Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. For example, if you have no technical background, you probably can’t create or sell an enterprise software product for a low price, even today.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The platform approach we took allows teams and companies and venues to access the best functionality, at a subcription price, rather than a custom development price. To build their own solution, it would take hundreds of thousands of dollars, or even millions to do correctly.

Mobile 162

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. For example, if you have no technical background, you probably can’t create or sell an enterprise software product for a low price, even today.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Because GoTo.com was his idea. But bill is a BIG idea guy. The question will be “at what price?&# And for investors, “at what valuation did they get in?&#. $10 My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g. Overture sold for $1.6

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. Summary notes, as always, provide below.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? By doing the job.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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