socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. The net-net, is they want to simplify their lives, and we've given them an application that allows them to simplify their life, save money, and share.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Irony, hey?).

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling your consulting service or a few products (as an alternative to eBay): Go online to reserve a website domain name.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2012

My personal rules are: I must know the individual whom I introducing well enough to vouch for their character and therefore the likelihood that their product or service is of high quality. They think they’re doing the startup a favor by casting a wide net to VCs. It’s a matchmaking service.

Email 359

Email Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 359

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

3) If you were writing your book Pitching Hacks today, how would your advice differ ? You can cast a much wider net, the nature of the pitch can be a lot simpler, you can get funded with just an executive summary and a good conversation…without having to put together a business plan or even a deck. The whole environment has changed.

Startup 273

Startup Software Review Summary Technical Review 273

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. If you want to also accept all the popular credit cards, that will require a merchant services account for a low monthly fee. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Start simple.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

But when I’m looking to write my check I need to look in the eyes of the captain — the maestro who brings the whole orchestra together. And we’re lucky because they deliver many of the great products, services and content that we consume in our lives every day. That’s hard core. You have kids, a mortgage, MBA debt?

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

You can also establish authority by writing and public speaking. When services are unique, difficult to obtain, or available for a limited time, their value increases, and your influencer level goes up. Show your ability to build customer consensus. Scarcity is one of the best justifications for higher prices.

Social Media 58

Social Media Customer Custom Entrepreneur 58

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins.

Networking 366

Networking Media Content Customer 366

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. If you want to also accept all the popular credit cards, that will require a merchant services account for a low monthly fee. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Start simple.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

Of course, you can’t predict everything, but writing down what you know will identify existing problems sooner, and allow other team members to help. The faster you grow, the more cash you need, to build product, facilities, staff, and service. You can be on budget, and still run out of cash.

Startup 114

Startup Sales Layoffs Slides 114

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. If you want to also accept all the popular credit cards, that will require a merchant services account for a low monthly fee. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Start simple.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2016

Of course, you can’t predict everything, but writing down what you know will identify existing problems sooner, and allow other team members to help. The faster you grow, the more cash you need, to build product, facilities, staff, and service. You can be on budget, and still run out of cash.

Startup 64

Startup Sales Layoffs Slides 64

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The value proposition is a short statement that clearly communicates the target customer, the customer’s problem and the pain that it causes, the unique solution that addresses this problem, and the net benefit of this solution (value derived versus relative cost) from the customer's perspective.

Funding 106

Funding Startup Entrepreneur Activity 106

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2012

“The idea was to build something that ‘shows’ and ‘enchants,’” which is, in fact, what the Japanese word Miselu translates as. “Since music is the one thing that everyone loves, the company started to focus on ideas in that field with the goal to entirely change the way music is experienced.

Press 100

Press Ideas Product Activity 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking. But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? Want to take a year pursuing your dream to write a screenplay, travel through Asia, run a triathlon or start your own fashion line?

Startup 295

Startup Email Technical Review Course 295

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. But throughout the transition I had my safety net. We’ve been very deliberate making services a cost center that focuses on referenceable customers. The term ‘cloud computing’ only caught on much later.

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. So we're focused on technology, and financial services. We'll even write a half a million check.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2021

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and cover the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

Entrepreneur 121

Entrepreneur Writing .Net Commerce 121

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I value the service they provide. That said, there are times where you need to cast a wider net. But when they’re trying to get David Pogue, Walt Mossberg or Kara Swisher to write a story for you, they’re also thinking about their other clients – now and in the future. For them, this is just a deal.

Venture Capital 319

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: By 2008, I was only a couple years away from the brain damage I suffered at CallWave, after the executive team turned down acquisition overtures from Google and Yahoo (I'll write about this colossal mistake in a future confessional article). com> 4/25/08.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Banner or AdSense style ads placed either at the top of the page or down the right hand side (often called a skyscraper) would only net Twitter money for users that log into Twitter.com. Finance and a host of other wonderful services brought to you by their sponsors. Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad. Everybody gains.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. . * Im constantly frustrated by conversations that take place in discussion groups that cant cross the border into the blog world. And, I dont like to copy and paste.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2018

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and cover the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

Writing 97

Writing .Net Commerce Entrepreneur 97

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

As I write these words I already imagine my next deposition in which I’m asked to read this out loud. The vendor who previously serviced those accounts sued them. I started writing about problems when founding a startup years ago but the problem has gotten worse. *. Lawsuits. Lawsuits are becoming so prevalent these days.

Startup 150

Startup IP Writing Ideas 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

Writing 96

Writing .Net Commerce Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2013

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

Startup 98

Startup Writing .Net Commerce 98

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2010

Integrates SMS, Social Network Services, email, and calendar accounts. Swype, Write & Go. The on board web browser made it easy to surf the net. WVGA(480×800) 16M SUPER AMOLED. mDNIe(Mobile Digital Natural Image engine). ECLAIR) / ANDROID MARKET. SOCIAL HUB. ANDROID SAMSUNG UI. Multiple Homescreens. Hybrid Widgets.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Screening RSS Web 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

Writing 99

Writing .Net Commerce Entrepreneur 99

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

As outlined in Beware the Consultant , be wary when selecting a professional services firm. Like most mature markets, the legal profession is highly segmented with respect to the services provided and markets served. Even so, the majority of firms focus on servicing well-established BDC’s. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Microbusinesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut of consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

Writing 103

Writing Entrepreneur .Net Commerce 103

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Mike uses his own experience as a recovering workaholic building two multimillion-dollar companies to net out seven steps in his transformation. It’s easier to use screen-captures and notes on existing processes, rather than write detailed manuals. Adjust roles and shift resources for optimal performance.

Resource 60

Resource Examples Design Entrepreneur 60

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. You can write an angry email to get your emotions out but you shouldn’t necessarily send it (or wait 1 hour and then make a decision). Net neutrality (1:09:00). lessons learned from his days as an entrepreneur.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. In order to have a secure, decentralized means of transferring money between individuals you need a way of providing services that a modern centralized financial system would offer. Enter blockchain.

Course 280

Course Startup Framework Marketing 280

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

I am not writing about this out of the blue – this seems to be the topic of the day in my social stream based on blogs written, retweets rendered and attaboys handed out. But this often requires relatively large sums of money and it implies writing a check in a company whose future is uncertain. That might actually seem fair.

Startup 150

Startup Course Writing Capital 150