Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

In case you haven’t heard of the website before, it allows you to register and hire professional consultants with top-tier qualifications, at a fraction of the cost you might otherwise have to pay, and in a fraction of the time. I used traditional methods of funding, namely bank loans, for the purchase.

Cofounder 137

Cofounder Green Small Business Administration Business Plan 137

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

It was 2003 and I was training for a marathon so I was in great shape (yes, I know this was YEARS ago but I did complete it in 3:57). I hired an executive recruiter and had 7 finalist candidates that I interviewed. One of the people who came to see me was named Nick. And in the end I hired him. He disarmed me.

Venture Capital 264

Venture Capital Due Diligence Flash Strategic Investors 264

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

While we would never impose hiring decisions, we aim to reduce the potential impact of unconscious bias for key C-Level and senior roles within a Company. The idea was that if you ask owners to commit to the “top end of the funnel” in recruiting it would start to have an impact on hiring non-white coaches.

Term Sheet 284

Term Sheet Los Angeles Open Source Portfolio 284

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. And then the news came. A woman named Trish Hannon called me with the good news that we had won the project. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed. The momentum had shifted.

China 333

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. And then the news came. A woman named Trish Hannon called me with the good news that we had won the project. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed. The momentum had shifted.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. He later changed the name to Facebook. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63

Initial Public Offering 297

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 297

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

We’ve recently discussed several useful topics for small businesses and startups, including naming your company , how to make you taglines stand out from the crowd., If your 2010 website has content dated from 2003, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Nowadays people are putting the name into Google to find sites.

Small Business 123

Small Business Web Design Marketing 123

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

We’ve recently discussed several useful topics for small businesses and startups, including naming your company , how to make you taglines stand out from the crowd., If your 2010 website has content dated from 2003, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Nowadays people are putting the name into Google to find sites.

Small Business 122

Small Business Web Design Marketing 122

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. And the CEO they would hire to come in and run the business when you go would always be a mercenary. Why you shouldn’t stack too many brand names into a round. Are we in a bubble?

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. He later changed the name to Facebook. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63

Initial Public Offering 148

Initial Public Offering California .Net Business Plan 148

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2013

His view is to hire excellent people, empower them with full accountability and then let them make all the decisions independently, encouraging them to seek input from those around them as they go. She was named Adweek Media’s “Publishing Executive of the Year” in 2009.

Cofounder 160

Cofounder Leadership Startup Founder 160

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. He later changed the name to Facebook. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63

Entrepreneur 263

Entrepreneur Initial Public Offering California .Net 263

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. He later changed the name to Facebook. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63

Initial Public Offering 295

Initial Public Offering California .Net Business Plan 295

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. And then the news came. A woman named Trish Hannon called me with the good news that we had won the project. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. I’m talking Tom Watson at the British Open or Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.

Software Review 151

Software Review Technical Review Silicon Valley France 151

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 1, 2017

I found myself pushed into entrepreneurship after being laid off from a Marketing Director position with a San Diego based high tech company in 2003. Thus the concept for Hera Hub was born (named after the Greek Goddess of women). Hera Hub grew out of my personal need for flexible work, meeting, and event space.

San Diego 48

San Diego Entrepreneur Marketing Technical Review 48

Up and Running

OCTOBER 20, 2014

You can hire or fire people based on your own guidelines and work only with people who are a good personality fit,” he says. Shelley Hunter went from a systems analyst to the spokesperson for GiftCards.com, a website she started under a different name and was able to sell. Connect on Twitter: @bopdesignsd. FelenaHanson.

Cofounder 165

Cofounder West Virginia Taiwan Virginia 165

www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 23, 2012

Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution. Pinterest can hire, Square can hire, Dropbox can hire - these companies have a clear demand for their products and are becoming market leaders," explains Naval Ravikant, founder of startup advice site Venture Hacks. Don't Let the Wrong Name Sink Your Startup. No problem.

Hiring 49

Hiring Startup Semantic Equity 49

Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2018

Moody established Stella & Chewy’s in 2003 in a tiny New York City apartment, but the impetus for the business came years earlier when Chewy, who had been rescued from an animal shelter, developed severe health problems. How did you come up with your business name? They were my inspiration and the loves of my life for many years.

Milwaukee 77

Milwaukee New York City New York Entrepreneur 77

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In 2003, President George W. In other words, these fields should contain the sender’s name or the business name. Monitor what others do for you on your behalf. – If you have virtual assistants or you hire another company to manage your email list , supervise all email activities. And it’s an easy way to break the law.

Email 100

Email Marketing Advertising Government 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. He later changed the name to Facebook. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63

Initial Public Offering 221

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 221

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 25, 2019

In 2003, President Bush signed the CAN-SPAM Act into law. The “To,” “From” and domain name and email address, must all show the real name of the business or person who sent the message. If you hire a marketer to do your email campaigns for you, be sure that they’re up to date on these laws.

Email 77

Email Campaign Advertising Naming 77

Growthink Blog

MAY 20, 2014

At the time (around 2003), many venture capital firms were licking their wounds. This entrepreneur’s name was Chet Holmes. So, what''s the answer to the question of how to woo investors, customers, partners, advisors, key hires, and more over six months? Years ago I served on a funding panel with Tom Clancy. In other words.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital San Diego Los Angeles Partner 107

dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

There are folks who dont like me, or who are annoyed by me, but if Id broken somebodys trust in regard to their work, I guarantee itd be just about the first thing youd find when you Google my name. I would love to be plagiarized and embroiled in a lawsuit--the curiosity factor alone would boost my sales and name recognition exponentially.

NDA 52

NDA Technical Review Non-Compete San Francisco 52

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

I speak from personal experience, since I hired and partnered with a CEO, Jeff Weiner, very successfully at LinkedIn five years after co-founding the company. I co-founded LinkedIn in 2003, and by 2005, after asking myself the key questions about my passion, focus, and commitment, I knew I wanted to bring in a CEO.

Founder 78

Founder Hiring Cofounder Hawaii 78

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The result of these vulnerabilities is that we hire the wrong candidates, listen to the wrong people, and fail to differentiate our businesses. How false expertise leads us to hire the wrong people. Resumes are noisy: The name at the top may suggest gender and ethnicity. Mitigating the impact of false expertise on hiring.

Technical Review 188

Technical Review Montana Differentiation Hiring 188

www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

thanks for the comments on the #java innovation and #nosql post [link] names of oss java streaming tools? Copyright © 2003-2010 James Governor, RedMonk. A nice article by James Governor [link] #in This comment was originally posted on Twitter monkchips Posted September 8, 2010 at 1:30 pm | Permalink you rock @kosso!

Java 43

Java Demand Web Framework 43

www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

thanks for the comments on the #java innovation and #nosql post [link] names of oss java streaming tools? Copyright © 2003-2010 James Governor, RedMonk. A nice article by James Governor [link] #in This comment was originally posted on Twitter monkchips Posted September 8, 2010 at 1:30 pm | Permalink you rock @kosso!

Java 43

Java Demand Web Framework 43

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 6, 2011

They’ve been working on this for some time but pushed it live to all last week. (So, So, perhaps we have yet another verb to all – +1′d) The difference Google has to offer from the Like or InShare options is the tie to search and that’s where the +1 Button makes it’s obvious difference known.

Small Business 70

Small Business Marketing Social Media Search 70

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 22, 2011

Pork Bellies are one of my favorites commodities, mostly because I like the name so much. I’m not entirely sure what one does with a load of pork bellies, but I do know, like all commodities, they are bought and sold exclusively on price.

Kansas City 64

Kansas City Small Business Kansas Marketing 64

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2011

Clipped from: www.ducttapemarketing.com ( share this clip ) Good stuff I found this week: Email on Acid – despite the odd name this is a very useful tool – it allows you to take a peak at what your email will look like in almost every email client and browser. The photo in the post this week is a clip example from Curate.US

Small Business 54

Small Business Marketing HTML Social Media 54

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

I have no problem doing this, so I’ve started to set up a short code word for each event and I simply say text “event name” to the code and people get a message that allows them to download the slides on the spot while I’m standing up there in front of them. On top of convenience this still offers up a bit of wow factor for participants.

SMS 72

SMS Marketing Mobile Social Media 72

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2011

Denny tackles the question that many small businesses face and that’s “what to do when you’re faced with competition that has more money, name recognition and customers?&# If I were to sum up Killing Giants it would be this – Identify a competitor’s vulnerability and exploiting the heck out of it.

Small Business 58

Small Business RSS Marketing Social Media 58

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Social Media Explorer is also the name of Falls’s consulting company which focuses on strategic counsel for medium and large companies in the realm of social media marketing, digital marketing, online communications and public relations. SocialMediaExplorer.com is owned, co-authored and edited by Jason.

Small Business 53

Small Business Marketing Social Media Cofounder 53

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 26, 2011

This is where you can get reports on the pages Google is crawling, where you might have broken links, the status of your site maps and any issues Google might be encountering with your site. [link] SpyFu – As the name implies this tool aims at helping you understand what a site is doing related to PPC advertising and specifically AdWords.

SEO 68

SEO Small Business Marketing Search 68

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

It could be as simple as lending your name to something that’s already going on, giving away a product or gadget, hosting a Twitter party or something more old school like sponsoring a Late Night at your store where you stay open late and offer some cool (and URL-branded) giveaways and raffles.

Web 53

Web Small Business Social Media Matching 53

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

My original post was directed at hiring managers. It said that I didn’t believe it was a good idea to hire job hoppers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

Making sure a new acquaintance retains your name (and the favorable impression you’ve created) is a process you should set in motion right after you’ve met someone. Always address the thank-you note to the person by name. Good follow-up alone elevates you above 95 percent of your peers. Be brief and to the point. Timeliness is key.

Social Media 41

Social Media Programming Small Business RSS 41