Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This usually marks the end of organic growth, as partnerships and alliances aid growth, but again dilute the focus on culture. In fact, crises can and do hit an any phase, due to poor execution, complacency from success, less competitive strategy, change of leadership, and many other reasons. Efficiency and scale.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

FreedomSpeaks is a startup developing a business around connecting people with information about their political representatives, and also enabling organizations and others to do the same. What really differentiates us from our competition is the data set we have. Our competition doesn't have that data.

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Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

In addition, Web 2.0 was a proliferation of user generated content which created the need for Web 3.0, the need for human organized content- curation. We love Web 3.0. For competitive reasons, we don’t want to disclose this just yet. is about pulling curated content to you from trusted sources.

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Social Network Networking Content Web 104

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. And if even 1% of users click on the ads because they’re relevant rather than on the organic search it’s a HUGE business (as you know). If we continue our success we will have strong competition.

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

The government is a Byzantine, reactive organization plagued by its self-imposed hierarchy. As I earlier suggested, part of the problem is due to the organization of Washington, DC, right down to fiscal years and annual budgets. One very encouraging note these organizations are trying to use "Web 2.0"

Education 45

Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Just Say What it Is By Frank Addante In todays high-tech, highly competitive world, more and more companies are describing their products or services using too many fancy, jargon words. This is particularly a problem in crowded markets where they are trying hard to differentiate themselves from their competition.

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Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

In todays highly competitive job marketplace, it is becoming increasingly more difficult. Silicon Valley has a lot of engineers with a lot of experience, but also lot of competition, which makes it the most expensive place to hire engineers and loyalty can be a challenge. My solution: cast a wider net.

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Outsource Development Startup .Net Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

Outwit the competition. Customer, not Competition Be a leader, not a follower. Companies often focus too much on their competition. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Think Differently Constantly challenge conventional wisdom. Take the contrarian route. Create novel solutions.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

They are afraid of their competition finding out about the idea, a bigger company trying to steal it or some other entrepreneur doing it first. Well, my philosophy is that if you keep it from your competition, youre also keeping it from potential users or customers. Yes, I did say competition.

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Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 27, 2007

Our competition was well funded with many millions of dollars, well armed with hundreds of employees and far down the path. We had a few wooden desks and a desktop computer that served as my personal workstation, our web server and our ad server. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

because they are so focused on being better than their competition. Tell Your Friends Subscribe Filed under: entrepeneurs , internet , product development , startup , StrongMail Newer Post Older Post Home No Comment Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Chocolate Candy Web 2.0

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

Since India still seems to be the most popular place to outsource, I will give my ratings based only on my experiences (directly and indirectly) on outsourcing to India: Cost (Today = 2; 5 Years Ago = 4): Costs in India have been rising as competition for resources grows. While still considerably less then the U.S.,

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

What if there was another competitive cash register on the market? Sure, theres a wave of new technology solutions that have come into the market that are competitive with DoubleClick, but, they are unproven. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Whats the cost of not having it?

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

We didn’t wait for planning meetings, we didn’t discuss strategy, didn’t discuss architecture, didn’t talk to customers, didn’t look at similar or competitive products , didn’t write specs or requirements. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Advertising 40

Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

Bringing in Steady engineers too early could result in a less competitive product, bringing them in too late could result in instability. Tell Your Friends Subscribe Filed under: engineers , product development Newer Post Older Post Home No Comment Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Chocolate Candy Web 2.0

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Develop Development Product 40

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

In todays highly competitive and busy world, we are spending less time taking care of bodies and spending more time taking care of our careers, our houses and other material belongings. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Startup Blogging Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Our “keep it simple&# strategy enabled us to move faster than our competition, and more importantly, enabled our customers to move faster than their competition. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

I think it is evidenced by the fact that many people from our team went on to be very successful; some are successful entrepreneurs, some are holding very high level executive positions at successful companies and some started non-profit/charity organizations. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

In Silicon Valley, people are much more competitive, have more focus/experience in software backgrounds and often focus more attention on the methods first, then the results. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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