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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

Time and fixed overhead: [Email readers, continue here…] That relationship between fixed overhead and production time is as critical as any other factor in the success of a young company. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic. The financial pain of unplanned delays.

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Wasted time is money lost.

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic.

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music. In his early career he realized the importance of email lists. His email list became his power. He would occasionally give away free music in exchange for email addresses.

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Managing Your Startup Board?—?A Short Presentation

Both Sides of the Table

It’s encouraging to know that there are still great VC firms like KV that are looking to make these short of big bets on shaping the future. For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product.

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Wasted time is money lost. (And another story of lost opportunity.)

Berkonomics

Email readers continue here.] In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic.

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Interview with Adam Lieber, Webtide

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Certainly, the use of common components will speed software development, as people realize it's not necessary to reinvent the wheel. I see you were at Gluecode, and also were in the venture world at Mission Ventures--can you talk about how you've bootstrapped this firm and how it compares? So far so good.

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