Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Before you start spending money and time being a user, you need to understand how it can help you and your business. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that business often make, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. But simply jumping in is not enough.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Although it may be comfortable to start a company with your friends, it is a mistake, unless your friend(s) happens to be ideally suited to their role in your venture. Facebook had to resolve expensive and time-consuming litigation related to promising early hires senior positions and substantial equity stakes. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

However, they seldom acknowledge their mistakes. What’s The Worst Mistake? Mistakes can be categorized as “false positives” or “false negatives.” Despite our business model reservations, we were sufficiently intrigued by Jeff and the opportunity to seek technical and market feedback from a VoIP expert. billion). . <Note:

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

It’s a very personal topic and I’d like to offer you a framework to decide for yourself, based on the following factors: How Long is it Taking to Raise Capital at Your Stage in the Market? ” And then you’re just assessing whether you can get access to new VCs or whether your existing VCs can help you in tough times.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Armed with a degree in Marketing and Business from University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and an Operations experience from Ireland, UAE and Egypt , Ciaran Connolly, 36 teamed up with Ernist Turdubaev 33, with a Master of Arts – Retail and Government Sector to launch ProfileTree. We help them with this.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

9) In Competing From The Fringe , I caution entrepreneurs to not alert their competitors when they are making mistakes. I think the biggest problem Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder face right now is that they are charging premium prices for what is an increasingly commoditized product. Rent.com was a great example of that.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

9) In Competing From The Fringe , I caution entrepreneurs to not alert their competitors when they are making mistakes. I think the biggest problem Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder face right now is that they are charging premium prices for what is an increasingly commoditized product. Rent.com was a great example of that.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

Together they created The Bones Brigade skateboard team which launched the careers of many of skateboarding’s biggest celebrities, including: Alan Gelfand, Mike McGill, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Lance Mountain, Tommy Guerrero and Kevin Harris. In order to try your ideas in the real market place.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. I see this mistake all the time, actually. I’m guessing this was also the case over the first few year’s of Zynga’s growth on Facebook. The biggest limitation we tech consumers have is our time. In 6 months?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. ” But focusing on too many is a mistake. most Seed or A round deals will be done by an investor in your region so that should help you to focus. Of course much of it is conflicting. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2011

I was running my own community, and none of the solutions available in the market could do any of the things that I wanted to do. What is the market opportunity? Recent studies have shown that even with the advent of things like Twitter & Facebook, forum growth has not been affected in the slightest. Helping others.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. And for my own good I vowed to have relationships in China and knowledge of the local markets. This company is back on the market raising money again. They were in LA and I was in LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. And for my own good I vowed to have relationships in China and knowledge of the local markets. This company is back on the market raising money again. They were in LA and I was in LA.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. One Facebook executed the bowling pin strategy brilliantly by starting at Harvard and then spreading out to other colleges and eventually the general public. Kudos to John for an excellent pitch.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture.

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