InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

For more than 30-years, Bill Gates has been at the pinnacle of the software industry. Mark noted that even if an entrepreneur does not become a master developer, by simply understanding the software development process, they will be a more effective startup leader. No one ever accused Bill of being a master programmer. Treasure it.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. Customer Development Notes I'm assuming founders are having customer development conversations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost. Here are some pragmatic tips on how to make your startup more scalable and investable: If you need investors, start with a scalable idea.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify , the provider of payment and logistics management software and services for retailers, has opened its first physical storefront in Los Angeles. The city is one of the most dense conglomerations of Shopify customers with over 10,000 merchants using the company’s technologies in the greater Los Angeles area.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Jennifer Marsh is a software developer, programmer and technology writer and occasionally blogs for Rackspace Hosting. . Without quality analysis, a company will introduce application errors to its products, and its customers will stumble upon to do their work within the cloud application. By Jennifer Marsh.

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Tips Product Blogging Customer 71

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2013

Los Angeles-based technology deals provider StackSocial has stacked up another technology publisher in its pile of customers, saying today that it has added tech publisher iPhoneinCanada.ca. offers up news, reviews, tips, and other information on iPhones. offers up news, reviews, tips, and other information on iPhones.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Tips 140

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Located at the southeastern tip of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles suburb counts its biggest employers as the adhesive manufacturer Avery Dennison; the Los Angeles industrial team for the real estate developer CBRE; the International House of Pancakes; Disney Consumer Products; DreamWorks Studios; Walt Disney Animation and Univision.

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Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. This is equivalent to being handed a free customer for every ten customers you acquire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

I like his approach, and have extracted some tips from his book and other sources on how to do it: Use a virtual office. Spend the absolute minimum for what you need (equipment, software, and services) to keep your business running. Rent is one of the biggest expenses for any business. Think minimum spending. Act big, behave small.

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Tips Startup Summary Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost. Here are some pragmatic tips on how to make your startup more scalable and investable: If you need investors, start with a scalable idea.

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Startup Outsource Ideas Research 154

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA , which I wrote about previously. Simply, this is identifying a customer need which has economic value to them if they can solve it. Simply, this is identifying a customer need which has economic value to them if they can solve it.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Finding potential customers continues to be a huge challenge not only for established marketing and sales teams but also for startup executives and solo entrepreneurs. It integrates with 600+ customer relationship management systems (CRMs), marketing automation tools, and landing page builders. Webinar Software – ClickMeeting.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

” In practice, that has meant creating a business that sells mindfulness and general health and wellness tips and tricks to a cohort of corporations that believe increased mental and physical health can lead to greater on-the-job productivity.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

But the latest range of streaming services also offer a lot of customization options…even if they are hidden from view. Here are the top tips for getting the most out of your streamer of choice. Customize: From Comedy Central to Showtime, Amazon offers a lot of customization options, similar to Sling TV but without the live TV part.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

To get an idea of what one startup in the industry is doing, we spoke to San Diego-based AirHop (www.airhopcomm-web.com), a developer of software being used for small-, pico-, and femto-cell networks. Yan Hui: We're providing software that actually enables 4G networks. Our software makes these things work.

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Networking Startup Software Tips 153

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Less than a month ago, Snapchat opened custom on-demand geofilters to everyone. Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. Well, Snapchat has made it so that anyone can create and upload a custom filter to any area they want.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

We love tips and feedback. Email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, opinions or tips or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. The closure might surprise some, considering Coup has brand recognition and, according to the company a loyal customer base that uses its services. And it’s free.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Two tips turned into stories this week: Ford expanding its autonomous vehicle program to Austin and GM Cruise ramping up its hiring machine with plans to hire at least 1,000 more engineers by the end of the year. Got a tip or overheard something in the world of transportation? What else are we hearing? We’ll share more soon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2014

Customers buy from people, not from a company, at least at early startup stages. Every product or service has specific attributes that are important to key customers, like integrity and trust, or customer focus. Enchant your customers. Too much innovation will confuse your customers, and drain your resources.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

My philosophy emanated from my days of programming and later designing corporate software in the early 1990′s. In designing GUI interfaces for people coming from the green-screen world we built applications that would be great for desktop publishing, not customer service reps. lean startups or even the advent of AJAX.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2010

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. For example, one CEO I know gave away his software product to the first ten customers. Iterate and improve the fit until your test customers are delighted, not just tolerant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 15, 2015

These tips require a lot of hard work and effort on your part. But if you follow these eight tips, you will certainly make your business leaner and meaner. Workflow Software. You’ll be amazed at the results you can achieve with workflow software. You’ll keep in touch with your customers quickly and easily.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2015

Instead of paying upfront for expensive software and customized solutions, businesses can now realize cost advantages by purchasing scalable cloud services. Critical software programs for accounting, email, and productivity are just a small sample of the cloud services that are available to small businesses in today’s world.

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Competition Technology Social Media Tips 40

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

I was previously at Salesforce Ventures for almost four years, focused on investments in companies in the enterprise software space which were strategic to Salesforce. For myself, I'm largely focused on investments in enterprise software, primarily in the areas of application software and intelligence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Here are five concrete tips on doing it right, which I am paraphrasing from the author: Do your homework first, and ask for help on specifics. In business, we all have to deal with real constraints around every unknown, such as a limited budget, not enough time, and fickle customers.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Select the real software product from this list. You must also place yourself in the shoes of other uniformed and indifferent stakeholders, including: customers, partners and suppliers. Stephen King Startup Tip. Assimilated, zero-administration, standard database-queuing schema. Readability Test. Grade Level Test.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost. Here are some pragmatic tips on how to make your startup more scalable and investable: If you need investors, start with a scalable idea.

Startup 103

Startup Outsource Invest Ideas 103

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I moved into writing software to analyze audience data, and wrote a lot of computer graphics software. In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. So, natural question for me.

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Los Angeles Networking Marketing Startup 150

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Such feedback is especially constructive when you have something physical that users can interact with, such as beta software, a working website, etc. Michael offers the follow general tips regarding how entrepreneurs can obtain meaningful engagement on social news sites: 1. The posting resulted in 40points and about 30comments.

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News Sites Startup RSS 198

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost. Here are some pragmatic tips on how to make your startup more scalable and investable: If you need investors, start with a scalable idea.

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Funding Startup Outsource Ideas 67

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I like his approach, and have extracted some tips from his book and other sources on how to do it: Use a virtual office. Spend the absolute minimum for what you need (equipment, software, and services) to keep your business running. Rent is one of the biggest expenses for any business. Think minimum spending. Act big, behave small.

Organization 111

Organization Startup Summary Entrepreneur 111

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

We’ve even created an acronym for these kinds of services: software as a service (SAAS). Usually, a company provides subscription based access to subscribers allowing these subscribers to use software in the cloud. For instance, it may be difficult for customer to locate where its data resides in the SAAS network.

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SaaS Networking Company Companies 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2013

Here are a few tips on how to bridge the gap. Just because you or your friends think it is a great idea or great technology, that doesn’t mean that a large number of customers will buy it. These would include people and money first, and maybe software or manufacturing later to produce and deliver the solution. Marty Zwilling.

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Ideas Startup Summary CalTech 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2012

Here are a few tips on how to bridge the gap. Just because you or your friends think it is a great idea or great technology, that doesn’t mean that a large number of customers will buy it. These would include people and money first, and maybe software or manufacturing later to produce and deliver the solution. Marty Zwilling.

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Ideas Summary Startup CalTech 97

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Consumerism of business freemium software (BetterWorks). Strategy to Get Your First 100 Paying Customers (bigMETHOD, Mixergy, Appsumo, Zaarly). Tips and Tools for Managing Virtual Teams (Tecca). Merge Offline/Online Networks for Startup Success. Journalism: How to Talk to Your Audience Again.

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Southern California SoCal Guide Mixergy 89

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2011

Here are a few tips on how to bridge the gap. Just because you or your friends think it is a great idea or great technology, that doesn’t mean that a large number of customers will buy it. These would include people and money first, and maybe software or manufacturing later to produce and deliver the solution. Marty Zwilling.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Summary Startup 104