SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. " In fact, 3 of the 10 selected companies from the past two years has followed this business model.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

If you can harness the knowledge, natural enthusiasm, and peer influence of your very best customers — I call them “Rock Star” customers — they’ll market, sell, and help develop breakthrough products for your firm better than your internal resources can do, and often at a fraction of the cost.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 12, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Facebook’s $0.0000000000028 business model.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. This led to a far ranging strategic discussion that got us both really excited about the huge potential of our business.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space?&#. Raise more money than you need because your business model may change. A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space?&#. Raise more money than you need because your business model may change. A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2014

When Open Source software projects are launched, the progenitors often start a for-profit sister company to garner some income from training, support and consulting. They kind of invented this business model. Google has optimized this open source to freemium model in almost all of its products. Acquia, Inc.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Michael’s second problem comes from holding software engineers to an unprecedented standard of business savviness: Most software engineers aren’t business people.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. You may get a software engineer to start something for you, but they wont stick with the project when it gets difficult.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. Now I just need a business model. Failed founders seem to agree that a business model is important.

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Are there types of companies, market segments, industries, or business models where PLG does not make sense? Obviously if you target enterprise customers, you usually have a very large ACV (Annual Contract Value) and the product usually is complex. For example, Amplitude is a product analytics software.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I feel incredibly lucky, to work with an extraordinary group of individuals who are passionate about innovation (in all forms, in business models, funding structures and technology) AND I get to meet inspiring, brilliant entrepreneurs every day.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. The blog software thinks Im spam, so if you want to find us, go to "build a sandcastle dot com" Sherlie Matthews (2010-06-19) # I need desperate help in revamping my website, self-built many years ago with Dreamweaver. Click on my name for the link. THANK YOU!!!

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. Paige Craig: Adrenaline-junkie Paige Craig is a former marine and intelligence consultant who’s now a prolific angel investor and startup advisor based out of Los Angeles.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

They don’t bill as much as I do, and they do the work in a fraction of time. Doing things all yourself as a business owner is an absolute time drain that we all need to take a magnifying glass to and figure out how not to succumb to this one. Sometimes, as a business owner, things change. Your business model may change.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

But as any programmer will tell you (I’m one), any lucrative contract or full time job you can get, especially these days, will usually leave you so burnt out by the end of the day that the last thing you will want to do is sit down and bang out more code. Nosake From nothing to losing money every month with no business model in sight.

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