Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). I was recently talking with a startup company who wanted me to try their product. I’m a big believer in product stability & performance before adding too many features.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

You’re unlikely to want to make this sort of investment with the product or the market not yet validated. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. The risk wouldn’t be appropriate. There is no such thing as a uniform price.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2010

In 2003 we started developing a martial arts motion sensing toy, a full three years before the Nintendo Wii changed the world of motion sensing. We loved the product. Test users loved the product. I envisioned the product would be popular with 8 to 12 year old boys. I already knew how the product would be used.

Continuous Deployment 164

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. Did we really have good change management procedures if we were willing to launch products without backward compatibility. Quite the opposite.

Software Review 151

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

It’s simple; know how to spot potential and use your area of expertise to identify whether or not this startup’s product or service will become a lucrative asset to its audience. Here’s how to spot potential in a growing company when looking to invest: Assess the company’s product or service.

Early Stage 160

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

A strong website can help a small business to more effectively market its products or services – even if the small businesses’ customers are all local. Showscase your products and services. You’re selling a product or service. Make sure that you clearly showcase that product or service on your homepage.

Small Business 123

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

days and data from DHI Hiring Indicators shows that the average job opening remained unfilled for 28.1 days in 2001-2003. Since implementing artificial intelligence into their recruiting process, Unilever saw the average time to hire an entry level candidate dramatically reduced from four months to four weeks.

Artificial Inteligence 113

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

A strong website can help a small business to more effectively market its products or services – even if the small businesses’ customers are all local. Showscase your products and services. You’re selling a product or service. Make sure that you clearly showcase that product or service on your homepage.

Small Business 122

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

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Software Review 77

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

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Reputation 76

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Exactly three months after its $48 Million funding announcement, Smooth-Stone today detailed its company momentum, including significant new executive hires, new office space and renaming the company. The new name, Calxeda , pronounced “Cal-zeh-dah,” is a derivative of the Latin for “Smooth-Stone.” Naval Nuclear Power Program.

Naming 59

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2011

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Small Business 76

Small Business Marketing Social Media Software Review 76

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 24, 2011

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Small Business 78

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

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Small Business 78

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

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Customer 78

Customer Video Social Media Software Review 78

The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2013

John Marshall began his enterprise-grade mobile device management company, AirWatch , in 2003 as a wireless hotspot management company before providing device management for old-school mobile devices. “Three or four months later in 2011, we brought the product to market and it was a turning point that allowed us to be early.”

Startup 124

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 9, 2011

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Social Media 75

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 10, 2011

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Small Business 78

Small Business Software Review Social Media RSS 78

Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2017

When I started in the financial services industry in 2003, getting to meetings when I was on the road was pretty straightforward—I took a cab. Many merchants and businesses have moved away from the traditional pay-for-product pricing models and begun to implement subscription-based pricing.

Software Review 103

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2011

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Small Business 78

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

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Web 69

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

I worked with a founder who advocated for a product pivot and then shut it down right after launch because customers didn’t immediately sign up. You find out those that have the fortitude to work out a new way forward, who can handle recapitalizations or downsizing or shutting down business lines or hiring whole new teams.

South Korea 150

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 13, 2023

Thornton hired Erik Limpaecher as a senior technical staff member in the energy systems group and Mark Donahue as the program manager for autonomous systems and control before leaving the Lab after 15 years. A: Mach Industries is a startup founded by Ethan Thornton in 2003 that develops hydrogen-powered platforms for the defense industry.

Technical Review 117

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

I admire their continuous commitment to improving product innovation around the travel experience, a standard that consumers have come to expect. Amazon's hiring strategy is one perfect example of innovation. It cuts production time and costs in half without compromising functionality and style. 2- JetBlue. It’s very admirable.

Entrepreneur 127

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 17, 2022

Since then, Kylie has launched a separate swimwear line, a skincare brand, and a company for baby products. She founded The Body Shop with only fifteen products with greener, natural alternatives, and with a lot of hard work, her business took off and she turned into a successful entrepreneur. Photo Credit: Robert Calderon.

Entrepreneur 127

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. #4- The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily.

Entrepreneur 127

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Offering a product or service that is lacking in your area is a great reason to start a business, Drew Phillips, owner of The Angry Beaver, a gay/straight hybrid bar in West Virginia, says. “Me, You can hire or fire people based on your own guidelines and work only with people who are a good personality fit,” he says. FelenaHanson.

Cofounder 165

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through establishing your business can help you minimise the chances of failure but some entrepreneurs will prefer walking alone. 1-Hiring inappropriate council. Hiring inappropriate council constituted a $15k mistake because the incorrect company was formed–costing us time and $15k.

Entrepreneur 69

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

Initial Public Offering 317

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

You may have a great product or service and great design on your existing site, but you know you could be doing better. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003. Hire a conversion expert that will do it for you. Good design is problem solving.”. – What’s Moneyball?

Design 100

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

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Small Business 48

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

I was that hired gun in some senses. Some new partners coming in, and at the end of it, it was really myself and another gentleman named Mike who was the CEO and I was basically the CTO and I was in charge of the product. We do a lot of soul searching around how do we built this product, when nobody knows it exist.

Kansas City 62

Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Development 62

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

Initial Public Offering 297

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 297

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

Initial Public Offering 295

Initial Public Offering California .Net Business Plan 295

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

In this scheme, all of the data related to a specific feature of a product are stored on the same machines. Even though I had done it before, I had never heard the term sharding before joining Google (early 2003) so I always thought the term originated there. Two of my favorites are from Flixster and LiveJournal.

San Francisco 151

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through establishing your business can help you minimise the chances of failure but some entrepreneurs will prefer walking alone. 1-Hiring inappropriate council. Hiring inappropriate council constituted a $15k mistake because the incorrect company was formed–costing us time and $15k.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Delaware Hiring Social Media 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

Initial Public Offering 277

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 277