Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Unit costs are important, but don’t forget about the cash flow hit, extra storage costs, and the probability of obsolete inventory due to necessary updates or pivots. The most cost-effective marketing approaches have changed; from catalogs to web sites, and from television commercials to social media.

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Outsource Development Outsource Metrics Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. That’s the great thing about being an entrepreneur. The impact of global instability.

Custom 167

Custom Customer Startup Outsource Development 167

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. For those who haven''t heard of OneStop Internet, tell us about the business?

Commerce 203

Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. There are also a wealth of invention support sites, such as InventorSpot and IntellectualVentures. Proceed with your wits about you. At worst, maybe you can find a trusted friend to guide you, or a nearby university with expert professors and the proper tools.

Outsource Development 110

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. First of all, tell us what Fine Art America is all about? print, in about a month metal prints, and greeting cards. Once you get that profile page, you can upload your beautiful images to our site. I figured there.

Santa Monica 258

Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

You have a track record in infrastructure--can you talk about that, and why you decided to tackle the cloud? Companies were saying--we want to outsource these kinds of things, because they''re not our core competency. There are lots of folks thinking about this market. That''s the kind of decisions we are seeing every day.

Cloud Computing 217

Cloud Computing Outsource Development Outsource Startup 217

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Every aspiring entrepreneur I know is talking about the fact that there are over 2,000 billionaires in the world today, and how their innovative idea could make them one of the next ones. Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. The big question is how you can beat these odds.

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Outsource Development Social Media Software Review Custom 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2019

In my experience, there are good reasons for starting a business, and good ways to go about it in the new online world, but even entrepreneurs with good intentions often don’t have a clue on key principles to follow for this rapidly changing platform. Use the Internet to outsource staff. Position yourself as an expert.

Technical Review 97

Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. There are also a wealth of invention support sites, such as InventorSpot and IntellectualVentures. Proceed with your wits about you. At worst, maybe you can find a trusted friend to guide you, or a nearby university with expert professors and the proper tools.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Mike tells us about the group: Mike, thanks for the time today. What is Students4Startups all about? Does that mean job listings on your site, or more? That's what the lure of entrepreneurship is about--it's the opportunity to be involved in something, to put your name on something from the beginning.

Startup 206

Startup Technical Review Outsource Yahoo 206

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2016

In my experience, there are good reasons for starting a business, and good ways to go about it in the new online world, but even entrepreneurs with good intentions often don’t have a clue on key principles to follow for this rapidly changing platform. Use the Internet to outsource staff. Position yourself as an expert.

Startup 107

Startup Technical Review Case Study Software Review 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Today, productivity is way up, you can do most anything yourself, and you can outsource to contractors with more skill and less cost. Maybe you should start with an online e-commerce site, based on your favorite hobby expertise.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

We created Dentistry.com as a destination for consumers, and a place where they can learn about dentistry, ask questions to dentists, interact with others, and find a dentist and book an appointment, all online. Talk a little bit about your startup-within-a-corporation, and how that came aboutand how independent are you able to be?

Startup 113

Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Example sites include StartSomeGood and the Facebook Cause page. A good example site, and one of the earliest in this category, is IndieGoGo. This has been popular in many countries for years via sites like LendingClub and Kiva. Sites like IdeaBounty get your ideas off the shelf, and give you the wisdom of the crowds.

Funding 99

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

Example sites include StartSomeGood and the Facebook Cause page. A good example site, and one of the earliest in this category, is IndieGoGo. This has been popular in many countries for years via sites like LendingClub and Kiva. Sites like GeniusCrowd get your ideas off the shelf, and give you the wisdom of the crowds.

Funding 96

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 96

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

We spoke with Jim Franklin , the firm's CEO, to hear more about how the company went from an accelerator startup at TechStars just a few years ago, to now more than 100 employees spread across offices in Boulder; Colorado, Anaheim, California; Frankfurt; London, and elsewhere, to tackle the problems of transactional email. What is Sendgrid?

Email 157

Email Startup IP Newsletter 157

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

We also have a cloud-baesd, billing and practice management solutions, which enables them to manage all of their internal financial processes, and we also have solutions for billing and cloud-based outsourcing of back office tasks. We were small, and had about ten engineers, providing customer solutions for businesses in Southern California.

Startup 160

Startup El Segundo CTO Hire Outsource Development 160

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2013

In my experience, there are good reasons for starting a business, and good ways to go about it in the new online world, but even entrepreneurs with good intentions often don’t have a clue on key principles to follow for this rapidly changing platform. Use the Internet to outsource staff. Position yourself as an expert.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Case Study 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2012

In my experience, there are good reasons for starting a business, and good ways to go about it in the new online world, but even entrepreneurs with good intentions often don’t have a clue on key principles to follow for this rapidly changing platform. Use the Internet to outsource staff. Position yourself as an expert.

Technical Review 99

Technical Review Case Study Startup Software Review 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. There are also a wealth of invention support sites, such as InventorSpot and IntellectualVentures. Proceed with your wits about you. At worst, maybe you can find a trusted friend to guide you, or a nearby university with expert professors and the proper tools.

Ideas 107

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2010

Beyond wasted productivity and network bandwidth, here are ten additional reasons given by employers in a recent Network World article for why they continue to place these restrictions: Data leaks – social networks are all about easy sharing, and employees go too far. Contractor, temp, or outsource worker off site.

Social Network 87

Social Network Networking Tool Sites 87

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

We had the chance to talk with co-founder John Tomich about the funding and the firm, which operates e-commerce sites for fashion brands and others. The company was incorporated in January of 2004, and we provide outsource e-commerce services to organizations, such as brands and retailers.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital SEM Commerce Email 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2016

We all know it’s less expensive to automate the support role, through web site forms and touch-tone phone systems. Relationships are all about empathy, passion and going the extra mile. Outsourcing your support team to a far-away country and culture is not the way to start. Connect, do not just answer questions.

Custom 56

Custom Customer Startup Satisfaction 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. There are also a wealth of invention support sites, like InventorSpot and IntellectualVentures. Proceed with your wits about you. At worst, maybe you can find a trusted friend to guide you, or a nearby university with expert professors and the proper tools.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Startup Ideas Tool 105

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

We caught up with Satish to learn more about the company and its products. We were a little early in that market, doing outsourcing, offshore, and managed crowdsourcing. My cofounder and I came up with this concept, and had been talking for awhole about how fragmented the overall market is for online ordering. What is Clorder?

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. There are also a wealth of invention support sites, such as InventorSpot and IntellectualVentures. Proceed with your wits about you. At worst, maybe you can find a trusted friend to guide you, or a nearby university with expert professors and the proper tools.

Ideas 53

Ideas Outsource Development Tool Outsource 53

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

What if you could combine the flexibility of outsourcing with the quality level of highly skilled strategists? We discuss everything from outsourcing, MBA’s, and business, to the lessons learned in building their marketplace for connecting business professionals with the companies who need them. Introducing SkillBridge.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review Outsource 105

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

A number of online sites support the potential viability of a youth oriented business, including: Auction & Classified Sites – eBay, Craig’s List and similar sites allow users to easily sell items online, without creating a dedicated website or incurring marketing expenses. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Meredith Publishing.

Web 2.0 222

Web 2.0 Web Sales Outsource Development 222

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. It’s been many years since I’ve properly cut code and my former teammates love to tease me and talk about my mean days of COBOL, DB2 and CICS. What about strategy?

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

As enterprises outsource more of the business operations to hosted platforms, more emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring mission-critical applications are always accessible. This means that the network connections to enterprise sites increase in their importance. How to Achieve 99.999% Uptime.

Networking 45

Networking Southern California Outsource Development Startup 45

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Your chores can be outsourced through Porter. That’s the only thing that is outsourced. Over the last two months, the other three that were helping me build Porter, got even more passionate about working full-time. What about the good times? We have people that are really excited about what we’re doing.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

They attract over 70 million people a month (just in the US), and by most accounts are still one of the 10 most popular sites in the world. If the powers that be, can accept this, and move forward with breakneck speed, they have an incredibly huge opportunity to build something we will all be talking about again. Think eHOW or About.

Development Team Review 76

Development Team Review Content Sites eHow 76

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. TZ: In our last interview you said that you were about 25% at capacity of your original vision for Miigle. It’s not about startups having to vie for the attention of a small group of experts.

SoCal 104

SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2015

I often write about the best strategies for startup fundraising or how to manage startup financing and optimize for growth. I always recommend that early-stage startup founders outsource non-critical functions and take on part-time contractors for as long as possible. But you do need financial guidance. HR Partner.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development IP Outsource 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

After about 10 months, however, I wasn’t happy with their vision for projects or their clients. A few libraries have popped up, allowing developers to more easily create a single site that can automatically modify based on the device/aspect ratio of the device their users are surfing on.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. As long as you have a well architected site that allows Google to properly spider your content, spend the rest of your time and money focusing on maximizing the remaining marketing tools listed below.

Custom 164

Custom Customer Advertising SEM 164

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. Investors worry about a single entrepreneur getting overloaded, disabled or led astray, with no balancing and supporting partner. Join online "matchmaking" sites for business partners.

Startup 99

Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 99