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APRIL 20, 2010

I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. It’s what makes Google, Google and Facebook, Facebook. I don’t believe it. Most often they are not.

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DECEMBER 4, 2008

Agoura Hills-based Murano Software, a provider of outsourced software development, is branching out into Google Android application development. According to the firm, it has created G1MobileSoft, an offshore development company devoted solely to creating mobhile applications.

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JANUARY 13, 2017

San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewable Energy says that it recently put a 225 megawatt, wind farm--which is supplying electricity to Google--into operation. All of the power at that plant is going to Google, under a long term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the output of the wind farm. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2015

Excite, MSN and eventually Google. A large, wireless carrier (AT&T) was willing to break it’s traditional rules in order to get access to innovation that it believed (correctly) would help it to sell more contracts and win more market share against its primary competitor (Verizon). How to Craft Exclusivity Agreements.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

According to ispace, it has signed a contract with SpaceX for two flights to land two lunar orbiters on the moon. According to ispace, it is using the technology developed by the HAKUTO team for its new effort, called HAKUTO-R. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 14, 2012

Burbank-based utility-scale, solar power developer eSolar is looking to electronics contract manufacturer Sanmina SCI to optimize its component design and manufacturing, the two announced Monday. eSolar develops concentrating solar power technology used in utility scale solar installations. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , founded by former dMarc founders Ryan and Chad Steelberg , said Monday that it has acquired La Jolla-based Beeyla , a developer of virtual sports collectibles. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Brand Affinity Technologies said the buy will extend its portfolio of endorsement offerings.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed.

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JUNE 28, 2011

Venture capital is in the process of its own creative destruction with new market entrants and new models of innovation at the precise moment that our industry itself is contracting. Not Google. Amazon allowed 22-year-old tech developers to launch companies without even raising capital. Amazon changed our industry.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed.

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MARCH 30, 2011

In the initial phases of any new market you’re developing a product (hopefully with a minimal set of features), getting feedback from customers, refining your product based on user feedback and then re-launching your product. Markets develop for a complex set of factors that are often beyond all of our control.

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MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about employment contracts for entrepreneurs – We talked about “change of control&# provisions in your contract and how to negotiate them. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well.

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APRIL 17, 2022

A good overall example is the synergy between Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as long-time Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Marty Zwilling.

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MARCH 19, 2013

And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. Why would you have your most important success factor (successful implementations) outsourced to a third-party where you don’t control quality and who is strictly mercenary (i.e.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Work out of your home, and keep your own books.

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JULY 8, 2010

eSolar, the solar thermal utility plant developer started by Idealab's Bill Gross, has a sizeable chunk of capital and notable support of Google and others, not to mention a number of contracts with utilities. Backers: ACME Group, Google, Idealab, NRG, Oak Investment Partners, The Quercus Trust of California.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

YouTube today announced its new app for iPhone and iPod touch weeks after its license with Apple to develop and preload the app in the iPhone iPod touch expired. It also allows you to share on Google+, Facebook or text message in the app, as well as to Twitter and email. Five Year Contract. Now Available on the App Store.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

Outsourcing the entirety of building a new system. Outsourcing may look like a quick and easy solution, but you can’t let a partner or supplier drive your business strategy and direction, and it will never absolve you of the responsibility of providing business success. Not having a means to measure holistic impact.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Pasadena-based solar thermal technology developer eSolar has inked a deal with another clean technology firm, Sundrop Fuels, the company announced today. Exact details on the size of the contract were not provided. eSolar is venture backed by Google, Idealab, and Oak Investment Partners. READ MORE>>

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MAY 11, 2014

I know it would have been easier (or maybe preferable? ;-)) to go to your well-earned job at Google every day, but I know your choices and sacrifices came out of love for our boys. Now three years later we look on with wonder and their developed skills on the piano and guitar. Not every mom has this opportunity or even this desire.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Would you want to run the risk that your former employer could have a claim against the intellectual property you’ve created because you broke company policies and developed your ideas on company resources? I know it happened in the late 90’s and there are some very wealthy minority shareholders from Google’s early days.

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MARCH 4, 2010

And a big factor is how big is the Founder Developer Gap. There’s a funny phenomenon where often the best sounding technical people are often the worst developers. see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? Unfortunately for a lot of founders, it’s hard to know the gap.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

With Startup Boost, we had dozens of investors, service providers, successful entrepreneurs, and major industry leaders (including Microsoft, Google, Softbank, REME, and TechStars) coalesce around our initiative to help early stage companies get to the next level. AIs continued growth is something I will be keeping my eye on in 2019.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

But I would point out that these days there are really talented tech developers & teams everywhere. For starters, as Josh Kopelman outlined in this excellent post on their Dorm Room Fund , many great innovations including Microsoft, Google & Facebook started in a dorm room. Here are mine: 1. And I really mean everywhere.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

BCG, Bain, LEK – they’re all great), a few years at a start-up or a few years somewhere like Microsoft, Google, Amazon or Apple. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. My close friend Brian Moran (co-founder of BuildOnline) was an architect and is now a real estate developer and adviser.

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OCTOBER 30, 2021

Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M There, I learned that there is a lot of top level churn from small businesses because Google ads cost too much.

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APRIL 22, 2014

A good overall example is the synergy between Google co-Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as with Chairman Eric Schmidt. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Complementary skills. Passion for what they do.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

At the same time, it’s a smart manufacturing decision, as American-made quality usually stands head and shoulders above outsourced competition. Google Glass by Google: Major technology companies are jumping aboard the domestic manufacturing bandwagon, and Google’s high-tech glasses are part of this wave.

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MAY 7, 2011

This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways. Communicating with the developers who write code.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

To kick off our first interview for the year, we've got an interview with Kevin Strong , the CEO of Laguna Beach-based FutureDash (www.futuredash.com), a developer of technology for the home energy monitoring market. Google has its own home energy monitoring project, PowerMeter - is this competitive or different?

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MARCH 12, 2013

Obviously, anyone except the largest five to ten content companies in the world, such as Google, Netflix, or Amazon, does not need to own their own CDN. Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast. The development community and web developers, who tend to be our customers, like that flexibility, and the quick time to market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system.

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MARCH 26, 2011

Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

William--who, among prior experience developed Stamps.com's security architecture--sat down with us to explain the firm's products and plans. Can you talk about the application and how this is different or better than similar efforts like Google Gears, etc? What does Mobophiles do, and what the idea behind the product is?

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

Companies here are really held accountable to what is in the contract, and how their products are implemented. You get enterprise apps, like you might buy an app on Google Play or Apple iTunes or Amazon. For us, it's been much easier to keep expanding our market share in the government, that it took to initially crack it.

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