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. - First Principles.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about. I’ve been to similar events with First Round Capital and True Ventures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2013

illustrates this with humor for each of fifty dumb mistakes that smart managers don’t make. An entrepreneur’s passion for an idea often prompts them to blame others or external events for setbacks, rather than themselves, so that they can maintain some semblance of self-esteem and control. Do 10 things at a time in a mediocre fashion.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

For years I’ve been offering advice on how to better communicate and for years I’ve seen most people commit the same universal mistake: Including too many details. You’ve been given 10 minutes to stand on stage and tell what your company does and why it matters. Minimalism beats clutter. Substance trumps verbosity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

illustrates this with humor for each of fifty dumb mistakes that smart managers don’t make. An entrepreneur’s passion for an idea often prompts them to blame others or external events for setbacks, rather than themselves, so that they can maintain some semblance of self-esteem and control. Do 10 things at a time in a mediocre fashion.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

In terms of stack ranking I recommend you force yourself to have no more than 8–10 “A’s,” 8–10 “B’s” and the balance 20–24 should be “C’s.” Then begin your process in earnest with up to 8–10 firms. Why 8–10 and not just 3–4? Remember, I was an entrepreneur for 10 years before a VC).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

No one gives a s**t about your features other than your product manager and your developers. is there a theme for the event? Be unique / memorable - Remember that at most speaking events you have a ton of other speakers – most who are exceedingly boring. NEVER lead with features. I They all start to blend together.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He had made some structural mistakes in NextMedium that meant the Cap Table and leadership team was a bit wacky. They did development in SF and had the ad sales team in NY. They did development in SF and had the ad sales team in NY. I believe investors had forced him to do this. I stayed close.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

“Learn from the mistakes of others. During those same 25-years, I also made innumerable mistakes. In the event you are forced into an exclusive relationship, there are several tactics you can deploy which minimize its potentially negative ramifications. 10) Grant An Investor Anti-dilution Protection.

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Berkonomics

JULY 26, 2010

As you follow these insights from ignition to liquidity event, you’ll detect a continuing theme, emphasizing the need for deep and wide relationships that the CEO and senior staff can call upon for advice and guidance. 15% typically is spent on direct management issues such as supervision of next level subordinates.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. NEVER lead with features.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

They are quick to spot their mistakes and correct. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. He was a really nice and personable guy who had deep domain knowledge in an industry that he’d worked in for 10 years that is in need of technological advancement. Making Things Happen.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

He clearly met this goal, as the average tenure of Skate One’s 150 employees is nearly 10-years, with a number of folks who have been with the company for two and three decades. After riding the new PU wheels for a while, I began to dream of better shapes for the wheels for skateboarding, and developed the double radial skateboard wheel.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Of course in-person is best for true relationship development but that’s not always practical. If I saw their company in the press, heard that they saw somebody at an event that I know, they live in a town where a storm just rolled through – whatever. You CANNOT do this on email. Or Twitter. Text is often tone deaf.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 31, 2020

When I go out to a work event I would be having a good week or two of eating but then free hors d’oeuvres would be served and in the mild anxiety of networking I would inevitably eat what was put in front of me. What Noom got me to do was develop a plan for situations I would be in BEFORE I was in the situation. It still does.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 30, 2018

They keep me at the leading edge of new development as it is productized, even before mass production. If a future date was already booked at 80%, then they would eliminate any discounts below 10% from the “rack” or standard room rate. The final lesson: Too early to market is a fatal mistake. Seizing a too-early opportunity.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Event organizers Daniel Gross, Regional President of Southern California for the Kairos Society, and Zachary Goodman, President of the USC Entrepreneur Club, kicked off the event by introducing their respective organizations as well as their future plans to host other events. They proceeded to introduce Marks to the audience.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Startups often make this mistake. We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company. Our company developed a cost-conscious mentality. Penny wise, pound foolish. I Love Scrappy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

As your company develops multiple offices, hires a larger number of sales people or increases product complexity over time this kind of tacit knowledge doesn’t scale. I know all of this, like most everything I learned about startups, from making mistakes at my first company.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. call to arms. What truth?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

This article will cover two things; First, the top mistakes small business owners make that end with inquiries leading you to the exit door before making a sale. The Top 10 Ways To Get Leads. Find events, conferences, mixers, networking groups, meet up groups who would find value in hearing your insights. Blogs and Forums.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

If you have a team of 10 people then by definition 90% of the time spent on activities is not put in by you and on a team of 100 it’s 99%. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round). A great leader has a close enough relationship with investors to get through hard times or mistakes.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. You can’t mistake that for being the one who wins the poker tournament or even comes home with more money than you brought to the game. And being populist helps that.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? This is one of the biggest source of future problems for the company. Your cousin specializes in entertainment law – that’s different.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

It is simply the most important way to proactively control your career development and how the market perceives you. I was 23 and had been programming computers, designing computer networks and selling software for 10 years. where do you want to be in 5 years / 10 years? It is neither. ” And the next day I was an evil VC.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

Startups can pitch through the platform virtually or at live events, while investors run the terms. It will allow you to throw the learn quick mistakes out, things that make investors say no thanks. As an entrepreneur, this is a terrible and common mistake. “Our platform powers the entry and collaborative voting process.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I’ve known Chamillionaire for a couple of years and I’ve never been at a tech event where he HASN’T upstaged everybody with his marketing insights. He made many of his own mistakes. Confidence doesn’t come from being a ‘know-it-all,’ it’s because I’ve done this 10 times already.&#.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based BigStage (www.bigstage.com) is one of those rare companies that has taken technology developed from university research, and is now bringing that technology to the commercial market. When we do a deal with a game developer to do integration, and then do another deal, we have to do more integration, etc.

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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development.

Startup 40

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

JULY 5, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

MAY 22, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Advertising 40

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development.

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Yahoo Email 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development.

Startup 40

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development.

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