Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Most of the entrepreneurs I advise today are ready to declare success when they get that first surge of traction with a real customer. Based on my software career with IBM and several startups, I experienced the challenges and failures of scaling a software project to a business many times.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 1, 2018
I made the jump myself from IBM several years ago, and now have a satisfying startup advising small businesses and mentoring entrepreneurs. Most technical people I know love to discuss and debate technology, but avoid business subjects, including finance and marketing, like the plague. Focus on customer value in every job.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 29, 2010
I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. They don’t insist on something very narrow, with proper technical content. It is in the jargon not “technical.” Patents are litigation intensive.
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
The Partnership on AI , formally unveiled Wednesday, includes Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Google and its 2014 acquisition DeepMind. Each company is investing untold billions of dollars in developing AI technologies, betting on a future defined by computer systems that can perceive, reason, advise, and decide.
Frank Addante
MAY 15, 2006
One guy was the creator of Microsoft Excel and the other created the first network for IBM. (No, After getting the run around from the CEO, I was advised to take action to remedy the situation. The company is still technically in business, awaiting the final stage of the liquidation. The story is still not over yet.
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