Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2015

This value is expected to increase as technology is rapidly changing the construction industry. Below explains five ways that technology is revolutionizing the construction industry. Google Glass is a proprietary invention of the well-known technology developer company Google. Google Glass. Smart Sensors.

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Tool Technology Google Examples 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

Simply, this is identifying a customer need that has economic value to them if they can solve it. If you’ve done a good job in the sales process you’ve already written out a needs document in which your wrote out what you believe the customer problems are with specific examples. The first post covered the topic of “P” or pain.

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Sales Customer Custom Examples 328

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. And when I say this I’m assuming that you’re already identified the customer pain and talked about how you’re uniquely qualified to solve their business problems. Unique Selling Proposition.

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Customer Custom Marketing Newsletter 324

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

31 offer —rejected Monday—was made by ASG Technologies Group, a Florida-based software company that last year sold a controlling stake to Evergreen Coast Capital, Elliott’s Menlo Park, CA, affiliate, which focuses on technology investing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2018

I’ve spent many hours identifying the causes of this dichotomy, and working on specific steps to fix it. Utilize technology and tools for collaboration and sharing. Identify team champions to drive initiatives and processes. Identify team champions to drive initiatives and processes.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The truth is that the advanced technologies that are changing modern life are also revolutionizing the manufacturing industry in ways that are not yet widely understood. Augmented reality technology makes complex processes simple by placing the right information in the right place at the right time. But that picture is outdated.

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Outsource Examples Tool Technology 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2013

Live your lifestyle, do what you love, and identify your top priorities. Conquer technology. Separate yourself from technology on a regular schedule to not allow a machine’s interruptions to set your day’s agenda. Use technology thoughtfully to automate things that take a lot of time, thus gaining leverage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Live your lifestyle, do what you love, and identify your top priorities. Conquer the technology you need. Separate yourself from technology on a regular schedule to not allow a machine’s interruptions to set your day’s agenda. Leverage technology. Figure out what’s really important to you as an entrepreneur.

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Help Entrepreneur Sample Organization 100

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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Examples Startup Press Entrepreneur 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

This includes links to CTO Salary and Equity Trends, Technology Roles in Startups , Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor , Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup , Hiring a CTO for Your Startup and many others. How could you search and identify the companies that would hire you?

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Los Angeles Angel 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2015

That means identifying the few most important roles you play in the startup right now, giving a framework for balance, motivation, and fulfillment. Rule your technology, don’t let it rule you. Provide and encourage the best use of technology to manage information overload. Go for extraordinary, don’t settle for ordinary.

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Product Entrepreneur Framework Social Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2019

A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Looking at your desired rollout and growth, and understanding resource supply dynamics and availability, identify how any gaps will be closed.

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Technical Review Resource Social Media Entrepreneur 90

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2014

Words alone, like “improved efficiency”, “paradigm shift,” and “breakthrough technology” won’t convince people to follow you. For example, early adopters may be easily sold, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by certain demographics, perhaps more influenced by celebrities or mommy bloggers.

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Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2017

The challenge is not the same as inventing a new technology, or finding things that make you feel good, and assuming that everyone will want one. Identify all potential sources of the problem. Identify and prioritize alternative solutions. Identify several, then prioritize based on cost, time, and risk.

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Metrics Entrepreneur Examples Coach 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2017

Fuzzy words, like “improved usability”, “paradigm shift,” and “breakthrough technology” won’t convince investors, customers or deter competitors. What works is a documented change request process, as well as quantification of resources and incremental return. Is your business plan complete and documented?

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Metrics Resource Startup Training 58

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2012

Live your lifestyle, do what you love, and identify your top priorities. Conquer technology. Separate yourself from technology on a regular schedule to not allow a machine’s interruptions to set your day’s agenda. Use technology thoughtfully to automate things that take a lot of time, thus gaining leverage.

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Entrepreneur Sample Organization Summary 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market.

Product 92

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 92

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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Venture Capital Invest Capital Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2016

That means identifying the few most important roles you play in the startup right now, giving a framework for balance, motivation, and fulfillment. Rule your technology, don’t let it rule you. Provide and encourage the best use of technology to manage information overload. Go for extraordinary, don’t settle for ordinary.

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Product Entrepreneur Framework Social Media 60

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Conducting regular information technology (IT) risk assessments is no longer an optional part of business operations for companies today. Past risk assessment protocols dictated looking primarily to historical data and trends to identify risks and analyze probabilities. Only Looking Back to Assess for Risk.

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Training Sites News Technology 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2013

Words alone, like “improved efficiency”, “paradigm shift,” and “breakthrough technology” won’t convince people to follow you. For example, early adopters may be easily sold, but new technology product success really hinges on adoption by certain demographics, perhaps more influenced by celebrities or mommy bloggers.

Startup 101

Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 101

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Live your lifestyle, do what you love, and identify your top priorities. Conquer technology. Separate yourself from technology on a regular schedule to not allow a machine’s interruptions to set your day’s agenda. Use technology thoughtfully to automate things that take a lot of time, thus gaining leverage.

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Startup Sample Organization Summary 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Or I find people who want to run a business, but don’t claim any technology skills. Document a business plan early, rather than trying to keep it all in your head. Identify your top priorities, and choose one of these to focus on. Make technology your friend rather than an enemy. Do what you love and love what you do.

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Organization Product Technology Networking 57

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market.

Product 93

Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 14, 2011

You mean the same SyynLabs self-identified as “a group of creative engineers who twist art together with technology&# ? A data entry specialist or full-time ‘document processor’ to really utilize strong organizational skills? Syyn Labs is hiring an intern? Sound like a bunch of mad scientists to me.

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Course Organization Help Technology 79

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

C deals go in the newsletter bucket and should be identified as C newsletter companies. I think PR is an incredibly important activity for technology companies and most companies aren’t very good at it. Analyst Relations – In many technology fields analysts are hugely influential in determining enterprise budgets.

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Sales Newsletter Technical Review Activity 286

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Jennifer Marsh is a software developer, programmer and technology writer and occasionally blogs for Rackspace Hosting. . Instead, scheduled release times help organize the staging and production environment, and business owners can document the release bugs and fixes, test the released items, and roll back any changes if any bugs are found.

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Tips Product Blogging Customer 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Don’t try to talk your way to a deal before you have the documentation. Identify the right people in the right venture firms. Most VCs see decreases in clean technology investment, medical devices and biopharmaceuticals, so tune your expectations accordingly. Remember you only have one chance for a good first impression.

Venture Capital 101

Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 101

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2016

One of the largest areas of complexity is the use of the Bitcoin address--a long, complex string which is used to uniquely identify your Bitcoin wallet. 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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Startup IP CTO Coach Allegis 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2014

The short answer is that plans are living documents and should be constantly evolving. Whether due to technological, regulatory, or competitor driven factors, key market dynamics you envisioned when you came up with your idea, did your research and developed your business plan, no longer apply. How do you distinguish between the two?

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Startup Competition Examples Customer 98

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

They won’t do that if they are faced with a poorly written, lengthy, and vague document. Don’t dive too deeply into the nitty gritty of your proprietary technology. You are attempting to interest readers aka potential investors, get them engaged enough to want to hear more of your story, and ultimately to invest.

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Summary Outsource Development Writing Outsource 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market.

Product 48

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 48

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

It's a very linear process, and allows them to capture knowledge and link to centralized resources that relate to a topic, including documents, pictures, files, video. That became our company Hit the Ground Running, which we launched in 2007 to help a number of Fortune 500 clients with our technology and methodologies.

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe. No investor wants to wait that long for his payback, or fund the years of waiting.

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Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe. No investor wants to wait that long for his payback, or fund the years of waiting.

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Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 10, 2010

Funk initiated the study last fall to create an historical statistical analysis of the financial outcomes for the region's venture-backed information technology companies. Funk then focused the analysis on the 731 documented exits for the period 1995-2009.

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Southern California Study Venture Capital Redpoint 29

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe. No investor wants to wait that long for his payback, or fund the years of waiting.

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Invest Tips Competition Metrics 74