Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 8, 2014
If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. If your software or your manufacturing process is your secret sauce, you need to keep the work in-house. Dont count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
There were startups and a software industry but barely. I learned to avoid unnecessary conferences, avoid non-essential costs and strive for at least a neutral EBITDA if for no other reason than nobody was interested in giving us any more money. It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete. It was 1991.
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Steve Blank
MAY 27, 2010
Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Our conversation led us to Scott Walkers post Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers and why we both recommend that entrepreneurs print it out and tape it to their wall. When I was a younger entrepreneur my answer would have been, “Ok. I was having coffee with a friend who teaches at the U.C.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 11, 2010
Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". We're going to get reviews on blogs.". Making Oprah cry.
View from Seed
DECEMBER 17, 2015
Saurya Velagapudi is a senior software engineer at Google, based in their Cambridge, Mass., We also talked about how he’d want to be interviewed if approached by a non-technical startup founder. (I’ve Google tries to cover a variety of topics, from the bare minimum, “Can you code?”
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 5, 2012
It’s a great survival strategy for small companies or entrepreneurs, and a good expansion strategy for even the largest companies. As an example, a few years ago I worked for small software company selling an expensive enterprise workflow product. The right place to start with a good joint non-disclosure and non-compete agreement.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 4, 2011
It’s a great survival strategy for small companies or entrepreneurs, and a good expansion strategy for even the largest companies. As an example, a few years ago I worked for small software company selling an expensive enterprise workflow product. The right place to start with a good joint non-disclosure and non-compete agreement.
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