Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2016

Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. Unfortunately many founders I work with as a mentor are experts on the technical side, but have no insight into leading a team. Be compulsive about scheduling time for your team.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2016

I learned the hard way that during a startup’s early days, entrepreneurs should give slightly greater emphasis on developing buyer features, in order to reduce the friction of the sales cycle. I implored my development team to imitate WebEx’s strategy, but I could not convince my engineers to build a similar on/off box.

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SaaS Startup Software Review Development Team Review 100

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I gathered ten such examples which are particularly relevant to entrepreneurs. That’s too bad ,” Steve told him, “ because I signed the inside, along with the other members of my development team. I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.’ ”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. As a rule of thumb, investors expect each investment round you get to last at least a year to 18 months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. The components are simple - expenses and income.

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Startup Outsource Development Development Team Review Equity 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. Despite a valiant effort, we only briefly succeeded in putting IBM in the personal computer business, but our efforts changed my view of entrepreneurs forever.

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IBM IBM Entrepreneur Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year. Tags: entrepreneur startup angel funding burn rate. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Its been great to zero in on very specific skillsets. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I learned how to establish a technology center in India and how to manage disparate development teams (and this has drive my thoughts also about what does NOT work.). I learned how to do a pipeline review with sales people without getting bullshitted to. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways. This was the moment where Zuckerberg (20 something entrepreneur) schooled Rupert Murdoch. To get reputation, you answer questions and they’re peer reviewed.

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