Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Back in the early 2000s, the Maker Movement took hold in California, based on the emergence of such do-it-yourself (DIY) tools as 3-D printers, and now sites such as SketchUp and Makerspaces have all the tools you need to make almost anything computer related. Network with potential cofounders and strategic partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2014

Back in the early 2000s, the Maker Movement took hold in California, based on the emergence of such do-it-yourself (DIY) tools as 3-D printers, Google''s SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop, with all the tools you need to make almost anything. A recent California event packed in 100,000 people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

I counseled the department manager against hiring since she would be subject to personal challenges in selling to our partners in Latin countries. Unfortunately my prediction turned out to be true, she felt harassed by one or more of our business partners and left the group shortly thereafter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

I counseled the department manager against hiring since she would be subject to personal challenges in selling to our partners in Latin countries. Unfortunately my prediction turned out to be true, she felt harassed by one or more of our business partners and left the group shortly thereafter.

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