Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2010

Chris Dixon wrote a blog post last week titled, “ Techies and Normals &# in which he defined “Techies&# as people who are not just “early adopters&# but also have more of a geeky, technical, product bent. Anyway, Chris’s blog got me thinking about Techies and Normals. He is both. Kind of the obvious next step.

Product

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 13, 2009

I find myself speaking at various venues in Los Angeles to tell people (most often service providers) about how I've used social media and particularly my blogs, LinkedIn, twitter and topic hubs as part of my own services business. How can I get more help setting up my blog? How can I get more help setting up my blog?

Social Media

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

See definition: ad hominem. I CERTAINLY opened myself up to attack by writing my original blog post about job hoppers with some incendiary language and tone. But the comments on my own blog were so much more balanced with people taking both sides of the debate. I have thick enough skin or I wouldn’t blog.

News

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. But I had been reading Munjal Shah’s blog about his experiences at Riya (later renamed Like.com) and this openess had an appeal to me. This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company.

Organization

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Here’s the block that you see when you look at a blog enabled by Disqus (a third party commenting tool that can be embedded in blogs and other content): It allows you to authenticate yourself using Facebook Connect , Twitter Oauth (sign in with Twitter), OpenID , and Yahoo Browser-Based Authentication. Example What do I mean?

Google

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. He had just written another one of his way-over-the-top blog posts. I think Dave has blogging Tourettes Syndrome when he hears the word VC. We then started talking about Dave McClure. I argue the opposite.

Startup

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

I ended up passing on the Twitter investment, but I put out a blog post at the time--I was working for CBS--asking if someone would want to build it, and a kid named Soren MacBeth emailed me back saying he'd build it, which started the idea of StockTwits. If we continue to do our job, it's a very sustainable business.

Ideas

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

So this was definitely an introduction I was going to take. But since I have a blog and the history of my falling in love with Andrew & Petri’s vision was public and is relevant to how we make decisions I wanted a chance to tell all of their stories.

Funding

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! My take on his argument is this: 1.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2010

In the presentation I also discussed why the fail fast mantra needs to fail, fast , why financial models still matter , why the lean startup movement needs to be careful about changing the definition of the adjective “lean&# and why Silicon Valley could learn a thing or two about branding from Madison Avenue. True, that.

Startup

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

MyGloss.com is our home page, and we also aggregate across our network, and that's definitely a popular destination. That definitely has something to do with it. I definitely think that having been in the industry so long, I've really been able to figure out the best way to capture the attention of women online, ahead of the trends.

Networking

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. Early on in college, we built a product called Blog Hoster, which allowed you to create white label blogs. We scaled that to almost $1.4

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. About how dismissive traditional print was about blogs or the airlines views the “peanut serving&# Southwest Airlines.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward.

CTO Hire

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Jeff (also an HBS alum) co-teaches the LTV course with Professor Eisenmann about a student of theirs who had written a blog post about sales taking on some of my previous assertions. Her post is short & well written so definitely worth a read if you’re a startup person and want to hear some sensible views on sales.

Startup

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 17, 2007

On Ben Kuo's blog, he posted about Entrepreneurs in Southern California and pointed to a post by Will Johnson, a Southern California entrepreneur and blogger. Ben actually didn't address the issue raised by Will that there is definitely a shortage of really good developers, engineers, etc. There are definitely lots of events going on.

Southern California

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

And actually if you have ADD you may just want to watch the videos I’ve embedded below because it’s easier to concentrate on that than reading a blog post. I will start from a passage from the Wikipedia definition because I think it does a great job of summarizing. Of course you should go on your own journey of discovery.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

about their marathon 4-hour sessions to get to zero inbox or somebody else claiming email bankruptcy ( definition if you don’t know it already ). You’re writing a freaking blog post! Plus, he’s a loyal reader of this blog. I know many people think I blog all day long. Nobody really enjoys it. Marketing.

Email

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Todd Hoff’s comprehensive 2009 blog entry on the costs of latency in web applications is still relevant today. Performance is important, but it’s definitely not everything. If your web application is a blog or a news site, a reverse proxy can act as a bandage to cover a wide set of performance problems inherent in the back-end system.

Web

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. I have a process I use for blog posts, too. I look carefully at who is speaking before me.

Writing

Tech.Co

JANUARY 26, 2024

Siggi’s Dairy Sets Digital Detox Challenge “We're introducing a new kind of “Dry January” this year,” Siggi’s explains in a recent blog post. As they say, everything is good in moderation – and that principle should definitely be applied to smartphones, as well as all the apps on them.

Company

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. If you haven’t read it you should definitely buy it – other people just like you did. If it’s below 50% I will almost never go and see it.

Guide

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 20, 2009

That said, for professional speakers, they definitely should be thinking about video on their site to show them in action. On the other hand, you might blog your answers and post a link. On the other hand, you might blog your answers and post a link. That way you get value both places. Thanks for the thoughts Serena.

Social Media

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

Anybody who follows this blog knows that my mom was the most influential person on my entrepreneurial career. Elie Seidman wrote in the comments section of my blog post on politics at startups. My father said to me early in life: “definition of politics – two people in a room” That really resonated with me.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

All of this is covered in more detail on the TWiVC video above (and much of it is covered in text on this blog on the “ Raising VC &# tab). Problem definition (with the market … it’s why you exist). A summary of what we discussed is below: Not 100% in order of the video, but close. What should be in the deck?

Venture Capital

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 5, 2010

The new product allows users to create: Playlists – Create a top 20 blogs from the 1,600+ sources. I'm constantly on the go and don't really have time to listen to let alone read many blogs unless I'm on the road or in the gym. BuzzVoice 3.0 Custom Streaming player - Stream stories while viewing text, images & video.

Blogging

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

This comes up a lot and if you are thinking about one of these kinds of startups, definitely take a look at Matching Algorithm. By doing so, you definitely constrain the problem, but it doesn’t strictly go away. Instead, you should think about how you can effectively limit the scope. Let’s limit ourselves to this geography.

eHarmony

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

Here’s how I break down the four quadrants (and I’ve put my definitions in here – not Covey’s). I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. I’m not.

Slides

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I can be found on LinkedIn , have a blog Holocognics and my firm’s website is www.SolutionsLLP.com. It was definitely challenging to make something like that happen in an academic environment. In my case, I am breaking down “business” to its fundamentals, which begins with a definition of what, exactly, is a “business.”

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

I can attest from experience that publishing a regular blog to properly showcase your brand value, even before you have it, is a most cost effective approach in time and money. For blogging to work, you need to do it consistently and frequently, at least once a week, or the value evaporates. Find potential partners. Populate your team.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2011

And if you think this blog post was specifically targeting YOU because you asked me to lunch – it isn’t. You can definitely ask senior people to dinners (VCs, senior execs at companies, etc.) But more to the point – a dinner out is a night I don’t get to spend with my kids and family. I have nobody in mind.

Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

This comes up a lot and if you are thinking about one of these kinds of startups, definitely take a look at Matching Algorithm. By doing so, you definitely constrain the problem, but it doesn’t strictly go away. Instead, you should think about how you can effectively limit the scope. Let’s limit ourselves to this geography.

eHarmony

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

Great programmers are artists, for sure, but rock stars is about the last definition I’d choose. We first met five years ago through serendipity as I described in this 2009 blog post and elaborated on again in more detail 2010.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2010

Around a month ago I heard people talking about Twitter’s bucket test ( definition ) of their new personalized suggested user list and this past week I actually got to experience it myself. The results for me have been excellent and in this post I’ll explain why this is critical to Twitter’s continued adoption.

Technical Review

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” I know because I marked the occasion with a blog post on how to have a great VC meeting. Jonathan shared that experience in his blog post so I won’t repeat it.

Startup

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Since, I've given them the same advice, I thought it was worth putting in my blog. Work Your Network Once you have your one pager ready, I'd definitely use LinkedIn to see who I can already find. For some reason over the past week, I've been asked by three different people I know about job opportunities that might fit them.

Networking

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

And I'm looking forward to more interaction now that she's blogging. BLOG: [link] LINKEDIN: [link] TWITTER: [link] What's a phone booth? Maybe you can blog about that? Just posted a blog about that: [link] I've been struggling a little with making the numbers work out for some social media activity.

Marketing