Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

The Thursday launch of Data Collective demonstrates the increasing uptake of Big Data and signals a new door for entrepreneurs building Big Data companies. They say , “We believe another even larger scale disruption is underway and we are poised to help our entrepreneurs take advantage of it”. Founded Two Years Ago. Doors open.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

In this interview, Mark discusses how his experiences at Oracle, eHarmony and the Rubicon Project contributed to the creation of his latest venture, SteelHouse Media. 4) Did I read correctly that you were part of the original development team for Oracle Financials? When I joined Oracle, they were essentially ‘the Google’ of their time.

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eHarmony Media Oracle Commerce 204

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. get the attention of the market they choose. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. They are likely taking losses on their first project with the entrepreneur so they select carefully.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2014

Todd Davis: I''m a veteran of Oracle, and had been CEO of an equipment finance company for the construction industry globally. I think we have phenomenal product experience, specifically in the bulk material industry. Matt Brinker, our VP of products, comes from the construction industry, as does Rich Haus, our VP of Sales and Service.

Mobile 133

Mobile Startup Oracle Los Angeles 133

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. They are likely taking losses on their first project with the entrepreneur so they select carefully.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2016

Aspiring entrepreneurs who struggle in a corporate environment often can’t wait to start their own company, only to find that relationships are even more critical and volatile there. The message here is not to use the public personas of leaders and entrepreneurs as the model for building and maintaining your business relationships.

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Entrepreneur Oracle Outsource Development Mentor 56

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

While I have some sympathy with not investing too heavily in sales people until the product has properly been tested and commercialized in the enterprise environment, in the end it’s a fact that it takes sales people to move product through large organizations. Let me explain why: 1. Successful Implementations.

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Startup Sales Software Review Technical Review 403

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

And so do entrepreneurs who are quick to pivot to new businesses or to sell in an acquihire. It’s been high tide since 2009 so an entire batch of entrepreneurs don’t know what low tide even looks like. And the “stay lean” argument isn’t only good for entrepreneurs, it can be good for VCs, too.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review 390

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2016

In my role as a business advisor, I often see well-meaning entrepreneurs try to be everything to everyone, which results in many things done poorly, and few totally delighted customers. These days, the whole business experience is often more important than the product. Stewart and Patricia O’Connell.

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Customer Custom Design Oracle 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2013

Unfocused entrepreneurs boast that their new technology will generate multiple disruptive products for consumers as well as enterprises around the world. Simplify product scope. Your product will never have enough features to satisfy everyone, and it will never be perfect. entrepreneur startup investor focus business'

Startup 103

Startup Competition Technical Review Oracle 103

Frank Addante

MAY 23, 2012

A good product is always more valuable than the free alternative, even when you sell yo-yo upgrades. The dad was, of course, alluding to Google's frequently-used strategy to make available free services in otherwise paid markets to rattle competition and gain market share for advertising-supported products.

Oracle 111

Oracle Google Competition Marketing 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. get the attention of the market they choose. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Effectively, when an organization uses our product, the can scale any subscription service with ease. We are looking at a market which is primarily mid-level, where they are too big for using Quickbooks as their solution, but they''re not big enough to use an Oracle or SAP. Where''s the sweet spot for your product? READ MORE>>.

Startup 159

Startup Oracle Customer Custom 159

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. business entrepreneur investor Maxwell Wessel Silicon Valley startup location' Marty Zwilling.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Think of it kind of like running a national chain of restaurants and occasionally stopping in to wait tables to have a more intuitive sense for your processes, work conditions and the quality of your products. I then spent time with the VP Product Management to understand his functional roadmap and his perception of what customers wanted.

Startup 308

Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

This is probably because many founders are product or technology people. The mistake many startup people make is they hire a “sales person&# to go out and talk with customers so they can do what they’re good at which is building product or “running the company.&# Sales people are a different breed, you say.

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Sales Startup Technical Review Customer 346

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. I like to repeat the mantra, “necessity is the mother of all invention,&# meaning that because investors have this expectation you find entrepreneurs that focus on nearer term monetization.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. get the attention of the market they choose. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital.

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2009

I'd used every CRM tool out there--Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft--you name it, I've used it. We're developing this to also work with Microsoft Dynamics and Oracle in the future. On the second hand, Salesforce's reason for the Force platform is to get into the enterprise space, and compete with the Oracles of the world.

Oracle 145

Oracle Sales Startup Screening 145

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

It was the fact that the Seven-Up Company defined its product by describing what it was not , via the “UnCola” label. When evaluating a potential Institutional Investor, entrepreneurs should consider what they are not , as much as what they are. Such depression of funding valuations increases the entrepreneurs’ relative dilution.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Invest Funding Capital 157

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

It was the fact that the Seven-Up Company defined its product by describing what it was not , via the “UnCola” label. When evaluating a potential Institutional Investor, entrepreneurs should consider what they are not , as much as what they are. Such depression of funding valuations increases the entrepreneurs’ relative dilution.

Entrepreneur 140

Entrepreneur Cloud Computing Invest Funding 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2010

A lot of first-time entrepreneurs think that a brilliant solution is the most important ingredient in building a successful business, but it's only one of many important elements. Execution: Execution - the hard task of turning ideas into products that people will buy - is what separates successful entrepreneurs from dreamers.

Startup 91

Startup Oracle Entrepreneur Ideas 91

Frank Addante

MAY 23, 2012

A good product is always more valuable than the free alternative, even when you sell yo-yo upgrades. I asked the young entrepreneur how he’s managing to compete with this free alternative. In the end, the best product wins. I recently visited a colleague at home, where I met his 10-year-old son, Andrew.

Oracle 63

Oracle Google Competition Marketing 63

InfoChachkie

MAY 23, 2011

As noted in Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid , exclusivity can kill a small company. Excludesivity is most salient when you are crafting an initial relationship within a particular market or product segment. Students expend small fortunes of their parents’ money to attend exclusive , private colleges.

Technical Review 183

Technical Review Marketing Sales Competition 183

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I know because many entrepreneurs I spend time with I can tell are in their own brains when we’re meeting rather than trying to understand what my position is. You’re in sales mode. They are seldom productive. You have target customers, you have competitors and you have a product to sell.

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Sales Startup Venture Capital Customer 314

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

I know many super experienced entrepreneurs who don’t understand the basics of how fund size and age can affect them so I thought it was worth establishing a baseline. In a world of The Funded, VentureHacks and entrepreneur blogs this kind of informations spreads like wildfire. Let me explain: 1. And they don’t.

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Venture Capital Seed Funding Pricing Invest 265

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

Obviously they wish they would have figured this out a bit more quickly, but as a young team I personally cut them a little bit more slack than I would if it were Oracle, for example. His product auto-posted a testimonial from Dave Morin into Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg called the tactic “lame.&# Never Blame the Press.

Startup 329

Startup Press Training Media 329

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We also wanted access to development resources, and we have our product team here, the engineers and designers, all based in Santa Monica. However, our approach is a whole new product category, part of the marketing cloud. Of course, we have competitors. It's stupid to say you don't have competitors.

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Sales Santa Monica Startup Orange County 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

I started at Oracle many years ago in the valley, and have worked in various technical and business related roles as a consultant, project manager, and business development manager. For the last two and a half years, we've been very internally focused on our product. What's your own background?

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.

Entrepreneur 338

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Google 338

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! Start Engine offers a team of mentors who have proven themselves as successful entrepreneurs – not professional investors – ensuring that its startups are guided by the right people for the right reasons.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. M&A has shown some spectacular results including Zappos to Amazon for $928million , Sun to Oracle for $7.4 There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To build applications we needed databases (Oracle), browsers (Netscape), servers (Sun Microsystems), storage (EMC), security (Semantic), application servers (Apache), caching software, load balancers, hosting facilities, programming languages and methods, CDNs, DSL equipment, Wifi routers and so forth. Angels & Recycled Capital.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Everyone in the outside world is talking about how great you are but internally you know that your sales aren’t ramping, your product isn’t shipping on time, you have doubts about the quality of your code, you’re not convinced you’re doing a good job on marketing – whatever. You’re stressed. Not so fast.

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Startup Sales Class CIO 327