Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 30, 2023
For example, most people believe that Bill Gates started with a simple purchase of a base operating system leading to MS-DOS and Microsoft, but Mars points out that Bill spent thousands of hours in some computer rooms working on software day and night. Know yourself and find help to fill in the gaps. Start today building a bigger network.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 28, 2021
With my software background at IBM, I’m well aware that technical early adopters value more and more features, and are able to deal with complexity. Growing too fast kills many new ventures, due to staffing costs, inventory, and funding delays. Mergers and acquisitions also require new skills.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 23, 2012
For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive. Later on during funding or execution, rejection can cost you your company.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 1, 2009
Being transparent about our workload, our struggles, our fund raising, whatever. I know that their are independent software companies now focused on this like UserVoice and Get Satisfaction. Our team lead build a very elegant piece of code for inputting tasks, assigning them, tracking them and reporting on past-due work tasks.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
Luckily, I had always been a “hands-on” professional, and I had learned the pragmatics of people leadership, marketing, management tools, and funding. It also highlights all aspects of required customer service, satisfaction, testimonials, and referrals to friends in the business. Be responsive to all modes of modern communication.
Steve Reich
JUNE 11, 2012
MindBodyOnline is a terrifically succesful SaaS company, based in San Luis Obispo, that provides scheduling and transactional software for Yoga studios, hair salons, and spas. Originally funded by the Pasadena Angels , the Company is now backed by “A” list VCs, and growing phenomenally, with tens of thousands of customers.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 5, 2011
For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive. Later on during funding or execution, rejection can cost you your company.
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