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8 Signs Of A New Business Initiative And Not A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Solution development and delivery. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Hobbies are developed ad-hoc, driven by personal needs.

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8 Indications Of A Real Entrepreneur Versus A Hacker

Startup Professionals Musings

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Solution development and delivery. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Hobbies are developed ad-hoc, driven by personal needs.

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Interview with Michele Ruiz and Dan Gould, BiasSync

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Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). That's what we do over the course of our two year contract. What is BiasSync?

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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. Still, I believe I’m offering an accurate representation of the ideal configuration of the main technology leaders. This time I thought I’d try and address engineering talent. I don’t believe it.

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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch

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The idea was they were going to create their own interactive voice response (IVR) technology, which we would keep in house and allow us to open up a nationwide call center to handle taxi calls. Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services.

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8 Processes Define A Business Rather Than A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Solution development and delivery. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Hobbies are developed ad-hoc, driven by personal needs.

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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble

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However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. We're not necessarily the platform to help up-and-comers or amateurs to be successful. That's great training for the startup world.

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