Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I would discover that there was a more effective alternative in building a marketing department than hiring traditional marketers with MBA’s. Yet in our case the product, the machine as delivered from engineering, was a blank, featureless computer with just an operating system and compilers.

Engineer 198

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2011

The 54 companies in the study operated product and service businesses, had been in business on average 9.6 The 54 companies in the study operated product and service businesses, had been in business on average 9.6 You must evolve from being a doer to a manager of employees and then eventually to a manager of managers (a leader).

Indianapolis 219

Indianapolis Minneapolis Kentucky Virginia 219

YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2013

The new hire process, particularly at the executive level, is a significant decision and can be quite involved. While there are a number of factors in play which combine to impact the recruiting and hiring process, there is one constant that drives the process of the search – the CEO always sets the tone. Sell the Dream.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2019

In addition to those two types of hired help, you can get free guidance and support from a local SBDC consultant. California can be appealing to California-based investors (particularly fast-growth tech companies) despite high income and corporate taxes, and franchise fees for all businesses regardless of size.

Delaware 83

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Howard Morgan earned a PhD in Operations Research/Computer Science in 1968. During the first year of the fund they took forty-eight trips to California! They did not take salaries during the first two years and invested more money in the firm than they received from management fees. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

Pre-Money Valuation 284

Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

An increasing number of big companies are hiring small businesses to help them develop innovative products, processes and procedures. By 2010, Vuzit had been hired by two large companies – a bank and an aerospace firm — to “help brainstorm and implement new technologies.” Managing a Business Operations Strategy'

Intellectual Property 106

Intellectual Property Philadelphia Small Business California 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Established in Cupertino, California in 1976, Apple really didn’t get on the map until the advent of the Macintosh in 1984, eight years later. Apple - It took Steve Jobs two decades to become an overnight dot-com billionaire.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” A Sense of Purpose.

Leadership 150

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive.

Social Network 150

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A venture feasibility study analyzes an idea from several perspectives: market opportunity, competition, resources available, resource gaps, financial viability, operational issues, intellectual property rights, development timeline and technology needs. Company culture cannot be dictated by management, it can only be modeled.

Small Business 87

Small Business CPA Government North America 87

Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

No more 60 hour weeks at a job where the owners apparently were unable to run a successful operation. I figured after so many people were asking to me help them out with marketing projects on the side, I could do this gig part-time while also managing the kids and household. No hassles. No regrets. From this, Urtasker was born.

Entrepreneur 135

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? How to manage costs - One of the biggest frustrations that people have with lawyers are unexpected costs.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

VP of Business Development, DNAnexus - Palo Alto, California In the not too distant future, everything will be determined by your DNA--your job, what retro 50's decor you'll buy, how tightly you'll slick back your hair, whether or not you can date Uma Thurman. Senior VP of Operations/COO – ROBLOX - San Francisco, CA Tree forts.

San Francisco 92

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

The Carson, California company employs about 800 people in its 4 Southern California plants. Today, CedarLane is the largest family-owned and operated national frozen food brand in the U.S. Thanks to Mark and Tori Baird, Hire Patriots ! #14 CedarLane offers a wide variety of all-natural fresh and frozen, ready-made meals.

San Diego 115

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

00:00:06] DEREK: Tell us about growing up in Northern California, tell us about what your dad did, what your mom did, and your family a little bit. [00:00:52] I grew up in Northern California. I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. It was all technical.

Cofounder 337

Cofounder Technical Cofounder San Diego Startup 337

Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

When I asked our trade show manager she looked at me like I was the house idiot and said, “Steve, don’t you know that my job is to set up our trade show booth?” But my favorite was when the public relations manager said, “we’re here to write press releases and answer the phone in case the press calls.” This is a big idea.

Silicon Valley 259

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

If you need to hire a contractor to work on your home on a construction site, be advised that it does come with some risks. Contractors who manage to secure bonds are under oath to provide the best service to customers. Don’t fail to meet the right professionals if you need contractor license bond California. Emphatically yes.

California 113

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Frank Cowell is a speaker, best-selling author, and entrepreneur in the San Diego, California area. An energetic and entertaining speaker, Frank presents regularly to regional and national organizations on topics related to revenue operations, business strategy, and digital marketing. So let's talk a little bit about that concept.

Revenue 83

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Established in Cupertino, California in 1976, Apple really didn’t get on the map until the advent of the Macintosh in 1984, eight years later. Apple - It took Steve Jobs two decades to become an overnight dot-com billionaire.

Initial Public Offering 297

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 297

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Established in Cupertino, California in 1976, Apple really didn’t get on the map until the advent of the Macintosh in 1984, eight years later. Apple - It took Steve Jobs two decades to become an overnight dot-com billionaire.

Initial Public Offering 148

Initial Public Offering California .Net Business Plan 148

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Established in Cupertino, California in 1976, Apple really didn’t get on the map until the advent of the Macintosh in 1984, eight years later. Apple - It took Steve Jobs two decades to become an overnight dot-com billionaire.

Entrepreneur 263

Entrepreneur Initial Public Offering California .Net 263

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I mean, there were many small annoyances along the way — finding a bookkeeper, and an accountant, and interacting with the California Franchise Tax Board, to which I always seem to owe some amount of money no matter how many times I’ve paid my bills. But recently I hired my first employee, so I’m hoping some of that dissipates.

San Francisco 88

San Francisco Washington Revenue California 88

Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 13, 2022

With so many options, businesses operating on the Shopify platform can easily find a theme that aligns with their brand identity and helps them stand out from the competition. The platform offers a variety of features and tools to help companies to scale their operations without any hiccups. Highly Scalable. Cost-Effective.

eCommerce 52

eCommerce Arizona SEO Security 52

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Established in Cupertino, California in 1976, Apple really didn’t get on the map until the advent of the Macintosh in 1984, eight years later. Apple - It took Steve Jobs two decades to become an overnight dot-com billionaire.

Initial Public Offering 295

Initial Public Offering California .Net Business Plan 295

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

Managing foreign exchange reserves is every bit as challenging as managing a family budget. I counseled the department manager against hiring since she would be subject to personal challenges in selling to our partners in Latin countries. His manager accepted his resignation and documented the case in the personnel files.

Saudi Arabia 225

Saudi Arabia Brazil Finland Silicon Valley 225

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

To greet renters and hand over the keys, Hertz sometimes hires a stand-in through TaskRabbit, a Web-based company that matches time-deprived people in need of temporary assistants with freelance errand runners who have passed criminal background checks and are looking for extra income. Only 3% were online when I started AOL.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2013

by Annie Jie Xu, General Manager of Alibaba.com , Americas. Some people dream of global domination, while others would prefer a smaller operation which brings them a healthy income. The root of many business failures is not making the right hiring decisions. Find your USP. Have confidence.

Entrepreneur 191

Entrepreneur America Social Media Forecast 191

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

Digital Response (USDR) CalFresh Onward California Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) "President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1935-1944" SF New Deal donation/volunteer page Transcript for Out of the Crisis #15: SF New Deal Eric Ries : This is Out of the Crisis, I'm Eric Ries.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Government Technical Review Community 60

Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2013

When an individual is operating outside of a working environment, you naturally have less control and input over the work they are producing and the method by which they are doing it. Use the same procedure and mentality you would if you were hiring a permanent member of full-time staff.

Small Business 86

Small Business Offshore Warrant Security 86

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Established in Cupertino, California in 1976, Apple really didn’t get on the map until the advent of the Macintosh in 1984, eight years later. Apple - It took Steve Jobs two decades to become an overnight dot-com billionaire.

Initial Public Offering 221

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 221

The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

The firm, which offers cloud-based employee management and training software, boasts 11 million users in 189 countries. Cornerstone also benefitted from having less competition when hiring talent. The company has managed 95 percent retention of clients. We were essentially funded by our clients…in an indirect way.”

Cloud 118

Cloud Southern California Los Angeles New York City 118

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 23, 2013

Perhaps the best example comes from 2007 when Google’s People Operations team noticed that the attrition rate amongst female employees was too high. There was an interesting article on Slate yesterday which described just how they are applying data to improve HR outcomes.

California 96

California Salary Lean Matching 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

I was once asked by a division manager of a major software company why we were not selling more products in Finland. I counseled the department manager against hiring since she would be subject to personal challenges in selling to our partners in Latin countries. Eventually I relented and she joined the group.

Brazil 121

Brazil Finland Silicon Valley Italy 121

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Today, more than 125,000 businesses and individuals at 92 percent of the Fortune 500 use Box to manage information and collaboration in the cloud. Although Box was launched from a dorm room by two 19 year olds, in 2010 the company hired Dan Levin, an experienced Silicon Valley entrepreneur to strengthen its foundations in order to expand.

Europe 114

Europe Entrepreneur United States San Francisco 114

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Yet we used the product development model not only to manage product development, but as a road map for finding customers and to time our marketing launch and sales revenue plan. Engineering focuses on building the product; it designs the product, specifies the first release and hires a staff to build the product. None of mine did.)

Silicon Valley 260

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 260

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2009

But a series of Zen-like moments helped me move to a different level that changed how I operated. It didn’t make my marketing skills any worse or better, but moved me to play forever on a different field. So after practicing Steve’s Zen, it might also be fun to find something else to blame other than one’s own testosterone.

Silicon Valley 120

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. Compensation : base salary, share of profits of management company, carry. Bloomberg Beta open-sources their entire operating manual on Github, where their website lives.

Private Equity 60

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