InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2012

Seth Epstein, Founder and CEO SocialStay , former Founder and CEO of FUEL (acquired by Razorfish) and Emmy Award winner for his work on the X-Games, recently spoke at UC Santa Barbara as part of the Technology Management Program’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Seth is a design-oriented entrepreneur, with little desire to document details.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As part of the latter deal, Amazon employees and cloud customers will get early access to the technology. This means it can handle inputs of around 75,000 words, so businesses can submit huge reams of documentation for Claude to analyze. What is Claude AI? An Intro to the Chatbot Claude is an AI assistant (i.e.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

By observing innovations and existing market conditions, they anticipate emerging technological trends. It pays to document your thoughts so you can recall them and combine them with future hunches. The scope of what is commercially possible is based on the technologies and infrastructure in place when a new discovery is made.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. First Principles. 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. -

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 8, 2018

Steven Johnson, author of How We Got To Now , analyzes technological breakthroughs, looking for patterns that allow entrepreneurs to identify “How We’ll Get To Tomorrow.” We all have hunches, but if we do not diligently document them, we risk losing them. Seth is a design-oriented entrepreneur, with little desire to document details.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2021

The alternative is to create systems and processes , starting before the first customer arrives, and providing the resources, documentation, and training to every team member as they come on board. Creating systems is time and energy consuming. That may make sense on day one , but it will kill you and the business over time.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2018

What's the best way to build a strong portfolio of technology companies, which tap into the broadest markets and avoids the "bubble" group-think of many venture firms? For us, that theme is cultural investing, which is taking a hard look at global popular culture, and identifying emerging and overlapping consumer behavior trends.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2017

of all Statistics are Made Up ” My summary is an example I use often: when I consumed reports from Goldman Sachs about the future predictions of mobile phone penetration for a report I was working on for a client I would call the analyst to ask how she calculated her data because I wanted to be sure of my conclusions.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Tell me about Bitvore - what''s your technology used for? Where did all of that technology come from? Jeff Curie: It is a very advanced piece of technology. That''s the unique nature of this technology. I am a believer in a market driven product, not technology in search of a market. out of UC Irvine.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2013

This is the last step of the process, where surprises in the evaluation of the management team, documentation, and personnel problems can derail the investment. Some startups do nothing to prepare for the due diligence process, assuming the people and business plan documents will speak for themselves. Personnel situation is stable.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

The old way was difficult, time consuming, and often expensive; referrals, calling up lawyers, going through initial consultations. That''s how we ended up developing this technology, to take that initial step out of the process. Plus, younger attorneys understand technology, and are used to sites like eBay, Etsy, and others like that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2012

This is the last step of the process, where surprises in the evaluation of the management team, documentation, and personnel problems can derail the investment. Some startups do nothing to prepare for the due diligence process, assuming the people and business plan documents will speak for themselves. Personnel situation is stable.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Training 98

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

They are catered more to the consumer who have a legal need, however, rather than helping attorneys or small firm. With bad tools and technology, they are forced to handle at most five concurrent clients--but if you adopt best practices, you could double or triple that. There haven't been a lot of strong success there. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach. If you’re a consumer destination the revenue and COGS lines should tell me about how big your funnel is, how you fill the top end of the pipe and what your conversion rates will be.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

We then added a scheduling tool and document routing to handle all basic office tasks, and to interface with clients. I didn''t know much about the healthcare industry, because most of our experience has been in the consumer software and the Internet space. that has really yet to be transformed and disrupted by technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

Similarly, platforms like Twitter and Instagram have followed suit, finding any route possible for monetizing and giving companies, rather than solely the users, the incentive to hop aboard and use their technologies. Without that synergy, you no longer bring anything new to the table. It makes people feel involved. In Conclusion….

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Their focus is green technology. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2012

Miselu is his third company, the first in consumer electronics. Will user creation and thus a democracy change the way we consume music? Although, the overall message of the film is quite bleak as they point to the mediocrity that more access to creation and freedom of distribution creates.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Well … I have had many late nights and I really didn’t contemplate writing many blog postings this month because I spent November in this interesting venture capital / fund raising dance involving lots of late night sessions reviewing legal documents, rewriting business plans and preparing for pitches. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2012

Unbucket can be used by couples, family members, and close friends, replacing something they might have kept in Google documents or maybe just in their heads. At a high level, we created the service because we firmly believe that technology should bring us closer to your friends, rather than distract you from them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2013

This is final part of a series that describes a sales methodology for technology companies or frankly many other types of companies, too. It’s why many modern technology companies prefer to sell individual products to end-buyers who can buy on their credit cards with limited need for approval from others. Compelling Event.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2010

This is the last step of the process, where surprises in the evaluation of the management team, documentation, and personnel problems can derail the investment. Some startups do nothing to prepare for the due diligence process, assuming the people and business plan documents will speak for themselves. Personnel situation is stable.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Summary 91

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

Mark Sylvester: Likeabilitee is in beta for consumers. The concept is, it's an application that runs inside of Facebook, and for consumers, it gives you an alternative view of your timeline. We allow you to monitor a page on Facebook to get insights, something that consumers don't usually have access to.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2016

A lot of consumers have heard of Bitcoin and blockchain, but haven't actually used it, in part because the cybercurrency can be complex and difficult to use. Behind the scenes, DNS technology is translating that Url to an IP address, so you don't have to worry about it. From NetZero, I went to Demand Media, where I was EVP of IT.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. Our mission is very simple: We want to make sure that all the technology professionals have the tools they need to not only connect, but also to collaborate and become more productive. I left the corporate world, to build Solaborate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

I suspect the real challenge is not the semantic web technology , but new attractive business models from smart entrepreneurs. Consumers are surfing the Web, purchasing products, and becoming instant photo journalists from their iPhone and Blackberry. It’s already a couple of years behind schedule from my perspective. are appearing.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2014

Our first set of technology in the stack was around rights management, because, as we started uploading licensed content from the studios, we found out that many fans had figured out a way to upload those same scenes on their respective channels. Then, we took that same technology stack, and thought--what more can we do with this?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

But consumers don’t always want to buy that way. But, when it comes to tracking what ad placement or publisher was responsible for getting a consumer to pick up the phone and call, that’s pretty difficult. Mobile, social and video are changing consumer behavior and advertising as we know it.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. Also common, you look at a large data set of questions asked about consumer preferences. 18% of all errors come from people using the wrong documents. It becomes folklore.

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Statistics Startup Report Research 415

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2011

Hiring local staff requires establishment of a legal entity, which can be both expensive and time consuming. Documentation and software have to be translated into each local language. If you purchase a consumer electronic product in Europe, instructions come in numerous languages and tiny print.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Don’t try to talk your way to a deal before you have the documentation. According to the latest NVCA industry stats , most venture capitalists predict investment increases in Business IT, Healthcare IT, and to a lesser extent Consumer IT, the latter being the sector of greatest expectations last year. Timing is critical.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2014

Use it when your new technology gives you a tremendous cost improvement. This approach doesn’t typically apply to consumer products and services. This is a very costly development, testing, documentation, and support challenge. If your product is a commodity, the margin may be as thin as ten percent. Value model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Use it when your new technology gives you a tremendous cost improvement. This approach doesn’t typically apply to consumer products and services. Expect extra costs for development, testing, documentation, and support. If your product is a commodity, the margin may be as thin as ten percent.

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Pricing Custom Customer Advertising 66

Alon Schwartz

MARCH 25, 2012

Not just for consuming content but for sharing content (aka, web 2.0) You can now do everything online, you can chat, check your email, create documents or spreadsheets, work on your photos, play tons of games and everything in between. The Internet evolved, became faster, reached more people, and new types of sites were created.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2013

Use it when your new technology gives you a tremendous cost improvement. This approach doesn’t typically apply to consumer products and services. This is a very costly development, testing, documentation, and support challenge. If your product is a commodity, the margin may be as thin as ten percent. Value model.

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Pricing Product Custom Customer 116

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

Consumers are surfing the Web, purchasing products, and becoming instant photo journalists from their iPhone and Blackberry. U sers can now interact in real time on documents, collaboration, including making changes. environment will need the most dramatic changes to be consistent with the new culture and technology.

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Web Web 2.0 Doc Examples 88