Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

I recently wrote a post about avoiding the “ Deferred Life Plan &# and some related thoughts about personal productivity that came from Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek. I would love to say that I’m the productivity guru. Tim Ferriss gave this extra emphasis in his book.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. In my exchanges with my friend and mentor, Bob Wood, we engage in a number of activities which keep our time together both fun and productive. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Access part I HERE.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Do you have dollars to pay for development?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2022

With all that said, here are some “rule of thumb” guidelines on what might be a reasonable offer, as summarized from a classic article by Guy Kawasaki , and based on discussions I hear rattling around the investor community. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3% Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Are users willing to check into local businesses with another, mobile check-in product? Michael Wong: I was previously CTO of an agency called Breakthrough Ads. My cofounder, Steven Elliott, was CTO of a company doing artificial intelligence and automated chat technology. Based on his number, we decided to pivot.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO.

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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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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. Im sure that many of you have read Guys article Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Good stuff.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? I would agree that Apples product design would suggest that it aims at Time Poor buyers. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

link] [link] Posted byTony Karrer at 5:33 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product). So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. It now seems that Mark is more firmly in control.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Here is where I see this really play out: Product Management. Most CEOs fancy their own product skills and like to weigh in on priorities. Eventually I had a head of Product Management – the best I ever worked with named Tim Barker – politely say to me that this wouldn’t fly any more. I did this. ” PR.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 Production costs have fallen more than 90%. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. hours of TV / day. They read less than 30 minutes. The future of the Internet is video.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

With all that said, here are some “rule of thumb” guidelines on what might be a reasonable offer, as summarized from a classic article by Guy Kawasaki , and based on discussions I hear rattling around the investor community. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3% Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. I know that you just released your first product, PROOF , as I participated in your recent crowdfunding campaign. It’s a mentality engrained in our team’s blood, and it invigorates us to work harder to create revolutionary products that will change lives.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! I quantified the relative priority of this responsibility as follows: Desire 12 least desirable for CTO to perform. A = Product Strategy. D = Overseeing Product/Feature Stories. C = Product Coding.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

” In the article is cites: Page estimates that only about 50 investors are chasing the real breakthrough technologies that have the potential to make a material difference to the lives of most people on earth. When we ship product. But would you expect Apple to reveal its product details before launching?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Viewing the article through the lens of a venture capitalist there’s much to agree with under the mantra of “growth!” ” And when you read the article carefully it allows for a period of discovery in your business. Ryan Lissack is the CTO of Maker Studios. For example.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

free weekly Infochachkie articles! " I recently performed a 360-Review on two Co-Founders who were the company's CEO and CTO. The value of a startup's products must be obvious and easily accessed. . "I started the site when I was 19. I didn't know much about business back then." " [Tweet this quote].

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. How do you get press and the blogosphere talking about your product? You might be surprised why this is the case. In response he sent me a competitive analysis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2015

With all that said, here are some “rule of thumb” guidelines on what might be a reasonable offer, as summarized from a classic article by Guy Kawasaki , and based on discussions I hear rattling around the investor community. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3% Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2017

With all that said, here are some “rule of thumb” guidelines on what might be a reasonable offer, as summarized from a classic article by Guy Kawasaki , and based on discussions I hear rattling around the investor community. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3% Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2013

With all that said, here are some “rule of thumb” guidelines on what might be a reasonable offer, as extracted from an old article by Guy Kawasaki , and based on discussions I hear rattling around the investor community. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3% Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

With all that said, here are some “rule of thumb” guidelines on what might be a reasonable offer, as extracted from an old article by Guy Kawasaki , and based on discussions I hear rattling around the investor community. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3% Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2011

With all that said, here are some “rule of thumb” guidelines on what might be a reasonable offer, as extracted from an old article by Guy Kawasaki , and based on discussions I hear rattling around the investor community. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3% Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

It’s a virtue of the laws of large numbers ($100 million in ARR ) plus strong growth compounding off of large numbers plus large customers relying on our products for 7+ years or longer. And the third founder, Colin Kelley , remains an important contributor & CTO of the company. Guess you missed Coinbase.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We started building the product 18 months ago so we are in better shape than 99% of start-ups. Free product. I wasn’t feeling it. Folksonomy.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. But I don’t think so. By doing the job.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs aren’t born, they’re made.&# The data in this article is at best, a stretch. The paper is surprisingly much more balanced in its assertions than this TechCrunch article. At the margin you can make yourself better at sales, product design, marketing, leadership, capital raising, etc. I suspect he’s not.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Messenger : Thorsten von Eicken , RightScale’s Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Architect at Citrix Online (formerly Expertcity) and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and UC Santa Barbara. free weekly Infochachkie articles! If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

I’m not sure I really even need to write this at length because Nivi absolutely nailed the topic in his article “ The Option Pool Shuffle.&#. The more senior members you have (say you already have a CEO, CTO, VP marketing, VP Biz Dev, VP Products) then the less options you’ll need and vice versa.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2010

With all that said, here are some “rule of thumb” guidelines on what might be a reasonable offer, as extracted from an old article by Guy Kawasaki , and based on discussions I hear rattling around the investor community. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3% Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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