InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Steve’s Startup Tips. Per the popular press’ narrative, Steve Jobs went from a technology rock star (early 1980’s) to a petulant, spoiled brat (late 1980’s), to a washed-up, has been (early 1990’s) back to a technology rock star (2001 to present). He is a great example of…building an enchanting company.”. Getting Some Booty.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 279

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

Money allowed Walt to do more of what he loved to do, which was create entertaining content. Discover what you love to do, do it really well and you will have a high likelihood of making plenty of money. Discover what you love to do, do it really well and you will have a high likelihood of making plenty of money.

Tips 277

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Entertainment 277

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Among many other recommendations, they offer some practical tips on how any organization can make their work culture more meaningful and satisfying: Match people to work that stimulates and challenges them. They need you looking ahead to anticipate what they will need, and providing it before the next crisis, before they must beg for help.

Tips 96

Tips Satisfaction Training Mentor 96

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Article first published as Eleven Startup Tips From Mark Cuban on Technorati. Mark’s Startup Tips. What Risk? "Because "Because if you’re prepared and you know what it takes, it’s not a risk. Love what you do or don’t do it." "What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur?

Tips 274

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Ideas 274

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. In general, banks won’t give you a loan until the business is cash-flow positive, no matter what the future potential. It’s what separates the true entrepreneurs from the wannabes.

Tips 104

Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

Finally, before you start, you need to define what success means to you. It may include financial gain, but more likely the lasting satisfaction and happiness will result from your legacy of change in technology, or your impact on the social ecology of the world. Yet many new entrepreneurs are hesitant, perhaps out of fear or ego.

Entrepreneur 137

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Education 137

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2023

Equally bad is a full tutorial on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

Slides 147

Slides Funding Technical Review Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2017

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. Give yourself the “So-what?”

Tips 75

Tips Marketing Technical Review Startup 75

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

"I had to give it a full go and see what happened. "I was, you know, rebellious, an 18, 19-year old and just did what I wanted to do and all worked out OK." Innovations Are More Than Technological Features. "Our "Our business is about technology, yes. I couldn't resist the opportunity.

Tips 247

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Some people are internally focused, and if they reach critical mass, they can tip the whole company.”. I review these tenets with my entrepreneurial students at UC Santa Barbara at the beginning of each quarter to reinforce many of the key topics we will cover in the following weeks. Be Stubborn And Flexible. “We We are stubborn on vision.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Framework Customer 279

TechCrunch LA

MAY 15, 2022

Uber Eats is launching two autonomous delivery pilots in Los Angeles on Monday with Serve Robotics, a robotic sidewalk delivery startup, and Motional, an autonomous vehicle technology company. Uber said that if a customer decides to tip a Serve robot, they’ll be reimbursed.

West Hollywood 232

West Hollywood Los Angeles Santa Monica Customer 232

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. Give yourself the “So-what?”

Marketing 141

Marketing Startup Social Media Technical Review 141

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. If you sell a product direct to a customer – in person or on the phone – you need to understand what their pain points are and position your product benefits against those pain points.

Sales 319

Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Steve Jobs – “So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? I had to give it a full go and see what happened. I was, you know, rebellious, an 18, 19-year old and just did what I wanted to do and all worked out OK.”.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Our sales guys were on the front line and heard what they needed to win deals. and product management worked with me to decide what to build & when. What changed for us was Tim Barker arrived. Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments.

Organization 280

Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

Jason Nazar

JUNE 29, 2010

Ten Tips on How to Make it in the Meet-up Scene. The technology meet-up scene is an odd co-mingling of entrepreneurs, engineers, social media mavens, service providers, and up and comers. Here are ten actionable tips to make the most of your meet-ups. Meet More – the key to any meet-up is first to meet others.

Tips 112

Tips Networking Entrepreneur Startup 112

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

But what does that really mean? Here are some pragmatic tips on how to make your startup more scalable and investable: If you need investors, start with a scalable idea. Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale.

Tips 111

Tips Startup Outsource Ideas 111

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 13, 2020

Every radical turn in technology history has its great entrepreneur, and for space that person is SpaceX founder Elon Musk. In 2018 alone, venture investments in space topped $2 billion for the first time, and 187 investors wrote checks to 90 startups, according to Bryce Space and Technology. Air Force and more. .

SpaceX 150

SpaceX Los Angeles Tips Pricing 150

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2013

If you can’t summarize what your company does in just a few pages, there’s a problem. Any layperson who reads your executive summary should clearly understand what your company does. A good check is to have someone from outside your circle read your draft and reflect back to you what they got out of it. This is what matters.

Summary 76

Summary Tips Startup Writing 76

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. I recommend that companies move beyond narcissistic marketing to what I call “point-of-view (POV) marketing.”

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2012

Equally bad is an extended pitch on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

Tips 97

Tips Slides Technical Review Startup 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2021

Every entrepreneur should consciously follow these five key actions and implementation tips, to compete and survive, as well as to get the personal satisfaction they expect from the lifestyle: Act on the important, don’t react to the urgent. Decide what is most important and get those activities in the bucket before the week begins.

Framework 153

Framework Product Entrepreneur Social Media 153

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

If you are in the retail sales, hospitality, technology, inventory, administrative or fall under larger commercial companies, then you know you will require extra help during the holiday season. Highlighted below are six tips for effective holiday hiring. The post 6 Tips for Holiday Season Hiring appeared first on TechZulu.

Tips 40

Tips Screening Training Customer 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2020

Equally bad is a full tutorial on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

Startup 118

Startup Slides Technical Review Research 118

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

A more important question, then, for an aspiring entrepreneur, should be what to study in college for maximum value, rather than whether to drop out or stay. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Tips Writing Coach 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

The best new idea for any entrepreneur should first be based on their own personal interests, skills, and lifestyle, rather than the characteristics of a given market or technology. Don’t pick a technology idea that someone else believes will make you rich and famous, or a business area you are not intimately familiar with.

Entrepreneur 62

Entrepreneur Tips Ideas Satisfaction 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2023

Almost every entrepreneur starts their journey by developing a solution, based on their idea of a new technology or required service. We all like to do what we already do well, so it’s easy to focus on achieving higher performance in that domain. These idea and developer skills are necessary, but not sufficient, to build a business.

Develop 110

Develop Development Startup Entrepreneur 110

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Smart potential customers only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites.

Web 117

Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

We spoke with Meredith Finn a new Partner at March Capital--who headed up that the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur sessions this year--to hear more about her perspectives on investments, what the Rise of the Female Entrepeneur was all about, March's interests in artificial intelligence and more. What's your role at March Capital?

Capital 162

Capital Entrepreneur Invest Artificial Inteligence 162

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This community is currently effectively just this discord, are you saying if we all decided that all proceeds of the treasury would be donated to UNICEF then that’s what you’d do?” Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain.

Writing 196

Writing Outsource Development Technical Review Examples 196

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

But, contrary to what most people preach, it isn’t entirely free. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. Marty Zwilling.

Social Media 66

Social Media Media Tips Platform 66

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2019

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. Give yourself the “So-what?”

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review 97

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

Example: great discussions about recruiting tips, similar problems with Amazon AWS, ad agencies stretching payments, etc. He listened intently through every presentation, asked questions and did a great summary of what he felt he had learned over the two days. I’ve been to similar events with First Round Capital and True Ventures.

Startup 279

Startup Venture Capital Tips Custom Development 279

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Mark Harris is back with new details on Uber’s autonomous vehicle technology program. The upshot: Uber was spending $20 million a month to develop self-driving technologies. What else are we hearing? Got a tip or overheard something in the world of transportation? We’ll share more soon. And I used them a lot.

San Fernando 217

San Fernando Los Angeles Commerce News 217

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

But what does that really mean? Here are some pragmatic tips on how to make your startup more scalable and investable: If you need investors, start with a scalable idea. Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Investors don’t invest in services startups. Word-of-mouth does not scale. Automate to the max.

Startup 154

Startup Outsource Ideas Research 154

Tech.Co

JULY 29, 2020

The company is the first technology company to publicly commit to keeping its remote working policies in place into next year, in an attempt to give employees more clarity on how long they would be working from home. Remote Working: What is Google Doing? Remote Working: What Is Twitter Doing?

Google 157

Google Blogging Journal Statistics 157

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Smart people only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites. Put yourself on the site. Marty Zwilling.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92