Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2022

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. There are other chasms out there just as deadly as the technology one, such as the ones below: Market requirements chasm. Product development chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

Technology has revolutionized our daily lives. However, technology is altering the third of our lives when we’re resting, as well. Let’s take a closer look at how sleep technology is transforming the way we sleep. Technology is altering everything from the beds we sleep on to the treatments for sleep disorders.

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View from Seed

APRIL 6, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You know the ecosystem and have a network that is additive to the rest of the team. You have a point of view on emerging technology and business models, and you are not afraid to voice your conviction.

Technical Review 317

Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 317

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Every technical entrepreneur is an early adopter of technology, so naturally they build things with people like themselves in mind. Early adopters may be the most vocal, and easy to sign up, but your technology assessment panel must include customers from the early majority, late majority, and even technology laggards.

Technical Review 294

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View from Seed

JULY 6, 2020

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You know the ecosystem and have a network that is additive to the rest of the team. . You have a point of view on emerging technology and business models, and you are not afraid to voice your conviction.

Technical Review 257

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

All of us are struggling to keep up in this age of technological acceleration, where we learn every day that we can’t trust links in our email, marketing guarantees, or phone requests from people we don’t know. You can’t get their credibility and trust if they don’t know you exist, or your message is lost because it sounds like all the rest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2020

Technical entrepreneurs love their technology, and often are driven to launch a startup on the assumption that everyone will buy any solution which highlights this technology. These founders all seem to be pushing their technology, rather than highlighting their solution to a painful need. Limit the features and complexity.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2020

Know Your Technology Needs First. Therefore, before you start exploring all your options, it’s crucial to determine all your site’s technology needs. In other words, this website technology is all about what the users see and navigate the platform. As you can see, developing a website can be a complicated process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2022

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

Many technologists have a passion for a new technology, but only a few are able to communicate the value in terms of future impact on society. If your business is health-technology related, I urge you to share this with your team, and with customers, and ask for their help, versus leaning on profitability, price, and process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As a long-time mentor to entrepreneurs, here is my collection of smart risks that investors and I look for in new startups: Focus on a tough customer problem rather than a fun technology. Investors hate technology solutions looking for a problem, due to the high risk of no customers. Customers like leaders, not followers.

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Up and Running

JULY 6, 2016

Often, a business plan introduces a new technology that requires some explaining. On one hand, as a reader of business plans for investors, I see way too many business plans that ask a reader to wade neck-deep through technology to get to the business. Establish technology as a differentiator, when it is.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

A Company with Callback Technology… It happened to me recently with a major computer company, where the mechanical voice said, “due to customer calls, your wait will be approximately 15 minutes.”. A Company that Does Have Callback Technology… Contrast that with the cable company I use, they have a wonderful callback service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. The rest can come from early hires (with stock options to assure commitment), equity investors, or even strategic partners. These people also have the credibility to attract investors. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Cofounder 309

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Advisory Board Startup 309

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Google team stayed tight as they developed the technology, first working out of Larry Page’s dorm room at Stanford, then a garage. The rest is history. Teamwork is the hallmark of high-performing startups. Establishing a shared identity is the first step to creating unity. It took two years of persistence to get the money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Nevertheless, according to Rose, both are poised for further growth due to online technology, and there is indeed plenty of opportunity. Investing can be satisfying, if not lucrative, for the rest of us, for keeping up with technology, as a give-back to entrepreneurs, and building a legacy.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2020

Modern businesses rely on technology to support their operations. As businesses rely on technology more, the demand for tech proficiency and the effective implementation of solutions grows as well. Today, you can measure if a company is well-managed from how it implements and uses technology. Security as a Process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Every technical entrepreneur is an early adopter of technology, so naturally they build things with people like themselves in mind. Early adopters may be the most vocal, and easy to sign up, but your technology assessment panel must include customers from the early majority, late majority, and even technology laggards.

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You know the ecosystem and have a network that is additive to the rest of the team. You have a point of view on emerging technology and business models, and you are not afraid to voice your conviction.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2022

The real question is whether problem solving is a skill you have to be born with, or is there any hope for the rest of us to become successful entrepreneurs. Whether you are charting new territory for pricing models or technology, there is rarely a perfect solution. This is where I say “two heads are better than one.”

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VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

With this powerful new technology, we can unlock entirely new types of questions you never thought Search could answer, and transform the way information is organised, to help you sort through and make sense of what’s out there. The rest of the competition in the generative AI search space is focused on enterprise search.

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Generative AI Search ChatGPT Technical Review 174

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand above the rest. They will exit quickly.

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Internet Web Affiliate Advertising 294

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2019

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. There are other chasms out there just as deadly as the technology one, such as the ones below: Market requirements chasm. Product development chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

Technical Review 255

Technical Review Dilution Early Stage Product Development 255

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

For the rest of us, here is my prioritized list of key strategies that I believe every business leader can benefit from as a starting point in making the current inflation economy less of a negative impact on their business, or maybe even a pleasantly surprising positive: Solicit follow-on revenue from existing customers.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Raising tens of millions of dollars from investors to advance a technology faster than the Chinese Communist Party uses the same skillset. Below is the first of her three-part series.

Government 191

Government CTO Hire Technical Review Advisory Board 191

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Whether we’re seeking directions from Siri or weather updates from Alexa, speech is quickly becoming a preferred means of communicating with technology. A future once at our fingertips now rests at the tips of our tongues. The greatest advantages of voice-activated CRM technology are still to come. Alexa, what’s next?

Restful 178

Restful Artificial Inteligence Colorado Early Stage 178

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

I believe that most entrepreneurs today, at least in the technology domains I frequent, still work in the business (“Technician’s Perspective”), rather than on the business (“Entrepreneurs Perspective”). I also see no evidence that the percentage of new business successes has gone up in the last couple of decades.

Technical Review 341

Technical Review Social Media Startup Internet 341

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

As a long-time mentor to entrepreneurs, here is my collection of smart risks that investors and I look for in new startups: Focus on a tough customer problem rather than a fun technology. Investors hate technology solutions looking for a problem, due to the high risk of no customers. Customers like leaders, not followers.

Management 322

Management Entrepreneur Forecast Stock Options 322

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2020

The Google team stayed tight as they developed the technology, first working out of Larry Page’s dorm room at Stanford, then a garage. The rest is history. Teamwork is the hallmark of high-performing startups. Establishing a shared identity is the first step to creating unity. It took two years of persistence to get the money.

Technical Review 308

Technical Review Kentucky Due Diligence Japan 308

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops to a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. However, many VCs have also accrued years/decades as domain experts in the technologies/and or industries they invest in.) Read the rest of Laura’s blogs at [link]

Government 234

Government Advisory Board Salary Sales Cycle 234

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have unbounded curiosity for emerging trends, a love for experimentation, and you’re always eager to dive into new products and technologies before others do. You have 5-10 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, and/or investor.

Technical Review 156

Technical Review North America Seed Stage Bandwidth 156

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. The rest can come from early hires (with stock options to assure commitment), equity investors, or even strategic partners. These people also have the credibility to attract investors. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Cofounder 308

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Advisory Board Stock Options 308

Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Chief technology officer (CTO): This executive ensures technology initiatives are running smoothly and supporting overall business goals. Just don’t forget about the rest of your organization. Chief financial officer (CFO): As the name implies, the CFO is responsible for major financial tasks.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Hiring 163

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2021

I’ve always wondered if some people are just that much smarter, or what some do that the rest of us can emulate, in order that we too get the best results without working so hard. The technology is here to do most hard things effortlessly in business, but I find many business owners stuck in the past, refusing to change.

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Technical Review Restful Internet Small Business 309

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The shift from “startup scale” to “Facebook scale” can happen quickly, and you want to be sure that you choose the best technology for it. All this spells entirely different software architectures and priorities, requiring different kinds of technological expertise. Let’s call that last one “Facebook scale.”. Connection pooling?

Technology 74

Technology Web PHP Caching 74

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Every technical entrepreneur is an early adopter of technology, so naturally they build things with people like themselves in mind. Early adopters may be the most vocal, and easy to sign up, but your technology assessment panel must include customers from the early majority, late majority, and even technology laggards.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Restful Engineer 259