Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2013

They forget that they probably became entrepreneurs, according to the recent DNA of an Entrepreneur study, for just this flexibility. Other studies show that only about 30% list money as a key benefit of running their own firm. Entrepreneurs love the continuous challenges of a startup, and the satisfaction of tackling them.

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JULY 4, 2016

Nowhere is this more apparent than working in a startup where you are definitionally under-resourced and trying to make big accomplishments in compressed periods of time. These people are like the friend in college who always tempted you by telling you about the latest party when you were at the library studying.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I recently had a conversation with an pre-launch startup where they discussed how SEO was going to be really important for them. And to me, there seems to be a lot of confusion by founders of startups around search engine optimization (SEO) and how it works for a startup. I do believe that there's value in SEO for Startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2012

They forget that they probably became entrepreneurs, according to a recent DNA of an Entrepreneur study, for just this flexibility. Other studies show that only about 30% list money as a key benefit of running their own firm. Entrepreneurs love the continuous challenges of a startup, and the satisfaction of tackling them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Don’t believe that Silicon Valley myth that all you have to do is sketch your idea on the back of a napkin, and investors will line up to give you money. Let me be quick to say that a plan doesn’t have be a book, and probably should start as a “pitch deck” of maybe a dozen slides which cover all the right bases.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

They forget that they became entrepreneurs, according to the “ DNA of an Entrepreneur ” study a while back, for just this flexibility. Other studies show that only about 30% list money as a key benefit of running their own firm. Entrepreneurs love the continuous challenges of a startup, and the satisfaction of tackling them.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. It should affect how you think if you are an incumbent but also if you’re a startup. Incumbents feel threatened.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Although the carriers made a lot of money initially by selling dial-up Internet services, customers never took their software because, well, it sucked. So the value on the Internet went “up the stack” to portals such as Yahoo!, Excite, MSN and eventually Google.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I have started thinking about what the future might look like and I’ve started imagining what I call, “MMOV” or massive multiplayer online video. Maker’s talent started commenting on it and sharing it. In fact, that’s how Maker Studios got started in the first place. Why would it?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

They are devastated when their business growth never starts or stalls, and they have no idea how to get it moving again. As an advisor to many startups, I often spend hours with business owners helping them anticipate every possible obstacle to the adoption of their solution, and developing a rollout plan to include antidotes.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

We caught up with Paul to see his views on LA tech, fitness, and his Alpha Trainer app. TechZulu: Since you are stationed up in North California, What is the tech scene like in LA for you? So how did Alpha Trainer all start? My first job was in fitness and I even competed in body building competitions from ’97 to ’99.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. Things move fast in the startup world, and real competitors never stand still.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. The most common business entity used for startups is a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), which is the cheapest and simplest to manage. and trademarks.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

While studying at university, one of the founders had a girlfriend who lived in another city. Any competition back home? All over Europe, there are hundreds of carpooling platforms at a regional level but actually we believe that our biggest competition comes from bus and train companies. What inspired them?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2013

I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. Things move fast in the startup world, and real competitors never stand still.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2012

I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. Things move fast in the startup world, and real competitors never stand still.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. Things move fast in the startup world, and real competitors never stand still.

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Xconomy

JULY 29, 2016

The panelists were JR Alaoui , CEO and co-founder of Eyeris , a deep learning and emotion recognition startup; Rob McHenry , vice president of public sector operations at PARC (and former DARPA program manager); and Leila Takayama , founder of Hoku Labs and a professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz (formerly of GoogleX and Willow Garage).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2021

Marketing is necessary via social media, traditional media, and personal visibility, to attract customers, loyalty, and a competitive brand image. There are no startup expert roles. If you like to study things over and over again, or are prone to second-guessing your decisions, the entrepreneur lifestyle may not be for you.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

We caught up with Therese to hear about her company and why it's growing. So, if you want to validate the balance in a bank account, someone opens up a spreadsheet and does work on it. What's the story behind Blackline, and how did it start? I had actually retired from SunGard as CTO before starting BlackLine.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

They become obsessed with why the problem exists and they start chipping away at ideas for solving the problem. I pointed out that when you become a partner in a VC firm almost by definition you’ve seen years of businesses that failed or concepts that didn’t quite work. Startup Lessons' How can we know better?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Mark made a fortune by being early in Local Area Networking, streaming and then High Definition video so perhaps it’s worth listening. https://medium.com/media/73e635308c13a4f3c71517be2826fdb0/href Startups Outside Silicon Valley Jason asked Mark is he thought it was possible to build non-Silicon Valley successful startups.

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