Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

There are also many other good sources of guidance, including the classic book “ Click Millionaires ” by Scott Fox. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2011

It really provides the most relevant reviews, because when you're looking for reviews, you want them from someone very similar to you. Johnson: It's different from a traditional white label because if you look at a normal white label, you're just taking the functionality and you're just taking the software.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

It's the same as when I've created financial models and then have it reviewed by a hard-core CFO, sophisticated investor or similar kind of expert. And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. I'm never trying to embarrass someone. I know how it feels.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” The local kennels were full as many people had pre-booked for vacations. They can read reviews, see pictures and even talk to the family before confirming. I typed in my brothers zip code and ton of houses popped up in his area and I was able to search out on a map view. ” Booked it. “Oh s**t.”

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”. With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2019

There are also many other good sources of guidance, including the classic book “ Click Millionaires ” by Scott Fox. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution.

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Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 97

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”. With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs?

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Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

I recommend you first review Dharmesh’s article and then listen to Naval’s thoughts. These days, thanks to code and community, we can productize almost any process done by humans. Other than giving back to the ecosystem, do you have plans to monetize your efforts beyond selling books? AngelList is the productization of that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2016

There are also many other good sources of guidance, including the classic book “ Click Millionaires ” by Scott Fox. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 14, 2015

While I entirely understand the public’s reservations, I also understand why Peeple is not the first company to announce a “people review” concept, and also why it won’t be the last. With every photo, blog, or post we publish to social media, we are inviting commentary with open arms. How do I know? And guess what?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I should note that my friend Brad Feld has written a new book on the subject that I would recommend if you want the bible on the topic. Reviewing financial & operational performance. Selling tons of “shelfware” (customers who buy but don’t use your software) and thus having bad customer references.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. While he was waiting for the paperwork to be reviewed he moved to Boulder, Colorado and took a job with a local tech company there. More red tape.

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Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 Many software companies have > 80% gross margins which is why they are more valuable than say traditional retailers or consumer product companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I loved the quote so much I wrote an entire blog post on the topic. If you’re a startup or product person and haven’t read his book Four Steps to Epiphany please do. They had to spend time training our new resources, reviewing code, refactoring where mistakes were made, attending meetings, etc. He was tech.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2012

There are also many other good sources of guidance, including the new book “ Click Millionaires ” by Scott Fox. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution.

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Technical Review Case Study Startup Software Review 99

Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The San Diego group also hired its first executive director, Ashok Kamal, and has been working to improve its operations by restructuring and streamlining its due diligence process. CourseKey’s software automatically tracks student attendance, shares key information, and sends pop quizzes to students’ devices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

I was happy to see a real focus on preparing for tomorrow highlighted in a new book, “ Start a Successful Business ,” by Colleen DeBaise, who has made a career of studying and writing about entrepreneur challenges. Regularly follow reviews and influencers in your industry. Tomorrow is never mentioned in the pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). Enterprise software companies also should measure CAC even though it, too, is an imprecise science. Gross margin positive != That bit is easy. Payback Period!!!”

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Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=FB CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=GOOG CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/DRG CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/HOM CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/ISV CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/MED CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=M/TEC CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=MDA.T Loading… Real Estate. » More. Real Estate.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Gilbert instead describes National Funding as “a balance sheet lender,” explaining that it retains loans on its books instead of selling its loans to another financial institution or individual investor at a discount. The alternative lender is on track to generate about $75 million in revenue this year, Gilbert said.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Gilbert instead describes National Funding as “a balance sheet lender,” explaining that it retains loans on its books instead of selling its loans to another financial institution or individual investor at a discount. The alternative lender is on track to generate about $75 million in revenue this year, Gilbert said.

Software Review 40

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener Posted on 30 December, 2009 This pamphlet is somewhat geeky. For example when you operate a WordPress blog, you could code nearly everthing below in your 404 page (consider alternatives ). I’ll appreciate the traffic.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. I love to sell the knowledge to my clients but ranting in blogs is somehow useless.

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Daradiction

DECEMBER 30, 2009

I think we’ve all heard about Tara Hunt’s widely publicized karaoke/book promo tour. If there’s a good fit between your trip and a brand, from soft drinks to software , don’t hesitate to ask for a partnership. There’s even a SxSWi session about the phenomenon this spring. Plan for WiFi.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. This Thanksgiving it might seem that there’s a lot less to be thankful for.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post. I became quite good friends with a journalist at the Financial Times and eventually helped her as she wrote a book on the venture capital industry. In my blog I just save that for the comments where people can say what their perspectives are.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

" 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. At the time, they had just come out with their new book " Rework " had downloaded a copy to my Kindle, but hadn't had a chance to read it yet. Now I have. " Patterns in Chaos.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

Is it book smarts? Amy Chua, a Yale professor, wrote a book about raising children the “Chinese Mother&# way. If you click on no other links in this blog please read this one by David Brooks about why Amy Chua is a wimp and not a hard ass mom. You have beautifully executed software. Nah, of course not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2023

Charlene Li, in her classic book “ Open Leadership ,” shows leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be “open” while still maintaining control. New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Charlene Li, in her classic book “ Open Leadership ,” shows leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be “open” while still maintaining control. New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

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Framework Social Media Software Review Social Network 159

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Charlene Li, in her classic book “ Open Leadership ,” shows leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be “open” while still maintaining control. New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Media Social Network Technical Review 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Charlene Li, in her classic book “ Open Leadership ,” shows leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be “open” while still maintaining control. New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

Software Review 90

Software Review Social Media Social Network Technical Review 90