SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. Of course, if you are a good developer looking for equity-only positions in very interesting startups, please drop me a note.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 12, 2010
I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. Like you, I struggle to return everybody’s emails because I get too many. So I often try to stay off of email during the day. Tim Ferriss gave this extra emphasis in his book.
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SoCal CTO
MARCH 1, 2010
Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Of course, one of the best ideas around this is to have Negative Customer Acquisition Costs.
SoCal Tech Calendar
APRIL 29, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 -- Strategies for Success in a Weak Economy. Highlights include the personal experiences of the founders of successful local start-ups Kogi and Yogurtland and of course, the complimentary dinner catered by Kogi! Email Ingrid Goodman-Ingrid.Goodman@lacdc.org.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2011
One of the funnest days for me was the day we took the train into Washington DC and I took the boys for their first tour of the city to see all of the historic sites they were familiar with: The Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial and, of course, the thing they asked about most – The White House. Holy cow.
Eric Greenspan
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
I’ve remained a skeptic about the BBB and as a result of an email I received a couple of weeks ago from them, I have raised the skepticism threat level. So here’s the email I received: Eric, My name is Chad Ratliffe emailing from the Better Business Bureau. This is my sole objective for January of 2010.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 21, 2010
Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. In business you spend your life in email.
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