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Interview with Scott Lahman, GOGII

socalTECH

We called the company GOGII--literally, our short text code of 60611, which you can looks a little like GOGII. Of course, it became a carrier driven business, as carriers started carrying color phones, and they needed products which would take advantage of those phones. That was our basis for doing something in text messaging.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. But software companies often take longer to scale top-line revenue than retailers so it takes a while to cover your nut.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.

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Interview with Brett Crosby and Brew Johnson, PeerStreet

socalTECH

We sat down with Brett Crosby (who founded Urchin Software, the company which became Google Analytics) and Brew Johnson , the co-founders of the company, to learn more about the company and what it's working on. I came up with this idea due to a deep obsession with the mortgage industry. in a funding round.

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De-risk Your Startup By Doing It Again: The Joy Of Getting The Band Back Together

InfoChachkie

Alma mater, CallWave: 2005 IPO. Although the advantages usually outweigh the potential drawbacks, the negative aspects of Serial Teams should be heeded in order to minimize their impact: History – Serial Teams speak in shared code, based on their prior collective experiences. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). Dare I steer off the course from the tried-and-true PowerPoint ritual? Consumer approach to software for business users. Folksonomy.

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How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener

SoCal Delicious

Of course the sequence of steps is a generalization, so perhaps you’ll have to change it to fit your needs. For example when you operate a WordPress blog, you could code nearly everthing below in your 404 page (consider alternatives ). By the way, you can use, alter, rewrite … the code from this pamphlet as you like.

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