Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

I sat down with Andrew Peek of Rocketr, a social idea platform, regarding his move through the scene. Peek left Freshbooks to work with boutique UX design firm, Jet Cooper , which is another major staple to the Toronto tech scene.With a team of about 20 designers, Jet Cooper is well known in their city for their work.

Startup 109

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 109

Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

There are many signs to look for when receiving candid feedback from your customers, here’s a few examples of things Make It Work customers say and what we are doing about it: Customer (from a Delight Survey email): Why don’t you offer billing as an option, rather than require payment on demand at the end of the appointment?

Social Media 214

Social Media Customer Custom Media 214

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

I spent more time organizing my tax forms, keeping them safe, getting invoices together, getting invoice templates, then getting them out there and tracking down my payment for writing the article. The article can take 10 hours to write a good article and the paperwork can take five hours. You have Demand Media here.

Journal 90

Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A Visualization is so important to help yourself & others conceptualize ideas. The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. I think team sessions are better for testing ideas than for original thought, but that’s me.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

We thought it was a real opportunity to bring in some taste-maker editors, who could write specifically for that audience, and break news. However, it was an idea and concept which had been brewing for awhile, and besides, I had a personal interest in starting my own company and wanting to be an entrepreneur. It was an eye opener.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

I sat down with Andrew Peek of Rocketr, a social idea platform, regarding his move through the scene. Peek left Freshbooks to work with boutique UX design firm, Jet Cooper , which is another major staple to the Toronto tech scene.With a team of about 20 designers, Jet Cooper is well known in their city for their work.

Startup 56

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 56

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. Market Size.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What was Bill Gross’s heretical idea as portrayed to the tech elite? He built & IPOd Demand Media. And of course we have great public companies that have spanned content & communications like J2 Global whose market cap as of this writing is a cool $2.5 He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. Performance marketing also demands accountability. Good ideas, great people and access to capital are key to any thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. In reality, they want to buy customers, not ads.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

The idea is that the app uses the onboard microphone, reads the movie at any point the movie is playing using acoustic finger printing and audio recognition. Has this sort of idea been around and was it not executed because of some sort of a technical issue? myLINGO is designed to bring new users into the movie viewing experience.

Startup 91

Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. 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 came up to Bill after the event and said, “clever idea, we should do that with you.&#

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

I setup a nice little home office for myself and started dabbling with a few ideas. I started an incubator/holdings company called Addante and Associates to be the umbrella company for my ideas and consulting projects. I started dabbling with a few ideas around online advertising, search engines and other random projects.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

“Imagine you were a Phd wireless chip designer out of UCSD and then Qualcomm. Are you looking for a Phd wireless chip designer?&#. I honestly believe I learned more by rising up the ranks and becoming the president of my fraternity than I did in the class room reading about supply & demand curves in economics.

CTO Hire 363

CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I write these words I’m aware that I could practically change the words AOL and Facebook for much of this section and with a few factual tweaks it might not be noticeable to the reader which of the firms I was talking about. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2020

Personally I believe that to fund more people of color you need to put check-writing authority in their hands the same way that if you want to see more women funded you need more women GPs. Huge hats off to Kobie for the idea, energy, direction, evening hours and the foresight and salesmanship required to bring on Guy to take the helm.

Funding 314

Funding Venture Capital Entrepreneur Networking 314

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea. billion globally by 2030, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

Startup 100

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Demand 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea. Making something awesome will cost more than you expect.

Startup 151

Startup Equity Funding Demand 151

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Boy wearing Oculus Rift via Wikipedia As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea.

Startup 53

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Demand 53