Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. These are more likely scalable and investable.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! 1) Expect Independent Channel Sales Reps To Perform Missionary Sales. Rationale: I cannot afford to hire a direct sales force. Thus, I will recruit independent distributors and they will sell my new and innovative products on my behalf.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. In reality, it doesn’t take a huge investment of money and time to build a prototype today.

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Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

The actual investment professionals (partners) are too busy to call companies that they’re interested in so they basically outsource it. But how can you really outsource judgment to young, smart people who have often never worked in businesses? I recently got an email from a friend who had been approached by a well known VC.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We can even do things like tell you the most popular, Gemini basketball player, yet another way to connect with famous people. That one thing, in the case of Los Angeles-based FamousBirthdays.com , is creating an online resource all about--you guessed it--famous birthdays. What is FamousBirthdays.com? The first, is popularity rankings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. In reality, it doesn’t take a huge investment of money and time to build a prototype today.

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Outsource Development Startup Ideas Tool 105

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

This article initially appeared on TechCrunch. 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 want low-touch or zero-touch businesses” was the mantra.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Kickstarter is the big player in this space. This is basically the Open Source concept, where sites like IdeaScale facilitate the outsourcing of application development to the Internet community in the form of an open call. This is not a get-rich-quick vehicle for consumers. Good-cause crowd funding. Pre-order crowd funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. In reality, it doesn’t take a huge investment of money and time to build a prototype today.

Ideas 53

Ideas Outsource Development Tool Outsource 53

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

Kickstarter is the big player in this space. This is basically the Open Source concept, where sites like IdeaScale facilitate the outsourcing of application development to the Internet community in the form of an open call. This is not a get-rich-quick vehicle for consumers. Proceed at your own peril. Good-cause crowd funding.

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Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 96

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

One mastermind focuses on how to outsource development and programming. People who are on the call will be able to ask Liam Martin, co founder of Staff.com, direct questions about anything and everything outsourcing. What made you choose the industry players you did? That’s a great question. You can read it here.

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Mixergy Outsource Development Outsource Conference 70

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2015

These service providers do more than provide a service; they are partners and important players within your startup ecosystem, providing guidance, connections, and support. Teaming with the right service providers can have a huge impact on a startup’s ability to succeed. Here are the 4 that need to be part of your network: Legal Services.

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Startup Outsource Development IP Outsource 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2010

It seems like there are lots of players now in home energy monitoring/smart meters/etc., To kick off our first interview for the year, we've got an interview with Kevin Strong , the CEO of Laguna Beach-based FutureDash (www.futuredash.com), a developer of technology for the home energy monitoring market. That's one key thing.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Los Angeles is rapidly gaining a reputation as being the center of the Internet advertising world, for good reason, with a large number of online advertising firms located within and around Los Angeles. One of those firms is Hydra (www.hydranetwork.com), which is a cost-per-action affiliate advertising network. So, it's all over the map.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Los Angeles is rapidly gaining a reputation as being the center of the Internet advertising world, for good reason, with a large number of online advertising firms located within and around Los Angeles. One of those firms is Hydra (www.hydranetwork.com), which is a cost-per-action affiliate advertising network. So, it's all over the map.

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Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

Music – enable a dead simple player on band and profile pages that lets users upload their songs and have them purchased for any price they set. Music – enable a dead simple player on band and profile pages that lets users upload their songs and have them purchased for any price they set. I wouldn’t bet against MySpace.

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Development Team Review Content Sites eHow 76

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

Outsourcing ▼ April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► October (1) New Video! . Find a Simple Way to Tell a Complex Story (and ano. Where's Jack Bauer?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

(aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing. This Thanksgiving it might seem that there’s a lot less to be thankful for. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175