TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Netflix employees staged a walkout yesterday in response to the company’s handling of a Dave Chappelle special that premiered on October 5. Netflix has decided to air Chappelle’s special, which contains jokes about transgender people, even though some employees have voiced concerns they feel have been ignored by the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

And as I always assert, “Great companies are built in downturns. It’s when the noise stops and you can actually get customer attention, press articles and VC meetings. And it’s when mediocre companies get pulverized.” I remember, for example, when business intelligence swept through companies globally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a classic HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” In summary, change will happen.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

NOT because the founder of the company has an established credibility working for both Facebook and MINT when those companies were in infancy. I am a raving fan of AppSumo because the creator of the brand, Noah Kagan , leads his company focusing on community first and sales second. I am a raving fan of AppSumo.com. I resisted.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 23, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in the Wall Street Journal. As crazy as this scenario sounds, it is very similar to the “scoring process” companies engage in when they track Net Promoter Scores. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Wayne Gretzky.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

by Joseph Jaffe and Maarten Albarda, both experienced marketers working with new companies, as well as larger firms. A while back in a blog article , I pointed out that none of these justify a startup business plan with little or no budget for marketing. They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch (this version is slightly different). Most web publishers measure where their traffic is coming from using an analytics package such as Google Analytics, Omniture or Core Metrics. I’m an investor in the company. Today they’re wrong. What does that mean? This allows awe.sm

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Revenue projections: What will happen to the company if the revenues and earnings projected on a worst case basis are not achieved as predicted? When will the company run out of money if the development of the enterprise is at a slower rate than expected? Has this been tested with investors? Finding your ideal niche Raising money'

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared on The Wall Street Journal. of privately held companies had a female founder, 6.5% If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! As more female CEOs build successful companies with great outcomes, this should change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Mr. Everhart distills his leadership insights from many decades in one of the largest business-to-business marketing agencies, working with companies across the country. It encompasses your marketing strategy used to attract, engage, and retain customers by creating and sharing relevant articles, videos, podcasts, and other media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

We caught up with co-founder Michael Wong , who told us about how the company is looking to change the model for local check-ins, and also help businesses with getting the word out about their services. What's your background, and how did you decide to start the company? Can you talk about how your company is funded?

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

That means good things for companies like CarbonChain , Persefoni , ClimateView , and SINAI Technologies , which all have offerings meant to help with carbon accounting and management. With this move, Los Angeles wants to hitch its wagon to this momentum and is actively looking for tech busineses that can help with carbon accounting.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For instance, if a user seeks advice on a particular topic, instead of just presenting pre-existing articles or references, an LLM can synthesize its vast knowledge base to produce a coherent, contextually apt, and unique response on the spot. Strive for a balanced outcome.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2019

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a classic HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” In summary, change will happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

by Joseph Jaffe and Maarten Albarda, both experienced marketers working with new companies, as well as larger firms. A while back in a blog article , I pointed out that none of these justify a startup business plan with little or no budget for marketing. They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

by Joseph Jaffe and Maarten Albarda, both experienced marketers working with new companies, as well as larger firms. A while back in a blog article , I pointed out that none of these justify a startup business plan with little or no budget for marketing. They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In August 2004, FastCompany published an article titled, Inside The Mind Of Jeff Bezos , written by Alan Deutschman. Although the article is informative, it is the accompanying sidebar that has remained with me over the succeeding years. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When should you start a company? What company should you start? When should you join a company? Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. When should a VC invest?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. TechCrunch article.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

by Joseph Jaffe and Maarten Albarda, both experienced marketers working with new companies, as well as larger firms. A while back in a blog article , I pointed out that none of these justify a startup business plan with little or no budget for marketing. They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

The classic example from several years ago was United Airlines not staying tuned in to social media, resulting in a unrecoverable customer problem causing great damage to their reputation, escalating to countless articles , and even a book, “ United Breaks Guitars.” Use business metrics and tools to tune your efforts.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Kelsey Doorey: "Vow To Be Chic is the first company to offer designer bridesmaid dress rentals. Always the bridesmaid?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. 2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I acknowledged this in the article.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The original post of this article on appeared on GigaOm in a more concise version here. Some examples of common objections across many companies: 1. As a company you need to invest in ROI calculators (spreadsheets) that are easy for sales reps to plug in basic customer metrics and pop out with an expected benefit.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

We caught up with Rachel recently to hear more about the company. What''s the story behind the company? How is your company funded, and where are you now? I got my MBA at stanford, and got to work at companies like eBay, HotWire, and Google. That''s why I decided to start my next new company here. What is FEM?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! You may be thinking, "Certainly Congress contemplated thresholds that will absolve small companies from such overheated intensive tax calculations." Noble goals, no doubt.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

In the popular press, it’s easy to find articles that will convince you that companies with a good culture, such as Google, do it by lavishing perks and benefits , including some combination of free meals, trips and parties, financial bonuses, gyms, and a dog-friendly environment.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. Reading the articles and the comments is probably worth it, but I personally think that the NY Times is overstating the advantage of being in Silicon Valley with a couple of exceptions. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries. But “on capital employed” encourages companies to push more off balance sheet and thus into offshore & outsourced situations. He spoke about ROCE (return on capital employed).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

The minute you try to monetize now they have metrics with which to beat you up and say you’re business has limitations.” The company with no revenue and a $150k burn rate that raised $2.5 And I only know one reason companies go out of business – they run out of money. You’re out of money.

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Venture Capital Startup Funding Snapchat 412

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2017

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a classic HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” In summary, change will happen.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

A version of this article previously appeared Forbes. Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. Greathouse: Great products and companies that came out (of) Santa Barbara.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! . During the late 1980's, Steve accepted a senior executive role at SuperMac, a Macintosh graphics card company that Steve jokes was, “Fifth in a group of three.". the VP of Sales the richest person in the company. Good News Bad News.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2014

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in an HBR article a couple of years ago on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” In summary, change will happen.

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