Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2023

This element is sharing information through the new video, audio, and interactive media about, and the logic behind decisions, direction, or strategy with the goal of gaining buy-in to the idea so everyone is working toward the same goal. Search, combined with ratings and reviews become key in separating the useful from the rambling.

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Social Media Media Software Review Social Network 112

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

To address that disaster, Ken Button and Randy Bishop�two veterans of the startup industry�created ContractSafe (www.contractsafe.com), a new online service aimed at helping companies to tame that mess and manage and store their contracts in the cloud. We have been around software for a long time.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

A receiver thin enough to be a sleeve on a phone and small enough in surface area requiring the right materials (they can transmit & receive with devices thinner than 5 millimeters), Precision tracking software so they can focus the sound beam to concentrate the sound wave exactly to your receiver and avoid inefficiencies of diffusion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. Too many people still believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and people will throw money at you.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Have you ever wondered why cheating and cheat codes have been such an important part of gaming for so long? Codes and Countermeasures. Why did cheat codes first become such a staple in early video games? Even the famous Konami Code was created during a debugging phase to help save time. Part of the Machine.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

Today’s $24 billion storage market in the US has these same key disadvantages and that was the genesis of Sam Rosen’s initial idea for MakeSpace , which I initially funded 15 months ago. He had an idea to make it better. We then riffed on the idea of, “That’s interesting. Full on burger flipping mode.

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Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire Startup 380

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2014

However, Egg Baby--the title from newly funded Nix Hydra (www.nixhydra.com)--seems to have cracked the code for how to get new, young, female consumers to become game players. So, we started to learn some basic HTML and ActionScript, and put together a prototype, which helped us raise our first round of angel funding.

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Software Review Startup Mobile HTML 113

socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2019

For this morning's interview, with caught up with serial entrepreneur James Citron , the founder of Pledgeling (www.pledgeling.com), a startup which enables any business to help connect their business with social causes. Citron previously founded and sold Mogreet, a developer of mobile marketing software, among other ventures.

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Technical Review Software Review Mogreet Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2012

A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. Too many people still believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and people will throw money at you.

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Seed Funding Software Review Entrepreneur Funding 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2020

This element is sharing information through the new video, audio, and interactive media about, and the logic behind decisions, direction, or strategy with the goal of gaining buy-in to the idea so everyone is working toward the same goal. Search, combined with ratings and reviews become key in separating the useful from the rambling.

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Framework Social Media Software Review Social Network 159

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2011

A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. Too many people still believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and people will throw money at you.

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Software Review Funding Seed Funding Startup 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. The idea is to build excellence in one area, and get the rest from the ecosystem. Indeed these principles are good for all startups Connect ideas and networks from around the world. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”

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Capital Marketing Ideas Venture Capital 138

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2019

For example, if you start a new business with a software product you developed, you really need to know the basics of marketing and finance, but you will probably never be the expert in marketing and finance you require. Business success is all about having a winning idea. In my experience, finding a good idea is the easy part.

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Software Review Ideas Outsource Development Entrepreneur 98

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2018

You get to have interesting conversations with founders and review business plans and then see how these businesses evolve over the years. Usually a terrible idea as runway extension. You wouldn't build a single point of failure in your code - shouldn't in your company. Things happen, people tire, sometimes tragedies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Every aspiring entrepreneur I know is talking about the fact that there are over 2,000 billionaires in the world today, and how their innovative idea could make them one of the next ones. Don’t forget to market yourself before, during, and after your initial idea, through social media, websites, and events.

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Outsource Development Social Media Software Review Customer 154

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 12, 2015

Business process management has become a central focus among businesses, and it has led to a substantial increase in the purchase of business process management software. Due to the fact that most companies have been forced to become leaner in order to respond to the global economic conditions, budgets are already streamlined.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

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. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival.

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Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

Update Antivirus Software . This is where tools like project management software can really help. Even better, many of these software provide other helpful features that can make tracking productivity even easier. Project Management Software. See Reviews. Source: Harvard Business Review.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

With travel on the hackers’ brains and technology at their fingertips, these geeks are going to get knee deep in some code! The following is a list of the weekend’s agenda: Saturday: 10AM - Kickoff event with breakfast, networking, and developer dating which leads into idea pitches and team formation. Speakers listed below.

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Software Review Technical Review Ideas Conference 79

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2010

Yesterday I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. Too many people still believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and people will throw money at you.

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Software Review Startup Seed Funding Funding 95

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

An explanation of PublishThis and its content curation software. Santa Barbara's Phone Halo pitches the idea of its GPS/Bluetooth wallet tracking device in this (kinda campy) video. Los Angeles MiniTime debuted its service this week to help families find reviews and information for their family vacation.

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Technical Review Santa Barbara Software Review Activision 157

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In the entrepreneur world, it’s still a popular misconception that the “idea” is everything. Even though investors, like myself, have long made it clear that we invest in people, not ideas, new venture owners insist on talking about their latest “ million dollar idea ,” rather than their “ million dollar team.”

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IBM IBM Ideas Technical Review 87

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

It’s a great one about entrepreneurship, friendship and the collaborative economy that is helping families in need across the world. They can read reviews, see pictures and even talk to the family before confirming. I then clicked on reviews, looked at pictures and read the owners descriptions of what they were looking for.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review San Diego 344

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Just as SimpleLegal has success ousting competitors, its Customer Success team must be diligent to avoid being likewise a victim of employee churn. Wenzel, “When a new key user starts with the company, we call them to introduce ourselves and find how we can be helpful to them in their new role.

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Customer Custom Software Review Technical Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Work on budgets, submit RFPs, answer customers support calls, work the bug-tracking software, and trying to meet the next sprint release schedule. Because often these Conference Hos bring back their latest idea from the hot tub cocktail session with their favorite tech superstar. Your 8-year-old Toyota is just fine.

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Conference Technical Review Truecar Software Review 398

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In our industry we always talk about funding big ideas or funding things with more meaning. If they’re successful in the long run they will also help reduce water consumption and will help create healthier lifestyles. We loved the idea. He & Yves penned this post about feeding the world’s 9 billion people.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup Ideas 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2018

This element is sharing information through the new video, audio, and interactive media about, and the logic behind decisions, direction, or strategy with the goal of gaining buy-in to the idea so everyone is working toward the same goal. Search, combined with ratings and reviews become key in separating the useful from the rambling.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Media Social Network Technical Review 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

Design the full stack, not just a new software element. The idea is to build excellence in one area, and get the rest from the ecosystem. Indeed these principles are good for all startups Connect ideas and networks from around the world. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”

Ideas 124

Ideas Venture Capital Software Review Technical Review 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. Mike tells us about the company, who uses its software, as well as how he was initially turned away from the Amplify.LA

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Startup Cornerstone OnDemand Software Review Woodland Hills 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Dat Do: We produce valuation software that solves a lot of complex valuation issues for privately held companies, backed by venture capital and private equity. I came up with the idea, mentioning it to the PwC partners a few years ago. Who would be purchasing the software? What does your company do? How to price it.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Software 193

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2023

Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. Crowdsourcing for funding and ideas. Crowdsourcing allows entrepreneurs to bypass the experts and professional investors, to get quick validation and help for efforts that meet the needs of today’s audience. Flash mob activities created for immediate impact.

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Social Media Software Review Course Networking 106

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. There were startups and a software industry but barely. There was no money train. It was 1991. We still loved every moment.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2020

Companies of all shapes and sizes are now taking advantage of digital resources to help run everything from daily tasks to tedious data analysis. Field Service Software. Fortunately, field service software is designed to keep track of all this and more, so you can focus on the big picture. Get started with a POS system today.

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Technical Review Software Review Social Media Platform 91

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

We have invested in 13 companies out of our Fund 1 so far and are more bullish than ever on the amazing entrepreneurs we are meeting and the companies we are helping them build. The podcast ecosystem continues to grow and Im excited to see this content medium continue to change the way people receive information and share new ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. Who in the auto industry believed Tesla, a totally electric car, was a good idea? Working on it.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Course 417

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2014

While not investing in certain areas may seem like a good idea in the short-term, not spending enough on key elements could shortchange your business, leading not only to headaches but requiring expensive fixes down the road. At a minimum, you should engage a lawyer to draft and/or review every contract you enter into.

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