InfoChachkie

JULY 15, 2013

Scaling normally occurs after a startup achieves product-market fit. Scaling also requires: (i) adequate capital, (ii) an infrastructure that supports internal operations and the efficient and economical delivery of the company''s value proposition, and (iii) an execution, process-oriented executive team. Share and Enjoy.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post. Thus, we click!

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JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. If you have amazing products, the marketing of those products is trivial. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. Foundry Group Goes Guerilla.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

These courses all proved to be serious influences on turning the dream of starting their own company into a reality. On the first day of class, Professor Greathouse told his students, “Take a look around the class, these are the people you will most likely start a company with,” and boy was he right. Share and Enjoy.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

During the late 1980's, Steve accepted a senior executive role at SuperMac, a Macintosh graphics card company that Steve jokes was, “Fifth in a group of three.". Despite these abundant resources, the team's ineffectiveness was reflected by the company's dismal 11% market share. I also found out they only cared about four applications.

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APRIL 13, 2011

RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. So if you are outside the U.S.

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MARCH 4, 2013

Their deep understanding of their customers, an uncompromising drive to create a quality product and the courage to ignore the music industry's formulaic approach to producing hits resulted in the creation one of the top selling non-compilation albums of all time. This audience feedback allowed the band to iteratively modify their creation.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Now that I think about it, I remember when we relaunched Myspace last year and the Pinterest team accused us of basically ripping off their layout. Of course, there has been no shortage of articles about Pinterest lately. While both of those things are relevant to my interests, this article is about neither. Chris Brogan.

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JUNE 25, 2012

Seth began his entrepreneurial career when he dropped out of the University of California, Santa Barbara at 19 years old to start a clothing company, which he eventually built into a national line of denim products featured at Nordstrom, Macy’s and Neiman Marcus. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

People are much more likely to buy into you as a person and us as a firm when they’ve been involved in a discussion with you about their problems, your solutions, who else has been using your product, etc. They might even like to challenge some of your assumptions. This happens often and I bet most presenters never realize it.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Tell me about the business. What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Tell me about the business. What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready?

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. Upon graduation from Wharton, John and Kyle launched a startup based upon a simple, pedestrian product: a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

But even Facebook admitted in their SEC filings that this was a weak solution and that they don’t currently generate any meaningful revenue from the use of Facebook mobile products. Facebook is a big, smart company. Want to know more about how to avoid a mobile snafu? But they’re missing a huge opportunity here.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 3, 2012

The song is akin to a lean startup's minimally viable product (MVP). If you find one, you become a company. If you don’t find one, you become an ex-company.". In a similar manner, lean startups must rapidly and cheaply develop minimally viable products and quickly assess the merit of their underlying value propositions.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. 5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. Whats Hot Menu. what’s hot?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager 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. What ideas did you contribute to your current role?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The Company. What does your pain reliever look like, how is it implemented by the customer and what future products do you expect to roll out? What does your pain reliever look like, how is it implemented by the customer and what future products do you expect to roll out? paper cut vs. bleeding artery)? Distribution and Sales.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If you are a startup seeking funding, convey your company's origins, your current status and your ideal exit. We were talking about an upcoming conference when he declared, "I hate PowerPoint. Slides Are Not Art - Compelling images are important, but ensure that your message is not overcome by design and production elements.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. Be Yourself - Represent yourself, not the company in your comments.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

Unlike many viral marketing events, the company''s latest guerilla marketing stunt was not luck. As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. What’s the fun in a joke that only one person knows about?".

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JUNE 18, 2012

Philo Farnsworth created a technology which underlies one of the 20 th Century’s most ubiquitous products, yet he died a man of modest means and is relatively unknown today. I promise I will never Tweet about cars, caviar or that killer burrito I just ate. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. TV photo by gbaku.

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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. Be prepared to take a fall. Share and Enjoy.

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MARCH 15, 2010

I’ve talked about how Twitter is a new form of RSS (curated RSS), it’s a a new form of IM / SMS , it’s a place where business is conducted and it’s a place where advertising will drive leads due to the link sharing nature of Twitter. I think they’re missing something. I instantly loved the guy.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Sales Guy who can package and promote the opportunity, but who has minimal product development capabilities. Corporate Refugee without entrepreneurial experience, but has proven his leadership capabilities at a big company. I promise I will never tweet about Die Hard XX or that killer burrito I just ate. . Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 6, 2013

Jim Andelman, my Partner at Rincon Venture Partners , aptly describes the genesis of the Series A crunch, stating that: "Over the next 12-to-18 months, a lot of good companies that have been Seed financed are going to have a tough time raising a Series . A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. A from a new outside lead.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Sometimes they’re working full time at a company or sometimes they’ve already left their employer and they’re bouncing around ideas with friends. It’s hard enough to build a successful company.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? spread over three different companies (and) we brought it all together. Marten continues his story by describing the company's first major challenge. You must never let a big, fat American company do this to you.'

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

Thus, I was inspired when I heard about the impact collaboration-in-the-cloud innovator Central Desktop made at the April 2012 San Francisco ad:tech conference. For instance, a senior executive from a major media agency, who did not attend the show, was prompted by a bearded-booth-babe tweet to contact the company’s VP of Sales.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 29, 2013

How can you protect your company''s reputation when a rouge customer unjustly flames your startup? The respondent to the customer complaint was Tige Young, CEO and Owner of the Tui Tai Expeditions , cited by National Geographic as, "one of the best adventure travel companies on earth.". This pattern holds true for Tui Tai Expeditions.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

At the outset of their careers, they are forced to market themselves with little to no budget and differentiate their product so that they gain adequate attention without alienating too many potential customers. Adopt Nicki Minaj’s realistic attitude: “I know that no matter what, in the end it’s not gonna be about my talent, you know.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 29, 2012

Industry veterans know each other and freely share information about up-and-coming products, companies and people. Work hard to ensure that trusted opinion leaders say positive things about you and your startup. Be sure your company does not become the entrepreneurial equivalent of a great band that few people have heard.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 18, 2013

Impact - In this context, value-added is defined as worthwhile actions performed by an Angel on behalf of your venture, such as: introductions, executive recruiting, product feedback and strategic advice. I promise I will never tweet about the Clueless Angel Investors or tell you about that killer burrito I just ate. .

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JULY 9, 2013

Unlike seeking a position with a big company, you cannot simply scan Craigslist, shotgun your LinkedIn profile and do the interview dance. At Computer Motion (NASDAQ: RBOT, acquired by Intuitive Surgical), I helped negotiate the company’s new phone system, which saved over $35,000, before I was an employee.

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APRIL 21, 2013

It was that love of serving people that led me on my long journey of starting a company.". My mother and father started a little hardware company in Price, Utah and they turned it into a very, very successful construction company. I took that lesson of integrity and brought it with me when I started my company.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

How did an American software engineer come to own an adventure travel company cited by National Geographic as, "one of the best adventure travel companies on earth?". We''ve got this incredible idea that really matches up taking the Tui Tai and making this amazing expedition adventure cruise product. We can start something.

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