SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Weve also found that potential clients find us through LinkedIn. Im very happy with the time Ive spent building up my LinkedIn network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. Your business name should match your business in order to remind customers what services you provide. Avoid unusual spellings. Marty Zwilling.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle. TSM: What is the most important thing you tell other startup founders?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

TechInnovation 2012 , organized by Intellectual Property Intermediary (IPI) Singapore is an industry-technology matching event focusing on emerging and ready-to-market enabling technologies in info-communications, electronics, materials, manufacturing, healthcare, energy and environment, to enhance the innovation capacity of Singapore enterprises.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. Your business name should match your business in order to remind customers what services you provide. Avoid unusual spellings.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Then, match that person up with a one day or so a week senior person who gets paid mostly in equity. Start putting these college kids who have done comp sci to work on your project, but match them up with a mentor--that technical co-founder you think you need but totally can't afford or can't convince to come and work with you.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Lauren Bush at Under30CEO , April 21, 2011 : Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects, discusses how she applied her entrepreneurial skills to the nonprofit, social justice sector. Future innovators looking to launch their own startup can easily find inspiration in her perseverance and seemingly boundless work ethic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. Your business name should match your business in order to remind customers what services you provide. Avoid unusual spellings.

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Gust

MARCH 30, 2014

Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. Your business name should match your business in order to remind customers what services you provide. Avoid unusual spellings.

Naming 174

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. Your business name should match your business in order to remind customers what services you provide. Avoid unusual spellings.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Darren Nix , Group Manager of the Assessments product team at Indeed and founder of the Y Combinator -backed startup Interviewed (acquired by Indeed), puts it this way: “Users can’t design your product for you. Hunter Brennick , co-founder and COO of Landing Lion , emphasizes humility and listening for product managers.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Match students with relevant startup internships. It would be ideal if Yale built a similar tool which allowed students to filter for companies with a) quality teams, b) >10 employees, c) backed by a credible VC, and d) (optional) a Yale cofounder. Founder community. So what else can Yale and other universities do?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

started because the company founder was upset after he struggled to find new content for his daughter to watch on YouTube. I quickly realized that swinging wildly wasn’t going to win many matches. In a singles match, you’re ultimately responsible for everything that happens on your side of the net. Rely on Yourself.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The promise is so great, but the reality is that if you aren't developing something that matches with the models they provide then it represents a challenge. Interesting term used in a ZD Net article - Platform as a Service (PaaS) Unfortunately, Peter sells the promise and ignores the reality. Will it survive as long as you need?

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. I [Reid] remember when Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky told me about the offer.). They’ll probably kill you,” he said.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 25, 2019

My husband is the founder and creative director agency of our creative branding agency, The Orangeblowfish , and I’m the managing partner of the firm. What we found was that we took on projects that didn’t match our interest or skill set and completing the project just wasn’t fun. In essence, we had a safety net. Of course not!

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

See Also: Got “Founder Fit”? Blackbox cofounder Bjoern Lasse Herrmann says, “Too many startups start building first without talking to customers. Usually royalties fall somewhere between 2 percent and 10 percent of the net profit. He calls this “the secret of the market.”. Do you know a specific market’s secret?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

They co-founded it with former U.S. Jen is the founder and former executive director of Code for America. It was an example, where we can build something maybe quickly for you that helps collect volunteers and helps you match them. For episode 4 of Out of the Crisis, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung joined me to talk about the U.S.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 25, 2019

My husband is the founder and creative director agency of our creative branding agency, The Orangeblowfish , and I’m the managing partner of the firm. What we found was that we took on projects that didn’t match our interest or skill set and completing the project just wasn’t fun. In essence, we had a safety net. Of course not!

China 40

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 30, 2019

John Jantsch: Today’s episode is brought to you by Break Through The Noise , the new book by Tim Staples, Co-Founder and CEO of Shareability. John Jantsch: We work with a lot of small business owners, one of the first things we want to do is match their message to their market. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. Knowing these will help a founder position her pitch to get investors’ attention. Founders need to keep their eye on the prize — not just the next funding round. Business Model.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2014

To pour your life savings into an entrepreneurial pursuit is like walking the tightrope without the benefit of a safety net. Anyone wanting to become a potential competitor had to be willing to match our marketing investment and commitment — just doing the bare minimum wouldn’t have been enough.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2023

Recently, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures hosted our Pre-Series A Offsite —a one day single track conference that matched 60 top startups planning their Series A round within the next 12 months or so with 15 Series A check-writers for a day of panels, networking and small group working sessions. 2) Most startup events suck.

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David Cohen

APRIL 3, 2013

the school is an old factory that is a labor of love of the founder and principal. he had a shouting match with the hotel people and apparantly he won. everything is a shouting match here. the school is an old factory that is a labor of love of the founder and principal. everything is a shouting match here.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 28, 2011

On the other side of this radio interview are Adelaide Lancaster and Amy Abrams , both founders of their own startups, both coaches and mentors to dozens of other startups over the years, and who together created and still run the In Good Company co-working space for women entrepreneurs in New York City. They’re really neat.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

An angel investor is a high net worth individual who invests their own money into startup companies in the hopes of gaining a return on their money. I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital. Tweet This Tip.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

To pour life savings into an entrepreneurial pursuit is like walking the tightrope without the benefit of a safety net. Anyone wanting to become a potential competitor had to be willing to match our investment and commitment, and just doing a little marketing wouldn’t have been enough to catch us. Finance the dream yourself.

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blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Simeon, can you tell us how you structure ownership and control so you can fire your co-founders if necessary? The first part will dispel some myths, address the lifecycle of founder agreements and the key compensation and control parameters in them. Let’s start by dispelling some myths: There is a standard founder agreement.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

They founded Onward, a platform that matches displaced workers--usually, hourly workers--to industries that are hiring rapidly right now. Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin are the founders of a company called Bitwise. Here's my conversation with the founders of Bitwise. I am the co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Industries.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

In fact, I remember sending him and his obscure-to-me co-founder (aka Reid Hoffman ) a bug report early-on, instead of taking them up on their offer of an in-person meeting. I managed to be envious of dozens of other companies, founders, and colleagues who seemed to be having tremendous success but later turned out to be a mirage.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

The meme was kicked off by Chris Dixon with this post saying that term sheets need to be simplified and align investor / founder interests. This was pre Venture Hacks so not a lot of help on terms on the Net. They immediately agreed to match True’s terms. I totally agree but want to cover a different issue.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 7, 2019

Of course, many of you know his book, Book Yourself Solid , his more recent Steal the Show , and he’s also the co-founder of Heroic Public Speaking , an organization that is really, I think, revolutionizing the training of public speakers and presenters. This is John Jantsch and my guest today is Michael Port.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Jairo Trad, CEO and co-founder of Argentinian company Kilimo , dreamt of a solution to optimize agriculture’s water usage, uniting environmentally-concsious companies with local producers to operate in the region’s main watersheds. trillion problem, and also a cost on the environment.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 8, 2016

Here’s what Zappos founder and CEO has to say about their stance on their phone number: Tony Hseih : “On many websites the contact information is buried at least five links deep, because the company doesn’t really want to hear from you. .” We won’t send you to FAQs or message boards for support. It just works.”.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

If you have an existing company, you evaluated your core identity in the discovery phase and now have a chance to evolve that identity to better match your current/future vision, mission, and values. This is also known as the Net Promoter Score (NPS) question. The 85,000 farmers in the cooperative are co-owners in the company.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Researching the limits of puppy learning has given us the ability to have 8 week old puppies matching items, 13 week old puppies imitating our gestures and 15 week old puppies reading flashcards, how cool is that! To me personally, being the founder of an online business, distribution will never be a problem. Be blessed!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout.

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