TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

TechEmpower has been instrumental in developing chatbots like these, utilizing generative AI to sift through internal documents and user manuals, enabling them to provide precise answers to customer service questions. It also facilitates rapid prototyping, allowing for quicker iterations and thus shorter development cycles.

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Generative AI TechEmpower CTO Hire Outsource Development 297

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Canoo designers have departed pretty radically from the traditional designs that other electric vehicle manufacturers have favored going with something that looks more like a VW Microbus than the sport utility vehicle that Byton is aiming for, or Tesla and Fisker’s sportscars and sedans or Rivian’s electric trucks.

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Chief Technology Officer Los Angeles Design Outsource Development 237

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

After operating in stealth mode for about two years, First Resonance , a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, is finally showing the world their software toolkit designed to let manufacturers make things using the processes employed by their former boss.

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SpaceX Tool Los Angeles Design 248

Berkonomics

JANUARY 3, 2013

Sometimes, products are designed to make all of their profit upon the recurring revenues from supplies or support. We immediately recall the razor and blade analogy to illustrate the point when planning product development and release. Most every business can take advantage of continuing, recurring revenues from its customer base.

Outsource Development 197

Outsource Development Software Review Sales Demand 197

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. Customers, press and the market responded positively. ‘ Here are some steps in the Inside Out organization.

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Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

As I like to say, “If you’re really on to an enormous idea then other people in the market are going to spot that and want to compete with you. If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

They spot opportunities that aren’t being met and the design products to meet these needs. He told me that when the markets soured they were no longer hot. He asked each sales / biz dev person to call customers and tell them they had to change their contracts. We couldn’t cut product development (we had 23 people!)

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Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Customer 306

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

Would you want to run the risk that your former employer could have a claim against the intellectual property you’ve created because you broke company policies and developed your ideas on company resources? There is nothing wrong with non-founders – by design they are the overwhelming majority of companies. Not worth it.

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Startup Technical Advisors IP Ideas 365

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2012

When I started my first tech company in 1999 I had pretty good tech chops and had led teams but had very little exposure to many other things that matter in a startup including sales, marketing & business development. Getting an office in a tight real estate market. And for which I was sure were designed to screw me.

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Startup Training Outsource Development Design 322

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 17, 2019

Now, more than $35 million dollars later , the company has been awarded a multi-year contract to build and operate its own rocket launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. That contract, awarded by The 45th Space Wing of the Air Force, is the first direct agreement the U.S. space and missile defense program.

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Sites Outsource Development SpaceX Inglewood 217

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2020

The company’s entertainment is designed to be interactive with live-streaming, geo-location, live chat, polling, choice-based narratives, 360 viewing, augmented reality, and click through e-commerce, the company said.

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Los Angeles Content Angel Outsource Development 152

Tech.Co

MAY 16, 2024

In spite of these roadblocks, there are a growing number of Black-owned business grants available, designed to help close the gap and make the business landscape more diverse. Department of Commerce MBDA is a Federal grants program designed to support the growth of minority-owned businesses across the US.

Design 224

Design Commerce Entrepreneur News 224

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We had more than 700 resumes, short-listed 65, interviewed 16 in one-hour meetings had 6 full-day interviews including a presentation by the candidate on a selected market opportunity and we did 3 finalist dinners to test cultural fit. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. MBA fine, but not required.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Always have a developer do a test project before hiring them to make sure they deliver quality work. This will prove your product is worth building to you and to the developer. Ask for is code samples.

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CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop Development 81

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. My other, non-marketable skill included philosophy. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. So Nolan is behind the design of the games?

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Study Startup Design Tips 252

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

Venture capital is in the process of its own creative destruction with new market entrants and new models of innovation at the precise moment that our industry itself is contracting. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5

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Venture Capital Software Capital Startup 334

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Start the product design process by thinking about what a historian in the future would look back on as the one big thing that changed everything. Amazon uses this technique internally for all new product design efforts. Outsource services back to the customer. The future history assessment approach.

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Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Design 158

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Marty Zwilling.

Software Review 154

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 154

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. We want to create something that serves a purpose, has a unique design, and is farily simple to use, and where people can understand what that app does. The more and more we looked into the idea, we saw there was a huge market for retailers. What are TenFarms and PhotoPoll?

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. My focus has been marketing strategy and product development.

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Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Every entrepreneur has to deal with the realities of constant change in today’s market, and it’s much easier to pivot the pre-production prototype than to dispose of unsellable inventory. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The new fund will primarily in businesses based in North America, and selectively in Europe and Australia, and is focused on focused control private equity investments in lower middle-market companies. The new fund is led by Managing Partners Ron Nayot and Kevin Ma.

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Capital Funding Outsource Development Equity 113

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In my opinion, real pain points for most people do not include a new user interface for Facebook, a new programming platform for app development, or a new size smart phone. Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products.

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Customer Custom Startup Outsource Development 167

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Every entrepreneur has to deal with the realities of constant change in today’s market, and it’s much easier to pivot the pre-production prototype than to dispose of unsellable inventory. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get.

Outsource Development 110

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Gene Dolgoff: After years of research and development, we have developed technology which converts two dimensional video to 3D. It was a series of different technologies we had ot develop and apply for patents on, and now that we have it, we're working on a prototype. Why turn to crowdfunding and Fundable for this?

Startup 252

Startup Sites Patents Outsource Development 252

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

Every entrepreneur has to deal with the realities of constant change in today’s market, and it’s much easier to pivot the pre-production prototype than to dispose of unsellable inventory. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get.

Ideas 107

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

Most of the solutions in our market are for lots of doctors, and are on-premise solutions, and are really designed for bigger physician groups and hospitals. How did you determine this was the market to tackle, and how did you get into this? We''re laser focused on small medical practices.

Startup 160

Startup El Segundo CTO Hire Outsource Development 160

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

Every entrepreneur has to deal with the realities of constant change in today’s market, and it’s much easier to pivot the pre-production prototype than to dispose of unsellable inventory. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Startup Ideas Tool 105

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

Software Review 107

Software Review Entrepreneur CTO Hire Outsource Development 107

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

With this fast pace industry the elegant design we see if websites, is sometimes lost in translation. He and his company, Rocksauce, make sure to add high quality design back into each of the apps they create. After directing a film in 2009, I wanted to get back into the design industry.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. Relativity has also completed tests of its avionics architecture and hardware and conducted an analysis of the vehicle’s design and coupled loads. ” .

Chief Technology Officer 168

Chief Technology Officer SpaceX Los Angeles Venture Capital 168

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

KTSi) announced it had acquired the rail assets of Pentadyne Power, and set up shop targeting the use of flywheel technology in the rail market. It's a fairly straightforward system design, and is essentially what Urenco developed. It's a very broad market. Earlier this month, Kinetic Traction Systems, Inc.

Design 138

Design Training Southern California Outsource Development 138

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.

Software Review 103

Software Review Equity CTO Hire Outsource Development 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

Develop your business plan. This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important.

Startup 107

Startup Outsource Development Training Outsource 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. Quantify the market opportunity in business terms. Include marketing, sales, and customer rollout plans. You need both to survive.

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Product Summary Startup Examples 169