Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

First, you’ll need a platform. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I put much time into it. Some search.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to many experts, including Michael Hyatt, in his new book, “ Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World ,” you need to build the highest platform you can, to stand out and be heard above all the rest. If these are not complete and consistent, your platform will always be splintered and lost in the noise.

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Startup Social Media Platform Blogging 104

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company. We used to call it a “burning platform” as in when your platform is burning you’re forced to take action. There are many out there and many books have been written on the topic.

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Sales Custom Customer Examples 328

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

The other worthwhile exercise is to write down what your competitors uses as its USPs – even ones that you don’t think are really valuable to customers. If they can quantify the amount of gain from using your product or the loss from not using it then you’ve got a burning platform from which to sell now. Startup Advice'

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Sales Startup Competition Custom 336

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The platform enhances the process of turning ideas into entrepreneurial ventures and growing startups through social collaboration. What does that refer to exactly? Miigle is a platform where innovators from around the world can meet, discover, and collaborate on cool ideas and startups. This can be done through Miigle.

Startup 101

Startup Ideas Platform Entrepreneur 101

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Commonly referred to as “Wicket,” it’s an irregularly scheduled meeting organized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the UN’s telecom regulatory agency. If your platform or app exchanges packets of information internationally, you’re in line to get dinged. Got your attention?

Writing 102

Writing Conference Google Technology 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ZunguZ is a global social payment platform that integrates deeply into the social graph of Facebook and financial service providers. They then headed back to the USA and UK to get comment and advice on the platform, after which they returned to South Africa, made the enhancements and launched a closed beta in 2011. What is Zunguz?

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Several free blog platforms, like Wordpress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Finally, if you don’t have the time, energy, or skills to write a blog, it may be a good investment to hire a ghost writer.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. That changed very quickly.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. While intriguing for consumers, daily deal couponing platforms like Groupon have not always been beneficial for business owners who often see a spike in business with little retention of those customers. “A Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

I had long ago ceded the knowledge and responsibility for making the detailed technical recommendations about platforms, databases, hosting solutions, etc. By the time of my second company MySQL was a much more robust solution and worked well when you had to read a lot of information but was less performant on “write&# activities.

Startup 308

Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I recall being impressed with Jeff, but I was concerned that he was creating a platform, which often requires a significant amount of capital, takes an extended amount of time to establish and can be subject to margin pressure as the enabling technologies become commoditized. Subject: Reference for Twilio. Forwarded message -.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. See Fred Wilson’s post on Twitter referring traffic. And I believe that Twitter has an interest in seeing some third-parties make tons of money out of their platform.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Richard grew up just outside of Toronto, entering the tech scene a few years ago, co-founding Ratehub.ca , a mortgage comparison and lead platform, with her technical brother; who left Microsoft Canada for the project. I sat down with Andrew Peek of Rocketr, a social idea platform, regarding his move through the scene.

Startup 56

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 56

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. Write out the topic and maybe even the blog title. I wanted to write about the top 10 attributes of an entrepreneur.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I talked about this in the TWiVC video but I didn’t do a good enough job of writing it up in the summary notes in the post. Powerpoint can be especially useful for platform businesses or B2B. In Bijan’s post he references Bryce Roberts who recommends getting up and white-boarding. Mobile app? Bijan is right.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Here, when we speak of performance, we are specifically referring to the speed of the application in providing responses to requests. Though to be clear, no platform is infinitely performant; so at some point an algorithm’s complexity will require more complex architecture.). What do we mean by performance?

Web 200

Web Technical Advisors Framework Technical Review 200

TechEmpower

MARCH 27, 2013

At the time of this writing, Java 8 development is still very much in progress. Preview builds of Java 8, specifically the "Project Lambda" builds, can be downloaded from java.net: Java™ Platform, Standard Edition 8 Early Access with Lambda Support. Static method reference: String::valueOf. Method reference.

Java 560

Java Class Software Review Examples 560

TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

Authors'' Note: We''re using the word "framework" loosely to refer to platforms, micro-frameworks, and full-stack frameworks. The high-performance Netty platform takes a commanding lead for JSON serialization on EC2. If the framework provides no JSON serializer, a best-of-breed for the platform is selected. Since Vert.x

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Framework EC2 PHP Java 544

TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

Authors Note: Were using the word "framework" loosely to refer to platforms, micro-frameworks, and full-stack frameworks. The high-performance Netty platform takes a commanding lead for JSON serialization on EC2. If the framework provides no JSON serializer, a best-of-breed for the platform is selected. March 28, 2013.

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Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

So Twitter was initially billed at a “micro-blogging&# platform. The same article refers to several other people who are coming back to blogging: Liza at Maui Blog and the futurist Chris Saad. I’m enjoying the creative process of getting my own personal thoughts down in writing. Thank you, Twitter.

Blogging 219

Blogging Venture Capital Startup Social Media 219

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add content regularly.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add content regularly.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. The Importance of Twitter. That is what I Tweeted when I saw DataSift present as a finalist at TC Disrupt last year.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add content regularly.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add content regularly.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add content regularly.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I know it’s easier to write “horse race&# stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot&# lately. Companies such as Starbucks, McDonalds, IBM, Motorola & SAP are using their platform that is now generating more than 1 million job leads per month according to the company.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Don’t be shy, I don’t know many CEOs today that write their own speeches and marketing materials. Add content regularly.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves). What do you think?

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. The crypto in cryptocurrency is of course referring to cryptography on the ability to encrypt your transactions so they can’t be modified after they have been written to the blockchain.

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Course Startup Framework Marketing 280

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role. Thus you see television manufacturers rushing to create content ecosystems, app platforms, TV OS’s and Internet offerings.

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