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MARCH 3, 2011

Who might be partners? How does the product solve a pain? What's the business model short-term and long-term? Who are the main competitors? How are you different? What are related products/companies? What's you believe is your biggest technology risk, if any? Team Who's involved? Send brief bios. Part-time, full-time?

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MARCH 3, 2011

Who might be partners? How does the product solve a pain? What's the business model short-term and long-term? Who are the main competitors? How are you different? What are related products/companies? What's you believe is your biggest technology risk, if any? Team Who's involved? Send brief bios. Part-time, full-time?

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Do you have any specific deals done that are a basis of this? What’s different, special here? Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? How will you be taking this to market? What channels will you use (e.g., SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ?

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AUGUST 4, 2011

What have you done so far to validate the concept? What’s different, special here? Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? How will you be taking this to market? What channels will you use (e.g., SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ?

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AUGUST 4, 2011

What have you done so far to validate the concept? What’s different, special here? Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? How will you be taking this to market? What channels will you use (e.g., SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ?

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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? In it he separates web consumers into: Time Rich (more time than money) and Time Poor (more money than time).

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MARCH 9, 2010

During investor or third party partner due diligence, it is sometimes really valuable to have someone who has credentials and personal presence who can make technical questions go away. For Technology Advisors, I would add that there’s an implied value that they help check off the box that says – this can be done technically.

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APRIL 25, 2017

I'm working on a start up idea in the XXX market with my partner and we are currently looking for full stack developer to join us as a technical co-founder. I don't know the individual or his partner. Here is the most recent version of an all too common email inquiry from a startup founder. And I don't know anything about the business.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Think Again How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen How Much Stock to Ask For When Joining a Startup - Startup Professionals Musings , June 20, 2010 Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 Eight Tips To Successfully Bootstrap Your Business Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

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MAY 17, 2011

Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. Who are the people you should meet in the Los Angeles Startup Community to get wired in?

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MAY 17, 2011

Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. Who are the people you should meet in the Los Angeles Startup Community to get wired in?

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JANUARY 26, 2010

What do we need to do to make sure we can survive technical due diligence by investors and partners? How will we find and interview developers? How do we motivate and manage developers? What specific technical innovations might make sense? What can we build that might be protectable?

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MAY 15, 2009

Richard Neff, Head IP & Tech Group of Greenberg Glusker Richard Neff is a partner at the law firm of Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles and Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC., He was raised and educated in London.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

His goal was to find a programmer who would come in as an early partner and work as an Equity-Only Developer. " In this case, he had a pretty compelling idea, had very little money, and didn't have the capacity himself to build it.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

His goal was to find a programmer who would come in as an early partner and work as an Equity-Only Developer. " In this case, he had a pretty compelling idea, had very little money, and didn't have the capacity himself to build it.

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JUNE 9, 2010

VCs in seed clothing: Chris Dixon, Mark Suster, and Naval Ravikant interviewed - Venture Hacks , May 5, 2010 I recently got on the phone for a cross-continent conference call with Chris Dixon from Founder Collective , Mark Suster from GRP Partners , and our own Naval Ravikant. SlideShare: VC signaling in seed rounds.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

I’ve seen accountability partners. Actually, all of this can become ignored unless we step it up one more notch … Social Support I don’t know quite what to call it when you enlist other people to help hold someone accountable for goals and plans. In some context, you might call this a support network.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Team – higher requirements for caliber of team members Product – focus on truly differentiated and not me-too Market – is it really big enough to provide investor returns** Traction – need more users, partners, patents, etc Timing – are you building for yesterday or 2 yrs from now? Business - how are you actually going to make money?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A day might include a discussion with a finance partner, an investor, a customer or a fusion partner. I've made solid press contacts from it, found quality partners, supporters of events and many other resources. I might also be found working on a presentation for an event or speaking engagement. I consider it INVALUABLE!

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

-The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent from Forbes Midas List Top Five Best Uses of an Entrepreneur's Legal Dollars What Data Crunchers Did for Obama An Evaluation of Web Strategy (..)

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Well chances are there are some partners or sites where you can get information on jobs today. There likely are partner lists that you could hit up to quickly achieve growth. What you really want are well matched on either side, not necessarily the absolute best from the universe of all possibilities.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Well chances are there are some partners or sites where you can get information on jobs today. There likely are partner lists that you could hit up to quickly achieve growth. What you really want are well matched on either side, not necessarily the absolute best from the universe of all possibilities.

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MARCH 22, 2007

Charles Edge :: Partner, 318 Author :: Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book April 16, 2007 1:37 AM Shashank said. Weve also found that potential clients find us through LinkedIn. Im very happy with the time Ive spent building up my LinkedIn network. I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought.

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MAY 19, 2008

Actually, the friction is even higher trying to find a partner for a start-up. I've recently begun a round table that I'm hoping will help in a small way, but even there it's going to barely scratch the surface. Maybe Andrew, Chris and I will figure out a way to address the friction around this.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In eHarmony's case, it was the friction of finding a compatible marriage partner. It gives you confidence that they understand you and what would make a good potential marriage partner. Each of these startup ideas has at it's core a matching algorithm that reduces the friction between a consumer and some need. That feels powerful.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I'm sure this is obvious to Google and it's partners, but until this happens, don't get too excited about what interoperability means. Until sites begin to agree on common patterns for objects like People, Groups, Activities then there's going to be a big barrier to doing a lot of the stuff that we want to do.

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APRIL 20, 2010

Example of “Must Have's”: Chemistry - I must feel deeply in love and attracted to my partner. Stage Three: Exchange 10 "Must Haves" and 10 "Can't Stands" The third round of communication consists of reviewing and exchanging your personal list of "Must Haves" and "Can't Stands" with your match.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

I personally believe that the best way to hire, find partners, and find a job is through a network. For some reason over the past week, I've been asked by three different people I know about job opportunities that might fit them. Since, I've given them the same advice, I thought it was worth putting in my blog.

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JUNE 14, 2008

Mark Suster Partner GRP Partners He's an ex-Salesforce.com employee. StructuredBlogging.org is an initiative to create blogging tool plugins which support not only microformats, but other technologies that will provide a comprehensive set of standards for producing microcontent. Everything else is closed.

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MARCH 4, 2010

important planning meetings or partner meetings). That’s the same thing that everyone does, but they are playing with a larger bucket of hours. Some weeks might end up being pretty much full-time on a single startup (e.g., But it generally works out well in the end.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

While in law school, my partner, Leigh, and I had a concept for a law firm that did more than just “law.” Actually, being told repeatedly that they couldn’t be done was part of the motivation. I feel too many people are discouraging, and as a result, too many entrepreneurs are discouraged and give up.

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JULY 23, 2012

What do we need to do to make sure we can survive technical due diligence by investors and partners? How will we find and interview developers? How do we motivate and manage developers? What specific technical innovations might make sense? What can we build that might be protectable?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Same partner all along: Jorge Alonso, Creative Director. The firm used to be called Fotouhi Alonso and were one of LA's top mid-sized agencies for 20 years, working with clients like Honda, Epson, the LA DWP, and the FX Network. We downsized from 35 people in 2001 and are now a size that allows us to work directly with clients.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Naturally, a big part of the go-to-market includes partnering with other players in the market. One of the core activities for Product Management is to get out of the office and gain first hand understanding of needs of customers and partners, and other issues in the market There’s little that can substitute for good field research.

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