Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Other companies have only seen a slight decline and may be expecting demand to return to normalcy later in the year. The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse. There are large sums of money to be invested and if investors can get comfortable with “downside protections” they’ll still write checks.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Marketing Startup Writing 263

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. In these changing times, if you already have a startup, with no plan, maybe it’s time to think ahead for a change.

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

41:00 Transitioning from software to writing. 57: 00 How do you rectify company mission and customer demand. 1:09:50 We need education! Will these norms change? 36:30 Eric: Social media is great for people with social capital. 38:00 Should you use avatars? 40:05 What happened after Imvu. 43:20 The inception of Lean Startup.

Social Media 301

Social Media Startup Metrics Media 301

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

You also ran the risk that if you hired employees quickly and then demand wasn’t as strong as expected it was incredibility hard to fire people. In France in some ways it was worse because if you failed as a startup founder you shouldered personal liabilities that don’t exist in the US under our bankruptcy laws.

Startup 261

Startup Press Blogging .Net 261

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2015

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. In these changing times, if you already have a startup, with no plan, maybe it’s time to think ahead for a change.

Startup 109

Startup Resource Training Ideas 109

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Your commitments to investors must be significant enough to compel them to write you a check. Grant Exclusivity. Fallacy: Yes.

Entrepreneur 272

Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. In these changing times, if you already have a startup, with no plan, maybe it’s time to think ahead for a change.

Startup 57

Startup Resource Training Ideas 57

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. America’s C- grade infrastructure has problems extending across the length and breadth of the country.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Crazy, huh?

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. In these changing times, if you already have a startup, with no plan, maybe it’s time to think ahead for a change.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. In these changing times, if you already have a startup, with no plan, maybe it’s time to think ahead for a change.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 106

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. 5) Allow Partners To Write Your Agreements. Thus, I will let my Big Dumb Company (BDC) partner write our agreement. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. 8 ) Grant Exclusivity.

Startup 242

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We started looking at the landscape, and as I was getting my MBA at the time, ended up writing the business plan for ConsumerTrack. That''s when we started looking at credit repair, online education, and others. We became friends, and found we were both very like minded, goal oriented, and had the same core values.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. Are you targeting Hollywood and existing script writing software? Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 What's Scripped?

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2011

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. In these changing times, if you already have a startup, with no plan, maybe it’s time to think ahead for a change.

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. How does it work? How many users so far so far?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

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. We are hoping to educate new writers.

Journal 90

Journal Startup Writing Media 90

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Later, when I was in the tax business at Intuit and H&R Block, running those businesses, every year we had to hire a couple hundred tax professionals, who had to unwind the tax code, and who had to write it all down to give again to developers, in order for them to interpret and provide a usable product to consumers.

Startup 150

Startup San Diego Entrepreneur Tool 150

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 27, 2015

For example, security suppliers will have to re-write firewalls for the new protocol, but without any single organization to set the direction of the deployment of IPv6, approaches will be in constant flux. In addition, make sure to demand native IPv6 from your upstream provider.

Training 40

Training Organization Networking IP 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2010

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. In these changing times, if you already have a startup, maybe it’s time to rethink your existing strategy.

Startup 53

Startup Resource Training Ideas 53

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

This move is indicative of the possibility that the traditional ways of going about making a living through a college education, an entry-level position at a firm, and steady promotion through the ranks is a dead model. As your services gain demand, your time becomes more valuable and you can charge more.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

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. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

OP: During the launch we had to do some consumer education where we had to teach people how to use the app, and this involved creating new behaviors such as bringing headphones to theatres, downloading the audio track beforehand, understanding that they had to put their phone away as to not disturb someone next to them – those sort of things.

Startup 91

Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

Swartz knew that creating useful programs to better educate people would not suffice if there were laws preventing us to freely access information. Finally, Swartz founded Demand Progress , a group focused on advocating civil liberties and government reform.

Journal 86

Journal Blogging RSS Report 86

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Currently offers 3mm books to over 5,000 higher education institutions in the US. Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers. Mo & I both have double majors with one being finance / econ.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software. They would launch quickly and test whether or not there is any demand. His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. I’m going to write a whole post on BothSid.es AOL is in the process of rebuilding itself and emulating a little-known LA-based startup called Demand Media.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time. The government had a tax incentive for first-time buyers that expired April 30 th , which many people believe “pulled forward” demand rather than improved the market.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298