Carole Edman, HR Manager To Go I have had the pleasure of meeting Carole Edman at a number of networking events and been impressed with professionalism and expertise. She started consulting in 1986 as Carole Edman & Associates, and has been offering the following services to small and mid-size companies: High quality interim, on-call, or […]
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I had lunch with Sylvia Nessan, a veteran of Synopsys, CoWare, and several high tech startups and she made an observation that I thought was worth writing down: the founding team, and CEO in particular, don’t pay enough attention to how much time they waste on administrivia. Hiring an admin or other outside service providers
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Nusym De-Cloaks part 2 offers lessons on stealth mode and how to describe the problem you are working for the customer’s benefit and not the investor’s.
Nusym de-cloaks from stealth mode, promising an astonishing breakthrough before ultimately sinking without a trace.
Last night, I attended an SDForum Startup SIG featuring Bill Trenchard, CEO of LiveOps. Bill is a prime example of a serial entrepreneur. In 10 years he has been a founder and CEO of three successful start ups. One of which was Jump Networks, Inc., that was acquired by Microsoft in April 1999. Bill said
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Office 2.0 Tools for Consultants Attending Office 2.0[1] in San Francisco, we discovered some useful tools for consultants and small teams. What is Office 2.0? Office 2.0 tools are collaboration tools that you can connect to from anywhere. They are perfect for virtual businesses or small teams. Most are sold as software as a service
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Last Tuesday, October 3, was the first of four seminars in the KASE Entrepreneurship Academy. One of the featured speakers of the evening was a serial entrepreneur by the name of Krishna “Kittu” Kolluri. Kittu was Co-Founder of Healtheon/WebMD, an on-line resource for heath information. While at WebMD he was responsible for key operational and business development
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Mike Van Horn has a lot of good articles on his small business website. One in particular that’s worth reading is “Are You Ready for Growth?” Here are some highlights: The better teams you can build… the faster you can grow. People who grow companies rapidly know how to put a good team in place,
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If you don’t have a plan for exploiting a technology breakthrough, then by announcing it all you are doing is lighting the way for your competitors.
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Welcome Entrepreneurs This blog is dedicated to entrepreneurs at any stage of their journey: as individuals, in teams, and collectively. We all hope to create a better world for our customers, our employees, our stakeholders, and our children. Our Focus: Finding Early Customers For Emerging Technologies Our focus is helping startups find early customers for emerging technologies. This is very
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Where in Silicon Valley can I meet with clients? How do I setup payroll? Can you recommend a lawyer? Where can I get insurance? What are the basic marketing concepts for a startup? See “Crucial Marketing Concepts for Startups” by Sean Murphy and Mark Duncan, April 2007 Long Version (includes Book Reviews) Short Version (just
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