August 2010

Bootstrapping Mightyverse Talk at Sep-1 Breakfast in SF

Sarah Allen will talk about bootstrapping a mobile startup at the  Bootstrapper’s Breakfast Wednesday September 1 at 9am at Boudin Bakery, Embarcadero 4 in San Francisco. Sarah is a serial entrepreneur who is using her  software development consulting business, Blazing Cloud, to bootstrap a mobile-focused startup, Mightyverse. The Mightyverse blog offers this overview of the …

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Feed Readers De-Mystified at Sep-23 Lunch & Learn Webinar

I will be giving a short presentation on  “Feed Readers De-Mystified–Tips For Keeping Informed” at the September 23 Lunch & Learn Webinar hosted by People on the Go. Cost: No Charge When: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM PDT Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/151449787 I will outline some important ways to monitor information about your …

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Debugging Teams/Meetings: Start With Goals & Roles

Startups have fewer meetings than larger companies but entrepreneurs still need to make those meetings effective, in fact there is less margin for unproductive meetings in a startup than there is in a larger firm. Here are two sources of good information on effective teams and how they meet: James Shonk’s “Working in Teams” is  …

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10 Tips For Choosing a Business Partner at WIC Sep-13

Theresa Shafer and I are giving a talk on “10 Tips on How to Choose a Business Partner” on Monday, September 13, 2010, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm at the Women In Consulting (WIC) South Bay meeting. We will outline some  important tips and considerations when choosing a partner, sub-contractor, or alliances members that will …

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SVCC 2010 “Will Work For Equity” Startup CEO Panel Members

I mentioned on August 12  in “Signup For ‘Will Work For Equity’ at Silicon Valley Code Camp” that I had submitted the following session  for this year’s Silicon Valley Code Camp (Oct 9-10 at Foothill College): Will Work For Equity – the World Startups Are you considering joining a startup? Sean Murphy, CEO at SKMurphy,  …

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Interesting Trend: Nightowl Co-Working

Jenna Wortham’s “Fraternity of the Wired Works in the Wee Hours” in the New York Times on July 25 highlighted an interesting new trend in co-working: the 10pm to 4am shift. Profiling the “New York Nightowls” (tagline “New York Nightowls is a late night co-working club for professionals”) she opens with: (hyperlinks added) After college, …

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Compelling Demos

Second Derivative’s Great Demo! seminar on September 15, 2010 helps frustrated sales, marketing and presales professionals and entrepreneurs improve their skills and gain dramatic results. Peter Cohan helps organizations like Keynote Systems and Phreesia put the “Wow!” into their demos to make them crisp, compelling and successful. “I believe everyone on the team will find …

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Signup For “Will Work For Equity” at Silicon Valley Code Camp

I have submitted the following session  for this year’s Silicon Valley Code Camp: Will Work For Equity – the World Startups Are you considering joining a startup? Sean Murphy, CEO at SKMurphy,  will host a panel outlining important tips and issues to consider if you are investing your time in a startup.  This session will …

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Entrepreneurial Engineer Blog Launches With Oasys CEO Interview

I am delighted to be able to return to EE Times as a regular columnist/blogger after a sixteen year absence, with my Entrepreneurial Engineer Blog. Richard Wallace, now blogging at “The Next Silicon Valley“, asked me to write “Nickel Tours of the ‘Net” which cataloged the impact of the Internet on Electronic Design as websites …

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