SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Note to self, this event is not for alpha products with no customers. For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space? Raise more money than you need because your business model may change.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Note to self, this event is not for alpha products with no customers. For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space? Raise more money than you need because your business model may change.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2014

When Open Source software projects are launched, the progenitors often start a for-profit sister company to garner some income from training, support and consulting. They kind of invented this business model. Google has optimized this open source to freemium model in almost all of its products. Acquia, Inc.

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Are there types of companies, market segments, industries, or business models where PLG does not make sense? If you go back to thinking about what kind of company is a great fit for PLG, there are two important criteria: The first one is your target segment, your customer size. This is awesome, but is this a fit for me? ”

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Michael’s second problem comes from holding software engineers to an unprecedented standard of business savviness: Most software engineers aren’t business people.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. The first being that there has to be congruence between your startup’s concept and location.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

But as any programmer will tell you (I’m one), any lucrative contract or full time job you can get, especially these days, will usually leave you so burnt out by the end of the day that the last thing you will want to do is sit down and bang out more code. This happens a lot. Better still, write your own post :) Ron Amen.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

They don’t bill as much as I do, and they do the work in a fraction of time. Doing things all yourself as a business owner is an absolute time drain that we all need to take a magnifying glass to and figure out how not to succumb to this one. Sometimes, as a business owner, things change. Your business model may change.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

He also said, “The most important hire I made in my time at the JAIC was the chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani.” In this class session Nand Mulchandani, JAIC CTO who just completed an extended stint as Acting Director, continued the discussion of AI and the role of the JAIC.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. Paige Craig: Adrenaline-junkie Paige Craig is a former marine and intelligence consultant who’s now a prolific angel investor and startup advisor based out of Los Angeles.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. The programmer will probably not understand your business model, and therefore cant help you point out anything that doesnt make sense in the requirements. THANK YOU!!!

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. This led to a far ranging strategic discussion that got us both really excited about the huge potential of our business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 12, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Facebook’s $0.0000000000028 business model.

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