Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Don’t allow key people to be pushed down and lost in the organization. Every organization needs a talent pipeline that holds leaders at all levels accountable for identifying and developing internal difference makers, and nurturing networks of external talent. Find better ways to identify and nurture difference makers.

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Product Startup Guide Framework 58

Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

What organizations need to do is define the level of cyber risk they’re willing to accept in the context of their overall risk appetites. The first thing organizations need to do is broaden their definition of cyber risk and understand how much risk they’re willing to take. Defining Cyber Risk Appetite.

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Organization Framework Startup Software Engineering 40

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital. The company is all about data solutions which combine meaningful application frameworks together. Loo--who was the very first employee at ServiceNow--explains what that means, and why companies use the startup's software. What is Perspectium? How did you get into this?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2010

On every project in which we worked it was clear that there was corporate knowledge built up around the organization. You should be presenting data to your VCs and framing the decisions that you’re trying to make into cogent frameworks that will allow a group of experienced people to help you with decision making.

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Help Startup Venture Capital Framework 288

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? That same post said that finding part-time, consulting CTOs is fairly hard. Accounting? Can't find one?

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. Sales is the lifeblood of every organization. He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I had to laugh a bit reading it. It’s how we move products.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

It’s why before every speech I call the organizer and drill them about who will be in the audience. The creative process - Whenever I need to do any task that requires insight I have to be able to visualize – to literally SEE the decision framework. My framework gives me a deeper understanding of the sector.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

You want somebody who can raise $15 million to build out your R&D, business development and sales organizations. They often are very good at getting information out of people, helping create a framework for making decisions and pushing for support amongst the organization from those that back the decision and those that do not.

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CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views. Breakout companies become much harder and this isn’t likely to improve unless we give new companies the tools and capital they need to flourish.

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