socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2012

The software startup--the latest run by WInston Damarillo--said its new mCLoud Data center Unit (DCU) software is an end-to-end, SSD cloud platform for data centers, service providers, and enterprise customers. The new solid state storage product is based on technology from computer maker Dell, and its Dell PowerEdge C portfolio.

Manhattan Beach 140

Manhattan Beach IBM IBM Software 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

Great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates, are great at both. I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. Too many entrepreneurs try to talk their way through all of these.

Ideas 110

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2010

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Need office or Tech Space?

Orange County 145

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2016

In my role as a business advisor, I often see well-meaning entrepreneurs try to be everything to everyone, which results in many things done poorly, and few totally delighted customers. People are confused by multiple messages, and employees are frustrated trying to personalize customer experiences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Thus, in my consulting with entrepreneurs, I always encourage them to get more comfortable asking for help. She suspects, like me, that no self-respecting entrepreneur wants to seem weak, needy, or incompetent, and none of us like to feel indebted to someone we see as a peer or a competitor.

Help 123

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2011

Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath.

Entrepreneur 108

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs. The cost of entrepreneur entry is at an all-time low.

Entrepreneur 105

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Need office or Tech Space?

Southern California 140

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 140

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

It’s a jungle fight for survival out there for aspiring entrepreneurs of all ages and demographics. The best entrepreneurs work on making better time management a top objective. Treasure – Most entrepreneurs assume that treasure means funding. entrepreneur jungle startup survival' The laws of the jungle apply to all.

Entrepreneur 105

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates, are great at both. I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. Too many entrepreneurs try to talk their way through all of these.

Ideas 95

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2014

Unfocused entrepreneurs boast that their new technology will generate multiple disruptive products for consumers as well as enterprises around the world. Keep these balanced and aligned between people (customers, employees) and process (quality, service, revenue), and keep the scope realistic (eliminating world hunger is too broad).

Entrepreneur 103

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

And even the best teams combined to create big innovations sometimes don’t time markets well, are surprised by unexpected technology breakthroughs by competitors or just don’t find the magic the leads to mass customer adoption. I hope to offer experiences from being an entrepreneur and being a VC.&#.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. We grew that up, and did very well, and eventually sold it to IBM. I then spent a few years at IBM as their Chief Strategy Officer in their identity management area. Tell me about Bitvore - what''s your technology used for?

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Fresh customer base. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early.

Entrepreneur 99

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. Focus is the art of limiting your scope to the key function that really matters for the majority of customers.

Startup 169

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Evaluate customer response prior to development. Surface your prototype, get customer feedback, make corrections, and iterate until you get it right. Being open is the new business culture around the world.

Search Engine Optimization 174

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2015

How is it that only a few business leaders and entrepreneurs seem to drive exceptional results and disruptive innovation in this rapidly changing market economy (marketquake)? A classic IBM Global CEO study listed integrity and trust in the top three characteristics leaders must have in today’s business landscape.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur IBM IBM Summary 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. Next wave of economic expansion.

Entrepreneur 87

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

There were the existing large consulting firms like IBM, CSC, Cap Gemini, PwC and Deloitte Consulting as well as the upstarts like Scient, Viant, Razorfish, Diamond Consulting and a host of others. Bryce is a bit like the entrepreneurs I search for. Consider it a badge of honor that most people think your idea won’t work. I love that.

Technical Review 302

Technical Review Marketing IP Outsource Development 302

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Need office or Tech Space?

Southern California 133

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2021

Based on my experience as a business advisor, I’m convinced that most startup investors invest in the entrepreneur, as much as a solution or product. The attitude of taking nothing for granted, of disbelieving the conventional wisdom, of challenging the way things are done, is essential for a winning entrepreneur.

Startup 162

Startup Entrepreneur IBM IBM 162

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving.

Venture Capital 317

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Startups Made Simple.

Advertising 113

Advertising Southern California IP VentureNet 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

Great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates, are great at both. I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. Too many entrepreneurs try to talk their way through all of these.

Activity 133

Activity Startup Ideas Technical Review 133

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

This will facilitate the expansion of battery charging and support facilities, and ultimately create more customers and growth for the whole industry, including Tesla. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools. Not everything will work.

IBM 131

IBM IBM Startup Examples 131

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2020

Every new entrepreneur who has not spent years in corporate life has the advantage of an unbiased look at business opportunities, but at the same time has the disadvantage of missing critical business experiences that can cost them dearly in their first startup venture. Startups don’t come with formal training courses.

Training 144

Training Entrepreneur IBM IBM 144

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

Networking 150

Networking CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

I've been a serial entrepreneur for about 20-odd years, and I didn't want to sit at a big company. I decided to become a parallel entrepreneur, and started a whole series of companies in big data. IBM has shared ideas with us, EMC, Microsoft, and a whole raft of other major companies are working closely with us now.

Incubator 208

Incubator Startup CTO Hire Ideas 208

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Technology.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Rustic Canyon Southern California Glendale 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I had always been a scrappy entrepreneur. He felt that we didn’t price correctly and he didn’t want to see customers until he had a grip on it. IBM, Microsoft, Oracle) as long as they’ve done a start-up after that before coming to you. - Now was time to bring in some process. WTF!! ?? !!

Startup 327

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

This will facilitate the expansion of battery charging and support facilities, and ultimately create more customers and growth for the whole industry, including Tesla. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools. Not everything will work.

Startup 124

Startup IBM IBM Examples 124

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Guide CTO Coach Southern California 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. The technology is now embodied in a solution that can be replicated to reliably solve a real customer problem. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.

Help 165

Help Research Startup Funding 165

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Today, with the Internet and social media, if you aren’t visible in a positive way to everyone, including customers, your leadership efforts will be lost. You need to be visible in marketing efforts, viral videos, and interactions with key customer segments. Online it may be time to take a formal position via blogs and interviews.

Mentor 145

Mentor IBM IBM Social Media 145

Eric Greenspan

MAY 14, 2013

So, because I’m a dad, a customer service enthusiast, product evaluator and entrepreneur, I’ve decided to build a business around it. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster. Here’s what I’m going to do: 1.

Technical Review 135

Technical Review Product Services IBM 135

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

It''s a perfect opportunity for data geeks in marketing and the business side to get information on customers in real time. There are companies much bigger than Smartify trying to solve the challenge of how to create a unified database of customers. carla bourque smartify facebook social marketing entrepreneur startup interview'

Marketing 196

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. Next wave of economic expansion.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Offshore Entrepreneur 126