SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Yesterday I wrote a blog posting on founder vesting (see here ). Teams create companies – not individuals. Teams raise money – not superstar CEO’s.

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Startup Technical Advisors IP Ideas 365

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

As the authors make clear in the book’s preface, their goal is to create a “definitive guide to venture capital deals” and “demystify the venture capital financing process.” Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. No Often Means No.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Writing Guide 205

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. There are lots of good resources on this, especially for hiring technically-oriented people where intelligence and problem solving is a key ingredient: The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing, Version 3.0 Then comes the in-person interviews. Don't burn bridges. Trust your gut.

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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. People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. Then came blogs.

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Blair Harrison: Frequency was borne out of a frustration of mine, which is having to visit many different places to consume video, from a combination of social networks, to blogs, to apps. We've also come to expect that the services we've used forever, such as calendars, email, and other apps, should be available everywhere.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. There are lots of good resources on this, especially for hiring technically-oriented people where intelligence and problem solving is a key ingredient: The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing, Version 3.0 Then comes the in-person interviews. Don't burn bridges. Trust your gut.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 225

LATechDigest

JANUARY 27, 2020

And as the world ramps up to embrace equity crowdfunding as a new way to raise growth capital, Moore is applying her years of entrepreneurial and marketing experience in the space into her new book, How to Raise Money: The Ultimate Guide to Crowdfunding which is available on Amazon Kindle direct publishing.

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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. Don Norman at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , June 21, 2010 Imagine you’re on the first slide of your powerpoint presentation and want to move to the next slide.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 21, 2016

” [Email readers, continue here…] This is feedback you can use , a guide for making that good thing even better. Not long ago, Kathy Marshall, our Director of Recruitment Quality, blogged about this notion. No, the changes probably won’t be huge. But Olympic athletes like Apollo Ohno take steps to shave.02

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2012

Today Chris Jones,Microsoft Windows Live VP has unveiled what he says is a modern email for the next billion mailboxes. He says in a blog post ,” We’ve also been hard at work on a mission to reinvent personal email – from the datacenter all the way to the user experience”. Email is Personal and Mobile.

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Newsletter Email Social Network Guide 71

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2011

Don’t guess, or let your own biases be your guide. Create and maintain your own database of targeted prospects, and don’t rely on generic email lists for marketing. Use social media, search engine optimization, blogging, and mobile media. Get to know the customer you’re not getting, but should be.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2012

Don’t guess, or let your own biases be your guide. Create and maintain your own database of targeted prospects, and don’t rely on generic email lists for marketing. Use social media, search engine optimization, blogging, and mobile media. Get to know the customer you’re not getting, but should be.

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Marketing Search Engine Optimization Customer Custom 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

There are now many resources out there to guide you on building social media into your business and improving your customer experience, including the book from multicultural marketing expert Kelly McDonald, “ Crafting the Customer Experience for People Not Like You.” Guide customers to the right social media channel.

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Social Media Customer Custom Media 99

Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Phishing attacks are attempts by a malicious attacker to get the end-user of a message or email to provide sensitive information. One common type of phishing attack is an email claiming a user’s account is stolen and then asking them to enter their login credentials into a website owned by someone looking to steal their information.

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Startup Email Networking Southern California 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

Customer service has always been reactionary, meaning someone has to wake up and answer website email requests. It’s time to end the automated email responses with the “do-not-reply” address. That means guiding your customer to the top, rather than hiding the top decision maker. Self-service needs to have escape hatches.

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Customer Custom Services High Tech 89

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2015

Every year around the holidays journalists and bloggers around the world publish “top ten” lists or “annual buyer’s guides” or similar. Trello – Some of the smartest people I know still send themselves tasks to complete via email. Still want to port my blog their. It’s very well built.

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Product AMA Tool Santa Monica 150

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

According to Andrey Doronichev, head of YouTube mobile in a blog post today said, “All diehard YouTube fans starting today can download the official YouTube app for iPhone and iPod touch from the App Store. It also allows you to share on Google+, Facebook or text message in the app, as well as to Twitter and email. Social Videos.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

For another perspective which I certainly agree with, check out Kevin Drum’s blog post on The Power of Single-Mindedness at [link] but keep in mind that anything taken to the extreme probably isn’t a good idea…”. 7) I loved the AOL disk “sculpture” you kept in your office at Citrix Online. From day one we focused on customers.

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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2011

This means if you’re the kind of traveler who prefers to pub crawl it across London over perusing local museums, you can find hosts and tour guides to help you do just that. This means you must possess a valid email address from a recognized university or company. Ready to get started? In order to use the site you must be verified.

Social Media 89

Social Media Startup Sites Tips 89

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Travel, and the trust it requires, is too personal to rely solely on email and social media. Greathouse : Yes, I agree that your team has done a great job of speaking with a consistent and genuine voice on your site and blog entries. There is good reason that most of our business is word-of-mouth. but we don''t.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Advertising 187

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

Rose, author of the New York Times best-selling textbook on the subject, Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups : “I love watching the show, but Shark Tan k has about as much to do with angel investing as Indiana Jones has to do with archeology. According to David S. Share and Enjoy.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

We use our combined networks to promote people on our website – so we share profiles on our Facebook page, Tweet them out - interview these small business for our blog to give them more coverage, Share them on Google Plus, etc. They can add photos, video and even a blog article to improve their profile. How does it work?

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

The channel is sponsored by the Intel AppUp Developer Program. To summarise - getByIdentifier should get the users identifier from your Users table, if the user has logged in before; createUser should add a new user to the database, if its the first time they have logged on.

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Software Review PHP Class Startup 40

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Not all bots are benign however.Some bots go through your website looking for web forms and email addresses to send you spam. This article is a practical guide designed to help webmasters who already know what they want to block. Other bots probe your website forsecurity vulnerabilities. Who is this article for? Please link to us.

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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 Email Dion Hinchcliffe Subscribe to Enterprise Web 2.0 via Email alerts or RSS.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Actually, it was originally called “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web&# (true story) – it was basically a way for newbies to find information that had been curated by experts. I read all sorts of blogs that I never even knew existed. We visited portals or the handful of websites that we could remember.

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RSS News Blogging Yahoo 349

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Just make note of it in the document and/or in an email when you send it. Minimum Viable Product: a guide , Lessons Learned, Eric Ries, August 3, 2009 10 examples of minimum viable products Minimum Viable Product revisited – the MVP Curve? It's important to know where the business is today and what you are really trying to achieve.

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Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 354

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. He blogs here and tweets here. a network of widely read blogs including Engadget – ranked # 1 by Technorati, Joystiq, Autoblog, and Blogging Baby. LowerMyBills, Inc.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Berkonomics

MAY 9, 2024

Your success must be based upon data that is solid and sometimes flexible enough to pass several critical tests if it is to guide a business enterprise to greatness. Email readers, continue here…] Have you created high barriers to entry? Here in brief are ten tests for your successful vision.

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Patents Pricing Ideas Marketing 156

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

The best VCs know the buyers and can help guide and manage the process. Many don’t return my emails on time. Great VCs create the fabric of their success by backing the best entrepreneurs they have access to and then helping them to lean on the scales. This happens at acquisition time, too. VCs Spend Too Much Time Deciding.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. TripTrotting recruited thousands of local travel guides for their site. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. No wonder they just raised $1mm.

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Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Fancy websites are expensive, but blogs and Facebook pages are free. A local fishing guide might make friends with folks at the bed and breakfast, each referring clients to each other. It's amazing how rare it is for professionals to return phone calls and emails promptly, show up on time, or finish a project for the price quoted.

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Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

Participants spend their time soaking in hot springs, eating delicious and healthy organic Ayurvedic inspired meals, stretching out each morning with two hours of yoga, staying grounded through guided meditations, exploring new ideas in workshops, writing, drawing, sharing in group discussions and being present. When is the next Detox?

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Pricing Coach Email Startup 86

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

This post is a “how to” guide so I’ll save the “why I believe Snapchat is an important medium” for one of my next posts. It will be a follow on from my “App is Crap” or “Web Second, Mobile First” blog posts but in short, video, updated, digestible formats.

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Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150