Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

A Startup I’ve Been Excited to Tell You About for Years A few years ago I spent time in prison with Trevor O’Brien , the founder of Projector. We were of course there to work with incarcerated men on developing entrepreneurial skills on behalf of Defy Ventures. What are some examples? Announcing Projector?—?A Yeah, this sucks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2021

Yet I find that many entrepreneurs struggle and fail with that transition from personally developing an innovative new idea, to building all the relationships necessary to transform their idea into a successful business. Steve Jobs is a famous example of someone who bounced back from failure.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. The mess really comes from a developer who was willing to get started on a product that was not fully thought out. Tell me about the business.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Tell me about the business. What are some good examples of similar sites?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It should convince you that no matter how much you know about technology, leading a team, as well as vendors and customers, is a whole new challenge. True leaders are never satisfied with what they know about their leadership, as well as their products, and are always in pursuit of new learning.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Tell me about the business. What are some good examples of similar sites?

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. We spoke with Eric Futoran , the CEO of Embrace.io, who also was co-founder of Scopely, to learn more about the company's software.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2022

Most people don’t know that billionaire Mark Zuckerberg , for example, gives real credit to the inspiring mentorship of Steve Jobs for Mark’s Facebook success. Remember that good relationships take some time to develop, so don’t assume that your first discussion will seal the deal. Agree on specific objectives and time frames.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. For example, people often do not automatically know that they are facing an ethical choice. Business ethics are more about religion than management or leadership. Ethical decisions are seldom simple. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 26, 2012

They didn't feel they had visibility into timelines and costs for development of their software. Investors and early customers were becoming worried about the ability of the founder to deliver. The teams involved didn't seem to be exhibiting many of the Symptoms of a Weak Development Team. They couldn't plan their business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

These days, building a new business is all about visibility and marketing, no matter how great or innovative a solution you bring to the table. The best startups give everyone business cards and encourage team members to talk about the business with anyone who should be interested. Empower engagement. Reward success.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

I agreed to do the interview because the story was about what other companies can learn rather than about airbnb in particular. Obviously they wish they would have figured this out a bit more quickly, but as a young team I personally cut them a little bit more slack than I would if it were Oracle, for example.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. If you haven’t read my post about that, you should. I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. So they develop short-hand ways to qualify things better. Raising money is hard. Why buy me?

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

We caught up with Brian to hear more about the startup. I thought it was about time to do something about that, to make sure small business ownersnot just multi-million and billion dollar, Fortune 500 companiescould have access to all of the benefits and protection of the law. It's more about product differentiation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

We have made 5 online video investments in total – some we will talk about later this year. But if your goal is to develop an audience that can be monetized in other ways, I’ll repeat my argument “you need to fish in the pond where the fish are.” Take for example, an eCommerce company.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2024

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. It specifically answers the first questions about role and how it changes as the company matures. for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? How will we find and interview developers?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Richard recently published a new book, The Soul Of A Deal , talking about his experience with deal making and interviewing such others as J.J.Abrams, Deepak Chopra, Peter Guber, Reid Hoffman, Penn Jillette and many others on their own experiences. We caught up with Richard to learn more about the book and deal making.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

and listening for about 90 seconds. for two minutes talking about why I think people wrongly obsess about their number of Twitter followers and had a nice little debate about it with Guy. Think about the creative tension. (If you’re interested you can watch my comments by fast forwarding to minute 31.25

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

For example, let’s consider Mark. That blurb, and the following examples, were all generated from GPT in only a few seconds, at a cost of less than one penny. If having an LLM write the whole blurb seems like too much, we could also fill our empty textbox with a writing prompt: I know writing about yourself can be tough.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Let's take a look at some of the many ways businesses can benefit from these new models to streamline operations and deliver faster and more accurate results.We’ll begin by looking at some real-world examples and then we’ll dive into more details of how these improved search capabilities can enhance your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Most entrepreneurs spend far too much time thinking negatively about competitors, and can’t resist making derogatory statements about them to their own team, investors and even to customers. As an investor, I always listen carefully to what an entrepreneur says, and does not say, about competition.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

This is a private group of CTOs who are responsible for software development within their companies. They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database design, database administration, web development, etc. Yes, there are some events around particular technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2015

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. Smart entrepreneurs know they must deliver a quality product, develop a winning business model, and attract real customers.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 10, 2021

How about all those daily decisions? An example to make the point. Take for example, solving key technology problems that prevent a product from shipment, or from scaling to large production. How about early-stage companies with unique problems? It is true in every business, all the time.

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TechEmpower

MAY 1, 2014

For example, a larger number of response headers might mean slightly fewer responses sent per second. For example, we are using MySQL 5.5 For example, platforms that use process-level concurrency scaled to a large number of processor cores quite well. performance in the Peak environment is about 3.3x About TechEmpower.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2010

I am hearing from my project management team a bit of distrust in the technical capacity of our web development team. I think we suffer because of the distance and culture but the project management team takes every late delivery or small bug as evidence that the development team may not be capable. No communication between developers.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 24, 2020

Divergent, the Los Angeles-based startup aiming to revolutionize vehicle manufacturing, has cut about one-third of its staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended startups and major corporations alike. “This was about making the company as totally weatherproof as possible,” Czinger said. The company’s No.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. For example, people often do not automatically know that they are facing an ethical choice. Business ethics are more about religion than management or leadership. Ethical decisions are seldom simple. Marty Zwilling.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2023

Here’s a business example: “To be at a $25 million run rate by the end of our fifth year in business.” From it, you’ll be able to look backward to develop a set of steps (strategies) to achieve that goal. The good thing about a goal is that it is measurable, and progress toward it can be measured as well. That is measurable.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 25, 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011 -- Student-Driven 3D Game Engine Development: Practical Approach. Kovalovs will talk about building student-driven 3D game engines and what can be done to minimize the development time. Kovalovs will talk about building student-driven 3D game engines and what can be done to minimize the development time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2021

Most experts agree that leadership, as perceived by people around you, is more about behavior than it is about specific skills or knowledge. The leadership one is setting a poor example by your own actions (“Do as I say, not as I do.”) Worry and fret about everything. Complain about being overwhelmed.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 26, 2023

You’re fighting to put out the fires from customer complaints, or incomplete work, or are suffering from an inability to focus upon new development or new customers before cleaning up the mess inside your organization. About that time, the first would call asking for completion, firmly but politely. Why use this term?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2016

Most entrepreneurs spend far too much time thinking negatively about competitors, and can’t resist making derogatory statements to their own team, to investors, and even to customers. As an investor, I always listen carefully to what an entrepreneur says, and does not say, about competition.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As the catalyst for this collaborative fantasy epic, these authors would post twelve initial origin stories about their fictional universe, to which they owned the copyright. Within hours, fans confronted the authors in the Discord server with their concerns about the project. An emerging tech dystopia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. For example, people often do not automatically know that they are facing an ethical choice. Business ethics are more about religion than management or leadership. Ethical decisions are seldom simple. Marty Zwilling.

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