SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 1, 2007
I generally am working as an acting CTO for about 3-4 start-ups or other companies at any one time. I was just talking with someone who asked me to define how that could work and what they meant. Great question. I also found this interesting graphic of the changing needs around the CTO role in different size/type companies that somewhat echoes my experience. ( Roger Smith ) This helps explain where I normally play.
BeyondVC
DECEMBER 12, 2007
Tis the holiday season and with the end of year comes budget planning for 2008. So that means it is time to get all of your key management members together to start reviewing 2007, what worked well, what did not work out, and to hammer out goals for next year. In the spirit of giving, I thought I would share with you one piece of advice – don’t sacrifice the long term value of your business for the short term.
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Jason Ball
DECEMBER 5, 2007
Nic posted yesterday about the social search space. I’d highlighted one of the companies he mentioned in an earlier post , Nsyght. I tend to follow the search space closely and have wondered out loud "why isn’t google leveraging social input" to further tweak their algorithms? It appears I won’t have to wait long to see what Google is cooking up: This Google experiment page isn’t active yet, so you can’t use it, but does describe how social ranking works.
aweissman.com
DECEMBER 21, 2007
skip to main | skip to sidebar. aweissman.com. Maximizing the serendipity around you. Dec 21, 2007. Design. Seth Godin writes today about Charles and EJs latest designs at Im in like with you : "Given the choice, that teenager youre trying to market to is ignoring you and shes on this site instead. Take it or leave it." Design , functionality, sensibility, and new ways of creating engagement matter.
Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic
Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in
BeyondVC
DECEMBER 3, 2007
I have written many recent posts on Internet and web-based models, but I still do spend a good portion of my time with companies selling in the enterprise. After a series of meetings over the last few days with startups and some of my portfolio companies, I wanted to highlight one important fact – it is hard to sell scalability. In addition, it is important to highlight that you only have one chance to make a first impression.
aweissman.com
DECEMBER 6, 2007
skip to main | skip to sidebar. aweissman.com. Maximizing the serendipity around you. Dec 6, 2007. Smart venture investing quote. Jeff Nolan writes something very insightful about the potential changed nature of venture investing (which is near and dear to my betaworks heart): "[I]n many ways I recoil at the notion that true invention and innovation matters less today, but it does appear to be the case.
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