Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2015

Most aspiring entrepreneurs are convinced that the strength of their initial idea somehow defines them as a leader, as well as the success potential of their derivative business. It takes leadership ability, as well as a good idea, to make a successful entrepreneur, and great leaders evolve from key leadership decisions along the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2018

Most aspiring entrepreneurs are convinced that the strength of their initial idea somehow defines them as a leader, as well as the success potential of their derivative business. It takes leadership ability, as well as a good idea, to make a successful entrepreneur, and great leaders evolve from key leadership decisions along the way.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Framework Tips 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2014

Most aspiring entrepreneurs are convinced that the strength of their initial idea somehow defines them as a leader, as well as the success potential of their derivative business. It takes leadership ability, as well as a good idea, to make a successful entrepreneur, and great leaders evolve from key leadership decisions along the way.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Ideas Framework Tips 111

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2014

I see entrepreneurs every day who are trying to change the world with a new idea, and startups that are trying to survive their hyper-growth phase by changing processes to meet demand. Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. Change is hard. How do I measure success?

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Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 108

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Although this can be a bit chaotic, the free-flow of ideas during an adVenture’s Beach Volleyball days is often crucial to its eventual success. But we do it anyway, because we believe that the short-term metrics probably aren’t indicative of the long term.”. Don’t Chase The Quick Buck.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2013

I see entrepreneurs every day who are trying to change the world with a new idea, and startups that are trying to survive their hyper-growth phase by changing processes to meet demand. Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. Change is hard. How do I measure success?

Startup 101

Startup Resource Metrics Technical Review 101

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Startups either get three dozen term sheets or none at all, since every firm is walking around with the same frameworks and metrics in their head. Some more on metrics design and quantification. You allow us to get off the ad-laden media churn conveyor belt and spend quality time on amazing ideas, people, and companies.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Below are 50 ideas for step 2. We get it!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2016

Every entrepreneur needs a strategy, and some metrics to measure what’s working and how much it costs. He offers a framework I like with lots of practical guidance on how to evaluate possibilities, overcome obstacles, and generate measurable results: Identify alternatives that make sense for your business.

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Marketing Startup Social Media Newsletter 58

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We're all using enum types here and there, we're all using the collections framework. If you use IntelliJ IDEA , you can have it remind you to use Enum{Set,Map} with inspections: Analyze - Run inspection by name - "Set replaceable with EnumSet" or "Map replaceable with EnumMap".or. Instead, try to remember these classes for next time.

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Java Class Ideas Writing 330

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Focusing on the metrics that ultimately drive the business, often the bottom line, has provided a reality check, a counter-weight to the desire to consume all new technologies. When working with other people's money to implement their ideas, we don't want to be technology early adopters. It's a fun and funny business to be in.

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Web Platform Technology JavaScript 200

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

The idea is hard to refute; The United States is the economic powerhouse that it is because of a culture of innovation, entrepreneurs, and the “can do” attitude that makes it so distinct. Natural language merchandiser Compare Metrics. Addison, Texas is home of The open source eCommerce framework Broadleaf.

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Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? What technology research is required? Accounting?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

It’s generally a good idea to go through each of these line items to try to better understand what’s involved, especially for the ones that are bigger or that don’t seem to line up with your understanding of complexity. Provide the metrics you are trying to achieve.

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