SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Since then it has become much harder to find people and while we are talking about hiring relatively small numbers of people, the typical sources of candidates dont seem to be working. If anyone has ideas on how to reach into to find candidates or other ways to find good people, I would love to hear it. in Computer Science.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Sales people cost money, and when they’re not bringing in revenue, their wandering in the woods is time consuming, cash-draining and demoralizing. And as much as I like the startup ecosystem here it seems to me that the people cost of software development forces startups to launch half-baked products.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

I’m hearing a lot of people say, “yes, I believe that would solve the problem and I would use that&# (the app is free), which sounds like validation, but I’m concerned that this is what people say and not necessarily what they will do.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. But this still leaves me with lots of questions about the interplay between these tools, so Id ask people who author a blog, use LinkedIn (or other social networking), and participate in discussion groups, how do you use these tools.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

The intelligence officer will be tasked with getting the right data to the right people on the right devices. One important task will be bridging legacy and cloud services. Chief Intelligence Officers We dont need to tell you that data is the future. startupcto

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.] Reply Russell Jurney , on August 17, 2009 at 6:51 am Said: Steve, at least they’re talking about burning other people’s money. It’s not a substitute for customer input and understanding.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

As I look at more and more start-ups predicated on viral growth, and at the use of social marketing, its becoming simultaneously easier to understand some aspects of viral growth and still a gap in understanding whats going to be that "hook" that will grab people at the end of the day. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

First - let me say what I consider to be a good audience - interesting people. Unfortunately, a lot of networking events attract more service providers and people out of work than interesting people. Unfortunately, a lot of networking events attract more service providers and people out of work than interesting people.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Technical tests only show technical ability, and good people can often pick up those skills on the job, whereas jerks can have encyclopedic knowledge but destroy productivity. For example when I was interviewing for people whod be working heavily with OpenGL, Id always ask " Tell me about a time when you ran into a graphics driver bug ".

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www.readwriteweb.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Persistent rumors of a Facebook search engine, Google s efforts to integrate Google+ into its search results and Microsofts addition of Facebook tagging into Bing results. More people were landing via social networks. Indeed, three of the five people displayed have run the Boston Marathon at least once, and one coaches charity runners.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

He tells us: If you’re starting a new internet company, its important to know who your audience is, and to make sure that you don’t let your own experience and that of other Time Poor people guide you wrong. This is an interesting concept and not something Ive seen articulated this way. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

My only other complaint is that right now its very hard to find good technical people at all levels. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Venture Capital | Tagged: Entrepreneurs « Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) Customer Development Manifesto: The Path of Warriors and Winners (part 5) » 16 Responses Jon Ziskind , on September 14, 2009 at 9:19 am Said: Steve – Great post and really great advice.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

RenewData , a leading provider of services for the discovery, archiving, review and governance of Electronically Stored Information (ESI), today announced its eDiscovery Acceleration Platform designed to provide clients a solution that addresses the rising costs of eDiscovery and stringent litigation deadlines.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Early stage employees are “self-starters&# and show initiative rather than waiting for other people to tell them what to do or how to do it. tags: entrepreneurship startup business) [.] AKPC_IDS += "499,"; (No Ratings Yet) Loading … Posted in Leadership | Tagged [.] You’re not joining a big company.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

Given the talented people we had, there’s no doubt they would have done so. << (tags: startups) [.] Rocket Science seems like they were just another group of people to founder on the rocks of injecting “Hollywood&# sensibilities and story driven entertainment into video games.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

Reply DodaPedia » Blog Archive » How to decide where to live , on June 21, 2009 at 7:18 am Said: [.] You might think you need to be in Silicon Valley since the people there never shut up about their startup culture. The HP and Agilent credit union is called “Addison Avenue&#. to do that.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. I would be lucky in my career to work with Gordon and three other people I consider as mentors.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

These exciting days of contact with stimulating, dedicated people provided a breadth of experience which I still treasure.&# On RRL, you probably would love to visit the Harvard Archives and have them pull out some material for you. The archives are amazing when you get a box full of correspondence on (real!) Reply Benjamin A.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch « Steve Blank (tags: presentations presuation vc startup) [.] First, build something you think people want. Second, find out if people want it and at a price you can sell it at. Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch [.]

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

The next week another team, working on a new type of solid oxide fuel cell, remarked, “Professor Blank, in our industry there’s a ton of patents and stuff and people tell us we shouldn’t be out there unless we start patent protecting all our IP.” Just get out of the building.” Oops,” I said, “you’re right.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Colour Graphics show how to utilise offline marketing to attract more business and custom, without a heavy price tag. And then there are trade shows, perfect for launching new products or reminding people of the great set of services you offer. 6 Build a company archive. But offline marketing can and do still yield results.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

It dawned on me that we had a department full of people who were confusing their titles with what contribution they were supposed to be making to the company. We will reach 35% market share in year one of sales with a headcount of twenty people, spending less than $4,000,000. on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The third question (and the one Eric and I came up with watching the people stream by in Times Square): “What is the “ Business Model ” of your startup?&# But I’m facing both technical (can we do what I think we can do), and market (are they people besides the team who will love the idea) risks.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

I’ve heard say that people who are used to selling are especially prone to being sold. I’m sold on people, not their favorite idea of the moment. Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid « Steve Blank (tags: vc startup) [.] Lots of ideas sound exciting because people are clueless.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

People Recommended Mashable Staff More people. Extract and Archive Your Followers. As an added bonus if the archive is published the results can be visualised in a separate tool I’ve developed. Question about the Extract and Archive Followers Sheet. Activity From People I Follow. Flag this comment.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

I lost several very good product marketing people who couldn’t/wouldn’t get it, or who couldn’t/wouldn’t move with the urgency I needed. SuperMac War Story 4: Repositioning SuperMac – Market Type at Work « Steve Blank (tags: strategy) [.] the graphics board and monitor market ? into a desktop color publishing market.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 28, 2016

Meetings will be recorded, transcribed, and archived in a knowledge repository. In order to manage performance, you have to be able to measure it, and in most organizations, this simply isn’t possible for the majority of their people. Specialized AI will even help us improve that scourge of productivity, the meeting.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

But now, standing there, I realized how people felt when they saw the first flickering images in a movie theater. People who aren’t current customers of our graphics boards will get to know our company and brand. Our answer was, “People will love this thing, as long as we don’t oversell the product.” Answer: Yes.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

It also made me understand what kind of support sales people needed from marketing and what marketing programs were wasted motion. It also made me realize that there are times you don’t want any sales people in your company. You need to hire the right type of sales people for the type of market.

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

No amount of “best viewed with…” badges will stop people from reading and remixing what we write, paint, compose or otherwise create. WYSIWYG editors added their own formatting or layout to individual pages, and over time different people updated the website their own way. Wider ranges of text sizes do not fit well.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

As I talked to the head of training and his boss, I pointed out that the clock was ticking down for them, I knew the type of training military maintenance people need , and I had done some informal teaching in the Air Force. Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank (tags: startup) [.]

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

It was very difficult to find the right people. As a result, most people in Malaysia are not familiar with stock options or equity participation. Leave a comment Trackback Tags. Tags: startupcto. Now on to more operational considerations. By and large, a lot of it were macro challenges that Malaysia itself faced.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Google Keyword Planner is always a good place to start, you can use it to see what search term people are using to find a site like yours. The Etsy sellers that talked to me couldn’t stress this enough, I lost count of how many people mentioned the importance of excellent photography in making sales on Etsy. Tips from Etsy sellers.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

People Recommended Mashable Staff More people. “We’re counting on people to come to Google and take advantage of the opportunity. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million.

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