Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

Even the Google search engine crawlers may take up to two weeks to find you. Most entrepreneurs I know are too busy creating a compelling product to give proper focus to the four phases of building a people and media platform that are equally critical for long-term success: Platform creation prior to launch.

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APRIL 4, 2011

I was recently talking with a startup company who wanted me to try their product. I’m a big believer in product stability & performance before adding too many features. You’ll have no idea when you’re off course. If you have multiple versions of your product, how many are web vs. mobile? So if you convert 12.5%

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

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MARCH 11, 2011

The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad. So the Yellow Page business was always “pay for placement.&#. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet?

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2015

As eBay, we have the ability to really focus on a more, family friendly experience, and put more customer service behind our product. Of course, we have technology to help us with that, but we offer human intervention to make sure that transactions go smoothly. However, classifies have not yet caught up with mobile.

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MAY 19, 2010

Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. I would also note that they claim 2.1

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

We also work with Google's App Engine and widget toolkit. We give them options and advice on the best course to reach their goals, such as responding quickly and getting to market faster. Our open source powers Hadoop, Jetty powers Google--if you look at our community site, the list of products that use use is exhaustive.

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IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

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MAY 23, 2012

Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. The Exit Problem. Today’s Normalization.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

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FEBRUARY 20, 2016

I’m not going to try and defend IF (intermittent fasting) here but if you want to learn more about Bullet Proof Coffee or IF just Google it. Turning the Urgency Addiction into a Competitive Asset. Of course you’re supposed to prioritize things that are important but not yet urgent!). It worked magic for me.

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Tips Startup Help Mobile 150

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JULY 10, 2011

And better yet, the company has a product that will turn the stream into a lake. DataSift has a product that builds a permanent database for you of just the information you want to capture. And of course in my 700 are people like Bill Gates and Barack Obama, neither of whom follows me just yet Asymmetric works both ways.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. Angels will largely take a product risk (they bet on the product or idea and your ability to build it). “A” The team, of course, is just as important as the product or idea.

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