354 The Soft Science of Being a Part of a Team
Inverted Software
AUGUST 9, 2021
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” ” – Michael Jordan. You often hear the term “team player”, but what does it really mean?
Inverted Software
There is More to Software Than Just Making it Work
Inverted Software
AUGUST 9, 2021
“I hired a software development company from India. They outbide all the US based companies I contacted and offered developers at a cheap price. Two years later they are still working on my systems. The number of hours I been billed is staggering and the system is buggy and barely usable.”.
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Don’t Let Misconfiguration Leave You Vulnerable to Attackers
Inverted Software
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Configuration is an essential part of every application. Misconfiguration can happen at any level of the application stack. From code, to web and application servers, databases and frameworks. Unfortunately, in most cases you will not found out your gaps until its too late. Here are some of the most common issues our DevOps have encountered: Deployment of development configuration to production.
Opinion: Nvidia’s Business As Usual Strategy Can Cost Them Dearly
Inverted Software
JANUARY 2, 2019
Nvidia was recently hit with multiple class action lawsuits following this year’s cryptocurrency crash. Nvidia, if you didn’t know is the largest maker of GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit). GPUs are designed for graphics and image processing and are extremely good at math calculations, in fact, their highly parallel structure makes them more efficient than general-purpose CPUs for algorithms that process large blocks of data in parallel.
Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19
Advertiser: Aggregage
Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.
Use Those 4 Questions to Understand if Your IT Project is a Success
Inverted Software
DECEMBER 20, 2018
At Inverted Software we pride ourselves in our unparalleled success rate, and while, according to the Standish Chaos Report 68 percent of technology projects is “improbable” meaning it failed, time and time again we keep delivering successful projects to our happy customers.
Bonus – Check for Duplicate Files with This Free Utility from Inverted Software
Inverted Software
APRIL 24, 2019
If you ever wanted to free up space and wandered if you have any duplicate backed up files on your computer, or a network drive you can safely erase, here is a free utility to help you check just that and just because it’s a Wednesday, we at Inverted Software are giving it away along with a complete source code. Just unzip the installer folder and double click the setup file. Installer. Need to change the source code? Here is a complete Visual Studio solution. FindDuplicates. Enjoy!
3 Mistakes Software Developers Make That Can Cost You Your Business
Inverted Software
JUNE 15, 2018
At Inverted Software we often help our clients manage offshore and onshore development teams. Our proprietary processes and unique experience helps us evaluate and correct software development practices that have proven inefficient and instill practices that insure productivity and success. Below we have compiled the 3 most common issues developers tend to generate when left unsupervised and ways to mitigate their impact: Checking code at the end of the day.
You’re Doing It Wrong: Stop Making a Mess Out of Your App’s Time Zones With UTC
Inverted Software
AUGUST 14, 2018
At Inverted Software we craft dozens of apps and APIs per year for our customers. One of the many challenges every client / server system face is the synchronization of time. Apps might be using multiple micro services and databases in different clouds and mobile apps might be running on different devices anywhere in the world. How can all those systems coordinate times and subsequently show the correct time to the user regardless of the time zone they currently reside in?
3 Secrets of Wildly Successful Mentors
Inverted Software
JANUARY 16, 2018
Listen to Inverted Software’s CEO talk about success, mentorship and the tipping point of your business in this interview with Stephen Woessner. Onward Nation with Stephen Woessner is America’s best podcast for learning how today’s top business owners Think, Act, & Achieve.
5 Essential key points That Will Help You Plan for Q1
Inverted Software
NOVEMBER 4, 2017
With this year almost at an end and the next one at our doorstep it’s time to plan for Q1. Q1 is traditionally the strongest quarter of business and hitting the ground running could set the tone for the rest of the year. At Inverted Software we advise our customers to start planning as early as Q4 in order to maximize results and prepare for the upcoming year. Here are 5 essential key points to guide you when planning for Q1: Learn and overcome last year’s mistakes.
5 Companies Millennials Avoid – And What It Means For Your Brand
Inverted Software
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
With Millennials overtaking Baby Boomers as America’s largest generation at 75.4 million vs. 74.9 million, and continue to grow, there is no denying the economic power behind the most misunderstood segment of our population. Companies are waking up to a new reality. A reality where most of the business is done online, shopping means Amazon and dinner plans mean Uber Eats.
5 Marketing Software Tools Every Business Should Have
Inverted Software
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
In today’s connected world, businesses are focusing on acquiring and retaining customers using a wide array of tools. At Inverted Software we have gathers the top 5 marketing software tools we think every business should utilize in order to effectively reach customers while keeping time effort in check. Here is our list: Hootsuite. Hootsuite helps you publish and track content by connecting to all of your social media accounts.
Framework Benchmarks Round 19
TechEmpower
MAY 28, 2020
Round 19 of the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project is now available! This project measures the high-water mark performance of server side web application frameworks and platforms using predominantly community-contributed test implementations.
The four rules for motivating your employees with money.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 21, 2021
We’ve debated this one forever it seems. Should be overwhelm prospective employees with stock options and perks? Or concentrate our available resources on just plain money as an attraction?
The Changing Venture Landscape
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Society is reorienting to a new post-pandemic norm?—?even even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.
Introducing Trust, and the Importance of Product-Founder Fit
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 11, 2021
Photo by Vanna Phon on Unsplash Customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many startups from e-commerce to gaming to marketplace companies, among others.
Selling your business? Find the emotional buyer
Berkonomics
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
This is one of my favorite insights, since I lived this one in a positive exit from my computer business. Types of business buyers expanded. Most people will tell you that there are two kinds of eventual buyers for your business: financial and strategic. A financial buyer will analyze your numbers, past and forecast, to the n’th degree, and calculate the price based upon the result, after carefully comparing your numbers with those of others in the same and similar industries.
The shocking truth about employee loyalty
Berkonomics
AUGUST 26, 2021
How we often handle employment issues today. When we accept the work commitment from a person we hire, we make a pact with the new employee that often stops at agreeing to pay for service rendered and to provide a safe working environment. There should be more than that. .
Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Netflix employees staged a walkout yesterday in response to the company’s handling of a Dave Chappelle special that premiered on October 5. At the same time, Los Angeles-based trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston hosted a rally in solidarity with Netflix workers participating in the walkout.
Cadiz Shares Plunge as Company Reconfigures Water Transfer Plan
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 18, 2021
It’s been a rough and perplexing six weeks for shareholders of downtown-based water infrastructure development company Cadiz Inc
The coffee and wine school of innovation.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Here’s one for debate around a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. Most innovation occurs when creative people are relaxed and thinking about other things. Coffee, wine, quiet time, showers…. How it occurs in large companies….
Activision Blizzard to Pay $18 Million to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
The gaming giant, which posted in $2.3 billion in quarterly revenue, also said it's working to upgrade its policies and training to prevent harassment
How I Gamified My Own Brain to Lose Weight & Improve Fitness
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 10, 2021
Socially distant hiking in Sedona (we drove there) I recently wrote about my weight-loss journey over the past 18 months where I lost 65 pounds without a fad diet and returned to my college weight. If you want to get in better shape and haven’t read that you might start there.
Rocket Lab Acquires Advanced Solutions for $40 Million
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 14, 2021
The acquisition will strengthen Rocket Lab’s space systems portfolio and gives it a presence in Colorado, which has a large aerospace economy
How I Lost 65 Pounds In 18 Months Without Any Fad Diets or Gimmicks
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 31, 2020
June 2019 (left) and November 2020 (right) I’ve been reluctant to write this blog post because historically I don’t like talking about weight. But I’ve been promising to publish how I lost 65 pounds in the past 18 months without any fad diets or gimmicks to try and be helpful to others.
Reward success and failure. Punish only inaction.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Reward failure? . That may be a difficult concept for an executive. And there are limits of course. We wouldn’t reward a failure to follow laws, or protect lives, or deliberate endangerment of the company or its people. There are “good” failures.
Why not share your liquidity success with those who got you there?
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
So, you are close to selling your company, and counting the profits a bit early. Well, that’s human nature. Here’s a thought for you to recall later when and if the event happens. Remember those who got you there. And for tax reasons, remember them before the closing of the deal, so that you can do so by sharing a bit of your proceeds without paying personal income tax upon those amounts. Formal option plans for some.
What Mistakes Do VCs Make When Fundraising?
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2021
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of talking to Samir Kaji on the Venture Unlocked podcast about a wide range of topics that we as venture capitalists think about everyday, including: How to build a generational firm?—?retaining
Meet the Tech Companies Keeping LA’s Music Industry Humming
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The music industry in Los Angeles has grown to encompass far more than just production
The Boring Company Gets Nod On Las Vegas Transportation System
socalTECH
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Los Angeles-based The Boring Company has just received approval from Clark County, Nevada, for its plans to create an underground transportation system that will connect the Las Vegas Strip, Allegiant Stadium, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The project is expected to stretch 29 miles and will have 51 stations. vegas boring company underground transportation tesla elon musk tunnel
Actor Trade Audition App Helps Actors Rehearse, Make Connections
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 11, 2021
As an actor with more than a decade of experience, Dylan Mooney was always in need of a scene partner
Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 24, 2021
Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. The culture is driven by the 20-something irreverent founder with huge technical chops who in a “David vs. Goliath” mythology take on the titans of industry and wins.
LA Companies Give Renters More Ways to Charge EVs
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Electric vehicles are touted as the future, especially in Los Angeles where the city’s climate goals call for 80% of vehicles sold to be electric by 2028 — seven years ahead of the state’s 2035 cutoff for gasoline-powered auto sales
FuzzyBot Gains Funding to Create Genre-Crossing Games
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Tatyana Dyshlova and Max Spielberg loved working side by side at Redwood City-based gaming giant Electronic Arts Inc
Have you accidentally created a “power vacuum?”
Berkonomics
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Here’s a question to help you decide if you’re guilty. How many times have you heard someone say, “Let’s do it now and ask permission later?” Have you done it in front of your cohort?
Jurny Raises $9.5 Million for Hospitality Tech
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Jurny Inc. raised $9.5 million in capital to fund its global expansion
Orca Security Raises $550 Million
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Cybersecurity company Orca Security Ltd. scored a massive payday
Framework Benchmarks Round 20
TechEmpower
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Today we announce the results of the twentieth official round of the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project. Now in its eighth year, this project measures the high-water mark performance of server side web application frameworks and platforms using predominantly community-contributed test implementations. The project has processed more than 5,200 pull requests from contributors. Round 20 Updates from our contributors.
A tale of two CEO’s and the management of pain.
Berkonomics
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
This is the tale of two CEOs, one of them unfortunately….me. me. . It’s a story of how people handle unusual situations when selling to the top – an executive of a prospective customer. And the stories couldn’t be more different. First, my friend’s story….
Assembly Reaches $1 Billion Valuation
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Culver City-based ecommerce software and data company Assembly has joined L.A.’s s tech startup unicorn club
On Funding?—?The Denominator Effect
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2021
On Funding?—?The The Denominator Effect I recently wrote a post about funding for investors to think about having a diversified portfolio , which I called “shots on goal.”
Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development.
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