Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

I’m generally not a believer in too much PR until you have a product built or at least well designed. This is somewhat changing in the world of crowd funding where people actually raise money so that they can build products but at a minimum your product design ought to be complete and ready to execute.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

Designate a Work Area . With features designed for checking in and collaborating with teammates, plus capturing good performance and potential performance risks, your employees that are working from home won't feel left out at all. Avoid Public WiFi . Protect Your Passwords . Avoid Phishing Scams . Update Antivirus Software .

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

For example, if I were to have a room full of bouncing balls, we couldn't share that today because of the amount of information involved. The win is we don't have to exchange all that information. If you have a bunch of bouncing balls, they all bounce identically, and you don't have to exchange information.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. The funding rounds will also build customer confidence and they’ll help journalists feel air cover in writing your more important pieces when you brag about customers, traction, revenue or whatever. But first you need to know about Reg D filings.

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TechEmpower

JULY 5, 2016

When we encounter a long , we can require that the number fits into a double without losing information. If no information would be lost, we serialize the long as usual and move on. If information would be lost, we throw an exception and cause serialization to fail. When we use JSON we lose information about our numbers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. They became both a thought leader in the space as well as a beautifully designed product. By definition, you read blogs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Don’t assume titles will convey this information. I personally find that writing down my business plan is a good discipline to incent me to think through all the issues, and do the research on the alternatives available. Marty Zwilling First published on Predictable Designs on 06/10/2020.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You likely are writing your first one of these. It's fine to send out documents that have older information. Send across any graphic designs you currently have. Towards An Integrated Approach to UX Design You should definitely look at Steve Blank's book and review his blog. Don't stress over format.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

One of the hardest things to know when you’re new to fund raising is what you’re supposed to send to an investor, when and will they keep your information confidential. These are artifacts of a sales process designed to get you back in front of the VC and have further engagement. The key is WHAT you send.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. Many people are visual thinkers.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 2, 2011

One of the beautiful things about the Internet is endless amount of websites designed and dedicated to those who like to be the first to know and share information. is a virtual directory of new startups that takes information flow a step further than the static website. Founded by Nick Frost Startupli.st Startupli.st

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

When most people think of training , the first thing that comes to mind is a mandatory meeting in a stuffy conference room with a boring instructor walking through poorly designed slides. Make it learner-centric. Why should an employee take this training? In many ways, competence comes down to support and accountability.

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Training Writing Conference Slides 48

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with developers and found yourself lost or even overwhelmed with new information? The day will include an introduction to Javascipt, Jquery, Knockout JS, HTML5/CSS – Responsive web design, Nodejs, Javascript Patterns and many more!! Have you ever wanted to learn Javascript?

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JavaScript Long Beach Java .Net 93

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Yesterday I saw a Tweet from Chris Sacca fly by that prompted me to want to write a blog post helping entrepreneurs understand why they should push back against VCs asking for “super pro-rata” rights. I’m writing this check because I hope that I can lead your next round if you’re doing well.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 29, 2018

The quote “knowledge is power,” often attributed to Francis Bacon from his writings Meditationes Sacrae in 1597, definitely resonates with founders, Most because gaining knowledge about your market, landscape, and competitors, is a key way to gain strength and momentum. I [received] very good advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

You can ask them to come and watch your videos at your owned & operated websites (O&O) where you can make higher margins as well as ask directly for more meaningful customer information such as Facebook connections, Twitter oAuths, email addresses and the like. To produce content that people want to watch takes unique skills: Writing.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Go Trexx (www.gotrexx.com), which is based in Mission Viejo, think it's by engaging kids with mobile applications which provide background information, helps to build excitement, and gets kids involved in traveling to different destinations. I ended up hunting and pecking through to find the right information.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

If you live somewhere where this is the case you’re better off discussing with your employer that you may from time-to-time work on private projects outside of work hours and you want their clearance in writing that this is OK. You can probably get loads of information on Legal Zoom also. Register a company. Get customer input.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2013

Many first-time entrepreneurs have grown up digital natives so have a really good intuitive feel for technology & design but don’t yet have the business basics down. . Write your set of bullet points on paper before the call. So here’s my advice: 1.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product." They may wonder if it can be built technically, but I (or other CTOs) can answer that question without building any code.

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Metrics Venture Capital News Product 264

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

The new information, gleaned from recently unsealed court documents , provides new insight into the company’s past activities and what that might mean for its upcoming IPO. VW also has a partnership with AV startup Aurora to integrate self-driving systems in custom-designed electric shuttles for VW’s new Moia brand.

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San Fernando Los Angeles Commerce News 217

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

Venice Beach-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com) has created sofdtware designed for those application developers to help protect those web applications. There are a whole lot of companies outside the realm of Silicon Valley who you need to build and design for as well. In that world, the risk of security holes is huge.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 30, 2018

They allow me to preview new devices and technologies before release so that I might write about and speak about them in my “Tech Trends” keynotes. It did not hurt that Apple always seemed to trump the competition in design of the product and the product’s user interface too. My “way too early” story. How it worked.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SocialStay is: "An easy to set up & manage mobile platform designed for the hospitality industry. Great design/ user experience carries more and more weight these days and I have been lucky to touch some of the world’s most visible brands. Write it down…. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. He has strong opinions that are well informed. When he writes them online his Tourette’s comes out and sometimes the substance gets lost in the style. I’ve been told so. Sounds obvious.

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Startup Venture Capital Email Writing 309

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Most men in the 1940's and 50's did not know how to use a keyboard and thus could not write code. Despite men's inroads into software development, many women continued to make significant contributions in the field of software design until the early 1970's.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Albert Wenger from Union Square Ventures wrote a great post the other day that reminded me I’ve been meaning to write about this topic. “My desire for this “Opposing Views Reader” is related to my concern about information cascades. In general, we seem to be building too many positive re-enforcement systems on the web.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 20, 2010

Performance support are systems designed to make a complex tasks simple enough that a novice can complete it effectively. Here’s how eHarmony’s FAQ describes the communication stages: The Communication Stages are designed to make it easy to ask the important questions early. " III.

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eHarmony Examples FAQ Design 150

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Professional user-friendly site design. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Traditionally, they hand-write those messages and those message slips become clutter, become lost, and they stay in your office when you're not there. So, instead of writing down a message, they can put it into this really, easy-to-use system. Essentially, business have assistance--secretaries, receptionists--who answer the phone.

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Web 2.0 Web Entertainment Hollywood 147

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

A high-performance application is designed to perform well with a reasonable amount of hot data. But for the rest of us, those of us lucky/unlucky enough to know we need high-performance, or are uncertain whether performance is a concern, and for whom I write the remainder of this article, performance should be on our minds early.

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Web Technical Advisors Framework Technical Review 200

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

FreedomSpeaks is a startup developing a business around connecting people with information about their political representatives, and also enabling organizations and others to do the same. I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not.

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Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2010

Over the years I’ve been in many meetings where a group of people that I was with wanted to extract information out of a group of people with whom we were meeting and failed to do so effectively. For extracting the maximum range of information in an interview nothing beats “wide&# and nothing beats silence from your side.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2015

Computers are designed to complete tasks, and even the most advanced AI is designed to learn only the information needed to better complete their task. For example, AI has been designed to play Atari games better than humans. A fear is that AI will one day gain the intelligence to rebel. Life-saving Response Time.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Design Examples Writing 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Professional user-friendly site design. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

Nervana Systems co-founders (and Qualcomm expats) Naveen Rao, Amir Khosrowshahi, and Arjun Bansal set out to develop new artificial intelligence technology that emulates the human brain, where thousands of synapses transmit information between each neuron.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Framework Venture Capital 40

TechEmpower

MARCH 27, 2013

At the time of this writing, Java 8 development is still very much in progress. Actually, I think it's so well-designed that even people who have never heard of Joda Time should find it easy to pick up. There are too many of these to link, so see the ConcurrentHashMap javadocs for more information. ConcurrentHashMap.reduce.

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