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The Perils of Founder Fighting

Both Sides of the Table

I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior. Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. One who wants to commercialize his product and start charging while the other prefers to not charge.

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How Investors Make Better Decisions: The Investment Readiness Level

Steve Blank

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. Other than “I’ll know it when I see it”, there’s no formal way for an investor to assess project maturity or quantify risks.

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SXSW Startups: Fantag

Austin Startup

Our business customers can generate more revenue, increase engagement in their apps, and differentiate their product offering by integrating with our innovative video technology. Fantag is based in Sacramento. Fantag was started in San Jose and moved to Sacramento to take advantage of this ecosystem. Sleeping more!

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How To Build An Online Business Community That Markets For You

YoungUpstarts

They might have a similar passion or be consumers of the particular product you aim to sell. Start with Conversation. Part of the reason behind an online presence is to start meaningful conversations with the public. First, seek out those who are already talking about your product, service, or industry. Offer advice.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. So Mark, I want to build a great product.

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Pitching America’s mayors

Austin Startup

RoadBotics is doing product testing with cities in Contra Costa County, CA, and the Port Authority of Allegheny County, PA. Austin Mayor Steve Adler The event was kicked off by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and MCed by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett. This allows cities to be proactive instead of reactive as they manage their roadways.

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Transform Data's Impact: Pick The Right Success KPI!

Occam's Razor

When you are trying to drive long-term profit, picking Conversion Rate as a Success KPI for a campaign would be a mistake. Assisted Conversions – over a 30 or 90-day period, depending on your business – might be better.). An example of this is choosing Conversion Rate – certainly a driver metric – as the Success KPI vs. Profit.

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