Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

His ideas to date hadn’t totally resonated and of course ideas matter, too. His message was that he realized he needed to move his girlfriend’s stuff into a storage facility due to apartment flooding. They built the software. Of course there is competition! Of course a show gave them an award!

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UCSD Startup Ideas Course 340

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2013

However due to much controversy and competition, the same hasn’t played true while at large events (*cough* SXSW ). Few have tried in recently months with little success; generally due to city regulations on competing with the local taxi services, but Callaway’s social and brand presence should help this be success.

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Software Review Technical Review Social Media Course 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. If your software or your manufacturing process is your secret sauce, you need to keep the work in-house. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

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Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

The firm, which underwent a significant restructuring over the last two years, went on an investment tear over the course of 2019 as new partners went out to build up a new portfolio for the firm — almost of a whole cloth. Kleiner Perkins gets back to early-stage with its $600M 18th fund.

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IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 The list goes on and on.

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Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Over the course of the first few months I saw a few people out on the street taking Birds and then a steady uptick in riders. Capital of course drives scale advantages and when you have “winner take most” markets it also has a way of scaring away some investors from investing in the 3–5th “me too” competitors.

Santa Monica 256

Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers.

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. If your software or your manufacturing process is your “secret sauce,” you need to keep the work in-house. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

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Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

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Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

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. We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 12, 2010 This is part 1 of the series: 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What are the biggest areas of technical risk? How can we address this risk?

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CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 The list goes on and on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2015

Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. Of course, it can also be a negative force multiplier, if you are not paying attention as an entrepreneur, or choose to challenge your customer’s view of reality. Of course, the concept of force multiplication goes far beyond your startup networks.

Social Media 99

Social Media Software Review Entrepreneur Course 99

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Of course we have to believe that there is a viable market, a differentiated product offering and a chance to build something defensible but if you do those basics right you still get crushed without an amazingly talented founder. With Ring it became your doorbell so of course you always use it when someone’s at your door.

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Startup Pricing Product Marketing 247

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are so many events to attend that one could become a full time conference attendee and you could easily feel like you’re missing out with each event that happens without you and of course there is Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat to remind you just how fun it was for everybody else. “Yeah, we think about going every year.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Invest 150

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”. 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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Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

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. It profiles one little girl who finished her course work at a private Christian school in her neighborhood but was unable to attend graduation because her mom got behind on payments.

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Class Education Technical Review Writing 340

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

The ambitiously competitive teams were as follows: The Brownies, with Epic Tunes, an app aimed at live concert goers, to provide information, show reviews, and access to ticket purchases. All smiles of course, the girls were asked more deeply about various aspects of their projects: in-depth marketing strategies, competing edge, etc.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review USC 82

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I’ve talked before about problems I see with the US education system in both my post about Peter Thiel’s 20-under-20 initiative and also my review of Waiting for Superman. He then of course launched the FOWA (future of web apps) conference , which was very successful. He sold both companies.

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Invest Carson Technical Review Education 295

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

over the course of 2020 (and their combined estimated price tag of nearly $100 billion), it’s not surprising that the Biden plan begins with a focus on resiliency. The vast majority of those are nowhere up to modern codes. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2016

Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. Of course, it can also be a negative force multiplier, if you are not paying attention as an entrepreneur, or choose to challenge your customer’s view of reality. Of course, the concept of force multiplication goes far beyond your startup networks.

Startup 58

Startup Social Media Software Review Entrepreneur 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution. Startup leaders have to be relentlessly resourceful in overcoming obstacles and competition. Now, of course, Page and Brin have that same credibility with their successes at Google. Focus on prior results, not titles.

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Startup Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review 60

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive. They had to spend time training our new resources, reviewing code, refactoring where mistakes were made, attending meetings, etc. In the end, of course, our productivity actually suffered. I certainly did in my first company. What did he know?

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

of course there are MUCH more sophisticated financial tools than either of these, but PEG is a short-hand many people use]. Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition. Investors value growth. Revenue is Not Revenue is Not Revenue.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 The list goes on and on.

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Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Hilariously simple tutorials, gaming, Windows 8 real-time, Windows Azure as a virtually unlimited scaling mechanism, and of course, awesome web and mobile possibilities are just a few of the examples you’ll see demonstrated. Leveraging these techniques should put you on an even playing field or ahead of the native app competition.

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Training Technical Review Technology Software Review 65

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Regularly follow reviews and influencers in your industry. Of course, you may not have the time or desire to read through every document in your space, but it’s not so hard to find and follow some key influencer blogs on social media.

Custom 57

Custom Customer Technical Review Software Review 57

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 The list goes on and on.

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Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%. Many software companies have > 80% gross margins which is why they are more valuable than say traditional retailers or consumer product companies.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Maxwell Wessel, in a recent article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 The list goes on and on.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

You don’t need to buy expensive software – there are free open source solutions for nearly everything. And of course Foundry Group, Union Square and a whole host of other firms including my own. I think this segment has expanded due to structural changes discussed earlier but it still has a natural limit.

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Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. Patent examiners generally ask for clarification during the review process. This is especially important when your patent addresses an emerging technology that significantly changes during the course of the typical, multi-year review. .

IP 256

IP Patents Company Companies 256

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. " The Bible Code predicted the Sept 11 attacks 5,000 years ago." " Patterns in Chaos.

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Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

As an example, a few years ago I worked for small software company selling an expensive enterprise workflow product. Also, this competitor will now be a better candidate for merger or acquisition (M&A), due to the existing relationship, when either of you is ready for that step. Marty Zwilling.

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Company Companies Startup Examples 96