Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2015

How do you have the time to help them hire? I don’t know Ezra yet but since he’s taking the time to blog (which I hugesly respect) and share thoughts I thought I’d take him up on his challenge and also spill the beans on my secrets. On blogging I blog because I love it. My other secret on blogging?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Recently I wrote a blog post about how I hated losing, but I embrace it as a way to learn, improve and increase my win rates. An external consultant helping the Thames Water procurement team overturned the decision to use my company and got them to select a small software company. I won, that is, until I lost.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. At the right time we would like to work with you to bring in the appropriate leader to help us build this company to the next level.”

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. " 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. Now I have.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become. I actually wrote a long blog post about this but I’m trying to get TechCrunch to publish it before putting it on my blog.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to a recent study done by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were 565,000 new businesses created per month in 2010 in the US alone, which is a 15-year high. Engage your customers through blog comments, product reviews, and personal customer service. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. And some angels running around like Reid Hoffman & Keith Rabois. But not many others.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest. I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. That’s my 2010 hack. Tim Ferriss gave this extra emphasis in his book.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 7, 2012

. Recently when at Blog World I got an advance copy of “Laughing at Wall Street” by Chris Camillo. A little bit about the author Chris Camillo…When the stock market was at it’s worst and our economy was failing us from 2007-2010 his private self-managed portfolio outperformed the big fancy dogs of Wall Street.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

What can they do for funding, where can they go for help? Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading. This is something Ive always wondered about.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. ” Part of the beauty of blogging that in two sittings Fred was able to influence what was built over the next 12 months. The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). That’s why I love Instagram.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

If you haven’t already followed me on Twitter, that’s the fastest way to get blog updates. Having a methodology instead of just going on random sales visits helped force a bit of rigor and honesty amongst team members about how well or not we thought we were doing. This article initially appeared on Inc. Click here.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Disclosure: we helped build the system that is behind these.) Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. It also works well for non-profit groups: [link] Its a relatively new concept, but it likely has legs.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Maybe its because Im 66", but I think most clothes shopping really stinks and when was the last time that a sales person was actually helpful. Having help narrowing choices is what its going to be about going forward. I really think MyShape has a great concept. With the growth of choices, it becomes harder to make decisions.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

I’m a huge supporter of his initiative to help end this practice. I suppose I should keep it to myself but I guess Jason will be helping to hype up all the companies anyways. ThereNow has build a platform (physical camera + software platform) to help remote coaches help improve teachers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

High on my list is the joy and satisfaction of having helped many entrepreneurs face-to-face this year, and hopefully many more by my blog reaching out over the Internet. These last couple of years have not been great financially for entrepreneurs, but it always helps to look at the cup as half full, rather than half empty.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They had agreed!

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Back in January 2010, I wrote a post that's one of the most popular on this blog: When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? We also wanted users to provide information about twitter and LinkedIn to help personalize the application.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They had agreed!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This emphasis on engagement is helping many businesses stand out from the onslaught of advertisements that can plague consumers daily. Many advertisers have begun to understand that providing helpful information to customers builds trust between the customer and the brand and, ultimately, makes the customer a repeat consumer.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

He’s also candid, humble and helpful. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Pricing engine helps publishers ascertain ad inventory pricing by analyzing ad transaction data from the market/exchanges. MetaMarkets.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. I try hard to find that balance.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# But as an angel you’re usually not only taking risks but also helping the company succeed (through introductions, social proof, coaching, recruiting). “Convertible notes have won.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Some great free resources listed this month that I thought were interesting.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Our motivation has always been to help people learn. This clearly helped you establish credibility in the early days of lynda.com. Our motivation has always been to help people learn. 3) Imagine it is 2010 and Lynda is a 20-year old, digital native who wants to start a company.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Our motivation has always been to help people learn. This clearly helped you establish credibility in the early days of lynda.com. Our motivation has always been to help people learn. 3) Imagine it is 2010 and Lynda is a 20-year old, digital native who wants to start a company.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

To make it easier to find new people and connect with new friends, he thought he's start his own company to help solve that issue. Alex Capecelatro: I went to UCLA and graduated in 2010. In a way, we're solving the issue that faces blogs. As anyone who is familiar with blogging knows, the hardest part is getting a viewer base.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Josh was formerly the President of Pandemic Studios, and helped co-found the company, merge it with Bioware, and eventually sell the combined firm to Electronic Arts for $860M. I stayed there for a couple of years after that, and in 2010, I started working on ntro. That's the problem that the mobile app ntro is looking to solve.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Awards will be given in more than a dozen categories, including the best reviews of movies, books, hotels, gadgets, politics, as well as the most helpful, thought-provoking, fun to read and well-organized reviews. Any review written during the 2010 calendar year is eligible to be nominated. Only with the highest of honors of course!

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Xconomy

JULY 7, 2016

The remaining neurology and pain sales staff will operate under the same management, a streamlining move that the company hopes will help the company better target the key physicians who prescribe the company’s products. Those acquisitions helped Pernix reach $175.8 As of the end of 2015, Pernix reported a headcount of 274.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Before you start spending money and time being a user, you need to understand how it can help you and your business. Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010. But simply jumping in is not enough. Using it randomly or incorrectly is a waste of your precious time.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. Even tech blogs know this. You own the IP you create.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. Mark founded Launchpad LA, a program designed to help mentor LA’s most promising first-time startup CEO’s. He blogs here and tweets here. Reply Hear NoHo Muisc Festival August 25, 2010 at 12:54 pm Yes! 1B+ Revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Having no money can help you plan. Fancy websites are expensive, but blogs and Facebook pages are free. People can help you if you help them. He has published extensively on branding, and often shares his thoughts on the Logogarden.com blog. People love the fact that Microsoft was started in a garage.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. I try hard to find that balance.”.

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