SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

Of course, if you are developing native mobile apps or building something on top of a particular code base or you need to integrate tightly with something, all of those factors may push you directly towards a particular language and framework. Of course, I'm not sure that anyone chooses Java alone. This may push you in that direction.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2012

Of course, there has been no shortage of articles about Pinterest lately. Most focus on two things though, the amount of women that use the site and the amount of money dirty marketing people are going to make from it. You guys are going to be rich!”. I guess I was right.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

Of course I’m not preaching crazy, irrational spend or having Kid Rock at your next company party. You can do them all yourself, of course. The C-round CEO still gets her hand dirty but shouldn’t be a control freak or become a bottleneck in the organization. But at what cost? You hired a head of product for a reason.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 11, 2010

I have repeated it often to boards deliberating action and to individual board members seeking to get their hands dirty inside the corporation by giving advice and helping at levels beneath the CEO. I first heard this in a governance seminar for a non-profit higher educational board upon which I sit, years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. I’ve seen other VCs who seem to never have time to get their hands dirty. The best way – of course – is to reference check. Connections? Commitment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

You can’t just do the exciting stuff like making the final call on product and speaking at conferences, while shuffling off everything else to the mythical COO who loves doing all the dirty work and doesn’t want any of the credit. ” Mythical COO who loves doing the dirty work with no credit. Therein lies the dilemma.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

That’s why I’m impressed with a new book, “ All Dreams on Deck: Charting the Course for Your Life and Work ,” by Jeremy Cage. Hopefully, between the two of us, more of you with big business dreams will follow the leads and generate more successful business results: Start by getting your hands dirty.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2011

In startups, leading from the front means that you are not afraid to get your hands dirty, pitching in to get the job done. If you are the type of leader that likes to sit back and delegate, you shouldn’t have left your nice job at American International Group ( AIG ), unless you had no choice, of course.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2010

In startups, leading from the front means that you are not afraid to get your hands dirty, pitching in to get the job done. If you are the type of leader that likes to sit back and delegate, you shouldn’t have left your nice job at BP (unless you had no choice, of course).

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

" Of course, that’s a rare combination. Can a CTO who is not ready to get their hands dirty in code help guide a technical team? Common sense says you'd do your best to hire or otherwise permanently engage that lead developer. Anyone hiring a CTO needs to know that the person is still technical.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music. He spoke about his Grammy-winning song Ridin’ (as in Ridin’ Dirty) and how the labels wanted to extend life of song by getting somebody famous to remix the song.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Of course the press is going to roast you. It was filled with profanity and pretty dirty commentary. You need some showmanship. You need to invite the press, talk to them, let them ask questions. You don’t handle major announcements via a blog post and no touch points. Much of this has been deleted, me thinks.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2010

However, as discussed below, this advantage can also prove to be limiting, especially if the team does not embrace a diversity of opinions, as described in Dirty Team Building , Fox Hole Mentality – Social bonds made under duress are extremely resilient, as evidenced by well attended military reunions decades after the soldiers fought together.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

It may sound counterintuitive, but the greater constraint investors place on their financial resources during a downturn, the better your chances of success, given (of course) that your adVenture is able to either secure funding or generate adequate revenue from customers, as described below in reason #7 – Customer Dollars Taste Great.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

“The hardest part about working from home is the distraction of seeing a dirty house or knowing that there are chores that need to be done,” said Krystal Covington, founder of Women of Denver , in an interview with Tech.co. ” The value of a rock solid routine goes beyond that though.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The original name of the software Microsoft licensed to IBM was Quick and Dirty Operating System (QDOS), which Gates artfully renamed it MSDOS. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. — John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

You know you have successfully Bro’d up when your fellow Bro starts to share her company’s dirty laundry, often in the form of bad-mouthing members of their team, criticizing their processes, etc. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

Here's a dirty secret about most startups. In How to Level Up in Your Career as a Startup Software Engineer , Pete Soderling points out something that's a bit of a dirty secret in the world of startups: Many startup software engineers don’t take proactive steps to manage their careers. But that's most often not the case.

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