Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There were startups and a software industry but barely. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). There was no money train. It was 1991. We still loved every moment.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2015

But even worse than the cost of recruiting someone new to fill the vacancy when a key employee leaves, there’s one big, looming worry that’s sure to ratchet your anxiety up to critical levels: “She knows everything!” Like it or not, employee mobility has just become a fact of life.

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Up and Running

JUNE 2, 2015

Outlining everything Jackie reveals would literally take a book, so, for the purposes of expediency, I’ve only reviewed the first couple of chapters, hoping to give you a knowledge base you can build on, and of course to encourage you to read the rest of the book, which truly did inspire me!

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

When I want to know about some concurrency issues between services in his cluster, he doesnt blink an eye when I suggest we get the source code and take a look. Hes just as comfortable writing code as racking servers, debugging windows drivers, or devising new interview questions. He throws off volumes of code, and it works.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And I'm sure that there is a software company out there somewhere named, uh, to the uses the name as well. And if you use the promo code on that page, DUCT TAPE, you'll get 50% off for your first three months, either on a light or premium account. FluxMindset.com. You own it.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

Other links: The Time to Think About the 3D-Printed Future is Now (HBR), Space Station Builds 3D-Printed Ratchet Wrench (NASA), Shapeways.com (3D printing marketplace). The Bcast is brought to you by Palo Alto Software, makers of Bplans.com and LivePlan. Do you have a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Jonathan: Okay.

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