Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

As an advisor to new business owners, and an occasional angel investor, I see new business proposals daily, many seeking investors to fund early research and development (R&D) of a new product idea. Funding new product research and development is just too risky, with a large time delay before any return is likely.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

They put on great events. VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council. Quality of Events Of course, the bigger issue with events is finding the ones where you will have a really good opportunity to network with interesting people.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

StatMuse is developing an artificial intelligence platform to help sports fans explore data using simple, natural language. Audio AMA’s (Ask Me Anything) Via Twitter. Pundit lets creators host audio Ask Me Anything (AMAs) with their Twitter network, transforming the talk radio experience for the social media age.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

I ran a VC AMA (ask me anything) last Monday on Meerkat and had > 1,000 simultaneous people asking me questions. It’s not ok if you’re going to be a third-party developer. So what should a startup developer do? I’m still long Meerkat and can’t wait to run another AMA next week. love Twitter.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

It’s been a short, but action packed few months since we were introduced to The Immunity Project ‘s goal to “develop a free vaccine for HIV/AIDS” The organization’s aptly named Twitter handle is @hackHIV and they’re the second nonprofit organization ever to be backed by Bay Area Incubator, Y-Combinator (YC).

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Artificial Inteligence AMA Organization Research 110

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2015

I even developed a nomenclature where I would put “restaurant” or “movie” or “must read” in the title so I could search later. I do a frequent interview show called BothSidesTV and I’ve been enjoying Meerkat for AMAs. Surely that’s the worst way to remind yourself of a task.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. Innovative. Disruptive. We get it! I Be specific. Here’s why. Your Process Doesn’t Work. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. I know I do.

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