crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2010

Three Kinds of People (from blog archives) – [link]. Googley Principles – Not For Design Only (from the archives) – [link]. When Designers And Developers Work Together – [link]. Usability makes the world work better – [link]. Noupe: 40 Terrific Works of Art Made From Common Trash – [link].

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Austin Startup

JULY 13, 2010

LiveOffice, the number-one provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) email archiving, email compliance and email continuity solutions and Socialware , the leader in helping companies manage, embrace and leverage public social networks, today announced a partnership. Tags: Digital austin Press Release socialware. CrunchBase Information.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Its works great. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. And there was a big surprise. It includes traffic! This is something that Ive wanted on my wifes GPS for a while. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

It also works well for non-profit groups: [link] Its a relatively new concept, but it likely has legs. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. I actually think this is a pretty innovative model.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Since then it has become much harder to find people and while we are talking about hiring relatively small numbers of people, the typical sources of candidates dont seem to be working. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Whether that’s pointing new entrepreneurs in the right direction–toward an attorney, an angel, or venture capitalist–or whether it’s helping a small company grow bigger–there’s a lot of people “behind the scenes&# working to help entrepreneurs succeed. Thats right on the money. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. Im sure that many of you have read Guys article Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

One of the things that Greg Forgatch (the original CEO) should be credited with was testing many different marketing approaches until he found the ones that worked. Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

What I really liked in my conversations with The Hive is that they are willing to work with and fund ventures that would never get VC dollars. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Instead of having loyal customers willing to work with you, you’ve told them, “You own a product we no longer care about. Let’s Fire Our Customers « Steve Blank (tags: product-management startup business) [.] No tools to transition your customers data to the new and improved but incompatible product(s)?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Having worked on eHarmony where the intake is 2 hours and was completely counter to the prevailing trend, I think the analyst missed the point. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

blog comments powered by Disqus Sponsored by Resources from Qwest Business Unified Communications - Best Practices for Building a Collaborative Environment The move to more collaborative ways of working is changing business. I fear what it does to the ego. startupcto

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Thus, you may starve working on your labor of love. There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. I understand his frustration. However, there are lots of companies that are making money from open source and freemium models. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g., Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Maybe they just want to work with a start-up. Honestly, I am grateful for your work, and I’m going to continue to be a devoted student. Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.] It’s not a substitute for customer input and understanding.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

You have to be passionate about your work, the company and its mission to be working 24/7. But more than likely you don’t need to be as articulate or creative as the founders (they’re doing the talking, while you’re doing the work.) tags: entrepreneurship startup business) [.] You may be wearing multiple hats in one-day.)

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. I think the reason that LinkedIn is working is that there are so many other people in our micromarket (or microfield) in our networks that we end up really just being a couple hops away from someone whos perfectly qualified. in Computer Science.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Unless youve already worked with someone, its tough to assess how strong a contributor theyll be. For example when I was interviewing for people whod be working heavily with OpenGL, Id always ask " Tell me about a time when you ran into a graphics driver bug ". then youll be off to a good start!

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Unfortunately, a lot of networking events attract more service providers and people out of work than interesting people. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science.

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www.readwriteweb.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Persistent rumors of a Facebook search engine, Google s efforts to integrate Google+ into its search results and Microsofts addition of Facebook tagging into Bing results. In many ways, [social discovery] is similar to how SEO works, except there are so many more competing technologies and ways to analyze the patterns,” Salyer said.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Your firm worked with an investment banking firm that underwrote and offered stock (typically on the NASDAQ exchange) to the public. What this meant for entrepreneurs and VC’s was simple, profound and unappreciated today: VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. Working with my old boss sounded like a great idea. The response from across the country?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

Here was the guy who invented the field I had spent the first five years of my adult life working on. Nothing in his biography or any Stanford history mentions anything as exciting as his work in World War II. On RRL, you probably would love to visit the Harvard Archives and have them pull out some material for you.

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Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

Markets with Invention Risk are those where it’s questionable whether the technology can ever be made to work – but if it does customers will beat a path to the company’s door. Whether it will eventually work no one knows, but the payoff could be so large, investors will take the risk.) Order Here. Now In Print!

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Between the board work and the consulting, I enjoyed my first-ever corporate “out-of-body experience.” Yet when I talked to my venture capital friends, they said, “Well, that’s just how startups work. To everyone’s delight (and my surprise,) I usually could quickly see what needed to be fixed.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

So what we needed to do was to craft a Departmental Mission statement that told everyone why they come to work, what they need to do, and how they will know they have succeeded. The idea of intention is that if employees understand the thinking behind the mission, they can work collaboratively to achieve it. It didn’t take more.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web. This class of startup needs to spend a decade or so proving that the product works, first in a test tube and then in FDA trials. Eric and I will be working on others. Customer Development is unhelpful here. Great quote.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

I was working on some data analysis around the topic of angel round pre-money valuations (which I’ll post soon) and came up with the following interesting charts. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Venture Capital and tagged angel funding , Equity Split , founder equity , technology.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Colour Graphics show how to utilise offline marketing to attract more business and custom, without a heavy price tag. 3 Work on your reputation as an influencer and thought leader. 6 Build a company archive. A vibrant business has many marketing channels, on and offline. But offline marketing can and do still yield results.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

By the time a big company gets the committee to organize the subcommittee to pick a meeting date, your startup could have made 20 decisions, reversed five of them and implemented the fifteen that worked. Tempo = Speed Consistently Over Time Once you learn how to make decisions quickly you’re not done.

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