Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2012

The traditional mode of starting a company is to plan a serial process, where you complete only once all the steps, leading to the “big bang” launch of the company. Don’t mistake this for a license to launch an incomplete or poor quality solution. Where did Google, eBay, and Facebook come from? Think about it.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Biggest Sets – No matter how flat the water may currently be, there is always another wave brewing further off the coast. For instance, at Rincon Venture Partners , we typically do not invest in consumer facing companies. I have turned down opportunities to invest in several companies that later proved to be huge successes.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 1, 2012

The following guest post is from Courtney Englert, Customer Success Intern at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. Survive the mistakes and get up quickly.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

Sarah is a Co-Founder of one of the most popular of these networks, Big Frame , which boasts some of YouTube''s biggest stars, including: MysteryGuitarMan , Peter Chao and DeStorm. It was that love of serving people that led me on my long journey of starting a company.". I actually come from a long line of entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that I often see, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Gone are the days when companies could put up a website that sat on the screen like an electronic business card. Lead generation continues to be the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Entrepreneurs have been seeking clever shortcuts to spur their growth and circumvent their competitors since the dawn of commerce. By looking backward, modern entrepreneurs can co-opt the hacks from a pre-digital age that remain relevant today. • LinkedIn • Facebook • Twitter. Image credit: AP Photo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that business often make, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Gone are the days when companies could put up a website that sat on the screen like an electronic business card. Many companies believe that getting involved in social media is easy.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

However, they seldom acknowledge their mistakes. This latest round valued the company in excess of a billion dollars, entering them into the overly-hyped Unicorn Club. What’s The Worst Mistake? Mistakes can be categorized as “false positives” or “false negatives.” billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The traditional mode of starting a company has been to plan a serial process, where you complete once all the steps, leading to the “big bang” launch of the company. Don’t mistake this for a license to launch an incomplete or poor quality solution. Where did Google, eBay, and Facebook come from? Think about it.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

9) In Competing From The Fringe , I caution entrepreneurs to not alert their competitors when they are making mistakes. I think the biggest problem Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder face right now is that they are charging premium prices for what is an increasingly commoditized product. Become a Founder! It’s fluid.”.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

9) In Competing From The Fringe , I caution entrepreneurs to not alert their competitors when they are making mistakes. I think the biggest problem Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder face right now is that they are charging premium prices for what is an increasingly commoditized product. Become a Founder! It’s fluid.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2013

The traditional mode of starting a company is to plan a serial process, where you complete once all the steps, leading to the “big bang” launch of the company. Don’t mistake this for a license to launch an incomplete or poor quality solution. Where did Google, eBay, and Facebook come from? Think about it. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This has led VC & entrepreneur bloggers alike to similar conclusions: start raising capital early and be careful about having too high of a burn rate because that lessens the amount of runway you have until you need more cash. But the hardest question to actually answer is, “What is the right burn rate for your company?”

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2011

In this installment of TZ Startup Hot Seat we have a chat with Mark O’Sullivan on Vanilla Forums how he came up with the concept and how they plan to revolutionize the industry, and the challenges and rewards of being an entrepreneur. How did your company get its initial funding? Every company shifts focus. We are funded.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. Make them widely available inside the company and share your most important goals with your board. My experience has proven that even some well known companies are under-whelming in this department.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

The world’s largest skateboard company, Skate One produces many of industry’s best-selling brands, including Powell•Peralta Skateboards , BONES Wheels and Mini•Logo Skateboards. George spent the first ten years of his career, gaining experience in the aerospace industry, before founding his skateboard company in 1976 at the age of 33.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. Entrepreneurs are neurotic about it. 15 companies North of $1 billion exit.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. Entrepreneurs are neurotic about it. 15 companies North of $1 billion exit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

The traditional mode of starting a company is to plan a serial process, where you complete only once all the steps, leading to the “big bang” launch of the company. Don’t mistake this for a license to launch an incomplete or poor quality solution. Where did Google, eBay, and Facebook come from? Think about it.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. We have many people on the team who have been with us from day one – at all levels in the company.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Bootstrapping advice, entrepreneur, startups. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

We are not trying to beat Facebook or Twitter; we are trying to be an accessory to their system. We can make all the mistakes on the first app and then we can have a working model. If we released Bedloo on both platforms, it’s double the mistakes we would have to fix. We are trying to integrate with them. That’s it.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised money as a “hot company” and I’ve raised capital when no one would return my phone calls. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. Why buy now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2017

After many years of working in large companies as well as small, and watching the people that succeed, I’m convinced that luck has very little to do with it. There are no mistakes; only experiments that didn’t work. Every good entrepreneur learns to pivot, and learn from that experience, but never see failure.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 19, 2012

And this episode was with the always enjoyable and philosophical Jonathan Strauss of awe.sm , a company in which I am an investor. I like that people can watch a long-form discussion with VCs and entrepreneurs covering the issues of our day. Facebook, Twitter, Salesforce.com, Apple, Google … channels all. Bitly is great.

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