Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2010

He is a 26-year software veteran who has survived both startups and big companies. Marty: Welcome to Startup Professionals interviews. Mike: In general, I help young companies with their execution strategies. Marty: How many different entrepreneurial roles have you experienced in your career?

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Entrepreneur Angel Startup Mentor 84

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

8 ) Although you wrote an excellent business book ( The Map Of Innovation ) that is consistently well received by my UCSB entrepreneurial students, I know you are not a huge fan of most business books. You can fool me on an interview, but two months from now we’ll know.’. You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well.

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Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

One way to grab some cash and learn valuable entrepreneurial skills along the way is to launch mini-ventures or Venturettes. Two Wharton students needed new suits for the dreaded MBA interview season. This enterprise netted the entrepreneurial student a nice fistful of bills before each test. Fashion Show. It’s Called Business.

Ideas 153

Ideas Startup Pricing Entrepreneur 153

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2013 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Thursday Jan. Prior to founding MuckerLab, Erik was most recently at Harrison Metal Capital where he helped lead one of the most successful seed-stage venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. 24 7pm at The ROC in Santa Monica.

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Startup Activision Santa Monica SaaS 110

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

My job is to help you not get a job,” Marks announced. Liu then spoke about her entrepreneurial journey and her experience with StartEngine. LA is up and coming and is a great place to be because everybody is helping each other out. After the event, I was able to interview Marks and Liu. It is because you are talented.”

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Startup Los Angeles USC Southern California 107

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work.

Software 234

Software Startup Tool Platform 234

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

After three years of that, I decided I needed to go back to the entrepreneurial world, and joined up with another young company, which was SupplyFrame in Pasadena. I helped to grow that to a major player in ecommerce and online advertising, which is used to find and buy chips use in your iPhone, in your computer, and everything else today.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

The following is a brief series of quotes from just ten of the approximately 30 different topics discussed in this incredible interview. A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. My Obsession With The Product - Feld Thoughts , May 3, 2010 For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of interviews lately. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Leading advertising networks like Commission Junction, LinkShare, Google Affiliate Network, ShareASale and many others license our platform to help their advertisers and publishers easily create, manage, track, and optimize call-based advertising campaigns.”. Our platform helps them do that. Our partners put a lot of trust in us.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

Technology, with ease of use, software systems, and information technology--is at the point where it's finally at a point of maturity, and we're finally seeing some traction in healthcare IT. They had an idea, and wanted to build a company around the idea, so we helped built out the management, engineering team, and manufacturing team.

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

In terms of sectors, it's going to be Internet, Consumer Internet, Software-as-a-Service--though in that area, not enterprise as a Salesforce, but along the lines of business productivity tools and customer acquisition--and also digital media. Tags: capital venture startup interview ventures baroda peter.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

We spent a morning talking about the transition from being an engineer to being an entrepreneur, having the distinction of being the first digital health startup to emerge from USC Viterbi’s Startup Garage , and drilling down to what really matters in all of our entrepreneurial efforts – listening to consumers. A walking interview?

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USC Southern California Activity Study 104

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. We want to help them, and will. Idea Mensch.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

When we discussed the feedback we saw an opportunity to use our backgrounds in search and discovery to help us stand out from the competition. Our passionate entrepreneurial spirit brought us together to build LoveIt. We’re interested in being at the leading edge of how people search and explore the web based on images.

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Organization Content Tool Blogging 90

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Gross started off selling candy bars in middle school, stepped up to selling solar power engine sets during the energy crisis of the 70s, and then moved into the software business when just out of Cal Tech.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations. Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

So who better to help you out then your friends and family? VP: Bedloo is a two-choice question application you can ask your family or friends to help you with the decision-making process. Entrepreneurial spirit is a fun spirit. Do you want a cheeseburger or the taco? How about wearing Jordans or a pair of Converse?

Startup 69

Startup Social Media Platform Media 69

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

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. Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation. Pedro Galván, Software Guru magazine. Erik Deutsch, ExcelPR Group.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. Here is the link to the video interview. In a way, I think I was unfortunate to get a job because I really did have these entrepreneurial skills. I had this path to choose.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

This is an interview you’re not going to want to miss, I promise. Part 1/3 of Interview: The Beginnings of Mike’s Entrepreneurial Journey [ Minutes: start – 13 ]. Part 2/3 of Interview: Mike Joins Quigo as CEO, Sells it to Aol for $340 Million [ Minutes: 13 – 30 ]. Thank you, John.

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Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

You can find a good start-up lawyer to help or if you want to do it on the cheap there are tons of websites you can find on the Internet to help. Interview customers to better articulate their problems. It you have a great software engineer that’s awesome. Build prototypes and/or product. Make sure you own your IP.

Startup 365

Startup Technical Advisors IP Ideas 365

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

" 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. The interviewer asks some questions and the interviewee does the same. It’s never a good sign when an interviewee doesn’t have any questions. Surprised?). Let's see why. And be generous.

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. recently did a lecture at a Babson MBA summer class on Entrepreneurial Leadership. I got a taste of that within my first weeks on the job. Performance.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217