InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 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! A recurring entrepreneurial challenge is to determine the optimal price of a new product, especially absent a directly competitive alternative. How Much For A Rib?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. This morning I was reading my social media and came across an article that Christine Tsai had posted on Facebook. It also chronicles the forces behind the decline of the American city (which has been revived in the past 10-15 years) and the rise of global manufacturing.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A little history, we launched our product years ago, Search IQ. That product right now is on 2,000 publisher websites, it's sold under the SaaS model, and a lot of people on the free, ad-supported version. As mobile phones have become increasingly more usable, in a productive manner, we've seen more and more mobile traffic.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2013

For today''s Insights and Opinions section, we''re sharing an article on how to make technology transfer and IP commercialization work , from Siemer and Associates and Siemer Ventures'' Ivan Nikkhoo. Over time, some of this IP has made it to market helping create new products and industries. And many more should. Continued.).

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2011

In essence, the Beatles offered a product with a higher value proposition as compared to their American counterparts. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Minimally Viable Product Does Not Mean Minimal Utility. Such a non-minimally viable product tarnishes the product’s brand and adds friction to the product validation process.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

In our Insights and Opinions section--where we feature various opinions, advice, and thoughts from our readers--we have an article from, Matt Fitz-Henry , who works at a competitor, prognosticates about the social media marketing world. Read Matt Fitz-Henry's article, Social at Scale. billion dollars. Continued.). READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The firm's founder, Lin Miao, also has drawn some controversy in the past TechCrunch's Michael Arrington has called Miao's last company, Tatto Media, a scam , for billing people for products they never receive and using mobile billing text to sign people up for unwanted services. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2016

For the past few months I’ve been doing nearly daily “Snapstorms” or short videos with startup advice released on Snapchat. Among the most comical things to me in the past few years is just how much it annoys some people that I use Snapchat. Not since the initial popularity of Twitter in 2007 has a product so befuddled people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2023

I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Turn on your phone and look at the productivity folder. You’ll be more productive within three weeks time. We discuss productivity, emails, communication, and the dynamics of the team. We’ve been there. Three, maybe four apps; each with their own learning curve and rules of engagement. We’ve all been there.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. This is the first article from Jason L. Why Product Managers Wear Sneakers - Steve Blank , September 2, 2010 I gave a talk last night to the Silicon Valley Product Management Association. He's awesome.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2020

Morken has spent the past thirty five years at technology companies and will be reporting directly to the company’s co-founder and chief executive, Rich Pierson. Her operational experience will come in handy as Headspace continues to develop both commercial and clinical products to bring to market, Pierson said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility. Add outgoing links.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. That data is based not just on feedback from past and current students and student outcomes, but also other channels.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! We had a spirited discussion regarding a number of issues related to blowing past $10M in annual recurring SaaS revenue, in front of a sold-out crowd of about 400 entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Death because just 3 extra non-performing employees in a company of 15 can either accelerate cash out date or can dramatically lower your productivity. I have sat through scores of board meetings in the past year and in at least 25% of them the topic of a senior employee we hired that hasn’t worked out comes up.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

He had pitched me in the past and I told him that for a variety of reasons his company was too early stage for me but that I would happily keep track of their progress. A good friend of mine was features on the front cover of the LA Times business section with a glowing article. When I read an article about you I’m influenced.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit. Want to be an entrepreneur? Don''t go to Wharton or Harvard. Organic Academia.

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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. Every one of these reasons has haunted me at one time or another over the past 10 years. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product.

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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%. He is the anonymous lawyer I talked about in this post who talked me off a ledge at a particularly vulnerable moment on a past transaction.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2011

In Reality Is Broken author and game designer Jane McGonigal says, "Compared with games, reality isn't productive. Most people I know want to work; many love their job (or loved past jobs). Read the rest of Megan's article, Man's search for meaning(ful work). Games give us clearer missions and more satisfying, hands on work".

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! It will also allow you to refer back to past experiences without risking an erroneous decision based on a false memory. If a prospect does not purchase your product, it is not because they are too stupid to understand your value proposition. The choice is yours. _. from the Wharton School.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

I was an early and tireless advocate for the growth of the Internet video ecosystem and as virtually every article I wrote made clear I believe the 800-pound-gorilla is YouTube and will remain so for the foreseeable future. MiTú will use its $10 million to build out new production facilities in LA and Mexico.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. It’s a year old and predicts much of what happened over the past year.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

We’ve heard this from startup founders, product managers, development team leads, CTOs, and others who see their product gaining traction, but simultaneously see performance falling off a cliff. User experience is suffering and it’s the worst possible time with the product taking off. So, why does this happen?

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Jason Nazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc , and a self-professed "Mentee Whore," discusses his secrets to finding and keeping a mentor in this compelling article. Mentee Whoring. and set up meetings with people that you want to be like.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 29, 2021

Back in 2017, the New York Times opinion section was graced with an article entitled: Jerks and the Start-Ups They Ruin. The article details various stories of young and invariably white men who found big companies, get big money, and make big mistakes. Saying No To Startup Bros.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Over the past couple of years I’ve written down some of my thoughts and it’s started to add up enough that I’ve now created a new tab on this blog with PR related articles on the topic. If you believe you have a market-leading position in your product space I would worry a bit less about it. ” Why?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.”

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Clearly not every industry or product fits the above criteria. Businesses typically use LinkedIn to recruit employees. Follow The People. Bro Benefits.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 4, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. In November of 2015, Citrix announced that it will spin out the “GoTo” Division, of which GoToMeeting remains the flagship product, as a standalone public company. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful. With this move, Los Angeles wants to hitch its wagon to this momentum and is actively looking for tech busineses that can help with carbon accounting.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. In the past, a struggling entrepreneur''s options for paying the bills were limited. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! The broad implications of the sharing economy are only beginning to be felt.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility. Add outgoing links.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

free weekly Infochachkie articles! However, his first-hand knowledge of how software is created, tested and commercialized facilitated his execution of Microsoft’s initial strategy, in which it leveraged its operating system to create a suite of business productivity solutions. I am not suggesting you spurn product excellence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2021

Trying to disappear from the online world, or penalize it, is never productive, and may imply that you have something to hide. You can remove items from your article or blog, but people do notice, and may escalate their concerns on another forum. Every reported problem likely means that many similar ones went unreported.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2020

I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch.

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