SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 10, 2012
But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. There are two kinds of advisors that are commonly needed. Strategic Technical Advisor.
TechEmpower
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Often this situation is characterized as a “good problem to have” until you’re the technical person who needs to solve the problem—and quickly. Well, there are a number of technical reasons for applications suffering performance issues. We therefore routinely advise leads of new projects to consider performance early.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 8, 2020
As an advisor to entrepreneurs, I often hear the desire to run their own company, to avoid having someone else telling them how to run the business. They don’t seem to realize that investors can be the most demanding bosses your ever had, since it’s their money you are using and potentially losing.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 6, 2021
Based on my experience advising new entrepreneurs as well as more mature businesses, I recommend the following strategies for building business momentum, while still optimizing the limited resources of every small business: Find more customers that like what you do best. Focus on the mainstream customer majority.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 20, 2020
Most small businesses I advise still rely on traditional advertising models, assuming they can create enough media “noise” to get customers attention and sway them. This is technically called “permissioned,” and it comes in two forms: implicit and explicit. You now need a personal context in your marketing to get results.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 7, 2011
I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. This patent holding company is charging infringement and demanding royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
In my business of mentoring new entrepreneurs and advising small company owners, I recognize that most don’t start as experienced leaders, and most don’t realize that people leadership is a primary key to their future success. Building a business is not a one-person job, and leading by edict rarely works today.
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