Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In the name of this cause, the company donates time, services, and at least one percent of their sales to hundreds of grassroots environmental groups around the world. I remember a classic book, “ The Purpose Effect ,” by renowned author Dan Pontefract, that provides a good framework and background or doing just that.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we sat down and spoke with David Loo , the founder and CEO of Perspectium (www.perspectium.com), a startup which is developing service management applications designed to help connect different, enterprise service management software products together. How did you get into this?

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

This week we’ll focus on the city of Austin, gain insight into Uber’s spending habits, do a little scooter number crunching, the Tesla Model Y, and the so-called “race” — an overused and inaccurate term — to develop autonomous vehicles. ONM … There are OEMs in the automotive world. Cymbal clash!)

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

It is a hugely compelling show because Zakaria covers world issues that will affect all of us in ways that are accessible and with frameworks for processing disparate information. It seems to me that we obsess too much with product features, sales pipelines, competitive pressures, fund raising and such.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2015

Today I’d like to give that advice in more tangible terms and with a framework to think about your tasks – the funnel. Sales people (and website customer acquisition folks) all think in terms of funnels and yet non-sales professionals seldom do. Lots of people start, very few finish.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

They over think the decision framework. And just as my gut feel about the likely success of startups is often determined by looking at their velocity of product development and market progress of their product, so too is recruiting a factor in my assessment. Check your legal framework. But here’s the thing. Only Hire A+ People.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. When they promise to help you with marketing, sales, distribution, integrated product development, etc. And I had 2 “strategic&# investors in my first company. it sure is tempting.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

A year ago I blogged about one of my most common mantras that applies to sales, biz dev & fund raising alike: “ Time is the Enemy of all Deals.&#. I thought I’d try to offer a framework for thinking about the topic. So here’s my framework. Sometimes this pays off, other times it doesn’t.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

To their credit, they were able to carve out an investment so we could develop this. They have a day job, running the existing business, and they then have to commit more time and effort into building Dentistry.com, to develop the technology, processes, and all we have to do. We are working with a team in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The remaining members came as personal referrals – Alex Ross, Zach’s roommate (also a programmer) signed up a day later to become their lead developer. Our goal was to provide the benefits of increased sales and client retention, all with the best customer service experience. “We’ve built an app framework.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

A financial model forces you to think through all of the variables that affect the potential profitability of your business from staffing and professional service requirements to sales and marketing costs. Are you assuming your expenses will rise as your sales rise? Making decisions on gut is only going to get you so far.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. Innovative. Disruptive. We get it! I Be specific. Here’s why.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Instead, set long-term business objectives and develop a framework for the trajectory your team needs to get there. Too many entrepreneurs are reluctant to start the sales process, preferring to tweak and refine the product. Nurturing relationships is one of the most important items of real work that you can do.

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Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

It also takes only an hour to develop your own using a rapid development framework like CakePHP. Whether you develop websites as a hobbyist or as a paid professional, nothing is more satisfying than reaping the monetary rewards of your hard work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

Use it as a framework for a dialog not a script. It’s the same as in any sales-oriented meeting and make no mistake raising money is sales. Half baked ideas get refined, new ideas emerge and a two way dialoge develops where a one way monologue once was.&#. But flip you must – just as in a sales meeting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2016

In the name of this cause, the company donates time, services, and at least one percent of their sales to hundreds of grassroots environmental groups around the world. I just finished a new book, “ The Purpose Effect ,” by renowned author Dan Pontefract, that provides a good framework and background or doing just that.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. I installed Windows 3.1

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The remaining members came as personal referrals – Alex Ross, Zach’s roommate (also a programmer) signed up a day later to become their lead developer. Our goal was to provide the benefits of increased sales and client retention, all with the best customer service experience. “We’ve built an app framework.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2012

Instead, set long-term business objectives and develop a framework for the trajectory your team needs to get there. Too many entrepreneurs are reluctant to start the sales process, preferring to tweak and refine the product. Nurturing relationships is one of the most important items of real work that you can do.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle framework “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it” Simon Sinek If your customers believe in your mission, then they’ll warm to you and listen to what you offer and how. What are you doing to drive awareness and generates sales for your startup? This is where the Golden Circle comes in.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

We’ve heard this from startup founders, product managers, development team leads, CTOs, and others who see their product gaining traction, but simultaneously see performance falling off a cliff. Meanwhile, Amazon famously claimed 1% fewer sales for each additional 100ms of latency. Framework Benchmarks.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 2, 2016

This is the framework I came up with 3 years ago on “How to Make the Right Business Decisions”. TIP: Read “Business Development Advice”) . Sales is very easy when others explain what they want and need from you. Watch “The 5 Step Sales Process”). See my list by watching “The 10 Questions” or reading the document. .

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

This biotech company developed Xplore-PATHO as a service to test samples for the presence of pathogens – everything from bacteria and DNA virus to parasites and fungus – in a single test. Think of looking at a dot graph of your business sales in virtual reality. Canecto (Copenhaugen, Hovedenstad, Denmark). Seek (Lehi, UT).

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

After I left DivX, I chose to go forward with a concept that leveraged that experience I had in the past, with a way to help software developers increase their distribution and make money with their software. So, that's where we come in--we fill that gap, and enable both small and large developers out there to better distribute and monetize.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2022

A while back, Gartner formalized their ‘big data’ definition as a “3V” framework - high Volume, high Velocity, and high Variety information asset, requiring new forms of processing to enable enhanced decision making, insight discovery and process optimization. billion websites, and e-retail sales surpassed 4.2 trillion U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Moderator: Vince Thompson, Managing Partner, Middleshift LLC Speakers: Carrie Coffee, Mobile Sales Specialist, Mobile Advertising, Microsoft Evan Neufeld, VP Marketing, GROUNDTRUTH. Director, Business Development, NAVTEQ Media Solutions Kevin McKenzie, Founder, JiWire. Jennifer Byrne, Director of Business Development, Verizon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2019

A while back, Gartner formalized their ‘big data’ definition as a “3V” framework - high Volume, high Velocity, and high Variety information asset, requiring new forms of processing to enable enhanced decision making, insight discovery and process optimization. Protecting the environment. Data is the new weapon of defense.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2017

A while back, Gartner formalized their ‘big data’ definition as a “3V” framework - high Volume, high Velocity, and high Variety information asset, requiring new forms of processing to enable enhanced decision making, insight discovery and process optimization. Protecting the environment. Data is the new weapon of defense.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2014

A while back, Gartner formalized their Big Data definition as a “3V” framework - high Volume, high Velocity, and high Variety information asset, requiring new forms of processing to enable enhanced decision making, insight discovery and process optimization. Protecting the environment. Data is the new weapon of defense.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

The creative process - Whenever I need to do any task that requires insight I have to be able to visualize – to literally SEE the decision framework. From left to right I wrote in boxes: talent discovery, content development, production, post-production, distribution, & marketing. Develop & refine a process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2013

In 2012, Gartner formalized their Big Data definition as a “3V” framework - high Volume, high Velocity, and high Variety information asset, requiring new forms of processing to enable enhanced decision making, insight discovery and process optimization. Protecting the environment. Data is the new weapon of defense.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I’m looking for somebody who can sell, but not better than our head of sales. You want somebody who can raise $15 million to build out your R&D, business development and sales organizations. I am a strong believer that leadership and team development comes from these daily interactions. It was magic.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The following is not meant to be a deep dive but rather a framework for understanding the issues. The launch of their new Boxee Box in November and the user acceptance of that will be telling for their future development. But the whole market will develop more slowly as we watch this bum fight take place.

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