Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

I see a good discussion of the relevant strengths and issues in a new book, “ The Unfair Advantage ,” by Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba. Intelligence and insight: book and street smarts. Book smarts represent your current depth of understanding of technology and business concepts. Education and expertise: formal and self-learning.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2014

Fingerprint operates a series of application networks focused on kids, which includes apps, e-books, and video services. fingerprint fingerprintplay kids mobile learning educational software venture capital strategic' According to San Francisco-based Fingerprint, the new funding round is a Series B. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Toys for Tots with its rich history of giving and educating dating back to 1948 continues to be one of the only philanthropies where 97% of all donation funds goes to their mission of providing toys, books, and other gifts to less fortunate children. See [link] (more)

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 12, 2017

I’ve read and reread the book a number of times and find myself using the techniques often in many areas of my life. In 1981, Herb Cohen wrote and published “ You Can Negotiate Anything ”, an excellent guide to great negotiating.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

In the classic book, “ X: The Experience When Business Meets Design ,” Brian Solis details how to design the whole experience, rather than just the product. Others include the marketing awareness and education stage, online and in-store shopping stage, setup stage, support, and upgrade considerations.

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socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2012

Santa Barbara-based zuuka , the publisher of the iStoryTime interactive kids books and educational applications, has tapped an Apple vet for its new Creative Director, the company said today. The company said it has hired Paul Mueller-Bruehl to head up its design department.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2023

This point was illustrated well in the classic book, “ The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution ,” by Seth Merrin. Is there an educated marketplace waiting? An educated marketplace is one where your target customers already understand the problem and the impact of your technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

These fears and how every business can counter innovation assassination are explored in a classic book, “ Robert's Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation ,” by Robert F. Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

.” But the county’s chief prosecutor’s office told TechCrunch said that it has “no cases” of juice-jacking on its books, though it said there are known cases on the east coast.When asked where those cases were, the spokesperson did not know. ” Which begs the question — why?

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Xconomy

APRIL 9, 2018

View the Slideshow With the first quarter in the books, it’s time to step back and lay out Xconomy’s editorial map for the rest of the year.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I am often reminded of the story of the building of Chicago and the rise of modern skyscrapers of glass & steel with non-load-bearing walls as talked about in The Fountainhead but also chronicled in history books and in the many architectural tours I’ve taken in Chicago. 14:00 How can we bring that culture to other places?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

This point was illustrated well in the classic book, “ The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution ,” by Seth Merrin. Is there an educated marketplace waiting? An educated marketplace is one where your target customers already understand the problem and the impact of your technology.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

You probably haven’t heard of Raymond “Pappy” Smith, but he parlayed his Junior High education into an entertainment empire that changed the way Americans viewed gambling. Education – When he opened his first casino, gambling was not mainstream. Thus, he had to educate his gamblers. Lessons: (i) Over deliver value to your users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

I found many of these in the classic book “ Great From The Start: How Conscious Corporations Attract Success ,” by John B. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell. Montgomery, which does a great job of laying out specifics. A startup needs to find a voice relevant to its ecosystem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2021

There are already some good books out there for youth entrepreneurs, such as the classic one from my friends Adam and Matthew Toren, Kidpreneurs: Young Entrepreneurs with Big Ideas. I continue to see stories of really young entrepreneurs, like this article , profiling 25 kids that made a million dollars before graduating from high school.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 1, 2019

His upcoming book, The Trust Manifesto, about trust in the era of big data, will be released on October 4th. In his 1990 book, City of Quartz , Mike Davis envisioned another enclave of exclusion and elitism: Fortress LA. Employee engagement and education. Damian Bradfield. Contributor.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2013

The new service is a big expansion for Docstoc, which has been slowly growing out its small business resource tools, which range from online legal and other documents to business licenses, from online education courses to e-books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2023

I remember a classic book, “ Jobs to Be Done ,” by Stephen Wunker, Jessica Wattman, and David Forber, which details well my perspective on these challenges and counter strategies. The more revolutionary the solution, the more important it is to educate customers on a solution’s existence and value.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 7, 2014

Berkonomics books available at www.berkus.com. Attend trade show education sessions. The title of this insight helps us find a formula: LALA. The first rule of marketing and positioning is to listen to the marketplace. Interview potential customers, hold focus groups, meet with existing customers. Hire consultants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

This sharing economy is rapidly becoming the new business of sharing, with major winners already including Airbnb (rooms), Uber (rides), and Chegg (books). Although the sharing economy isn’t really new, here are a few of the arenas that Stephany and I believe are still ripe for disruption: Education.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In the classic book, “ X: The Experience When Business Meets Design ,” Brian Solis details how to design the whole experience, rather than just the product. Others include the marketing awareness and education stage, online and in-store shopping stage, setup stage, support, and upgrade considerations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Here are some tips from a classic book by Harvey Mackay, “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensable. Educate yourself one notch up. Executives always have their eye out for people who do the opposite and engage in tough challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In this context, constraints might more reasonably be seen as beautiful by entrepreneurs, just as they are described in the classic book, “ A Beautiful Constraint ,” by renowned marketing consultants Adam Morgan and Mark Barden. Subtraction leads to simplicity, better usability, and easier education of your customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

I remember a classic book, “ Jobs to Be Done ,” by Stephen Wunker, Jessica Wattman, and David Forber, which details well my perspective on these challenges and counter strategies. The more revolutionary the solution, the more important it is to educate customers on a solution’s existence and value.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

Since then, the university as we know it has come to mean any institution of higher education generally focused upon the rigorous learning of complex areas of study, like syntactic structures of Creole languages or the intersection of metaphysics and particle physics. To successfully run a university of any size (Continued.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2020

These fears and how every business can counter innovation assassination are explored in a classic book, “ Robert's Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation ,” by Robert F. Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The startup--led by Tobi Skovron--said its service allows owners to request and book a trained and educated dog walker, to walk their dogs on demand. In the latest, "Uber-for-X" startup to emerge in the Los Angeles market, online marketplace Zingy said Wednesday that it has officially launched its on-demand, dog walking service.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The book Summerhill School greatly impacted Lynda as a child. Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. In 1995, Lynda wrote one of the first books on web design, Designing Web Graphics. Both Bruce and Lynda were both self-educated technologists.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see that it’s consistent with the guidance in a new book, “ Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most ,” by Greg McKeown, a well-respected author and public speaker on business breakthroughs. they still find time to meet and compare notes regularly, and are avid readers of business books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Gerber wrote a best-selling business book called The E-Myth: Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It. Some pundits argue that the E-Myth principle is now outdated, due to the instant access to information via the Internet, pervasive networking via social media, and courses on entrepreneurship at all levels of education.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

The case for zero paid media as the new marketing model was highlighted a few years ago in the classic book, “ Z.E.R.O. ” These usually provide a customer’s first impression of your offering, and should not be blatantly self-promotional, but instead informative, educational, and even entertaining.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

His parents worked all day so he grew up with his grandmother who taught him the value of an education. He eventually decided to become a nanny in an affluent home in LA to afford his education. education: bi-cultural, bi-national and bi-lingual. He went to college to study art and design. He started living out of his car?—?too

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2022

Take with you the best wishes from those in your past and build upon the education you received with this effort. Write a book. Then do as all good entrepreneurs do. Start dreaming of the next big idea. Here are some thoughts for you. Write a handwritten letter to someone who helped you make it to the finish line.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I saw these modern challenges and some positive guidance summarized in the classic book, “ Service Excellence, ” by Ruth N. Bolton, a distinguished Marketing Educator Award winner at the W.P. Customers today may actually feel a personal relationship, or an unsatisfying one, without ever interacting with you or your team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2021

In fact, our education and training to logically associate related concepts reduces our ability to add the creative side, even though we were all born without that bias. Maybe that’s why “thinking outside the box” is so rare.

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