Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CIO) and a product lead (CTO). A team of friends and family that work for free on weekends is not likely to impress investors, unless they are your investors. This is traction that will impress investors, and get you customers.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). Call it facts for hire. Hiring The Right Candidate. You got it.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Every time I see my graduate students try to teach for the first time, it’s usually so painful I bite my lip. The Dry Run.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Online Resources and Newsletters: Bostinno : Great coverage of local startup happenings with a growing network of local writers. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. VentureCafe - Networking venue within the CIC. Scaling Companies To Watch (ie: probably hiring).

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Bostinnovation : Great coverage of local startup happenings with a growing network of local writers. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. VentureCafe - Networking venue within the CIC. Scaling Companies To Watch (ie: probably hiring). Coworking Spaces and Accelerators.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. Think of Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon), Guido van Rossem (founder of Python programming language and senior engineer at Dropbox) or the more senior Gerard Kleisterlee (chairman of Vodafone). Serious talent.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

These categories came from Yonder conference , a conference held to discuss just such challenges and solutions: hiring and onboarding. But angel investor Tim Ferriss found that things did not fall apart when he removed himself as a bottleneck – in fact, everyday business went on and ignored the fact that the CEO had stepped away.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

In December, he and I successfully participated in a pitch night for Dubai Angel Investors, netting a $75,000 commitment. Our CTO and Co-founder Majd Chaaya and colleague Hella Bennani are representing us there at the end of January. Every event allows us to reach new people, expand our network and hone our message further.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. That being said, I do see problems with the conventional wisdom especially in the valley with your technical vision, which then creates economic problems.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

In terms of who is here and what does get funded, the average entrepreneur spends way too much time doing after investors that have a shingle on their door that says angel investor or VC. People told me that it was unfair or too easy for me to raise angel capital because I was already tapped into a network of investors.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Whilst the average tech entrepreneur may lack some of the more business relationship, networking, and sales/marketing skills – they still need to have an entrepreneurial mindset, understand financial models, market factors, and how the business ultimately makes money. Tuesday, August 17, 2010 e.p.c. What is the product?

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. If you have a network (and everyone does), be judicious in using it, but be sure to use it. #11

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Smart teams understand quickly that all three skills are essential - if you can't recognize the need, you won't be able to hire for it or value it. Distribution/sales guy-Has an awesome understanding of the industry and product and can sell the vision and problem you are solving to investors, users, and potential partners. (he

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. But most of the time it is just that?—?hope, In other words, the more participants that are on the Bazaarvoice network, the great the effect of that network for the benefit of all.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

I’ve pitched in taxi cabs, I’ve pitched on street corners, in board rooms, on stage in front of 400 angel investors. The opportunity when I got to pitch on stage in front of 400 angel investors was for the largest angel investor conference in the Pacific northwest called Angel Oregon, and we competed with 60 other companies.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas.

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