SoCal CTO

JULY 19, 2016

I’ve had lots of conversations with fellow CTOs about the TechEmpower Web Framework Benchmarks. Some really appreciate the value that they bring to help them understand performance characteristics of different frameworks. I got a rash of customers who said to me, “Hey, we went to this TechEmpower Benchmark site.

TechEmpower 150

TechEmpower Framework Startup Web 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2021

Every entrepreneur’s first priority should be the alignment of interests across the range of constituents required for success – partners, investors, customers, vendors, and employees. If you have had to pivot from the consumer market to enterprise customers, that requires new pricing models and new sales channels.

Social Media 143

Social Media Startup Framework Course 143

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2021

For survival, entrepreneurs need to be all about accomplishing results that matter for themselves, their team, and their customers. That means identifying the few most important roles you play in the startup right now, giving a framework for balance, motivation, and fulfillment. Rule your technology, don’t let it rule you.

Framework 153

Framework Product Entrepreneur Social Media 153

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

He was not an expert in technology, inventory logistics or publishing. The framework I found which made the decision incredibly easy was what I called – which only a nerd would call – a ‘regret minimization framework’. We know this is a feature that’s good for customers. Being Simpleminded Is A Good Thing.

Tips 223

Tips Framework Metrics Cloud Computing 223

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I cannot recommend it enough for people in the technology or media sectors. Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. So the startups tend to focus on totally new customers.

Startup 376

Startup Framework Marketing Customer 376

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost.

Tips 161

Tips Startup Social Media News 161

SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

Have you conducted Problem, Solution and Feature Interviews with customers? See Investors, MVPs and Evidence of Traction. Have you Documented Your MVP for Your Developer s? Have you looked through Things You May Have Forgot in Your MVP and provided answers to these? Do you have a Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One ?

CTO Coach 219

CTO Coach Metrics Framework Software Development 219

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Schwartzfarb is currently Managing Director of Techstars Austin, but spent a significant time in the Los Angeles technology community working with Jake Winebaum at Business.com. The reason why, is my experience is in early stage sales and more specifically, in early stage customer development. The answer is almost always NO.

Sales 113

Sales Startup Custom Development Framework 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Audiolife was built on a framework to handle all the back-end work through store fronts allowing musicians to focus on what they do best. Loaded with his technology and merchandise background, GoodThreads was born. Brandon and his team are always continuing to build and develop key partnerships with heavier and customized integrations.

Technology 95

Technology Framework USC Platform 95

Inverted Software

AUGUST 9, 2021

The above quote is a real customer that ended up at our office. The art of writing quality software is something we have been practicing successfully since 2001 and during this time, have acquired hundreds of customers that understand the Inverted Software difference. At Inverted software we know and have seen this all too often.

Software 105

Software Writing Framework Screening 105

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- "Recession-proof Pricing Strategies for a Multi-platform World" Technology Council. Today's technology companies increasingly must deliver products on multiple platforms to satisfy customer demand and competitive pressures. See [link] (more).

Pricing 100

Pricing Technology Council Framework Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2013

In reality, the business world gets tougher every day, with new entrants, new technology, and competitors more easily entering the fray from around the globe. Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Bargaining power of customers.

Startup 80

Startup Framework Competition Pricing 80

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Obsess About Customers, Not Colleagues Or Competitors. “We We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.”. You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused. Be Simpleminded.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Framework Customer 279

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Have you tested the concept with customers using paper? Have you signed some test customers? Don't try to hunting programmers until you've pushed this as far as you can on paper and get early customers. He had a few early customers ready to go. Have you done all you can on paper? Do you have wireframes?

Guide 349

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 349

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Mark Harris is back with new details on Uber’s autonomous vehicle technology program. The upshot: Uber was spending $20 million a month to develop self-driving technologies. Then there’s Volkswagen AG, which is in continued talks with Ford to partner on self-driving car technologies. billion investment in 2018.

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San Fernando Los Angeles Commerce News 217

Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

It also takes only an hour to develop your own using a rapid development framework like CakePHP. The Exit-Intent Technology also makes it easy to squeeze conversions out of website abandoners. But if you want to level things up, you can use a platform like OptinMonster to create popup forms, sliding forms, floating bars, and sidebars.

Tool 39

Tool Customer Custom Sites 39

Inverted Software

JUNE 15, 2018

Experimenting with Bleeding Edge technologies. They learn and try new frameworks and technologies and often get excited about the possibilities of incorporating technology they deem cool into their code. Imagine your customers getting invoices that are off by just a few Dollars or Cents.

Software Review 51

Software Review Software Development Outsource Development Development Team Review 51

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Have you tested the concept with customers using paper? Have you signed some test customers? Don't try to hunting programmers until you've pushed this as far as you can on paper and get early customers. He had a few early customers ready to go. Have you done all you can on paper? Do you have wireframes?

Guide 296

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 296

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

Decision Dynamics Each firm makes decisions in different ways so understanding the firm’s decision framework matters. Building models to evaluate the deal and/or reviewing customer files, company financials, business plans, etc. How does the partnership typically make its final investment decisions?

Venture Capital 314

Venture Capital Technical Review Invest Slides 314

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Most technology startups seem to be founded by three types of people: product managers, engineers or biz dev types (MBAs and the like). They work through ROI calculations with customers. In life I’ve found it useful to have little frameworks to try and interpret the world through. They’re always on time. Enough said.

Startup 350

Startup Sales Framework Organization 350

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2015

For survival, entrepreneurs need to be all about accomplishing results that matter for themselves, their team, and their customers. That means identifying the few most important roles you play in the startup right now, giving a framework for balance, motivation, and fulfillment. Rule your technology, don’t let it rule you.

Product 111

Product Entrepreneur Framework Social Media 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

McKinsey had their “ 7S framework &# and BCG had the “ BCG Matrix &# with cash cows, dogs, stars and question marks. I mean Porter’s Five forces is a useful framework but it’s basically microeconomics with a pretty wrapper. But tell me how practical is the 7s’s, really?

Startup 378

Startup Framework Slides Coach 378

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2013

Every entrepreneur’s first priority should be the alignment of interests across the range of constituents required for success – partners, investors, customers, vendors, and employees. If you have had to pivot from the consumer market to enterprise customers, that requires new pricing models and new sales channels.

Startup 94

Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Framework 94

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. We have built an application services platform for vehicles, and our first customer was actually USAA. Bryan Biniak: Connected Travel was founde d n 2016.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Platform 113

Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

Everywhere, technology is starting to percolate into an otherwise prosaic, non-tech industry—apply big data, apply machine learning—and revolutionize it.”. Rao added, “With this acquisition, Intel is formally committing to pushing the forefront of AI technologies.”.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Framework Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

At the big consulting firms, investment banks and established large technology companies we’re taught to produce long reports, make sure that every document is perfect quality and that every possible bit of diligence has been done. They over think the decision framework. Check your legal framework. Good enough isn’t.

Startup 335

Startup Technical Review Framework Entrepreneur 335

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2012

Every entrepreneur’s first priority should be the alignment of interests across the range of constituents required for success – partners, investors, customers, vendors, and employees. If you have had to pivot from the consumer market to enterprise customers, that requires new pricing models and new sales channels.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Framework 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2012

In reality, the business world gets tougher every day, with new entrants, new technology, and competitors more easily entering the fray from around the globe. Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Bargaining power of customers.

Competition 94

Competition Startup Pricing Framework 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2016

For survival, entrepreneurs need to be all about accomplishing results that matter for themselves, their team, and their customers. That means identifying the few most important roles you play in the startup right now, giving a framework for balance, motivation, and fulfillment. Rule your technology, don’t let it rule you.

Product 60

Product Entrepreneur Framework Social Media 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2010

until the technology matures?&#. You should be presenting data to your VCs and framing the decisions that you’re trying to make into cogent frameworks that will allow a group of experienced people to help you with decision making. I tried hard, though, never to confuse my curiosity with real wisdom.

Help 288

Help Startup Venture Capital Framework 288

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Their unique “provide value to customers first” mantra sets them apart in the digital signage industry. We pushed to find out how we could add value to the business/cafe/bar owners who we consider our customers and stakeholders.” “We’ve built an app framework. We started small, but wanted more innovation.

Social Media 106

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

I ended up going to Lockheed Martin as Chief Innovation Officer, doing AR and VR work, creating a virtual framework used for training by the defense department. David Smith: We actually have customers now. At the time, Alan was a Senior Fellow at HP Labs when we first demonstrated Croquet, chowing complex interactive worlds.

Platform 168

Platform Startup Examples Web 168

Xconomy

JUNE 15, 2016

Having a board helps you keep your eye consistently on the strategic aspects of your business which, in turn, helps you attract investors and customers. Kenneth Bacon added, “An opportunity that presents a lot of risks is what I call the democratization of technology. Implement an Effective Risk Management Framework.

Framework 63

Framework Startup Competition Help 63

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Social media will be pervasive in the enterprise and is primarily driving by customer interactions. He shows data that the overwhelming majority of major enterprise in the US is currently adopting or looking to adopt social networking technology. We had to develop whole frameworks of “middleware” to deal with this problem.

Web 355

Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355