Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Here are some tips from a classic book by Harvey Mackay, “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensable. You can’t outsource that one. It pays to be visible in any way that’s positive for the company. Pay attention to your image.

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Startup Journal Outsource Tips 125

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Startup 111

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

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! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? A BIG THANK YOU.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

I am fond of quoting that about 70% of my investment decision of an early-stage company is the team. How you build out your team in the first few years can have a huge impact on the trajectory of your company. So I naturally spend much time with the companies in which I invest helping them: recruit. figure out roles.

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Startup Slides Outsource Development Sales 388

Xconomy

APRIL 3, 2019

The company does early-stage drug research for biopharma companies, biotechs, government agencies, and academia; it claims to have done outsourced work for each of the 100 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Charles River says it was involved with about 85 percent of the drugs.

San Diego 59

San Diego Outsource Development Research Outsource 59

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. I recently spoke with Brad about his approach to guerilla marketing and how he instills eclectic marketing tactics in Foundry Group’s portfolio companies. Chris is the CEO of Gnip , a Foundry Group portfolio company. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible.

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Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2019

Here are some tips from a classic book by Harvey Mackay, “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensable. You can’t outsource that one. It pays to be visible in any way that’s positive for the company. Pay attention to your image.

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Tips Startup Journal Outsource 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2011

Jamie tells us the interesting story behind how the company started plus how the company managed to quickly land investor interest. I had just sold my last company, Phonetag, and was starting to look at doing new things. I had just ended up finishing my tour of duty on September 10th, when the lockup ended for my last company.

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Newsletter Startup CTO Hire Blogging 216

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. The CTO / Lead Architect - If you want to build a great technology company, you’ll need a “rockstar&# engineering lead. As the company and therefore the team size grew I’d want a VP of Engineering.

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CTO Hire Fractional VPE Startup Outsource Development 400

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I also blog at [link] and you can find me on twitter: @gilbola. Where are some interesting areas or companies in LA that you think are doing good things? What are you working on now?

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Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Here are some tips from a book by Harvey Mackay a while back, titled “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensible. You can’t outsource that one. It pays to be visible in any way that’s positive for the company. Think big picture.

Startup 103

Startup Entrepreneur Journal Outsource 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2017

Here are some tips from a classic book by Harvey Mackay, “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensable. You can’t outsource that one. It pays to be visible in any way that’s positive for the company. Pay attention to your image.

Startup 58

Startup Journal Outsource Tips 58

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Low performance networks also impact staff morale if they become frustrated with page load and file retrieval times, which can cause them to dislike their job or their company over time if left unfixed. Businesses that don’t outsource network maintenance tasks put the onus on their internal teams, which can quickly max out their bandwidth.

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Networking Services Design Demand 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2012

Here are some tips from a book by Harvey Mackay a while back, titled “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensible. You can’t outsource that one. It pays to be visible in any way that’s positive for the company. Think big picture.

Startup 92

Startup Journal Outsource Tips 92

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Hulme, blogging at Cloud Commons , believes that the cloud will spur a jobs explosion, though the jobs descriptions will differ. The San Antonio-based company provides Fanatical Support to its customers and partners, across a portfolio of IT services, including Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing.

Cloud Computing 85

Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC. In the late 90′s I saw a dangerous trend creeping into the startup world, which was that companies were suddenly raising huge amounts of money too early in their existence. Over funding often produces bad behavior in early-stage companies.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Managed Network Service Providers (MNSPs) have the equipment, staff, expertise, and experience necessary to take on infrastructure tasks so companies can focus less on network upkeep and more on strategic business goals. MNSPs can provide companies with the knowledge and expertise needed to optimize their infrastructure.

Networking 54

Networking Services Organization Technical Support 54

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2011

Here are some tips from a recent book by Harvey Mackay, titled “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensible. You can’t outsource that one. It pays to be visible in any way that’s positive for the company. Think big picture.

Startup 91

Startup Journal Outsource Tips 91

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

While watching a Mixergy interview I was so inspired by Andrew Warner really grilling his interviewees asking them exactly how they started that it inspired me to ask myself what is the one panel I wish I had when I first launched my company in my late teens. One mastermind focuses on how to outsource development and programming.

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Mixergy Outsource Development Outsource Conference 70

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. If you really want to do a product business then hire a professional manager for your services company, quit that job and focus 100% on your product company. You’re a small fish.

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Let me explain why this company had such an impact on my life. As a last resort I outsourced and actually hired someone in India to remotely log into my computer during the night and correct all the errors from the scanned cards, which my in house team had processed earlier in the day. Ask yourself, ‘what does my company solve’?

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. And I feel that this skill is invaluable in both building a start-up company and in being a VC.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

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! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? A BIG THANK YOU.

Company 40

Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 40

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Experts estimate that the average cost of downtime per hour is estimated at $8500 for a small enterprise, $215,000 for a mid-sized company, and $686,000 for a large corporation. With a regional provider, companies benefit from local representatives that are familiar with local concerns. Local staff.

Services 64

Services Southern California Alhambra Technical Review 64

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

This front line team, often called community managers, are the “voice” of your company, and must have authority to make and carry out decisions that can make or break a customer’s experience. That means forget using interns or outsourcing this function. You need insider “deciders” here. Be proactive and put on your listening ears.

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Social Media Customer Custom Media 99

Frank Addante

MAY 20, 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! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? A BIG THANK YOU.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Blogging Startup Venture Capital 40

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

As enterprises outsource more of the business operations to hosted platforms, more emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring mission-critical applications are always accessible. They do more than collect data for your company, they can also provide early warning signs of a network problem. Do Not Fall for the Common Redundancy Pitfall.

Networking 45

Networking Southern California Outsource Development Startup 45

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio is the founder, and was 30 years old with no background in technology when she started the company. She was a painter (art not houses), who saw an opportunity and went for it, funding the company by taking a loan from her parents and selling off all of her paintings. Who are the founders and what are their backgrounds?

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, the perpetrator overwhelms a target company by flooding their service with so much phony traffic that their service is unable to serve authentic requests. Friday’s attack affected Netflix, Twitter, Spotify, AWS, Airbnb, Reddit, GitHub and many more companies at once. One Target, Many Victims.

Netflix 40

Netflix Services Outsource Development Outsource 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2010

Here are some tips from a recent book by Harvey Mackay, titled “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work just as well in a startup as they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensible. You can’t outsource that one. It pays to be visible in any way that’s positive for the company. Think big picture.

Tips 49

Tips Startup Journal Outsource 49

Xconomy

JULY 20, 2016

First came Inception Sciences , a holding company for spinning out biotech startups established by Versant Ventures and Peppi Prasit, the veteran San Diego drug developer. We outsource everything. But so far, the company has actually drawn only $3 million last year and $4 million earlier this year. Reprints | Share:

San Diego 40

San Diego Avalon Outsource Development Newsletter 40

InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2011

As noted in parts I and II of this series, agreements with Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) can be alluring and potentially fatal. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Unmitigated exclusivity can be the death knell of a small company.

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Outsource Development IP Technical Review Entrepreneur 193

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

The American Seed Company, as shown in the accompany ad, encouraged young people to sign a simple “contract” that read: “Please send me your Big Prize book and one order of 45 packs of American Seeds. He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com. Copyright © 2007-9 by J.

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Web 2.0 Web Sales Outsource Development 222