Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2019

How to Deal with Electronic Distractions Of course the biggest competition you have with the attention of your board members is their mobile phones. the modern executive can’t help himself or herself. Be super polite and not aggressive and simply make the point that you really want the most productive time from your board members.

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Slides Email News Startup 275

Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

To help you crush your next investor meeting, we asked top VCs and tech leaders to share their best pitch advice. Founders are understandably very passionate about their product and startup. It shows, you’re just thinking of the end goal, and not thinking about the product/offering,” said Francisco. Know Your Stuff.

Tips 70

Tips Help Slides Technical Review 70

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Are there specific landing pages? Arbitrary new pages?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Almost always the CEO plus members of his or her management team including tech, marketing, sales and/or product. Great leaders are able to empower their team members to make autonomous decisions and great leaders know when to empower them versus when to step in and course correct. Help them prepare and practice.

Venture Capital 377

Venture Capital Slides Course Summary 377

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Are there specific landing pages? Arbitrary new pages?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). and Microsoft had become.

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CTO Hire Organization Google Course 309

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

I spoke this past week at the LeWeb conference in London, which was a superbly well run event with a very quality production team. And it was convenient for me because we also held our annual London board meeting of DataSift , who helps companies processes and analyze large volumes of social plus enterprise data in realtime.

Marketing 361

Marketing Course Pricing Networking 361

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

I have been saying privately for years now that I believe online video will evolve into fragmented distribution (my next online video post) and vertical production. And of course they are also focused on the US Hispanic market. We will obviously take a page out of their successful playbook. of the population).

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Invest Content Media Networking 291

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2018

There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help. You need something specific from the other person – a loan, or product order, or help solving a problem. Real same-page connection (fourth floor). Limited information sharing (second floor).

Startup 93

Startup Guide Help Course 93

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Founded over a year ago, Stacksocial’s CEO Josh Payne , found the task of sifting through page after page in the hunt for software daunting and decided something had to be done. Their Bundle categories consist of Music apps, Mac Productivity, Web Design and more.

Software 84

Software Web Design Pricing Course 84

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Even if you follow this game plan meticulously your board meeting can be taken off course by well-intentioned board members who lead you down a rate hole. Can I Just Show You One Thing That Doesn’t Work in Your Product? ” I would put the product feedback into the same bucket as the open questions about the business.

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Startup Course Summary Product 312

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

You know the truth: You are late shipping product, your potential investors are taking too long to decide, your team is fighting over strategy, not enough of your users are returning. Startups are filled with enormously talented people – often product people & engineers. Inside your own corridors you’re naked.

Startup 412

Startup Press Course Entrepreneur 412

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

The board’s job is to review the company’s financial performance and strategy and help provide counsel to the executive team. Sometimes dysfunctional boards are a result of having investors who don’t really understand their role on the board or have the right skills or experiences to be helpful.

Tips 212

Tips Slides Startup Technical Review 212

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit. Not just what the product needed to look like, but how to sell it, and to make sure that the people we sold it to were really successful using it, and stayed with us. Instead, we'd tell them, we'll help you leverage them.

Google 127

Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 9, 2013

Should you increase your burn rate by adding 2 senior hires who will help you ship faster or sell more but then have less time for fund raising? Or maybe their existence itself will help accelerate fund raising. Larry Page. Chart their own course against the constant chorus of second guessers. Who the f**k knows?

Course 413

Course Funding Help Marketing 413

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help. You need something specific from the other person – a loan, or product order, or help solving a problem. Real same-page connection (fourth floor). Limited information sharing (second floor).

Startup 97

Startup Guide Help Course 97

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches? More strategic.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Of course, when you go to have this conversation be prepared. Small talk is tough work for techies – so much so that people post to help techies with small talk. Helping you with your challenges is fun. The second item is important to make sure we are on the same page on why we are getting together.

CTO Coach 211

CTO Coach Startup Web Guide 211

Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2022

It's no secret that a lot of people in America (and worldwide) were forced into some pretty unfavorable conditions over the course of the pandemic, and that's not to mention the millions of people who were already in under-served communities. In no particular order, here are seven tech companies to watch out for in 2022. SoLo Funds.

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Startup Invest FAQ Examples 200

Tech.Co

AUGUST 1, 2017

Once a novelty act reserved for indie band albums and curious art projects, crowdfunding is starting to play a major role in the world of startups and new products. Your campaign page should clearly highlight your track record, what you’ve already put in place to make your vision a reality, and why you are the one with the skills for the job.

Startup 93

Startup Social Media Tips Ideas 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business Running a small business as an entrepreneur is a never-ending challenge of new products, customers, competitors, and an unpredictable economy. A good entrepreneur feels the incentive to offer a new service/product that no one else has offered before. Beat the competition. The cycle never stops.

Startup 92

Startup Tips Satisfaction Entrepreneur 92

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We started building the product 18 months ago so we are in better shape than 99% of start-ups. Dare I steer off the course from the tried-and-true PowerPoint ritual? Page 1: Market Size. $3 I was wrong.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2015

To make this work, you need heavy traffic on your site -- probably at least a million page views per month -- which most sites never achieve in their lifetimes. While you are doing all this work, of course, you need deep pockets to fund all your efforts, content and growing website hosting fees.

Advertising 99

Advertising CPC PPC Sites 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2015

Image via Flickr by SideWages.com These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. Curation is humanly aggregating, filtering, and re-posting the best-of-the-best content on the web, relative to your product or service area. Widgets and badges.

Blogging 105

Blogging eBook Content Web 105

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 7, 2009

SEO for Startups and Negative Customer Acquisition Costs ) and, of course, the product itself. Normally the product is defined as a web site. Most founders are fairly passionate about the features and functions of the web site, iPhone application, Facebook application, or whatever web application represents the product.

Web 150

Web Sites Email HTML 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2013

There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help. You need something specific from the other person – a loan, or product order, or help solving a problem. Real same-page connection (fourth floor). Limited information sharing (second floor).

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Startup Guide Help 92

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jim Semick: I’ve been launching and managing software products for 15 years now, going back to when you and I worked together at Expertcity before it was acquired by Citrix. I have always worked on early stage products. Some of the products I’ve helped validate and launch include GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and AppFolio.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Example sites include StartSomeGood and the Facebook Cause page. Here people make online pledges with their credit cards during a campaign, to pre-buy the product for later delivery, if it is ever built. There is no concept of ROI other than product. Pre-order crowd funding. Rewards-based crowd funding. Software crowd sourcing.

Funding 99

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 99

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2013

These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. According to Hubspot , websites that have blogs get twice as many inbound links, 400 percent more indexed pages, and a more than 50 percent increase in traffic, compared to websites without blogs.

Content 114

Content Marketing Startup eBook 114

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

If you look at what you go through, starting high school, and maybe even middle or grade school, you go through your educational life managing courses, relationships with your teachers, and relationships with your parents. It's started with managing courses and grades, on to a whole array of other services.

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

We all make important, complicated decisions in our life and having accurate, objective data about our choices allow us to find and compare products that meet our needs. Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!].

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution. Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. Now, of course, Page and Brin have that same credibility with their successes at Google.

Startup 60

Startup Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review 60

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I programed macros to help my mom with her Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets for work. I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. But they’re not necessary for start-ups.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

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 Hyatt says are equally critical for long-term success: Platform creation prior to launch. Building your home base with personal and product traction. Their startups will get noticed.

Platform 105

Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. 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. It has to come from somewhere.

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. Of course, everyone is happy when the numbers keep going up, but the data needs to be mined constantly for deeper meanings and trends. Operating productivity. Size of gross margin.

Metrics 100

Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

Social media can help bridge a long standing gap between customers and the companies they trust with their hard earned cash. I hunted for their Twitter handle and their Facebook page. Of course, my diaper of choice was the same they used in the hospital, Pampers Swaddlers. Actual fan pictures of their In-N-Out Burgers.

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Social Media Customer Custom Media 214