SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? Whats interesting is that Ive been seeing opportunities to use social marketing for businesses that typically target Time Poor audiences.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

link] [link] Posted byTony Karrer at 5:33 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Every Flexible VC structure allows founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit, growth trajectory, and ownership optionality. . Our categorization is not a technical one. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. Andressen Horowitz,ff Venture Capital,HOF Capital, Sequoia

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

Many investors invest 2-3x more capital than necessary in startups that haven’t reached problem solution fit yet. They also over-invest in solo founders and founding teams without technical cofounders despite indicators that show that these teams have a much lower probability of success. Technical-heavy founding teams are 3.3x

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Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2015

He later co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU and then authored The Lean Startup. Named one of BusinessWeek’s Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech, Eric served as a venture advisor at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers before moving on to advise startups and venture capital firms independently.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world. For start-ups in hot markets, the problem also manifests itself in fundraising. by Anish Sebastian and Juan Pablo Segura, co-founders of Babyscripts.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. Certainly few would argue that hiring is easy, however in my experience the most significant startup talent shortage – certainly in London – comes at the earliest stage: the number of technically-minded founders. New technology for enquiring minds. Andy Young.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

Not just because meeting Clayton was influential in shaping my thinking about markets but also because Derek Andersen (who founded Startup Grind) is such an awesome host and runs a very informative events. It was all technical. So when I got into venture capital, I thought, “Well, what can I do that’s different?”

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Sunk Costs: An invisible, pervasive peril - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , February 15, 2010 I literally had this conversation yesterday with a startup. A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , February 18, 2010 Great post from Fred Wilson that questions a common metric – unique visitors. Good stuff from Jason.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

His success allowed Brett and his family the resources both to give back to society, as well as the ability, through their family office, to further stimulate entrepreneurship through angel investing in other intriguing startups and venture capital funds. Seven years ago, I retired after almost 40 years of service.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! If your small business or startup sends email newsletters or other email marketing campaigns, what is the best time of day to send those emails? Here’s a summary – [link].

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Multicoin Capital is a fund that invests exclusively in liquid cryptoassets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many smaller, alt coins. We offer investors venture economics with public market liquidity. But we got serious in early 2016 when we developed deep conviction around the immense technical vision of Ethereum.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Posted on June 11, 2009 by steveblank When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask them to take a walk around the block and ask themselves: Are you comfortable with: Chaos – startups are disorganized Uncertainty – startups never go per plan Are you: Resilient – at times you will fail – badly.

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Altgate

JUNE 7, 2009

  I've been wondering how the previous list of entrepreneur bloggers I posted maps to Twitter so I redid the list (order is now by Twitter followers which is the number in parentheses).    80% of the bloggers on the list are on Twitter.    I suspect there's a "sunk cost" argument driving this. 

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 30, 2016

I am a session singer and producer, and I wish clients and peers would give me more of an opportunity to work in the technical side of the business (such as mixing and editing). With social media and modern-day technology, many talented designers find their collections replicated and reproduced by mass-market suppliers.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. I’ve listed the most common levers that universities use below, with some live examples from Yale: Strong technical departments : Computer Science , Math , Physics. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). They need too much capital to keep pace with the market and their competitors. Capital = Growth. At this stage you’re essentially selling yourself and your cofounders. high growth.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Nathan Hursts Blog Thoughts on Software, Technology, and Startups « Back to blog Im on the technical side of entrepreneurship in NYC. The graphic below balances the risks cofounders take with their relative contributions to help answer this question. I love programming, board games, and my wife. This doesnt have to be the case.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. Advisor. ); STARTUP. SALES & MARKETING. Online Marketing. Bringing Innovation to Market. a 50-employee provider of e-marketing solutions to small and midsize businesses, based in Needham, Mass. Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C.,

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

The Cinepak codec was written by the engineer who would become my cofounder at Rocket Science Games.) This is the first way to get video into a computer, we’re going to sell and market this board like there’s no tomorrow. That’s every marketeers excuse for putting their kids in an ad.) It was fun watching it happen.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I’ve seen a range of options for supporting entrepreneurs, which I can rank from least to most involvement in companies by investors: financier VCs, e.g., Correlation Ventures. portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

On the other hand, it’s a whole universe and you’d need an interesting perspective on why you should go attack that market and face all that competition and noise and everything that’s in the market. So when you’re thinking about marketing positioning to me, that side of it is the interesting side of it.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Please consult a patent attorney for more information about filing for a patent, and getting your idea to market. . But, when it comes to inventing things, the real trick is sticking the journey through or going from idea to invention to market. Step 3: Do basic market research (before investing money). Resources for inventors.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. Now I have. Yes, even bootstrappers. liquidation preference.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Many companies that failed started during the recent financial crisis (and continues to suffer through), and some startups highlighted the larger market negativity as a reason for their ultimate demise. If there is no money out there for your idea, reassess whether there is a market for it, and reassess your approach. #16

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The timing is perfect, there is more than a little overlap with Vivek Wadhwa’s guest post on venture capital earlier today. Post launch, if you gain traction, is where the business person will help take the load off of the technical folks. We’ll update this post with links to his further installments.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Neither is a particularly good backdrop for trying to raise capital, because. we weren’t the natural leader of a market or technology trend that everyone was paying attention to, we didn’t have substantial organic growth, and. The blue boxes identify the corresponding markets for those products. we had no revenue.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. billion market capitalization as of this writing. . market cap is 6x revenue and 13x EBITDA, so not insane multiples on a comparable basis. Comparing TripAdvisor with Akamai.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 12, 2019

BATTLE FOR VALUE: NATIONAL VS ONLINE MARKETS SXSW EDU | Track: Policy & Civic Engagement Speakers: Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at ACT | NRCCUA The Pitch: Does the future favor national or local online markets? as well as strategies for founders in raising capital and marketing to the public.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? BCG (June 2018): “Startups founded and cofounded by women actually performed better over time, generating 10% more in cumulative revenue over a five-year period: $730,000 compared with $662,000.”. According to Pitchbook data , only 21.6%

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Only a handful of so-called unicorns — companies that have achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in the last 10 years — come from Israel, and only one Israeli firm, Teva, ranks in the world’s 500 largest companies by market capitalization. to assist with the local go-to-market approach. But is all of that changing?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Pierce Burnette knows the meaning of “humble beginnings” and has combined her intelligence quotient (IQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), entrepreneurial spirit, and technical knowledge to forge successful careers in engineering, information technology, and education. She is committed to improving representation in Austin’s technology landscape.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 16, 2007 F2F Still Matters Kathy Sierra has a great post today: Face-to-Face Trumps Twitter, Blogs, Podcasts, Video. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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