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TechEmpower
JULY 24, 2023
At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. It’s part of our job to ask questions about their plans, challenge their assumptions, and suggest paths to success. What are your key Startup Metrics ? Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)?
socalTECH
OCTOBER 10, 2013
In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. What is Tradesparq?
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Even bigger is the desire to stick one’s middle finger up at all of the people who doubted you all along. When I think about the people in our generation I most respect: Elon Musk, Larry Page, Richard Branson – they are optimists to a fault. We hired outside experts. It can be one of the strongest motivators.
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 ).
socalTECH
MARCH 1, 2013
However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. Darren Marble: On average, the budget for marketing for feature films is 50 percent of their production budget. That's great training for the startup world.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
This is part of my Startup Advice series. So I was surprised at the sheer volumes of decisions that had to be made when I became a startup CEO. Somebody asks whether you plan to set up 401k’s and do contribution matching. I would far rather have some messes to clean up than to never have them cross the line trying.
InfoChachkie
JULY 14, 2011
This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. In my experience a big part of building a winning team is recognizing who the MVPs are from the start. You’re right.
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