickly.

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Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! In todays highly competitive job marketplace, it is becoming increasingly more difficult.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Removing the Middleman: Embedding Shopping on Your Blog. In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. The buzz words of SXSW Interactive 2010: cloud computing, social, on-demand, sharing, collaboration, Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, monetization, Startup. .

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Outwit the competition. Customer, not Competition Be a leader, not a follower.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup. Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea. Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Yes, I did say competition. ► October (1) New Video!

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! I think about the things I have written in my blog, things like "make mistakes", "fail fast".

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Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! because they are so focused on being better than their competition.

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Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! What if there was another competitive cash register on the market? ► October (1) New Video!

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 27, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! We had this same culture at L90/adMonitor.

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Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Now, there is so much competition that it is very, very difficult to keep people.

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Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! We just started developing.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! Steady engineers are likely to sacrifice innovation for quality.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video!

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! In fact, the bigger the obstacle, the more pumped up everyone got.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video!

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals. 10 Blogging Tips. Those who avoided just one of those errors stood out in the crowd. Here’s why.

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