Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

Unfortunately none of the struggling entrepreneurs I worked with turned out to be the founders of successful ones like Pinterest (photo sharing), NextDoor (neighborhood), or Classmates (school). 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

MAY 29, 2011

Why is it that most of the business plans I see are really product plans? I define a product plan as a detailed description of your product or service, with a bit of business thrown in at the end. A business plan is a detailed description of your business, with a bit of product description thrown in near the front.

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Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Thus, I will recruit independent distributors and they will sell my new and innovative products on my behalf. I am differentiating here between outsourced services that execute rote, routine tasks and consultants hired to performed ad hoc, mission critical engagements. 2) Secure Your Intellectual Property Too Early.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2014

Outsourcing can be an extremely cost-effective solution here. Not only will you avoid adding to overhead costs at this early stage, but you’ll save management time — and free yourself to focus on developing your business. At a minimum, you should engage a lawyer to draft and/or review every contract you enter into.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. If you have amazing products, the marketing of those products is trivial. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

Why is it that most of the business plans I see are really product plans? I define a product plan as a detailed description of your product or service, with a bit of business thrown in at the end. A business plan is a detailed description of your business, with a bit of product description thrown in near the front.

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Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 48

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

The third piece of our business, is we''ve developed the infrastructure, technology, and methodology to discover content, and put it into our own, salesforce like system, which allows our researchers to pick out videos, track down the content creators, and do all of the contracting through the system.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

People are all now using their mobile devices to find products and services. To their credit, they were able to carve out an investment so we could develop this. We sold that to ValueClick in2 003, and I stayed on at ValueClick for three years before going to Revver.com, a video sharing site. So, that's my story.

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Jason Nazar

JULY 1, 2016

I’ve been advising and consulting large organizations for many years now, and here is the advice I share with them, from the perspective of a serial entrepreneur. There’s Not Enough Focus on the Product – New companies are obsessive about product-market fit, because it’s their lifeblood. Culture is always people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2014

Outsourcing is just another extension of the virtual team concept to people you don’t even know. Respect engenders buy-in, without which members can’t take ownership of work product and work toward a common goal. Members share responsibility for achieving the mission.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

All the while, you have product to maintain and a team to manage, but the very thought of hiring a VP or consulting firm makes you cringe. What if you could combine the flexibility of outsourcing with the quality level of highly skilled strategists? For example, difficult solutions that speed and flexibility are also a priority.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Outsourcing 1.

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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 caught up with Satish to learn more about the company and its products. What is Clorder? Satish Varm: Clorder is short for cloud ordering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Outsourcing is just another extension of the virtual team concept to people you don’t even know. Respect engenders buy-in, without which members can’t take ownership of work product and work toward a common goal. Members share responsibility for achieving the mission.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Satisfaction 98

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 5, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Be scrappy.

Outsource Development 40

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

The bottom line is that the TaxJar team is happy - and because we're happy, we're incredibly productive.”. “We Early in his career, Dan proved to be a valuable contributor on my GoToMeeting business development team (acquired by Citrix). Share and Enjoy. We realize that remote work is not for everyone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. Don’t be afraid to share your view and ask for help. Instead, set long-term business objectives and develop a framework for the trajectory your team needs to get there. There is no substitute for diving into the key details of a new startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2012

Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. Don’t be afraid to share your view and ask for help. Instead, set long-term business objectives and develop a framework for the trajectory your team needs to get there. There is no substitute for diving into the key details of a new startup.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Protect your ideas when sharing them with others by using an NDA. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Recommended.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

App developers are coming up with new ideas daily to make our lives easier. Your chores can be outsourced through Porter. That’s the only thing that is outsourced. If I had any advice to give to entrepreneurs it would be, build a minimum viable product that’s not a utility unless it’s a utility people will pay for on day one.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

DNS is a shared resource that almost all companies outsource, which means someone could cripple internet usage worldwide by targeting a relatively small number of companies. There are tons of great tools and services that make building and launching a software product easier than ever. Reprints | Share:

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Netflix Services Outsource Development Outsource 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product.

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Custom Customer Marketing SEO 85

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

On the day of Miigle’s public launch, we chatted about developing his team, lessons learned, and how World Cup soccer fits into his vision. For example, take someone who is developing a travel solution as a mobile application. You can rate a startup and share your views on the startup’s concept. You can also foster it.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Be scrappy.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development CTO Hire Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Be scrappy.

Outsource Development 40

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For example, the development of reusable rocket technology by SpaceX and Amazon, who could not match NASA supplier budgets, has opened huge new opportunities in space travel and exploration. I’m often asked for the secret to this attribute in developing a team culture. Share constraint info and ask team to help.

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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.” Instead of billboards, affiliates own websites, many of which contain meaningful content associated with the products they advertise. Note: be sure to always disclose your association with any products included in such lists.

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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 ? Where is it?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Be scrappy.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Blogging Startup Venture Capital 40

Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

Having grown up in LA, and having started Docstoc down here, there’s a bit of a shared connection. Artwork/Content – let users upload and share virtually any digital content including artwork and documents that they can promote and sell. New Product Releases Every Month & a Rock Star Product Evangelist.

Development Team Review 76

Development Team Review Content Sites eHow 76

Frank Addante

JANUARY 30, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Be scrappy.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Be scrappy.

Startup 40

Startup Competition Venture Capital Advertising 40

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Capsule is an event planning and group sharing platform built to help anyone who is planning, attending, or organizing a trip, party, or event. Idea Mensch. Subscribe to RSS.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Be scrappy.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Be scrappy.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Advertising 40

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Be scrappy.

Startup 40

Startup Blogging Venture Capital Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Be scrappy.

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