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Making Sure You Are Ready to Begin Building Your MVP

SoCal CTO

They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. Do you have a Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One ? Don't be fooled by a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. The world is going mobile.

Mobile 282
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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. You likely are writing your first one of these. It would be great to get notes and summaries from these. So, I promised this founder to do a post talking about how you go about create specifications of your MVP.

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Extending the Evolution of Language | Why Social Lingo Works

Tech Zulu Event

Here is a simple summary of the origins of language evolution: Sounds -> Shapes -> Context -> Comprehension. Next came mobility: being able to correspond while on the go. Unlike email, mobility transformed SMS and IM from passive communication to real time. The Beginnings.

Writing 101
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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS. Summary: Team Leadership skills, operating knowhow and industry knowledge are all tremendously important. Most VCs are book smart. It’s not you.

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

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I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. Between the mid nineties until 2007 wireless carriers around the world religiously protected the software that went on to phones and they guarded the end consumer relationship by controlling this software.

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Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions

SoCal CTO

This overview (executive summary) needs to include: Product and Business What is the product? Unfortunately, we are web, mobile, software, database guys. Do I have to write up the overview? If answers will take more than this time, we will do our best to point you in the right direction. How Does it Work?

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