Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. I see many companies that don’t make this transition well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. The vast majority of those are nowhere up to modern codes. Fables of the reconstruction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

In this article, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The world has changed much since I started my first company in 1999. We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. What changed for us was Tim Barker arrived.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Ajax was the new buzzword and many companies went overboard. and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). That died with waterfall software development.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Company : FindTheBest. Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”. If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do, you will have the best experience of your life.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

It's somewhat unusual in this economy to find companies who are seeing strong growth, so we were intrigued recently in running into BlackLine Systems (www.blackline.com), a firm which develops software for helping in the financial reporting process. We caught up with Therese to hear about her company and why it's growing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I’m no great scholar on bubbles – I have more interesting things to spend my time worrying about than the exact definition , but having been around a few I have at least given them intellectual consideration. The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2012

It definitely works, but may be beyond your budget. Most employers, due to fear of lawsuits, will only confirm employment data and give you positive feedback over the phone. It is just really hard to found a technology company successfully with only one founder, technical or non-technical. Outsource your technical requirements.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

It takes less to start a business these days – We all know that it takes less to start a technology company these days. You don’t need to buy expensive software – there are free open source solutions for nearly everything. He then profiled his portfolio company FourSquare who started with a very small investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The recent recession has definitely opened up opportunities for new products, and skilled people at lower costs are abundant. Many of the great entrepreneurs of the past started their companies near business recessions and depressions. It means you'll be facing a lot less competition. What are you waiting for? Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2011

It definitely works, but may be beyond your budget. Most employers, due to fear of lawsuits, will only confirm employment data and give you positive feedback over the phone. It is just really hard to found a technology company successfully with only one founder, technical or non-technical. Outsource your technical requirements.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 5, 2011

In 1983 he founded MicroSolutions, a personal computer software reseller and system integrator, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Through diligent preparation and dogged perseverance, entrepreneurs avoid foolhardy risks. It is the definition of adequate that is tricky. free weekly Infochachkie articles! ." Hard Sell. "I

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Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

. ► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The current recession has definitely opened up opportunities for new products, and skilled people at lower costs are abundant. Many of the great entrepreneurs of the past started their companies during business recessions and depressions. It means you'll be facing a lot less competition. What are you waiting for? Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

It is no wonder that the average apps user spends 139 minutes per day browsing them, according to a report by Flurry, a company catering to app developers. The growth of the mobile app technology is something that companies, big or small, are riding on. Encourage users to rate and review the app. We need an APP!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We will be bringing you some of the hottest startups around to give you a quick rundown about their companies and get to know the entrepreneur behind those companies. Below are the companies you are going to hear about and get to know. Definitely tune in Wednesday Sept. We have a special treat for you. The Startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. Talk to companies that have taken this money and see if they’ve gotten support. I think they definitely qualify as a VC and not a seed fund.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

As I earlier suggested, part of the problem is due to the organization of Washington, DC, right down to fiscal years and annual budgets. One, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) has an office called the Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP, which heads up the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) ( [link] ).

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

This leads to a set of questions: What is the role of a CTO in the early stages of a company, and does that role change later on as both the company and that individual matures? It specifically answers the first questions about role and how it changes as the company matures. How will I know when the need has arisen?

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Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

. ► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. " The Bible Code predicted the Sept 11 attacks 5,000 years ago." Yes, even bootstrappers.

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