Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In my opinion, real pain points for most people do not include a new user interface for Facebook, a new programming platform for app development, or a new size smart phone. Maybe we haven’t seen the results yet, but there are thousands of startup opportunities to offer new alternatives and services, to replace those destroyed by the crisis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, many investors I know tell me they look for business plans that allocate the largest portion of a requested investment to marketing, but most often see the top “ use of funds ” to be further product or service development. Always test the relationship before signing a contract.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2020

With the availability of high-speed Internet and social media access around the world, it’s easy for entrepreneurs to assume that the world is just one big homogeneous market, and project their business will scale accordingly. Factor in basic infrastructure quality and services. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Marketing 134

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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. You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Social media facilitates marketing and sales.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Who is the ideal audience for this service--studios, independents, others?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 89

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream. Is your service being replaced?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

For example, I used to regularly hear pitches for the next great social media site, usually focused on a special interest or niche , such as photography, cooking, healthy living, or a thousand others. Initially, you may be able to do everything in your startup, including product development, marketing, and shipping orders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 108

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In a new startup, there is tremendous competitive value in registering intellectual property early, but you don’t need to contract these tasks to expensive experts any longer. Skip the costs of payroll, office equipment and employee benefits by using remote contract services and low-cost freelancers available online.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media Outsource Development 108

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 105

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

For our startup interview this morning, we caught up with Satish Varma , co-founder of Torrance-based Clorder (www.clorder.com), which is developing restaurant ordering software. We were a little early in that market, doing outsourcing, offshore, and managed crowdsourcing. We started our services in August of 2012.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream. Is your service being replaced?

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Sales 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

A big trend in business these days is hiring freelancers or contract personnel for the duration of a project, rather than permanent staff. Here are some key strategies that I recommend to every worker today: Develop and highlight your competitive differentiation. Develop the courage to move on.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Competition Social Media 98

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in the media industry with executives from Disney, Fox, Warner, media agencies and many promising tech & media startup CEO’s. There are many analogies here for software development. He was riveting.

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socalTECH

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 That system allows us to arrange shoots and coordinate with contracted talent to produce that content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream. Is your service being replaced?

Startup 94

Startup Outsource Development Sales Social Media 94

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

It was a logical system to start offering up cloud-based systems like those we had developed. What that means, in today's world, is even though everyone is totally connected, through Facbeook and thousands of other types of social media, everyone now feels alone and disconnected. What the key to make model work? READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

When I published This Remote Working Experiment Failed And Succeeded on the Wall Street Journal last year, I had no idea it would generate so much social media attention. Early in his career, Dan proved to be a valuable contributor on my GoToMeeting business development team (acquired by Citrix).

Entrepreneur 100

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. My focus has been marketing strategy and product development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2016

With the availability of high-speed Internet and social media access around the world, it’s easy for entrepreneurs to assume that the world is just one big homogeneous market, and project their business will scale accordingly. Factor in basic infrastructure quality and services. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Entrepreneur 57

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Social Media Summary 57

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

For a corporation and LCC, you must register a service agent. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Create and manage your social media presence. Choose a payroll service ( ADP , Trinet , Paychex ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. This world changes rapidly, and needs a professional with experience in digital and conventional media to keep up. Software Development Professional. Sales Professional.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Course Entrepreneur 106

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

We believe there are awesome entrepreneurs everywhere, not just in the places constantly covered by the media. Team Rubicon unites the unique skills America’s returning veterans offer with the expertise of medical professionals; all while interactively engaging donors through social media. We want to help them, and will.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 1, 2013

Perhaps some insider knowledge on problem-solving, hiring the right engineer, scaling, outsourcing or even footage of Silicon Valley. There is a gay developer, David Murray , who has an impressive pedigree, but lives off his partner and procrastinates from working to gossip , give dildos as birthday presents and beg for money.

Startup 90

Startup Technical Review Software Review Outsource Development 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2020

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. This world changes rapidly, and needs a professional with experience in digital and conventional media to keep up. Software Development Professional. Sales Professional.

Startup 164

Startup Social Media Course Entrepreneur 164

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. As a last resort I outsourced and actually hired someone in India to remotely log into my computer during the night and correct all the errors from the scanned cards, which my in house team had processed earlier in the day.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Outsource services back to the customer. Pervasive access to the Internet and social media have allowed customers to take an active role in helping other customers, with customer support, requirements definition, and open source development.

Entrepreneur 158

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Design 158

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. This world changes rapidly, and needs a professional with experience in digital and conventional media to keep up. Software Development Professional. Sales Professional.

Entrepreneur 56

Entrepreneur Services Startup Social Media 56

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Outsource services back to the customer. Pervasive access to the Internet and social media have allowed customers to take an active role in helping other customers, with customer support, requirements definition, and open source development.

Startup 105

Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Ideas 105

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. This world changes rapidly, and needs a professional with experience in digital and conventional media to keep up. Software Development Professional. Sales Professional.

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Startup Mentor Social Media 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. All startups, including non-profits, need revenue to thrive, such as such as from subscriptions, retail, online, licensing, or services.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. OTHER DEALS. Rumored to be appox.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

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 ? love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world. What went wrong?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We’re Living In The Dark Ages Of Social Media - rosskimbarovsky.com , August 9, 2010 If you believe the media and social media “experts&# , we’re living in the Renaissance of social media. Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. The Dry Run.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2018

Market opportunities for your new venture are now immediately worldwide, thanks to the pervasive access to the Internet and social media communication. Evaluate local transportation, energy, and financial services. Currency exchange considerations are especially critical in local contract negotiations.

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