Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. I find that many entrepreneurs are so passionate about their own idea that they can’t stop selling it to potential partners.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. First, for those not familiar with CauseCast, what is the company all about?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business.

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Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

I didn't know much about business back then." By always thinking like a newcomer, you can avoid the Innovator's Dilemma, in which the market leader eventually loses a new, disruptive solution. Develop a solution for a problem, market and/or user group about which you are passionate. 1) Get A Mentor. "I

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. I find that many entrepreneurs are so passionate about their own idea that they can’t stop selling it to potential partners.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

At the outset of their careers, they are forced to market themselves with little to no budget and differentiate their product so that they gain adequate attention without alienating too many potential customers. However, despite relative salary equality, there remain far fewer high-tech women entrepreneurs.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2014

Provisional Protection - Most US high-tech companies begin the utility patent process by filing a provisional patent application. Your solution will likely evolve as you gain market feedback and validation. I promise I will never Tweet about that killer burrito I just ate. . Image: Wikipedia. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

This exemplary customer service is just savvy marketing. Self-service technologies, social media, and smart phones have created a new set of expectations for high-tech consumers today. I found a good summary of these new expectations in a book recently published by Micah Solomon, “ High-tech, High-touch Customer Service.”

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

A small percentage of people in each free-market society generate the jobs for everyone else. Milling about in The Herd may be safe, but the job security comes at the cost of controlling your destiny. Leading The Herd is certainly more fun than milling about its midst. Most people choose to live in the midst of The Herd.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. "Our business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations and customer relationships." You can read about the variable impact of the various forms of innovation in Fast Followers.

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

For instance, in a crowded market, a highly differentiated one-liner might make the difference between a startup generating meaningful investor discussions and languishing in obscurity. Yammer for Education) & explanatory (e.g., I promise I will never Tweet about funny one-liners or that killer burrito I just ate. .

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Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Our wide-ranging conversation covered the progression of MIT’s entrepreneurship curriculum and campus resources , the rise of the Boston-Cambridge area as a high-tech industry powerhouse, the prospects for an MIT venture fund , the challenges for university tech transfer offices, the roots of today’s startup culture, and more.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

Approximately 50 executives from the worlds of technology & venture capital piled into the dining hall on June 30th to listen to Dr. Mark Drapeau speak about "innovation" and its sister topic, "STEM education." Innovation – and its sister topic, STEM education, is a topic that easily falls through the cracks. government.

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Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Only the under-35 age group need apply. Last year, nearly 40% of the total workforce was Boomers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers. Only the under-35 age group need apply.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers. Only the under-35 age group need apply.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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