Both Sides of the Table
JULY 5, 2010
I often advise these CEOs to make the tough choices early in the company’s history – either move up North or build your tech team in LA. I believe that startup tech companies need to develop a technical DNA and this doesn’t happen when you outsource. There are pluses and minus for both cases. What about offshoring?
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
In my years of advising startups, and also as an occasional angel investor, I still recommend this set of best practices to prepare you for platform applications: Formalize a business entity immediately. Most solo entrepreneurs can’t show the range of experience or skills to build a winning business alone.
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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2011
I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. I would argue that this mostly consists of consumer Internet companies (although not exclusively) and it is predominantly early-stage people who are product gurus and have a mildly technical bend to them. That notes only told part of the story. I’m sure there are many more.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
There is a second set of career discussions I have even more frequently than my “angel yourself” advice but this type is almost never discussed publicly in blogs, which tend to emphasize only billion-dollar opportunities, 20-something technical founders and Silicon Valley elitism. It will likely IPO in the coming years.
Frank Addante
JUNE 4, 2006
. – Digital Messaging Infrastructure Company (incubated by Addante and Associates, LLC) Age: 25 - 29 (present) Time Period: 2002 - present My Role: Founder High Point: TBD Here is a summary of my experiences to-date with StrongMail: 1. I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit. Relaxing 2.
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