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Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet on the Way out the Door

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my Startup Advice series. Before I started my first company in 1999 I worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). So I’ve always had this in mind with me at startups. Ryan was the most talented technologist we had hired at BuildOnline. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Startup Advice.

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. So one of the first things we did was to hire an Oracle expert and get to work. Looking back, that was a special moment.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. Why You Should Write. Status / reputation.

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How to build a culture code that sticks

Austin Startup

By Kevin Sproles, founder and CEO of Austin’s Volusion “The best companies are deliberate about culture. The co-founder of Hubspot hit it on the head with this quote. I founded Volusion in 1999 out of my childhood bedroom, and stayed on as CEO until 2011, when I left for a few years to focus on my family.