Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. ” I know it sounds obvious.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

"The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

No one is born with business writing skills, and everyone can learn them. Thus, I thought a quick refresher on business writing basics might help you more than any tip on the next big thing on the business horizon: Select clear purpose and focus. Tailor writing to your audience. Develop a friendly business writing voice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

Here are my top tips (and I still use these with Mark!). Mark granted me read/write access to his calendaring system. Respect and develop a positive working relationship with his co-workers. Also, pro tip. So I had to learn how to best interact with him to be a supportive partner yet get what I wanted / needed, too.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

billion— a huge win for the company’s privately held owner, the power development and investment company LS Power. “The writing is on the wall and the investors have to take the time. Back in 2019 the company acquired the Los Angeles-based company Greenlots , an EV charging developer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Don’t forget business writing and communication. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing. Writing a business plan is the only way to determine if you even understand what your dream is all about.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Below are some take away tips… and the video of the of the panel. Always have a developer do a test project before hiring them to make sure they deliver quality work. Ask for is code samples.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain. If the authors are inviting fans to write fan fiction about a universe they created, who owns the derivative works?

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

I often get asked for advice on Business Development. 10 Tips for Better BD. Seeing how you might work together is infinitely more impactful that trying to describe in text, even if you did write the best 6 th grade book reports. The tenth tip makes your better BD last. . 10 Tips for Better BD

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2023

I recommend his tips for creating and maintaining that sweet spot: Define a personal declaration of purpose. Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Don’t stop believing, learning, and developing.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 10, 2012

On his first day of work my wife was kind enough to write down words of wisdom from her years on the job. I don’t write about Tania very often – mostly at her request. ” She gave me a special one-time permission to write about her in a blog post so I could publish the advice she gave our friend.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. In stead of doing my typical big long post with 10 PR tips (like I did there), I’m going to break them up into individual (I hope more digestible) chunks. I talked about strategies for developing relationships with journalists in this blog post. *.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)? ” Can you imagine that ever getting inches in the press? .”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

seed and they are writing $1.25m of it you can expect them to require a board seat) The competitive landscape (If you have several sources of capital you can likely politely decline the board request or can grant them a seat but ask for it to be “common appointed” and those revokable if you need in the future).

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. Pro tip: take on the mantle of book editor for a major tech publication, and the publishers will mail you books for free. We get at least a dozen at the TC offices every week, which is why we write about books so often around here these days. Obsessions.

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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. Got a tip or overheard something in the world of transportation?

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. Not to downplay developer happiness. The web development continuum has sound, safe, but stodgy on one side and shiny-obsession at the risk of unknown stability on the other.

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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. It integrates with OptinMonster, allows you to craft beautiful emails, and more importantly, enables you to create automated workflows without writing a single line of code. GetResponse fits this bill perfectly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” Many pension funds are simply too large to write small checks and favor the ability to write $50-100 million checks to funds. ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m Why is this?

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I moved into writing software to analyze audience data, and wrote a lot of computer graphics software. I also write about holding events ( [link] ), and I’m writing a series about integrating marketing strategy with marketing tactics ( [link] ). How do these tips change when you are talking about visible networking?

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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. The other worthwhile exercise is to write down what your competitors uses as its USPs – even ones that you don’t think are really valuable to customers. The first post covered the topic of “P” or pain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. The logic behind all these features is millions of lines of code, and cost millions of dollars to develop and maintain. A simple example might be a mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. We'll also be offering the top ten tips from those teachers. I started writing, doing production, and wrote a winning student short, and also worked at Creative Artist in film distribution and sales.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

We caught up with Amos to learn about his new book, and to gain some tips for startup entrepreneurs on how to figure out when you're actually ready to scale your sales team. I didn't really set out to write a book. The reason why, is my experience is in early stage sales and more specifically, in early stage customer development.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 2, 2016

Write down the 3 most important aspects of each of these areas: family, romantic relationships, friends, work, health, sex and spirituality. TIP: Read “The Last Lecture” and “Tuesdays with Morrie”). TIP: Watch “Steve Job’s Vision of the World”). Write down 5-year goals. Life isn’t about figuring out what to do.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Divshot's Founders conceived of their innovative web development solution, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process, during a Startup Weekend event in Kansas City. Michael offers the follow general tips regarding how entrepreneurs can obtain meaningful engagement on social news sites: 1.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

I also think there's an interesting opportunity in Los Angeles, as the tech scene continues to develop and mature. Any good tips you gathered from listening to the speakers? I liked their approach to investing and really like what they were looking to build here at March, so I was really excited about the opportunity to come out here.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 23, 2012

If you forget everything else I write about creating an app, remember this: every app needs a hook. The top apps on the store have already found their hook and developed a powerful brand to help cement loyalty of their users. Once someone is using a product, they develop an affinity for that brand. The Hook Brings You back.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2016

I recommend his tips for creating and maintaining that sweet spot: Define a personal declaration of purpose. Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Don’t stop believing, learning, and developing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2011

Big companies make seductive promises, including access to large markets, significant financial resources and vital public validation (see Pulp Facts for tips on how to maximize such validation). However, avoid writing contracts that may contractually hold the other party to an economically infeasible deal.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2017

I like his list of competencies, with my tips on how to highlight them, to score certain people as potential business leaders to peers and investors: Agility in learning. All you have to do as a new business owner is highlight the strengths you have, and concentrate on developing at least one more than your key competitor.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I have published many of these PR Tips before. It is simply the most important way to proactively control your career development and how the market perceives you. This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. It is neither.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. Development and rollout. Skip the acronyms, write at an eighth-grade level, and talk in terms of “benefits” rather than “features.” A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

What I’ve learned about ADD is that while concentration can be a struggle, you actually develop hyper focus for things that interest you. If you’re writing and looking up occasionally you’re assumed to taking notes. I would have started in June. Active Participation in Meetings. It’s how our brains work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2015

Yeah, back when I was tryin’ to get a tip at Subway. There were days where I could write about what I was thinking about Apple or Twitter or Facebook. Or I could just write about life. I guess that happens to us all if you develop a large enough audience. “Somebody take me back to the days.

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