Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
There were startups and a software industry but barely. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. There was no money train. It was 1991.
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.
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socalTECH
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. Mike tells us about the company, who uses its software, as well as how he was initially turned away from the Amplify.LA
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 18, 2015
Treat a startup as a customer, not a client. A client relationship suggests that the consultant is in charge, whereas the customer designation recognizes the more modern model of the customer in control. It also highlights all aspects of required customer service, satisfaction, loyalty and referrals to peers.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. How is it your first customer was in Australia? Los Angeles-based Fuel50 (www.fuel50.com) What is Fuel50?
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. Reviewing financial & operational performance. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 7, 2015
Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing. Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different.
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