Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. To get started, go to the International Business Innovation Association web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), co-founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. To get started, go to the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! When I joined Oracle, they were essentially ‘the Google’ of their time. Both companies (were) high-volume, scalable web infrastructures…that (has been) applied to the technology we are building.”. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 What’s The Worst Mistake?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization).

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! The earliest mega-scale web services (e.g.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. To get started, go to the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest , former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). free weekly Infochachkie articles! Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

If you look at why Google is so successful today, the overwhelming majority of their revenue is from sponsored search. Google out-executed us, so, you know, hats off and theyve been victorious, but a lot of that kind of innovation happens in L.A. Google acquired that and incorporated it. Okay, thats AdSense.

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Xconomy

JULY 20, 2018

You’ve made it to Friday. Time to curl up in your cubicle, pop open one of these in-depth, entertaining reads, and catch up on some of what you missed during a busy week. This week we’re taking a look at all the political stories that are coming out of the tech world.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds who have a history of giving $20 million to early-stage technology companies hoping to swing for the fences and become the next Google, Facebook or Twitter. As a result many funds are OK with big bets. eBay and others. Get over it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This article originally ran on PEHub. Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. It’s not just that we’re connected to the Internet at higher speeds and for longer; we’re actually always tethered to the web.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. . TechCrunch article. Online radio music service.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. " We sliced our Google Analytics data every which way, and these 4 patterns emerged." had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. Surprised?).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

How To Land a Job at Google (or elsewhere) - FairSoftware's Blog , November 9, 2010 It’s been 11 years now that the obvious hit me: the best way to land a job is to do the job , not talk about it. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. What truth?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

It’s tempting to want to stay in your offices and fund raise via email or web conferencing. We tend to be more excited about things that we read in the press and/or articles being forwarded to us by our peers. I have two articles on the topic: 1. You need to create a sense of competition. Press the flesh.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

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Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

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Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

So by now everybody know that 30% of all of the Tweets from the first week of July were about Google+. One story is, “Hey, maybe there’s something to this Google+ product?”. It’s where Google goes to create real Buzz (I know, I know). Or how about Google? The more missed story is, “Holy shit. It is the town hall.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91