Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. I had never had any sales training so everything we did for the first couple of years was instinctual. I’ve started writing up some of those sales & marketing lessons and I plan to continue to build that section out over time.

Sales 316

Sales Startup Pricing Customer 316

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Write things down. They had a team trained up in Documentum and we certainly had enemies from the inside. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. Be gracious.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Write things down. They had a team trained up in Documentum and we certainly had enemies from the inside. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. Be gracious.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe. I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. Their first batch of shipping is due out in the next few weeks.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission. On the SAT/ACT side, in classroom tutoring, we have used our technology to automate the back office.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. It’s hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency. Don’t count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you.

Outsource Development 122

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 122

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I write these words I’m aware that I could practically change the words AOL and Facebook for much of this section and with a few factual tweaks it might not be noticeable to the reader which of the firms I was talking about. reinvented, with more people online and trained. They controlled distribution to the masses.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

They had a team trained up in Documentum and we certainly had enemies from the inside. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. You are most vulnerable right after it has been announced that you won (I will write a separate post on this). Be gracious.

Startup 151

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 11, 2010

This month’s big question is Examples of Big Impact from Technology and I’ve taken it as an opportunity to go back and look at the elements of different projects that I’ve worked on over the years that have had a big impact. The retail store manager’s plan would be reviewed and approved by the district manager.

Satisfaction 167

Satisfaction Examples Course Technical Review 167

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Its hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency. Dont count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you.

Outsource Development 95

Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The reason for that, is in my opinion, the majority of the innovations that have improved our nation in the past 150 years have been due to technology and engineering innovations. Fariborz Maseeh: All of my training is in engineering. Can you talk about your background and how you ended up here?

Competition 154

Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. He created a technology version of Neighborhood Watch where people in your neighborhood could share suspicious footage of individuals around their house.

Startup 247

Startup Pricing Product Marketing 247

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2016

Next comes the more arduous process of reviewing every applicant, looking for key attributes including the following. On a business team, the ability to communicate verbally and in writing is more important than technical depth. Get it reviewed and approved by peers, including salary and perks. Good communication skills.

Technical Review 56

Technical Review Coach Training Screening 56

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

Salary costs go up rapidly, as people require training, bonuses, expense reimbursals, and an office with a requisite support team and supplies. Unanticipated pivots, quality write-offs, and shrinkage. New manufacturers and new technology are hard to get right the first time, so you will have unusable inventory and emergency repairs.

Startup 105

Startup Software Review Technical Review Social Media 105

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does. To start, let’s take a peek inside my train of thinking while I was preparing what I would report on for Tech Crunch Disrupt 2012. 1 Pre Planning.

Press 97

Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

We've basically taken advantage of all the new technology out there--especially, the web-based service model. For parents, if you're interested in how your kids are doing, you can find out what their schedule is like, what homework is due when, what their grades are, and how they are progressing, plus you can communicate with their teachers.

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. It’s hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency. Don’t count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you.

Outsource Development 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In mentoring, we match experienced angel investors with, what I like to call them, “angels-in-training” so they can share the lessons learned. What has been exciting is the ripple effect of putting 10 angels-in-training and 10 women social entrepreneurs together in the same room. The third component is practice.

Mentor 84

Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

We hired a head of technology, a head of customer service, a head of marketing, a head of strategy (which no startup should ever hire) a CFO and, ugh, 33 developers. On the other hand, I had never had to do the detailed work to get an intuitive feel for what customers wanted or how to train and service them.

Startup 299

Startup Venture Capital Technical Review Training 299

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There was no money train. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. It was 1991. We still loved every moment.

Venture Capital 466

Venture Capital Startup Marketing Pricing 466

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How do you take a business you started as your own personal web site, and turn it into an online powerhouse, completely bootstrapped, from the little town of Ojai, California--not exactly known as a technology town? Lynda Weinman: With the downturn due to the dot com crash, our school business died on the vine. It was going crazy.

Startup 242

Startup Web Design Writing Web 242

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. Fables of the reconstruction.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In most cases, these applicants for equity funding must be rooted in technology to apply to this limited discussion. The advantage to getting the attention of a super angel is that most operate informally and make quick decisions with little due diligence. This class of investor typically writes checks from $50,000 to $250,000.

Equity 156

Equity Technical Review Class Organization 156

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Yet, despite his exceptional courtroom theatrics, you would be foolhardy to hire good old Johnnie to review your software cross-licensing agreement. Once you draft the straightforward text, sans the legal mumbo-jumbo, ask your lawyer to review the text to ensure your layman descriptions do not result in an unintended interpretation.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

As described in Advice For Emerging Entrepreneurs , let the BDC train you and grant you opportunities to make mistakes on their time, on their dime. When high-tech businesses, founded by appropriately educated entrepreneurs who received money from sophisticated investors are considered, the survival rates are even more encouraging.

Startup 243

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 243

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

With public interest in artificial intelligence technologies on the rise, five of the world’s largest corporations—vying against each other in so many spheres—are banding together to support research on the ethical and societal issues raised by machines with increasingly human-like capabilities.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Technical Advisors Research 40

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner." Industry pundits generally spend their time writing about what they see in the rear view mirror.

Tips 277

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Entertainment 277