SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Reading the articles and the comments is probably worth it, but I personally think that the NY Times is overstating the advantage of being in Silicon Valley with a couple of exceptions. Of course, thats probably even more true in Silicon Valley. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Was the sales revenue model based on actually testing the hypotheses outside the building? Greg Boutin Founder, Growthroute Ventures, [link] Reply TO REVENUE » Talking on Techie-Biz Divide at Communitech Guelph on Sept. Look at the early Silicon Valley companies – Homebrew Club =>PCs. Order Here.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. For the deputy secretary, such a dialogue in Silicon Valley is not a matter of charity, but necessity.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. For the deputy secretary, such a dialogue in Silicon Valley is not a matter of charity, but necessity.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P. Special Report: Silicon Valley’s dirty secret – age bias | Reuters – [link]. Red All Over: Newspaper Revenues Fall In Q3 – [link]. 40+ Fresh and Free Web UI and Mobile Kits for Developers and Designers | Noupe – [link].

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Enterprise clients for whom Private Workplace was introduced are a minority at oDesk, but this minority brings the bigger part of the revenues. I think, 90 percent of our revenue came from four job categories, which were entirely technical. The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

6 Emerging Trends In Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship | Forbes – [link]. Everyone is talking about mobile ad revenue, but few are talking about efficacy – [link]. The Web Developer’s SEO Cheat Sheet 2.0 | Moz – [link]. Page load speed matters for the success of your online business – [link].

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic. Email readers continue here.]

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Why Bravo’s ‘Start-Ups: Silicon Valley’ Is Bad for Entrepreneurship - [link]. Just 25 Developers Grabbed 50% Of App Revenues On U.S. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

The Pricing Model That Increased Our Free Trial Signups by 358% (and Revenue by 25%) – crowdspring.co/1alarDV. Why the Midwest is better for startups than saturated Silicon Valley | VentureBeat - crowdspring.co/1akquBC. Don’t pay lip service to customer service | USA Today - crowdspring.co/1ioAoDm.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Small Business Marketing Tip: Send Email Campaigns At Night To Increase Revenue | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 50 Time-Saving Web Design – Developer Tools | Designmodo – [link].

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Diego Basch

MARCH 14, 2013

I avoid the entertainment industry, and anything where the revenue stream is based on advertising. As an electrical engineer and software developer with decades of experience building internet infrastructure, there are certain areas where I believe I could contribute much more than the puny sums that I can invest.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

If you’ve already soft launched, have a product available, are telling the world about your awesome company but don’t have revenue/user growth, you’re probably in the red zone. Pre-launch funding is pretty common in Silicon Valley, but that’s a unique case. In between those times it’s pretty tough. They’re betting on you.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. The theme was "the future of software". Saturday, December 16, 2006.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

There is a highly under-known fact in the software engineering world – many of the best developers and architects are not in Silicon Valley, but in the New York metro area. Maybe Zuckerberg should’ve put Facebook there instead of Silicon Valley. tomnora.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Read part one on the Evolution of Corporate R&D , part two on Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley , and part three The 6 Decisions to Make Before Setting up an Innovation Outpost. Successful Innovation Outposts typically develop over a period of time through three stages. Silicon Valley, Boston).

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The key contributors to an out-of-control burn rate is 1) hiring a sales force too early, 2) turning on the demand creation activities too early, 3) developing something other than the minimum feature set for first customer ship. How to raise real money with a Customer Development presentation in the next post. Lets see why.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Texas has produced world-changing startups in the past such as Dell Software , National Instruments and Whole Foods Market but all of those were founded more than 30 years ago. Austin is good at software, Dallas is good at retail, Houston is good at oil & gas, and San Antonio is good at cybersecurity (just for a few examples).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

Revenue is the new black | Gigaom – [link]. Dear Silicon Valley, Ads Are the Hard Part | Digiday – [link]. Revenue Doesn’t Matter – [link]. Dear Silicon Valley, Ads Are the Hard Part | Digiday – [link]. IAB: US Interactive Ad Revenues Hit $9.3 by @byosko) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2012

Wondering how your competitors are using Pinterest to increase their revenues? Wondering how your competitors are using Pinterest to increase their revenues? ‘The Golden Age of Silicon Valley Is Over, and We’re Dancing on its Grave’ – [link]. Here’s a good guide – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

What Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Get Wrong: 7 Lessons From The Rest Of The Ecosystem | Forbes – [link]. Google Takes Home Half of Worldwide Mobile Internet Ad Revenues | eMarketer – [link]. 30 Fresh Useful Resources for Developers and Designers | TechnoGerms – [link]. When Will Desktop Ad Spending Peak?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Lean Startup 101 for Developers – [link]. Silicon Valley’s Disruption Deficit Disorder – [link]. Internet Advertising Hits New Revenue Record – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. – [link].

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davetroy.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Dave Troy: Fueled By Randomness Design, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Software home Twittervision Flickrvision About @davetroy ← Start By Taking Action A New Plan for Economic Development → In Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Cofounders Find YOU! One stupid thing you could do would be to move to Silicon Valley.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

It's my perspective as well and I'm not a software engineer let alone a rockstar. It is true however, that most of what goes on today involves software, and most of the people that write it are absolutely anonymous. I am talking about self-appointed 10x egostars, not real solid software engineers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. And I’ve been lucky enough to watch innovation happen not only in hardware and software but in Life Sciences – in Therapeutics, Medical Devices, Diagnostics and now Digital Health.

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