Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

In the popular press, it’s easy to find articles that will convince you that companies with a good culture, such as Google, do it by lavishing perks and benefits , including some combination of free meals, trips and parties, financial bonuses, gyms, and a dog-friendly environment.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

It would almost seem wrong not to mention Google on a list of companies with great culture. Google has been synonymous with culture for years, and sets the tone for many of the perks and benefits startups are now known for. This level of freedom and empowerment creates confident employees and improves morale.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

It would almost seem wrong not to mention Google on a list of companies with great culture. Google has been synonymous with culture for years, and sets the tone for many of the perks and benefits startups are now known for. This level of freedom and empowerment creates confident employees and improves morale.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

His article is well worth reading anyways. Often you ask somebody, “Did you see that article on Google buying so and so?” I would delete my Tweet and then write something like, “ Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. I should know. Titles are an enticement to read a post.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

This was 20 seconds of a 10-minute interview yet the article title was, “Mark Suster: Group Texting Companies are Doomed.&# Yes, the competition going forward will be strong. Google has Google Voice. It’s a fun 10-minute interview that you might enjoy watching. Actually, I never said that.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Ali Khoshgozaran: Before we started the company, me and my partner had participated in the USC Viterbi startup competition. About 100 teams participated in that competition, and 10 teams were selected to be part of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage program. How did Tilofy come about? Ali Khoshgozaran: That''s a great question.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Minimal Science / Technology – Other than the technology associated with ecommerce, most successful MBA startups do not rely on technological innovations or fundamental, scientific discoveries to achieve a competitive advantage. MBA’s are an easy target for entrepreneurs’ scorn.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

That student is Erin McCann who formerly worked in sales at Google, so she has some ground to stand on in her assertions. My list of excuses includes: product, pricing, competition and lack of sales support. That said, I think it is written without taking the full extent of my sales articles into account.

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Both Sides of the Table

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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Both Sides of the Table

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. Competition: Pingg, MyPunchbowl, TinyPrints , PaperlessPost. Competition: Apple iPhone App Store Genius. Estimated 15mm downloads to date.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2012

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Competition – which competitors will prove to be the most formidable? NOTE: competitors validate your idea, if you lose heart after one Google search, you are not sufficiently passionate about the idea. Differentiation – what color are my elephant’s sunglasses , how I will beat the competition?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Variations on the incubator theme are sometimes called business accelerators, science parks, or the Small Business Administration's Small Business Development Centers ( SBDCs ) in almost every state in the U.S.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 What’s The Worst Mistake?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The Best Startup Accelerators Of 2016 ” But don’t expect incubators to magically convert your pre-hatched idea into a successful company.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 8, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in Forbes. Modern-day entrepreneurs use Evernote, Google Keep, etc. Competition – which competitors will prove to be the most formidable? NOTE: competitors validate your idea, if you lose heart after one Google search, you are not sufficiently passionate about the idea.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

It's almost like native advertising, which recognizes an article mention is a hotel and turning it into a link. At the same time, there's not that intensity of competition for engineers as in Silicon Valley. The ones who did leave were being poached by Google and Amazon, and moving North. I harken back to my eBay days.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), co-founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2011

In previous articles, I have occasionally mentioned “red flags” which every potential investor unconsciously listens for. It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Gartner says our market will be $50 billion in 2015.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

We went through the euphoria of massive exposure at the time of our launch due to an article that ran in the Financial Times. Google announced Google Wave and people are worried about the impact on your business? I think it’s best to have friendly competition the way you’d hope to in sports. Don’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. You have been at Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo! Get yourself in a big demo day competition. And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! And who cares, right?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Google) were initially based on open source elements, then refined to make it work reliably at huge scale, clearly demonstrating the relevance of open source for cloud computing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

I was talking a month ago with a founding team who was lamenting the fact that their competitors got way better coverage than they did when they felt that their traffic numbers were > 2x the competition. Whether we like to admit it or not, PR drives behavior with customers, investors, employees and competition.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there. Google, iTunes, the Android Market, Crosswa.lk, Chomp, Appolicious, and other sites are great starting points. Having competition isn’t a bad thing. If it’s in a niche market, that’s even better. Deciding on a Direction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The 15 Best Startup Accelerators in the U.S. ”

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! When I joined Oracle, they were essentially ‘the Google’ of their time. A big part of our culture is to be competitive and to be at peace with your co-workers, with no politics. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Were you 12 years old at the time?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Eliminate Voicemail – I’ve read many articles on productivity over the years and most will tell you to severely limit the amount of inbound phone calls you receive. OK, before you all tell me about Google Voice, let me say the following. If you care about a free product then you should obviously use Google Voice.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 29, 2012

If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Avoid too much specificity, as you may risk sounding like yet another startup that is, “Waiting For Google.” Like Godot, you will likely find that Google will never come knocking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2010

These items can kill your business career, as you may remember from the example in Google Results are the Measure of an Entrepreneur. The legal hiring market is very competitive.” Newspaper articles and court records are difficult to impossible to remove, and they do not seek to remove them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest , former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). free weekly Infochachkie articles! Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2010

In previous articles, I have occasionally mentioned “red flags” which every potential investor unconsciously listens for. It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Gartner says our market will be $50 billion in 2010.”

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Before starting FindTheBest, Kevin was the Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B free weekly Infochachkie articles! Not necessarily those who went to the best schools, but who are really street-smart…and we want competitive people. If you care to review my prior discussion with Kevin, you can do so HERE.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 11, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Note: As a public service, I will happily offer the USPS a 15-minute course in “How To Use Google” at my special government rate of $150,000. The US Postal Service pulled off another debacle with the Maya Angelou stamp. Their task was simple. Combine a photo of Ms.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 23, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! If the BDC has no competitive incentive to market your solution, there is a real risk that it will put your technology “on the shelf” and move on to the next entrepreneur whose technology must be kept out of reach of the BDC’s competitors.

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