Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

When someone introduces me to an “idea person,” I automatically jump to the down-side conclusion that this person doesn’t do follow-up. Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. Product development. So which is the most important, the idea or the follow-up?

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Tech.Co

MAY 16, 2024

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But there is a balance… [Email readers, continue here…] This is not to bend this insight into a claim that a company should wait to develop new, groundbreaking products and services until a customer asks for them.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Imagine the room in which several graduate business school student groups have gathered, tasked with coming up with an idea for a business plan competition. The group starts with a blank sheet, and toils through idea after idea, trying to come up with a product or service that might become the next FedEx. A thought exercise.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 23, 2020

Some of the world’s best companies to work for are those that encourage employees to spend time following their own paths of curiosity toward development of new products or services. Google, 3M, Facebook , and Microsoft all allow their employees to take time to explore new ideas they conceive and attempt to develop.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Email readers, continue here…] I am chairman of the Technology Division of the ABL Organization, a roundtable organization with multiple CEO roundtables of about twelve members each, meeting monthly. What if?” “How about…” “When should we…” “How could we…” You get the idea. It represents strategic thinking.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Do you participate in professional development workshops, or perhaps enjoy problem-solving puzzles in your downtime? Customer support emails require both accurate information and a professional, helpful tone. It can empower them to express their ideas more effectively and confidently, no matter what they’re writing.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 16, 2023

Email readers, continue here…] Everything happens faster these days than even a few years ago, especially in the arena of technology, where many new businesses are developed each month to solve problems or take advantage of opportunities that existed at the moment of an entrepreneur’s vision for the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

When someone introduces me to an “idea person,” I automatically jump to the down-side conclusion that this person doesn’t do follow-up. Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. Product development. So which is the most important, the idea or the follow-up?

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Berkonomics

JULY 28, 2022

In past insights, we’ve looked at leadership skills, ways to enhance effectiveness, and how to develop creative ideas that motivate and propel your organization to greatness. Email readers, continue here…]. Here is a variation of the “tree falls in the forest” question. . Here is the ultimate question for a leader….

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Have you developed a prototype, alternate pricing schemes, even a PowerPoint mockup to show to potential buyers? So you have a great new product or service that you and your associates love. Early adopters should climb all over each other for a look. But what have you done to test the concept against the realities of the marketplace?

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

So, I’ve developed the three-step dance in order to help form a repeatable method of how to create a great company from an early idea. Even if you know it all – wouldn’t it be an excellent plan to try your idea out on enough actual or potential customers to measure reasonable feedback? The three-step dance method.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

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. I was simply BLOWN AWAY by the quality of innovation by 3rd-party Twitter developers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2010

When someone introduces me to an “idea person,” I automatically jump to the down-side conclusion that this person doesn’t do follow-up. Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. Product development. So which is the most important, the idea or the follow-up?

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Ideas Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review 95

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2014

reQall , which develops intelligent assistance software which runs on such platforms as Google Glass, has launched a new app for the Sony SmartWatch, the company said this morning. Machiraju''s company is working on the idea of context-aware, wearable technology and integrating location, time, and context into technology around us.

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Berkonomics

MAY 31, 2018

But sometimes our corporate wants and needs conflict with what is best for an employee and his or her career development. Tom almost always had ideas to contribute, particularly about marketing programs and opportunities. Email readers, continue here…] One day Tom came to me and said, “I want to transfer to marketing.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

Email readers, continue here…] A great idea often fails from the inexperience or inability of management to bring the idea to market. Third: Management risk. . And fifth: Competitive risk. .

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] It turns out that our patent was years ahead of those others and was general enough to cover all forms of guest access to the Internet, not just dial up as originally intended. Finding connections with a fresh set of eyes. Could your patent be older than the presumed leader?

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Berkonomics

APRIL 13, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Can you dominate that market? Is it the advantage of time – years of development ahead of any competitor? Some great ideas just can’t make money and ultimately die for lack of profit potential. Can you translate an idea into a compelling product? Are margins high enough?

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

SendGrid , the developer of email delivery APIs and infrastructure which has major operations in Anaheim, said Thursday that it has launched a new, cloud-based service for load testing their applications and APIs. The firm said its new Loader.io The firm said its new Loader.io READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Email readers, continue here…] Innovators make use of golden strands of opportunity left when the unfinished vision of another cries for completion, or when a genuine new concept changes the very way people think about their lives. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Start wherever you can to grow beyond the phone, texts, and email, to a blog, photos on Instagram /Pinterest, or YouTube. Keep your mind open to how your ideas might have to shift. The big opportunity for you is to do something based on ideas you have had lingering in your mind for a long time. Take action, any action.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Do they bet on the entrepreneur (jockey) or the business idea and plan (the horse)? What if you see a great idea but no team to execute? Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? Early stage investors have been arguing over this for years. This is serious stuff.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Do they bet on the entrepreneur (jockey) or the business idea and plan (the horse)? What if you see a great idea but no team to execute? Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? Early stage investors have been arguing over this for years. This is serious stuff.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Ideas Summary 120

Berkonomics

JULY 27, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] This is not to bend this insight into a claim that a company should wait to develop new, groundbreaking products and services until a customer asks for them.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Dynamic, growing startups consistently identify more ideas and opportunities than they have the time or resources to pursue, including: entering into potential partnerships, developing new products and accessing emerging markets. Impact – The degree to which the ideas further the venture’s objectives.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

So, I’ve developed the three step dance in order to help form a repeatable method of how to create a great company from an early idea. Even if you know it all – wouldn’t it be an excellent plan to try your idea out on enough actual or potential customers to measure reasonable feedback? And most of us are not Steve Jobs.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 27, 2019

If the presenting CEO is honest in the analysis of actual time spent each week, it is often revealing to all to see how many hours are spent turning inward toward meetings, operational management, or responding to emails or texts sent by others. Then, what is a benchmark for customer outreach? But, do your customer know that they want?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 6, 2014

Imagine the room in which several graduate business school student groups have gathered, tasked with coming up with an idea for a business plan competition. The group starts with a blank sheet, and toils through idea after idea, trying to come up with a product or service that might become the next FedEx. Dave’s workshops.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? A great idea often fails from the inexperience or inability of management to bring the idea to market. Second: Market risk. . Will the public respond in numbers to buy, license or rent your offering? Third: Management risk. .

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

First, few startups can use that much money today with all the virtual services available and increasingly inexpensive methods of development, prototyping and marketing. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen executive summaries of business plans in which the entrepreneur seeks $5,000,000 to build the business.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Gross and Barnehama met through a mutual friend in the robotics industry in Los Angeles, the chief executive of Embodied, Paolo Pirjanian, Barnehama wrote in an email. We look to automate high-repetition tasks and processes while avoiding large upfront capital expenditures and complex multi-year custom builds,” he wrote in an email.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. Here's an example of that kind of email. Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 23, 2018

The beauty of this method is that it causes the person proposing the solution to think much more deeply than during the development process, unveiling many possible consequences to be considered before implementation of an idea or project. The beauty of the method.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

I often get asked for advice on Business Development. Get Warm Introductions – Typically 1 out of 10 people will email or call you back from a cold outreach. Putting pressure on them with follow up emails and calls, & being politely persistent will make sure that they pay attention. 10 Tips for Better BD.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This probably isn’t news to developers, but it was news to me when I found out many tech companies still use slave-master language. When racism is built into the technical framework of a company, it perpetuates a false idea that white people are superior to Black people. . Send me an email at megan@techcrunch.com .

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

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