TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

The firm, which underwent a significant restructuring over the last two years, went on an investment tear over the course of 2019 as new partners went out to build up a new portfolio for the firm — almost of a whole cloth. Kleiner Perkins gets back to early-stage with its $600M 18th fund.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2023

She recently retired as Chairman and CEO of IBM, and interweaves her personal story with a set of principles for leading positive change in our personal lives, workplace, and the world. My approach has always been to look at the specifics of each case, rather than try to offer a general solution.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 19, 2018

Of course, I’ll tell another harrowing story here. Email readers, continue here…] Early in the rapid growth phase of my computer software company, I hired an excellent, IBM-trained vice president of sales to further growth and begin our international expansion. an old friend, Dick Tanaka, gets credit for the 18-month rule.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Fortunately, I’ve had the opportunity to work and learn for many years in both the corporate environment (IBM), as well as the exploding Silicon Valley startup environment of the 90’s. Startups don’t come with formal training courses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

On the other hand, stealth mode does make sense for large companies, like Apple and IBM, who will likely be sued for pre-announcing a future product, since other companies have used this ploy in the past to freeze the market and lock out new competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates, are great at both.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2022

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. In summary, whether you are running a startup, a family business, or a famous brand like IBM, you are all part of the jungle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Of course, there are good ways and bad ways to ask for help. Most experienced business people love to help, but they don’t have the time or interest to give you a course on basic business concepts, like the need to be competitive. I don’t want to waste your time, or mine, solving the wrong problem.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Launched four years ago, the Nanodegree courses allow students worldwide to gain expertise in areas such as data analytics, machine learning, and autonomous flight engineering by completing coursework that can take as little as six months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2022

Thus, ever after years as an executive in IBM and other companies, I’m still looking for the magic. Of course, finding personal meaning also requires effort on the part of your employees. They help people see how their individual roles link to and support that purpose, and how the work aligns with their own personal values.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

On the other hand, stealth mode does make sense for large companies, like Apple and IBM, who will likely be sued for pre-announcing a future product, since other companies have used this ploy in the past to freeze the market and lock out new competitors.

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Eric Greenspan

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

After starting my career with IBM and building three successful IT companies, I’ve decided to follow my true passion. Of course, I will bring my passion for “Mind Blowing Customer Experiences” to the business. I also manage product development, business development and of course, IT. Yes, coffee.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2020

Fortunately, I’ve had the opportunity to work and learn for many years in both the corporate environment (IBM), as well as the exploding Silicon Valley startup environment of the 90’s. Startups don’t come with formal training courses.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The myth that arose to explain why IBM selected Microsoft’s Operating System over Digital Research’s market leading software is that Mr. Kildall opted for a joy ride in his private plane the day the IBM executives visited his offices. In reality, Gary Kildall was present when IBM came knocking during July of 1980.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

Of course, it’s smart not to stray too far from your core competency for credibility and risk reduction. Don’t be the next Xerox who totally missed the personal computer market, even though they had the technology and the processes well before Apple, IBM, and others. Expand into key new sales and delivery channels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

Set up training courses that highlight agility, and adopt agile working practices. For example, when I was with IBM, in an era where constant change was necessary to compete, we made job rotation and training a prerequisite for good performance ratings, so that team members sought change and new learning, rather than passively resisting.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

Among Degreed’s goals is to help businesses keep up with technological change by offering workers easy access to online courses and other materials that can fill knowledge gaps or add new areas of. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2019

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. In summary, whether you are running a startup, a family business, or a famous brand like IBM, you are all part of the jungle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2015

You will be pivoting your business in your lifetime, whether you are a new startup, or a mature company like Motorola or IBM. In all cases, it’s more effective and less painful to do it as a planned process, rather than a crash course in survival. Carpenter, Gary F. Gebhardt, and John F.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2018

Of course, big data never really went away—though many companies did. It seems like ancient history now, but “big data” was once a hot field with startups, investors, and big companies all buzzing with hype.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest , former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). 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!].

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

You will be pivoting your business in your lifetime, whether you are a new startup, or a mature company like Motorola or IBM. In all cases, it’s more effective and less painful to do it as a planned process, rather than a crash course in survival. Carpenter, Gary F.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2014

You will be pivoting your business in your lifetime, whether you are a new startup, or a mature company like Motorola or IBM. In all cases, it’s more effective and less painful to do it as a planned process, rather than a crash course in survival. Carpenter, Gary F. Gebhardt, and John F.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

Of course, more resources are “better” for marketing, but re-allocating existing resources can be equally effective. To get first-time buyers today, you need push for coupons and business cards, and you need relationship pull through social media for customer service. Assimilate available resources to determine the level of rollout.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), co-founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). 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!].

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Of course, more resources are “better” for marketing, but re-allocating existing resources can be equally effective. To get first-time buyers today, you need push for coupons and business cards, and you need relationship pull through social media for customer service. Assimilate available resources to determine the level of rollout.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. In summary, whether you are running a startup, a family business, or a famous brand like IBM, you are all part of the jungle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates, are great at both.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Of course, more resources are “better” for marketing, but re-allocating existing resources can be equally effective. To get first-time buyers today, you need push for coupons and business cards, and you need relationship pull through social media for customer service. Assimilate available resources to determine the level of rollout.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2017

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. In summary, whether you are running a startup, a family business, or a famous brand like IBM, you are all part of the jungle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2016

Fortunately, I’ve had the opportunity to work and learn for many years in both the corporate environment (IBM), as well as the exploding Silicon Valley startup environment of the 90’s. Startups don’t come with formal training courses.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

We sell directly to big enterprises, like IBM and Cisco. I've been living in Santa Barbara since 1996, and over the course of my career I've gone back and forth to the Bay Area several times. So what's your plan to ramp things up at HG Data? Elizabeth Cholawsky: At HG Data, our data products are out in a number of different forms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

On the other hand, stealth mode does make sense for large companies, like Apple and IBM, who will likely be sued for pre-announcing a future product, since other companies have used this ploy in the past to freeze the market and lock out new competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. In summary, whether you are running a startup, a family business, or a famous brand like IBM, you are all part of the jungle.

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

. —In other news from the moonshot day, Biden warned researchers in academia and industry that they would risk losing federal funding if they didn’t follow the law and report their clinical trial results to the public ClinicalTrials.gov database… IBM said it would deploy its Watson systems to help the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Of course, more resources are “better” for marketing, but re-allocating existing resources can be equally effective. To get first-time buyers today, you need push for coupons and business cards, and you need relationship pull through social media for customer service. Assimilate available resources to determine the level of rollout.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 17, 2011

Early in the rapid growth phase of my computer software company, I hired an excellent, IBM-trained vice president of sales to further growth and begin our international expansion. I have an industrial psychology educational background, but could not count upon myself to be completely objective here, of course.).

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