Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Write things down. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed.

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Xconomy

JUNE 6, 2016

KnuEdge says its software makes the security of human voice-based biometrics possible in noisy, real-world environments. Kate Dilligan, a KnuEdge co-founder and executive vice president, said Goldin’s prominence at NASA made it easier for the small company to advance its technologies under government contracts. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. Scale your funding requests to the value of your startup today, consisting of assets, contracts, and intellectual property you currently own.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change. ” Climate resiliency .

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. The initial contract was worth about $500,000 and the whole value of the contract would have been worth a couple of million over the years.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

For our interview today, we have an interview with Gabe Grifoni , CEO and founder of Rufus Labs (www.getrufus.com), which has has developed an Android-based, wearable device which is aimed at use in the enterprise, warehouses, and factories. Plus, they don't collect data, and use really old, limited software. That's a huge step.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Development and rollout.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2012

When I started my first tech company in 1999 I had pretty good tech chops and had led teams but had very little exposure to many other things that matter in a startup including sales, marketing & business development. Persuading a journalist to write about you rather than the 1,000 other companies bugging them. I talked too much.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast. Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time. Those two typically don't go together well.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

to “where can I get help writing one?” Don’t outsource the job. While it may be tempting, with everything that you have to do, to try to find someone else to write your executive summary, you really need to do this yourself. But I do want to highlight 5 things that are guaranteed to make you stand out — and not in a good way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Development and rollout.

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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. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Zondigo, Inc.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

William--who, among prior experience developed Stamps.com's security architecture--sat down with us to explain the firm's products and plans. But, our software also supports a large number of other web applications--for example, things like Google Maps, Yahoo News, or even content sites.

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Frank Addante

DECEMBER 5, 2006

► 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. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Zondigo, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD). I helped program my college’s recruiting office’s software system. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting.

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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. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Development and rollout.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” The first company represents a normal software company that sells its products directly (either via sales staff or directly off of the internet).

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Whether it’s sensor-based medicine, computational contracts, education analytics, or computational agriculture—success is going to rely on being able to do computational thinking well. So when you write in it, you’re doing programming. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, farmers, whatever. I’ve noticed an interesting trend.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

As a teenager he experimented with writing & producing his own rap music and received a lot of feedback from elders that he had a talent with words. There are many analogies here for software development. You can click the image above or this link. Here are some take away’s: 1. He created demand. On What Next?

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Cost Per Click (CPC) or Download (CPD) – As the name implies, advertisers pay only for clicks on its advertisements or when a user downloads its software, case study or whitepaper. For instance, it does not make sense to develop an Affiliate Market presence until you have established an effective SEM campaign.

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Frank Addante

MAY 20, 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. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Zondigo, Inc.

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Frank Addante

JULY 30, 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. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Zondigo, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

Would you want to run the risk that your former employer could have a claim against the intellectual property you’ve created because you broke company policies and developed your ideas on company resources? I’m reluctant to put it into writing because people get so passionate about this issue and many disagree.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Rumored to be appox.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo.

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Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 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. Outsourcing ▼ April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Zondigo, Inc.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Paul Graham on trends for the future - Business of Software Blog , August 25, 2010 Paul Graham spoke at last year's Business of Software conference. We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► 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. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Zondigo, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management. I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). This feature is in development right now.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

As a VC I’m acutely that a “yes&# decision to support an entrepreneur can do just that, yet I only write 2-4 of them per year and maybe another 3-4 as an angel. years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. years where I developed skills building distributed systems over networks.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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