Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

A while back I emphasized how important is to have a company website these days ( Startups Without a Website Won’t Start ). Unless someone searches for your company by name, it won’t show up in the results. Yet my random poll of a dozen company sites found 25% were missing even the most basic tag info.

SEO 48

SEO HTML Search Engine Optimization Web 48

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Some places you can find programmers locally: In your company or other companies. You should definitely hit up the Startup Weekend events as well. They tend to cluster and don't like to talk to people who have lesser abilities (i.e., anyone who doesn't program). Find your dev shop. Find out who the programmers are.

Guide 349

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 349

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Some places you can find programmers locally: In your company or other companies. You should definitely hit up the Startup Weekend events as well. They tend to cluster and don't like to talk to people who have lesser abilities (i.e., anyone who doesn't program). Find your dev shop. Find out who the programmers are.

Guide 296

Guide Startup Mobile Framework 296

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Right now we're working on a multi-platform sales support program for Daylight Transport, a mid-sized LTL (Less Than Truckload) carrier and logistics company. I'd be curious what you are doing with social media for a logistics company. Definitely, the dinner conversation is a great analogy. What are you working on now?

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I know you’re not a tech guy and haven’t done anything other than an HTML course you once took, but if you’re inspirational and a leader you’ll find somebody to moonlight for free to get your prototype built. Great companies are built by having great products. I’ll make my next posting shorter.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Typically I would start out with a series of pretty plain HTML pages using tables that just print out SQL queries. Yep, you definitely want to capture both the source as well as potentially referrer URL - great idea. Get the company names of your website visitors. These "warm" companies you can call. as you go.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29