Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. Too many people still believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and people will throw money at you.

Software Review 106

Software Review Funding Startup Seed Funding 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2020

This element is sharing information through the new video, audio, and interactive media about, and the logic behind decisions, direction, or strategy with the goal of gaining buy-in to the idea so everyone is working toward the same goal. When done well, an organization’s online community can become a competitive advantage.

Framework 159

Framework Social Media Software Review Social Network 159

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2014

However, Egg Baby--the title from newly funded Nix Hydra (www.nixhydra.com)--seems to have cracked the code for how to get new, young, female consumers to become game players. We are young women ourselves, obviously, so its a competitive advantage to do what we know best, especially when theres not many of us in the industry.

Software Review 113

Software Review Startup Mobile HTML 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

Today’s $24 billion storage market in the US has these same key disadvantages and that was the genesis of Sam Rosen’s initial idea for MakeSpace , which I initially funded 15 months ago. He had an idea to make it better. We then riffed on the idea of, “That’s interesting. 10x the experience.

Technical Review 380

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire Startup 380

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2012

A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. Too many people still believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and people will throw money at you.

Seed Funding 100

Seed Funding Software Review Entrepreneur Funding 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2011

A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. Too many people still believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and people will throw money at you.

Software Review 98

Software Review Funding Seed Funding Startup 98

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 12, 2015

While the global economy has proved to be fertile soil for launching small to mid-sized businesses, there has never been a time in which the competition in the small business arena has been as intense as it is currently. BPM software programs help to provide the agility that is becoming increasingly necessary. Cost Efficiency.

Ideas 40

Ideas Software Review Competition Satisfaction 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

Competition is not always a bad thing, and the real purpose is often to make the world a better place. Design the full stack, not just a new software element. The idea is to build excellence in one area, and get the rest from the ecosystem. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”

Ideas 124

Ideas Venture Capital Software Review Technical Review 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. BlackTech Week was created by the leadership team from Code Fever to accelerate and support the innovation of black communities through training, networks and funding. “

Startup 140

Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2010

Yesterday I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. Too many people still believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and people will throw money at you.

Software Review 95

Software Review Startup Seed Funding Funding 95

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). Facebook popularized the short-form “status update&# and this initially is called the “feed&# but over time starts to become known as the “ stream.&# Twitter then popularizes the idea of having only a stream (e.g.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

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. He had ideas. Within a few weeks he was an EIR in our offices in LA working on the idea. I felt bad.

UCSD 340

UCSD Startup Ideas Course 340

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2023

Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. Crowdsourcing for funding and ideas. Simple force multipliers, like product cost reductions and powerful new software tools, have been around for a long time. User generated content that is immediately available to other users is another positive force multiplier.

Social Media 106

Social Media Software Review Course Networking 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In the entrepreneur world, it’s still a popular misconception that the “idea” is everything. Even though investors, like myself, have long made it clear that we invest in people, not ideas, new venture owners insist on talking about their latest “ million dollar idea ,” rather than their “ million dollar team.”

IBM 87

IBM IBM Ideas Technical Review 87

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2018

This element is sharing information through the new video, audio, and interactive media about, and the logic behind decisions, direction, or strategy with the goal of gaining buy-in to the idea so everyone is working toward the same goal. When done well, an organization’s online community can become a competitive advantage.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Media Social Network Technical Review 92

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. There were startups and a software industry but barely. It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete. There was no money train. It was 1991.

Venture Capital 466

Venture Capital Startup Marketing Pricing 466

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

A number of teams have recently been looking to turn that vision into reality, as a result of the Qualcomm Tricorder Prize , a $10M competition being run by the X Prize Foundation to create a real life Tricorder. So the idea is to create a device that does all of that, and you get judged on how well it does, and how easy it is to use.

Startup 262

Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The podcast ecosystem continues to grow and Im excited to see this content medium continue to change the way people receive information and share new ideas. Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. Since 2010, $6.3B

Capital 100

Capital Technical Review Truecar Venture Capital 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

This element is sharing information through the new video, audio, and interactive media about, and the logic behind decisions, direction, or strategy with the goal of gaining buy-in to the idea so everyone is working toward the same goal. When done well, an organization’s online community can become a competitive advantage.

Software Review 90

Software Review Social Media Social Network Technical Review 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2020

Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. Crowdsourcing for funding and ideas. Simple force multipliers, like product cost reductions and powerful new software tools, have been around for a long time. User generated content that is immediately available to other users is another positive force multiplier.

Tips 124

Tips Social Media Software Review Course 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Smart technology doesn’t work without clever software to make it useful. Do you need to wait until you have an idea that’s never been done before? Do you need to take the time to learn coding or should you search out a firm to help bring your idea into reality? What matters most is your execution of that idea.

Marketing 97

Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97

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. What if someone copies your awesome business idea? No, the question is: What are doing now knowing that a big company will copy your idea? Not that I blame you!

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

I don’t believe that any of these requires a birthright, and all can be adopted or learned by anyone, so I encourage you to take a hard look at your own interests and key team members: Action trumps ideas and more analysis every time. Real change comes from people who are obsessed with action, not ideas. Start your tenure from today.

Company 93

Company Companies Software Review IBM 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2013

This element is sharing information through the new video, audio, and interactive media about, and the logic behind decisions, direction, or strategy with the goal of gaining buy-in to the idea so everyone is working toward the same goal. When done well, an organization’s online community can become a competitive advantage.

Social Media 102

Social Media Entrepreneur Software Review Social Network 102

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Custom Customer 286

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. The product was rebuilt and launched as Salesforce Ideas (and if memory serves it was also called the Ideas Exchange).

Organization 280

Organization Custom Customer Tips 280

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Nobody really knows whether or not the idea is yet going to be big, so I believe in not over capitalizing too early. If you’re creating truly innovative products, you often have no idea whether the proverbial dog will eat the dog food. I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2012

This element is sharing information through the new video, audio, and interactive media about, and the logic behind decisions, direction, or strategy with the goal of gaining buy-in to the idea so everyone is working toward the same goal. When done well, an organization’s online community can become a competitive advantage.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Social Network Software Review Social Media 97

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.? In addition to networking, I would suggest that formal learning is a great idea.

CTO Coach 231

CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Also at Startup Night will be 25 diverse and innovative startups showcasing their latest products, competing for prizes including: $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast tracked spot to the Startup of the Year semifinals competition at Innovate Celebrate 2018. Siggi Hindrichs, Principal at Samsung NEXT.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

InfoChachkie

JUNE 20, 2011

Due to their lack of practical experience, this delegation/efficiency tradeoff is especially acute with respect to hiring Interns. Within reason, the larger your “graduating class,” the greater the volume of creative ideas and the larger number of talented recruits from which you can select full-time candidates.

Startup 244

Startup Software Review Technical Review Class 244

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

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2010

This element is sharing information through the new video, audio, and interactive media about, and the logic behind decisions, direction, or strategy with the goal of gaining buy-in to the idea so everyone is working toward the same goal. When done well, an organization’s online community can become a competitive advantage.

Social Media 89

Social Media Startup Software Review Social Network 89

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

After viewing your slide deck, if investors are still interested in your startup, they will ask for a deep-dive meeting to drill in on any hard questions before commencing due diligence. Growth hackers are the marketing equivalent of clever software hackers and are highly respected by investors. Sweat equity.

Startup 57

Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57