Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Here is a summary of the key stages along the way: Idea and seed stage. The development stage normally begins with designing and prototyping a product or service, and creating the company legal entity. In this first stage, a specific idea or passion is solidified into an executable plan. Startup and development stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product. Summary Boards are organizations that need managing just as you would do for your management team. Below is just the highlight points. How Do Boards Get Out of Sync?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

It would be great to get notes and summaries from these. 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. Seeing the evolution of thinking is not a bad thing. That's fairly uncommon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Professional user-friendly site design. Studies have shown that consumers gauge credibility in large part based on the appeal of the overall visual design, including layout, typography, font size, color schemes, no broken links, and correct language usage. Follow-up for customer satisfaction.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

better than anybody we had spoke with and she had the marketing chops to know how to communicate this to her market once she designed & built her products. and a differentiated feel in terms of fabric, design, sustainability, etc. Summary It’s hard to build a successful product company?—?even Ariel understood her customer?—?the

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

He went to college to study art and design. He looked at Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Vogue, etc. He decided to recreate the scenes from these beautiful design photos and he added back the immigrant Latinos who are so responsible for the privileged lives we lead. He started living out of his car?—?too

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2020

Here is a summary of the key stages along the way: Idea and seed stage. The development stage normally begins with designing and prototyping a product or service, and creating the company legal entity. In this first stage, a specific idea or passion is solidified into an executable plan. Startup and development stage.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO. Fall quarter of Sr. Along with taking Sr.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2019

I like his summary of five kinds of questions that can help you change your leadership effectiveness, and your organization’s view of reality when faced with complex new issues: Questions that highlight key roadblocks to a solution. His life proves that leadership is learned, not a birthright.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

I think you’ll really enjoy this video , but as always I have summary notes for those with less time. If you like the quick summary notes, please check out Adam’s blog on tech, entrepreneurship & VC as a thank you. Hopefully it will entice you to come back and watch the show at a later time!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

And after one meeting they started asking for his advice about marketing, customer engagement, product design, monetization – whatever. It always started the same way – a founder would ask for an intro because they figured he could help with promotion.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Some boards are designed to showcase each and every member of management by having everybody lead a 20-minute update only to find out that no time has been allotted for discussion or debate. Summary: Making Your Board More Effective Chose the right members. I call these “filibuster” boards. Be thoughtful about their skills and motives.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2012

His talk was especially intriguing, as he attended UCSB, but dropped out to start a clothing design company. Chaos By Design. Seth is a design-oriented entrepreneur, with little desire to document details. This is a lead up into an executive summary. In his entrepreneurial Tribe, he is the Shaman.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2015

In summary, I think you’re going to see a lot more companies use video to cut through the clutter. Just as consumer Internet products drove well-designed enterprise products, so too will low-cost Internet video help reinvent how businesses communicate with each other. I don’t think it’s just a B2C marketing tool.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

has unveiled a new smartphone app designed to help people find, hire and manage in-home care for seniors. The app, dubbed HomeHero Connect, supports phone timesheet tracking, daily activity summaries, emergency alerts and automated payments between a user and an independent home caregiver.

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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. Summary Bird has created a brand-new transportation sector that has captured the imagination of riders and investors alike.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

The Executive Summary for a bank lending plan should be a literal summary of the entire business plan, with a paragraph roughly devoted to the product/service, market, industry, marketing, and management. Make the repayment terms as clear as possible at either the beginning or end of the Executive Summary. compelling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

A conundrum for many frustrated entrepreneurs is that they need money from investors to design and build a prototype product, yet most Angel investors expect to see at least a prototype before they invest. Build an investor presentation and summary. Use your own money or friends and family to demonstrate progress early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Professional user-friendly site design. Studies have shown that consumers gauge credibility in large part based on the appeal of the overall visual design, including layout, typography, font size, color schemes, no broken links, and correct language usage. Follow-up for customer satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Professional user-friendly site design. Studies have shown that consumers gauge credibility in large part based on the appeal of the overall visual design, including layout, typography, font size, color schemes, no broken links, and correct language usage. Follow-up for customer satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Having a defensible barrier to entry is a clear advantage to attracting investors, and another element that cannot be added after your design is made public. I recommend that you start by creating an “elevator pitch,” then an executive summary, and begin work on your business plan and financial model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

A conundrum for many frustrated entrepreneurs is that they need money from investors to design and build a prototype product, yet most angel investors expect to see at least a prototype before they invest. Build an investor presentation and summary. Use your own money or friends and family to demonstrate progress early.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. TWIVC Summary – Richard de Silva. Mark and Richard go on to talk about platforms, timing, and simple reiterative product design. I’m now back & ready for action. Thank you. (if

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Professional user-friendly site design. Studies have shown that consumers gauge credibility in large part based on the appeal of the overall visual design, including layout, typography, font size, color schemes, no broken links, and correct language usage. Follow-up for customer satisfaction.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

This overview (executive summary) needs to include: Product and Business What is the product? We can help across a wide variety of types of systems, but once you get into hard core sciences (designing a new compound, bioengineering, etc.) If answers will take more than this time, we will do our best to point you in the right direction.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

This overview (executive summary) needs to include: Product and Business What is the product? We can help across a wide variety of types of systems, but once you get into hard core sciences (designing a new compound, bioengineering, etc.) If answers will take more than this time, we will do our best to point you in the right direction.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 8, 2018

His talk was especially intriguing, as he attended UCSB, but dropped out to start a clothing design company. Chaos By Design . Seth is a design-oriented entrepreneur, with little desire to document details. This is a lead up into an executive summary. According to Seth, “This is how I evaluate an idea.

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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. Designate a Work Area. Summary – Best Ways to Work from Home Effectively.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

It’s not that they’re particularly negative but the fact is that supporting roles at investment firms are designed to show the partners the risks in deals and the “upside case” always requires huge assumptions to be believed. Summary I hope I’ve been able to persuade you that data rooms are waste. Wait, there’s more!

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2011

But if my honest assessment is that they need a new CEO, need a better designed product, or similar – I will say so. In Summary. If I tell somebody that I am “absolutely certain this won’t work” (based on my judgment) I’m sure it doesn’t feel very nice. 30% will likely just think I’m a dick.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

And more embarassingly to me Garindra Prahandono gave me this link to an article written by the guru of web design, Jakob Nielsen about the 1/9/90 rule written back in 2006. So in summary, if you’re going to do a UGC site: Know that there will be three buckets of users. Design the product to accomodate needs of all three.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

A conundrum for many frustrated entrepreneurs is that they need money from investors to design and build a prototype product, yet most angel investors expect to see at least a prototype before they invest. Build an investor presentation and summary. Use your own money or friends and family to demonstrate progress early.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

You can show them what your growth is like, give them a financial summary, and they can interact with you. In her case, she loved having cool designs on socks, and also loved science literacy, so she started a company a year ago called Stemsocks (www.stemsocks.com), with crazy designs like phases of the moon, morse code, DNA, and so on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Professional user-friendly site design. Studies have shown that consumers gauge credibility in large part based on the appeal of the overall visual design, including layout, typography, font size, color schemes, no broken links, and correct language usage. Follow-up for customer satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary. Amount of funding provided is usually not enough. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2015

Here is a summary of the key stages along the way: Idea and seed stage. The development stage normally begins with designing and prototyping a product or service, and creating the company legal entity. In this first stage, a specific idea or passion is solidified into an executable plan. Startup and development stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

It isn’t uncommon for CEOs to talk about biz dev deals prematurely, hint at product announcements or even hint at acquisitions. These are always mistakes in a growing company. If you think about your organization as a sports team or a symphony you realize that synchronization of activities is key.

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