Lessons Learned by Jason Feinsmith at Accomplice
Jason Feinsmith advises entrepreneurs to fail cheaply, to seek investment only after you have revenue, and to update product plans weekly.
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Events
3 Things I Learned at WIC Tech Talk
Denise Brousseau gave a great talk on “Play Like the Big Guys: How To Use New Web Tools To Easily Build Your Company” at WIC April-16-2007.
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Rich Mironov: Service-Model Thinking for Product-Model Folks
This evening I attended “Are You a Chef or Are You a Grocer?” an SVPMA event featuring Rich Mironov. It was an excellent presentation on SaaS (Software as a Service) business models. Mironov outlined four components as key to a successful SaaS offering: Build a multi-tenant infrastructure Manage for slower incremental sales Commit to continuous marketing Get
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Software Demo: Are You Showing The Last Thing First?
Are you showing the last thing first when you give a software demo? Put the key benefit or bottom line up front.
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SDForum Startup SIG: Interim CEO’s featuring Mark Lazar
Tonight I attended the SDForum Startup SIG, featuring Mark Lazar. Mark is a highly experienced chief executive with a proven record in successfully growing and managing companies in the software and telecommunication industries. Mark is usually attracted to opportunities where a company needs help in accelerating growth or turn around. Mark holds both a BA
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CINA Blog Panel Wrap Up
Recap from a CINA panel on blogging Mar-15-2007 where I participated as a panelist. I cited Regis Mckenna’s “Real Time” and “The Cluetrain Manifesto.”
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CINA Panel on Blog: What It Can Do For You
A recap of a 2007 CINA Panel on Blog: What It Can Do For You. Panel was Sean Murphy, Zoli Erdos, and Henry Lu.
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Building A Great Product Roadmap: Eric Walczykowski, Deloitte Ventures
Product roadmaps are entirely driven by solving problems for your customers. Start by asking your customer, “how can we help you?”
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March Silicon Valley NewTech Meetup
Francis Adanza shares his perspective on companies presenting at the March 6 2007 Silicon Valley NewTech Meetup.
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Startup Epicenter Offers Intensive Workshops, Challenge & Festival
Startup Epicenter Offers Intensive Workshops and a Festival in March of 2007 with a line-up of VCs and experienced entrepreneurs as speakers.
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VC Investment in Asia and What It Means to Korea
Tonight I attended a KIN / KASE Event: “VC Investment in Asia and What It Means to Korea.” The guest speakers were Han Kim, Partner at Altos Ventures and Tae Hea Nahm, Partner at Storm Ventures. VC Investment in Asia and What It Means to Korea I have heard many VC’s speak on how they
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2 Disruptive Trends: Open Source & SaaS
Key takeaways from a talk by Barry Klawans, CTO of JasperSoft on comparing benefits and drawbacks of Software as a Service (SaaS) and Open Source.
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Ten Tips for Leveraging Blogs and Wikis in Your Consulting Practice
Is my topic this Thursday, February 15, at 7:00 PM, at the IEEE-CNSV meeting at KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara, CA. The event is free. I will cover a number of practical suggestions for using blogs to promote a consulting practice and wikis to foster project team collaboration against a deadline. Blogs and
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Interesting Discussions From Fast Forward 2007
Key takeaways triggered by Fast Forward 2007 talks, still a huge difference between Internet search and enterprise search.
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Recipes For Longevity in “Mutual Improvement Clubs”
Mutual improvement clubs are an older version of a community of practice or a stakeholder meeting. Here are some recipes for keeping them going from William Feather and Ben Franklin.
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Pixar’s Ed Catmull Highlights Value of Post Mortems
A summary of a keynote by Ed Catmull at The Annual Stanford Entrepreneurship Conference. Catmull is the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios.
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Going Solo or Partnering Panel: Stanford E-Conference
Today I attended the 2007 Entrepreneurship Conference at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. One session that I truly enjoyed and found very informative was the “Going Solo or Partnering” Panel. Going Solo or Partnering Panel: Stanford E-Conference Below are three questions and answers I believe capture the importance of developing a solid team. Moderator Andy
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Stepping on the Web 2.0 Scale at IBDNetwork Jan-23-07
Last night I attended the IBDNetwork Strategies Series: Stepping on the Web 2.0 Scale. The event was hosted at Shasta Ventures and featured these guest speakers: Moderator: Tod Francis, Managing Director, Shasta Ventures Panel of Experts: Adam Gross, VP Developer Marketing, Salesforce Shawn Hardin, CEO, Flock Jason Pressman, Partner, Shasta Ventures Sam Schillace, Engineer, Writely/Google
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SVASE: Do I Have What it Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?
Over lunch today I attended the SVASE Startup-U Event: Do I Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur? Which was held at Plug & Play Tech Center. The guest speakers were John Kim founder of Five9 and LeadMarket, and Steve Stephansen, Board Director of the Sand Hill Angels. It was an open discussion with a
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Tips for Hiring and Firing a Sales Person
Peter Bakonyvari, VP Sales at JPMorgan SymPro, explains the practical realities of building a sales team: In particular firing a sales person.
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