Startup Professionals Musings

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. Almost anyone can start a company today on a shoestring budget, following these cost-cutting recommendations: Establish a solid legal structure for your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. These approaches allow your startup to grow more rapidly, save costs, but costly mistakes can lead to business failure. Let’s cut costs by outsourcing all from this point forward.” Be flexible.

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Outsource Development Outsource Entrepreneur Summary 121

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

Startup 229

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. We only want software revenue.” We only want software revenue.”

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Startup Sales Software Review Technical Review 403

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost. But what does that really mean?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

In reality, it doesn’t take a huge investment of money and time to build a prototype today. Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get. Quantify the implementation challenges.

Outsource Development 110

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

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. Almost anyone can start a company today on a shoestring budget, following these cost-cutting recommendations: Establish a solid legal structure for your business.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost. But what does that really mean?

Startup 103

Startup Outsource Invest Ideas 103

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2014

You have probably already absorbed many obvious caveats about setting up your own startup; don’t blow money you don’t have on fancy equipment or splash out on expensive rental space. Here are some areas where it pays to make the necessary investments to get it right the first time: 1. Legal Expertise.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

One of the biggest areas where the cloud is transforming business is in small and medium sized businesses--where suddenly, companies are able to leverage software which wouldn''t be available, or are too costly for them to implement individually, but where the cloud access suddenly makes it affordable and easy. What does Kareo do?

Startup 160

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

In reality, it doesn’t take a huge investment of money and time to build a prototype today. Software products and apps can be quickly wireframed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get. Quantify the implementation challenges.

Ideas 107

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

In reality, it doesn’t take a huge investment of money and time to build a prototype today. Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get. Quantify the implementation challenges.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

In reality, it doesn’t take a huge investment of money and time to build a prototype today. Software products and apps can be quickly wireframed with free tools like MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get. Quantify the implementation challenges.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Startup Ideas Tool 105

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2018

Ahead of the conference, we sat down and spoke with Kevin Anderson , co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Appetize (www.appetizeapp.com), a rapidly growing developer of point-of-sale software, on the topic of customer service. That was important, especially in the early days, to get them to use a brand new piece of software.

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Customer Custom Services Conference 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost. But what does that really mean?

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. How'd you end up at HG Data?

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Santa Barbara High Tech Outsource Development Startup 113

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Startup 3.0:

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The newest equity model was passed into law in early 2012 via the JOBS Act , and still has no scheduled date for availability in the USA, waiting for the rules to be defined by the SEC: Startup equity crowd funding. People can invest (donate) money to a project which has good moral/ethical value. Software crowd sourcing.

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Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 99

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It can be a significant time and financial investment to run and maintain a network. Once the network infrastructure and external support is in place, companies can receive improved network operational efficiency and free up staff to work on other more important tasks. Improved Network Quality. Better Security.

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Networking Services Organization Technical Support 54

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

The newest model was passed into law recently via the JOBS Act , and won’t even be available until the end of this year or maybe mid-2013 in the USA, while waiting for the rules to be finalized: Startup equity crowd funding. This new model will allow large numbers of “regular” people to invest small amounts each online to fund early startups.

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Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 96

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

In reality, it doesn’t take a huge investment of money and time to build a prototype today. Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get. Quantify the implementation challenges.

Ideas 53

Ideas Outsource Development Tool Outsource 53

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

How did you start Happy Returns? We ended up being acquired by Nordstrom. That was an insider round, where ssetnailly, Upfront led and angel Brian Spaly, the former co-founder of Bonobos and the CEO of Trunk Club ended up investing. That's when we started talking to them about the expansion.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

With a clear sense of the skills you have versus the skills needed, any organization can start to take action to shorten the gap. Invest more in training and optimizing the usage of existing staff. Once again, this starts with understanding the business. Third-party resources provide help in two ways: training and outsourcing.

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Training Outsource Organization Resource 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

I get questions from startup founders about executive summaries all the time. Don’t outsource the job. An executive summary needs to be a compelling statement of why investors should invest in you and your startup. Doing the work at the outset to create a thoughtful and well-researched startup business plan.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? call to arms.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Startups that sell innovative new products seem to get all the attention these days, but services may be the quicker way to larger profits and faster growth. The authors outlined the multitude of services that every company should consider offering, whether they be startups or more mature organizations. Process outsourcing services.

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Services Startup Outsource Technical Support 101

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I received a great question via LinkedIn: I'm the founding engineer and working hard to launch my startup. What can I do to best equip myself to step up when the need to officially fill this role arises? I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. How can we address this risk?

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Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? No, it’ Startup 2.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:

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Startup Advertising Web Design Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Startup 3.0:

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Blogging Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? No, it’ Startup 2.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

No one wakes up and says to themselves, “I need to buy that product I have never heard of before.” Affiliates invest the up-front marketing expenses required to attract customers. Given the breadth of the various online marketing mechanisms, it is typically difficult for startups to maximize each of them.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Startup 3.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development CTO Hire Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Startup 3.0:

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Startup 3.0:

Company 40

Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Startup 3.0:

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