Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2012

In a book a while back by Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie from the Columbia Business School, “ Designing for Growth ,” the authors encourage managers to think more like designers. In most other respects, design thinking is the opposite of business thinking. A better maxim for entrepreneurs is: Place small bets fast.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2012

New studies indicate that a more productive approach would be adopting new good habits and behaviors that clearly move your business forward, like good time management and implementing customer recommendations. Another challenge is that your brain is not designed to make you happy. Celebrate each small step of success along the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2011

In a recent book by Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie from the Columbia Business School, “ Designing for Growth ,” the authors encourage managers to think more like designers. In most other respects, design thinking is the opposite of business thinking. In most other respects, design thinking is the opposite of business thinking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Here are some approaches that both of us recommend to get you started: Take a basic product and make it special (upgrade). Fields) are examples of what were once pedestrian products that have driven successful new businesses. Offer a no-frills version of a high-end product (downgrade). Take a broad-appeal product into a niche.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2010

If you are looking for someone to fill an operational gap, or to do product design, it’s usually more productive to look for a partner, employee, or consultant. Members can provide a mirror so that you can see your company as experts see it, as long as you look in that mirror with eyes wide open.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Many entrepreneurs have a passion and an idea, or even invent a new product, but are never able to execute to the point of creating a startup. The development stage normally begins with designing and prototyping a product or service, and creating the company legal entity. Startup and development stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

Many startups these days are started by young, technical or product founders who are in the idealistic phase of their lives and careers. Thus I hear many talk about “radical transparency” when virtually ever experienced operator in my inner circle talks knowingly about that naiveté.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2015

We spoke with CEO Steve Schell on how Idealab believes its past experience with starting up a 3D printing company--and some new ideas on how to create a marketplace of 3D designs--are the key to making the leap from hobbyist to the mass market. How far from shipping product are you? Talk about what New Matter is working on?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

The good news is that early adopters are never reluctant to sign up as beta customers and will provide you early feedback on product quality. At some point, this becomes compulsive engineering, and the tradeoffs in time to market, cost, and user friendliness move the product out of the intended market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The first electric bulb was actually invented by Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, who demonstrated the concept, but gave up trying to develop a practical product after only three attempts. By contrast, Edison persevered and designed a working light bulb after thousands of failures. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/10/2022.

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LATechDigest

MAY 12, 2016

Santa Monica-based talent management software firm Cornerstone OnDemand announced the launch of its suite of people analytics products at its annual Convergence Conference. Users can easily create, manage and execute accurate headcount plans through a simple and intuitive design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

Here are some example strategies to pitch and practice: Adapt an existing product to a new use. You may offer a different application for an existing product, a new pricing model, or a new level of support. Or find an entirely different application for an existing product. Innovation doesn’t even require technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The good news is that early adopters are never reluctant to sign up as beta customers and will provide you early feedback on product quality. At some point, this becomes compulsive engineering, and the tradeoffs in time to market, cost, and user friendliness move the product out of the intended market.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2012

How do you leverage your years of experience manufacturing and designing furniture for stores like Ikea and Crate & Barrel into the online world, and harness the interest of consumers to purchase their furniture online? As a designer of those products, I've seen in home furnishings over the last twenty years lots of cycles.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Switched Ethernet’s reliability reduces the risk of a network outage and offers large schools the confidence to maximize the benefits of online learning and cloud-based solutions. . Educational institutions are notorious for maximized use of limited resources, and large schools are no exception.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

This corporate partnership has proven well for these startups in helping them launch their products and services into another galaxy. Through inspirational content, online classes, and products, Brit + Co enables their audience of over 125 million to use creativity to shape their best lives. Epic Games.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2020

Many entrepreneurs have a passion and an idea, or even invent a new product, but are never able to execute to the point of creating a startup. The development stage normally begins with designing and prototyping a product or service, and creating the company legal entity. Startup and development stage.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies. In addition to capital, Idealab provides a full range of resources to infuse start-ups with the support they need to rapidly introduce innovative products and services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2019

Here are some approaches that both of us recommend to get you started: Take a basic product and make it special (upgrade). Fields) are examples of what were once pedestrian products that have driven successful new businesses. Offer a no-frills version of a high-end product (downgrade). Take a broad-appeal product into a niche.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 29, 2016

Scientists from Synthetic Genomics, the San Diego-based industrial biotech, have re-engineered a fast-growing microorganism found in salt marsh mud to maximize its production of proteins and to optimize other common bio-based processes. coli as a host organism. Scientists have used E. Re-engineering V. natriegens to replace E.

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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2010

Last week, Irvine-based Teridian Semiconductor (www.teridiansemiconductor.com), a developer of semiconductors for the electric metering and electricity measurement market, was acquired by Maxim Semiconductor. We've got four generation of parts in the market, with three in production, and the fourth sampling--with a fifth in design.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Switched Ethernet enables organizations to meet bandwidth needs by leveraging the support of numerous dedicated station segments to maximize the efficiency of the available cable. Regardless of whether it’s an educational institution or government agency, network downtime not only halts productivity but can be financially costly.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2018

One startup you’ll be able to meet at the Lounge is SmartGurlz , a line of coding robots and action dolls designed for girls, who were featured on Shark Tank. Eureka Park is going to be the place for founders who are looking to attract attention, capital and partners, and maximize all the benefits of CES.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

The good news is that early adopters are never reluctant to sign up as beta customers and will provide you early feedback on product quality. At some point, this becomes compulsive engineering, and the tradeoffs in time to market, cost, and user friendliness move the product out of the intended market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

But they can otherwise save you much time and effort, and are also safer and more productive than the old-fashioned approach of broadcast emailing or cold-calling every investor you can find in online directories, or responding to the risky spam offers you get for funding on social media. Recruit a team with complementary skills.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Delays or hiccups when accessing the Internet reduce company productivity and can slow down project timelines. . DIA is a good fit for businesses leveraging Internet-heavy applications and transmitting large data files on a regular basis because it is designed to maximize capacity to support more network activity.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Delays or hiccups when accessing the Internet reduce company productivity and can slow down project timelines. . DIA is a good fit for businesses leveraging Internet-heavy applications and transmitting large data files on a regular basis because it is designed to maximize capacity to support more network activity.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. How profitable is my product or service? As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2013

I’ve been involved with technology product design in one form or another for nearly 25 years and seen one mistake consistently repeated. The single biggest mistake most product teams make is building technology for what they believe the user would want rather than what the actual end-user needs. My philosophy is simply.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Recently, Pasadena-based Pasadena-based Soliant Energy , one of the solar energy firms in Southern California, opened up a new pilot production line. Our product is unique, in that it is designed for commercial use. Ours are designed for plug-and-play capability with existing, flat panels. that energy.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Internet speed can have a direct impact on worker productivity and business success. Read More: 4 Tips to Maximize Internet Bandwidth. Looking past the financial cost, employees losing access to their data and tools due to outages are less productive and may be unable to continue their work until the network goes back online.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 11, 2013

These varied responsibilities are analogous to those of a startup CEO, as movie production crews are essentially temporary ventures. However, in order to maximize Mr. Freeman's performance, Ben had to be secure enough in his leadership abilities to ask, "What do you think Morgan? Should we do another one?".

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2013

It takes too much time to build processes and products to capitalize on a broad strategy. Every successful startup I know has had to “dodge and weave” or pivot quickly as they learn what their customers really want, and what really works in product design and marketing. Keep infrastructure costs low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). The “product” value is difficult to quantify, the costs are nebulous, and entrepreneurs have to clone themselves to scale the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

That has allowed the company to launch in many markets, build amazing applications, design future versions of the scooter and monetize while many companies are still just drawing up their go-to-market plans. This allowed Bird to then raise $300 million from some of the top VCs in the country. You don’t “Bing” information or “Hulu and chill.”

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency. Not only does it boast a sleek ergonomic design, but it also X every single feature you'd expect from a top-tier internet phone system. From its 4.3-inch

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2017

Here are some approaches that both of us recommend to get you started: Take a basic product and make it special (upgrade). Fields) are examples of what were once pedestrian products that have driven successful new businesses. Offer a no-frills version of a high-end product (downgrade). Take a broad-appeal product into a niche.

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