SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

A lot of my time is spent helping early-stage companies get to proof points so that they can raise capital. I should try to come back and write about this more, but the point of this post is that it's important not to only think about this aspect. What are they really looking for? is a requirement.

Startup 198

Startup Custom Development Sales Writing 198

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Members can also enhance their expert status by writing informative articles and position themselves as a contact person for other professionals to get information from. We launched the first publicly available (German) Beta Version of exploreB2B at the end of 2010. When was it launched and where? Any strategic partnerships?

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Sure, a great operating system is one of the things Microsoft is most known for, but there are dozens of other Microsoft products and services that help businesses grow. Every second, a copy of MS Office 2010 is sold, and a large number of those go towards corporate use. That’s 133,333 units per day.

Writing 88

Writing Training Email .Net 88

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel-good startups. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.)

Invest 284

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2015

How do you have the time to help them hire? I just write. I told her I need “20 minutes” to write a blog post. Keep on writing. I took 2 of those morning to write blog posts and then read. Why do I write all of this? I wrote this in January 2010. How do you produce so much content?

Blogging 150

Blogging Writing Email Startup 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

In fact, I originally spoke out publicly in favor of gay rights when it was somehow still controversial to do so back in 2010 after California had made some bad political choices. Being transparent in 2010 felt like more of an anomaly but being transparent in 2017 feels like more of a requirement to me. It is beautifully done.

Startup 197

Startup Blogging Technical Review Writing 197

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

25 Years of Writing Code. Adam Sroka, an agile software innovator, is a self-taught programmer with 25 years of writing code and previously combined his coding skills with his knowledge of agile and lean management techniques as a coach and technical trainer. Established In 2010 By PayPal’s First Head of US marketing.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 7, 2012

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. Most auth ors write from a place of passion and a desire to share. Where was he when I was 18 and just starting out!?

Social Media 68

Social Media Media Writing Blogging 68

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2012

It has been an incredible journey for me and I could not be prouder of what we accomplished over the past few years helping define Yahoo as a leader in digital media and advertising. Yahoo is an amazing brand and company, and I leave knowing we did all we could to help inform and entertain more than 700 million users each month.

Yahoo 74

Yahoo Pricing Writing Entertainment 74

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Pouring more money into the system isn’t helping because THE SYSTEM is broken. Having teachers unions in 2010 is so archaic and leads us to have public school systems where the best teachers are paid the same as the worst ones. Lawrence) both helped me master the rules of writing and tap into my creativity.

Class 340

Class Education Technical Review Writing 340

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6-month training program. I am committed to finding ways to help graduates get jobs.

Writing 150

Writing Startup Design Training 150

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

The event was created in 2010 by Hank and John Green, when they hosted approximately 1,400 industry insiders and fans. Once WalMart has helped you establish your brand, it will then be possible to sell premium products via other channels, such as boutique shops or even directly to consumers. Think "Consumer Electronics Show meets E!

Course 190

Course Advertising Social Media Content 190

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets. That’s my 2010 hack. If you get 3 things done every day it adds up to a lot more within the month.

Product 280

Product Startup Email Technical Review 280

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. SendGrid helps improve delivery. LendingClub. 24.5mm in Series C. Enter Xobni.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

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. Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” It’s just human nature.

Sales 367

Sales Slides Startup Customer 367

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). Mo & I both have double majors with one being finance / econ. Total raised: $16.0mm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

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. Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They were in LA and I was in LA.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

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. Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They were in LA and I was in LA.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The really important distinction is that non-technical business people can build, deploy, integrate, and create reports on these applications to help them run their business. H&R Block bought my company a year and a half into that venture, which was a great deal, and we helped H&R block integrate the systems together.

Startup 150

Startup San Diego Entrepreneur Tool 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.)

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

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.

Training 245

Training Entrepreneur Startup Web 245

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.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become. Writing down your weight from your scale is obviously a manual process and it’s tedious. So as I contemplated the kick off to 2010 I thought again about Weight Watchers. Seemed such a fantasy back in 1992. We’ll see.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. Try writing long reviews of a restaurant. The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. They do both well.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

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. Let’s buy more!&#.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

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. Be visible online and to traditional media, volunteer to lead, write guest posts for others, be responsive, give stuff away, and provide many ways to communicate.

Startup 104

Startup Social Media Platform Blogging 104

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A new group of investors have clustered around writing earlier-stage, smaller checks. And you can have ulterior motives like helping people or being involved with “cool stuff.&# If you’re investing other people’s money you’re a professional money manager. That’s awesome. It is such a disconnect.

Venture Capital 308

Venture Capital Training Startup Entrepreneur 308

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

The truth is that I’ve been warning about convertible notes since 2010 it was first declared that “convertible notes have won.” Over the years I’ve written extensively about the downsides of convertible notes for startups such as here , here and here. So how DOES a VC think about financings at early stages?

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Invest 150

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

A Helpful Login Class Some code examples are provided by JanRain Engage. Posted on 9 September 2010 | 3:27 pm Thanks Andre - Ive updated… Thanks Andre - Ive updated the post. Posted on 9 September 2010 | 3:25 pm Hi Ben. Is this error related to what Im supposed to write? Thank you so much for the help and the tutorial!

Software Review 40

Software Review PHP Class Startup 40

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

My first job was as a page at NBC, and after that I went and did a year and a half of writing and production at MSNBC with Keith Olbermann and Chuck Scarborough. Dollar Shave Club came to me about two years ago, in December of 2010, when I met my co-founder, who was my friend's fianc's father.

Dollar Shave Club 210

Dollar Shave Club Startup Pricing Sample 210

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

The name came from the earliest iteration of our product, which helped groups of people pool money for shared expenses. The company was founded in 2008 but launched publicly in March 2010. The two also wanted technology that could help them collect money from friends for school/social groups and weekend trips.

Startup 71

Startup Tool Capital Customer 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

LAGbook was founded in 2010 by two twin brothers Chika and Chidi Nwaogu when they were just 19 years old and freshmen at University. 2010 and launched on 25 Apr. 2010, same day we purchased the domain name, lagbook.com. As of writing, my twin and I serve as the Co-CEOs and Co-Presidents at LAGbook.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Your BBB has formed a strategic alliance to help save you money in your everyday costs starting immediately. I have been asked by your Better Business Bureau to help accredited businesses like you keep more of the money you earn. This is my sole objective for January of 2010. Rick Copelan | President & CEO. Now it gets good!

Santa Barbara 265

Santa Barbara Technical Advisors Email Technical Review 265

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I write these words I’m aware that I could practically change the words AOL and Facebook for much of this section and with a few factual tweaks it might not be noticeable to the reader which of the firms I was talking about. I know in 2010 this doesn’t seem obvious to everybody but it’s my judgment.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

to help bloggers and blog readers with comments. Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this. Maybe this meme will help. I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. I definitely check people out using LinkedIn.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Having no money can help you plan. An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause. People can help you if you help them. Become a compelling story yourself. You can network to give and get referrals for other businesses.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92