Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2013

Customer service starts within a company. We all know about Zappos customer culture and their willingness to stay on a call with a customer for up to 10 hours. Their company philosophies mean so much to me I even have a screenshot of their company’s MO as my desktop screen image. I signed up for both.

Custom 97

Custom Customer Training Services 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Everyone on the startup team knows there is no buffer, and no personal isolation from impact based on your job description that can save you. Risks to the business drift off their radar screen, resulting in poor business decisions, as well as less job satisfaction and declining professional success.

Satisfaction 147

Satisfaction Organization Custom Customer 147

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Hiring in any new venture needs to be a structured and high priority task, not the ad hoc informal process I see in many startups that are struggling to grow: Crisis mode hiring rather than planned team growth. Crisis mode hires too often get done without due consideration for strategic fit, training requirements, and cultural considerations.

Organization 104

Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Screening 104

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? We caught up with Michele and Dan to better understand why they founded the company, and why this market was such an interest to them. Once we decided to do this, we started looking for a Dan.

Content 150

Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

That all changed with social media , and now everyone is glued to their phone’s screen. They are the frontline of your brand and they have almost zero supervision, lack training, and sometimes are not even thoroughly vetted. Wingo’s company W2s its workers, who are also background checked and trained to deliver their service.

Demand 73

Demand Startup Social Media Training 73

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

My business partner and I working together for about 20 years, and we actually met at a short-lived startup Jimmy Iovine created in the 90's called Farmclub.com. While we were there we ended up in a conversation over drinks one night, over the vision of where digital music was going. So, we've ended up doing that for the past 20 years.

Startup 113

Startup Artificial Inteligence Content Platform 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

My business partner and I working together for about 20 years, and we actually met at a short-lived startup Jimmy Iovine created in the 90's called Farmclub.com. While we were there we ended up in a conversation over drinks one night, over the vision of where digital music was going. So, we've ended up doing that for the past 20 years.

Startup 100

Startup Content Platform Artificial Inteligence 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

But as we’ve all gotten used to the standard “banner&# across the top of our screens or the “sky scraper&# along the right-hand side we’ve trained ourselves not to look there any longer. Like many users I just started reading the WaPo OpEds more. Normalizing ad units obviously has a benefit.

Media 288

Media Advertising Screening Content 288

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

It’s no wonder that 45 percent of startups fail in the first five years, and an even smaller percentage ever see a return for their years of effort. Crisis mode hires too often get done without due consideration for strategic fit, training requirements, and cultural considerations. Don’t bother with previous employment follow-ups.

Organization 135

Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Screening 135

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2014

On the bottom right hand corner of the screen, an ominous button reads ADD MORE STRESS? . To me, there’s been no conversation or scenario that has encompassed the feel of a startup accelerator quite like that. The difference here, is the quick injection of capital and guidance to create bullet train-like growth.

Startup 74

Startup Case Study Study Screening 74

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

Becka Klauber Richter is co-founder of the startup, and spoke to us about the company, which she co-founded with Kasey Edwards. What's your background, how did you start the company? I started as a teenager, and I did babysitting, life guarding, and swim coaching. Becka is also co-founder of Female Founders Los Angeles (FFLA).

Demand 100

Demand CTO Coach Screening CTO Hire 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. CTR meaning for every 1,000 ads that are served up only 2 people click on them. It shows that our eyes are trained to focus on the text, not the ads. Banner Ads. I guess from there we had nowhere to go but down. Text is what we’re reading.

Advertising 352

Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

If your confidence is low about starting your own business, and you are tempted to “reduce the risk” by signing up for one of the many “work at home” startup offers you see, think again! You can also ask them what kind of screening they do for their employees if they do not interview them. The problem is getting worse.

Startup 95

Startup Google Social Network Screening 95

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2013

When computers moved from “green screens” to Windows we – the educated, young, technophiles – easily grasped the concept. It was hard to imagine customer service reps who had learned every keystroke short-cut by heart on a green screen and weren’t eager to embrace the obvious future. Startup Advice'

Product 408

Product Design Technical Review Screening 408

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

If you’re an entrepreneur who would like to see this clause in more startups please ask your VC to include it in future term sheets and link to it from their home page. “We We can unequivocally say this has started to work in the companies that we have funded since this clause was inserted. Ours is: upfront.com/inclusion.

Venture Capital 284

Venture Capital Coach Ideas Startup 284

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Everyone on the startup team knows there is no buffer, and no personal isolation from impact based on your job description that can save you. Risks to the business drift off their radar screen, resulting in poor business decisions, as well as less job satisfaction and declining professional success.

Satisfaction 124

Satisfaction Organization Custom Customer 124

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2013

As the NBA playoffs closes to an end in a grueling road to Game 7 between Miami Heats and San Antonio Spurs, it would behoove every startup founder to learn from key elements and strategies of both teams, as lessons from the sport of basketball can directly translate to the success of a startup company. 1) Identifying Team Chemistry.

Startup 94

Startup CTO Coach Coach Study 94

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Rather, entrepreneurs' frustrations are often due to an incongruence between an MBA's expectations versus the value they can deliver to a startup. Startups Need Execution, Not Administration. Five reasons many MBAs struggle at startups are as follows: 1. Wharton graduates averaged more than $114,000 of graduate school loans).

Entrepreneur 279

Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Even the simplest of new technologies, such as Zoom for remote meetings, can be a detriment to work satisfaction if workers are not trained on how to use it effectively, causing video and sound problems, as well as background distractions. Technology as an add-on by edict is not satisfying. Integrate freelancers seamlessly into your team.

Tips 159

Tips Satisfaction Coach Mentor 159

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

AppFolio supplements its SaaS revenue with add-on services for customers that include background (credit / criminal) screening and credit card processing, both of which generate transactional revenue. Like cell phone pricing, overage charges motivate fast-growing customers to step up to higher monthly license fee levels.

SaaS 215

SaaS Pricing Sales Custom 215

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

It all started in 2010 with Klout. I had always liked and respected CEO Joe Fernandez but could never get my head around the fact that the Klout was putting up charts showing who influenced me and it didn’t map to the reality I knew in my head. Every startup needs accounting and it’s often a huge distraction and non core.

Cornerstone OnDemand 303

Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

However, far less attention has been applied to entrepreneurial philanthropy, in which a startup mindset and accountability is applied to issuing non-profit grants. Even the organization''s lexicon reinforces its startup mindset. The convergence of startup principles and the world of philanthropy makes total sense.

Organization 199

Organization Startup Technical Review Invest 199

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. We then spoke about startups.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2017

We spoke with founder and CEO Aaron Robin to learn more about the app and how it started, and how the company is hoping to reduce the stigma associated with seeking mental health support. When you're starting something, that's tough. My goal is to help people, but I am not a trained therapist. What's iExhale all about?

Social Network 113

Social Network Startup Platform Networking 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2009

One of the startup areas where we've been seeing renewed activity in the last few months is in the enterprise software space--specifically, in software-as-a-service applications targeted at corporate customers. We spoke with the firm's CEO and co-founder, John Hanna : How'd you end up starting the company, and what is FunnelSource all about?

Oracle 145

Oracle Sales Startup Screening 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

In recent years, one of the more common ways to share information, conduct training, or pitch your company to other has been through online, web-based webinar and conferencing. We are targeting small businesses, startups, or anyone who doesn't want to pay the $50 to $100 a month for web conferencing technology.

Tech Coast Angels 178

Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

InfoChachkie

JULY 1, 2013

Would you study for a test, train for a marathon or memorize your lines for a play? Turn your back to the audience and read each slide verbatim from the screen. If you are unsure of a factual response, make up a fictitious one. If the questioner persists with a follow-up question, provide a rambling, semi-coherent response.

Slides 220

Slides Tips Startup RSS 220

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Everyone on the startup team knows there is no buffer, and no personal isolation from impact based on your job description that can save you. Risks to the business drift off their radar screen, resulting in poor business decisions, as well as less job satisfaction and declining professional success.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Satisfaction Custom Customer 106

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

To learn more about how women are looking to change the investment climate--and get involved in investing themselves--we caught up with one of the Pipeline Fellowship''s local mentors, the CEO of Beyond Capital Fund (www.beyondcapitalfund.org), Eva Helene Yazhari , who is here in Los Angeles. What is the Pipeline Fellowship?

Angel 276

Angel Invest Mentor Technical Review 276

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. Despite the importance of creativity, there seems to be almost no focus on teaching it, encouraging it, training at it & incorporating it into our daily routines. It’s ironic because I believe creativity is the most important success criterion for a startup.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The price for one of these machines starts off at GBP 649 or about $1,000. You get your 3D scan within five minutes onto your computer screen. The scanner scans objects with a dimension size up to 25 cm x 25 cm x 25 cm and has a resolution of up to 2 mm.

Design 77

Design Startup Press Pricing 77

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Everyone on the startup team knows there is no buffer, and no personal isolation from impact based on your job description that can save you. Risks to the business drift off their radar screen, resulting in poor business decisions, as well as less job satisfaction and declining professional success. Marty Zwilling.

Satisfaction 106

Satisfaction Organization Custom Customer 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

You are all frustrated when that never happens, even after years of 16-hour days, repeated efforts to hire the right people, and multiple campaigns to delegate more and sign up for less. Only then can you start to adjust your time and your company to let it run without your constant involvement.

Resource 60

Resource Examples Design Entrepreneur 60

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2011

Graham Farrar: Really, the company started about two and a half years ago. In part, we started it because we were trying to scratch our own itch. We bootstrapped the company, and just started making books. We started making them, and we were lucky as people liked them.

Content 208

Content Startup Marketing Santa Barbara 208

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2016

A question I often get asked as an advisor to startups is how to recognize and attract the best people to grow the business. First, you need to carefully define and advertise your requirements in terms as specific as possible to your startup. Filter all digital responses to a list of the top-five candidates through phone screening.

Technical Review 56

Technical Review Coach Training Screening 56

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Arivale (www.arivale.com), a startup founded by Dr. Leroy Hood, the well known DNA and genomics pioneer�which combines gene sequencing with a host of other diagnostic tests, with personalized counselors and health and wellness recommendations, recently launched an expansion into California, starting in Los Angeles.

Coach 100

Coach Startup Study Venture Capital 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 1, 2013

Would you study for a test, train for a marathon or memorize your lines for a play? Turn your back to the audience and read each slide verbatim from the screen. If you are unsure of a factual response, make up a fictitious one. If the questioner persists with a follow-up question, provide a rambling, semi-coherent response.

Slides 154

Slides Tips Startup Research 154