SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

We will design and manufacture an apparel brand based on the inspiration of collective editors. We then take that information and find trends and metadata, and all that content and sharing, and use it to drive e-commerce, and to design and manufacture apparel products. The two sat down with us to explain the idea behind the company.

Startup 182

Startup Commerce Design Media 182

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Founded in January 2010 by Stephen Hood (ex-Delicious head of product), Dave Baggeroer (Stanford’s Institute of Design), and Josh Whiting (ex-senior engineer at Delicious and Craigslist). Pricing engine helps publishers ascertain ad inventory pricing by analyzing ad transaction data from the market/exchanges.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2009

Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor , a developer of chips for the networking market, announced Tuesday that it has rolled out a new chipset targeted at the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) market. Vitesse said its new chipset is sampling today, with a reference design evaluation board to be released in Q2.

Sample 100

Sample Networking Design Media 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2020

Consumers now have their first chance to sample the wares of a short-form streaming service — and it’s not Quibi. The company also has a brand studio, Ficto Studio , which works with marketers and agencies to help them design promotions based on Ficto’s interactive capabilities.

Los Angeles 152

Los Angeles Content Angel Outsource Development 152

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As a product or service you can often trade short exclusivity periods for the retailer’s willingness to spend marketing dollars promoting your product or give you better merchandising in the physical or virtual store. and a differentiated feel in terms of fabric, design, sustainability, etc. So Why Does This Matter?

Product 296

Product Course Customer Custom 296

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Big gorillas with deep pockets find it hard to scale products that are designed or produced to order. Choose a large market in a growth industry. After that, it’s all about learning and execution.

Startup 170

Startup Study Journal Sample 170

SoCal CTO

APRIL 22, 2010

Critical Mass Problem One thing that many startups don’t recognize going into the design of their matching algorithm is the problem of critical mass. In terms of the design of the algorithm, you probably need to design your algorithm to be flexible in how it surfaces matches in the case where there are relatively few possible matches.

Startup 170

Startup Research Software Review Sample 170

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

Michael Dubin: My background is digital marketing, and a little bit of editorial. After that, I went to a digital marketing for a firm which provided marketing for Sports Illustrated and other big brand advertisers like Gatorade and Nike, driving video views of social video. That's the one we'll mass product.

Dollar Shave Club 210

Dollar Shave Club Startup Pricing Sample 210

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I was interested in the opportunity, because although the firm had been around for some number of years, they had an interesting product, great customers, and the legal market is a massive market. Carey Ransom: We see that the number one, fastest growing segment of the legal market is the small, solo firm.

Legalzoom 164

Legalzoom Startup Template Sample 164

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

At the time, they were shipping out CD ROMs with 300 albums, album artwork, and three song samples each. After IAC, I started my own company, MerchEngines, which was a search marketing platform for local businesses. You'd pop in that CD ROM, listen to the song, and then call an 800 number to purchase the album.

Southern California 245

Southern California Idealab Startup Custom 245

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2010

Russell Stern: Most semiconductor companies have to have to do board designs anyway, for reference designs, and to further qualify them, certify them, and get them through agency approvals. You get almost 80 percent, the you decide what you want to do--do you enter this market on your own, give it to a partner to take to market?

Networking 124

Networking Startup Design Customer 124

socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2010

Last week, Irvine-based Teridian Semiconductor (www.teridiansemiconductor.com), a developer of semiconductors for the electric metering and electricity measurement market, was acquired by Maxim Semiconductor. We've got four generation of parts in the market, with three in production, and the fourth sampling--with a fifth in design.

Equity 124

Equity San Diego Startup Activity 124

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2009

Semiconductor startups seem to be quite rare in today's environment, with few companies being funded or launched, due both to the difficulty of bringing products to market, lack of investment capital, as well as lots of established, large companies in the industry. In terms of markets, we address the Zigbee, Bluetooth, and 2.4

Patents 100

Patents Sample Technical Review Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2012

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. Before you design your new solution idea, gather evidence and estimates of how much money a customer is willing to spend (if any) to solve the problem. Sample trade show or user group.

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Pricing Custom Customer 99

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Services entrepreneurs can more easily capitalize on the trend to treat each customer personally, whether entrepreneurs be interior designers working from home, marketing consultants, or offering Angie’s List to find the best local handyman. Here is just a sampling to give you the idea: Software as a service (SaaS).

Services 101

Services Startup Outsource Technical Support 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2013

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Big gorillas with deep pockets find it hard to scale products that are designed or produced to order. Choose a large market in a growth industry. After that, it’s all about learning and execution.

Startup 102

Startup Study Journal Sample 102

InfoChachkie

APRIL 3, 2012

When I say “get personal,” I am referring to non-typical questions designed to determine who the candidate really is. Sample Personal Questions. Someone simply searching for a job will be unenthusiastic about an offer with a below-market salary. Another way to identify the acne-faced high school kid is to ask personal questions.

Entrepreneur 219

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Journal 219

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2010

Prior to that, I had worked for a company that had invented digital sampling, which is how much of the music today is created. Kevin Kent: It didn't take a marketing genius to realize that, at the time, there were 25 to 35 million gamers playing music in Rock Band or Guitar Hero.

Orange County 244

Orange County Startup Slides Paramount 244

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2013

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. Before you design your new solution idea, gather evidence and estimates of how much money a customer is willing to spend (if any) to solve the problem. Sample trade show or user group.

Product 94

Product Pricing Custom Customer 94

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2011

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. Before you design your new solution idea, gather evidence and estimates of how much money a customer is willing to spend (if any) to solve the problem. Sample trade show or user group.

Startup 93

Startup Pricing Custom Customer 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2012

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Big gorillas with deep pockets find it hard to scale products that are designed or produced to order. Choose a large market in a growth industry. After that, it’s all about learning and execution.

Startup 99

Startup Study Journal Sample 99

InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2019

On her lunch break, at the age of 20, Ruth entered a local furniture store with samples of her husband’s plastic chairs. Sensing a more inclusive, gentler approach to parenting following World War II, Ruth marketed Mattel’s revolutionary commercials directly to children. She walked out of the store with a $500 purchase order.

Company 100

Company Companies Sales Sample 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Cameras, sensors, watches, and glasses are just a sample of the increasing amounts of body-worn tech hitting the market. What got you designing a product for law enforcement in the first place? SW: I started the company in August ’07 and I brought samples of our first product to CES in January ’08. Where is VIEVU based?

Help 94

Help Startup Sample Marketing 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market.

Funding 106

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Sample 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Big gorillas with deep pockets find it hard to scale products that are designed or produced to order. Choose a large market in a growth industry. After that, it’s all about learning and execution.

Startup 92

Startup Study Journal Sample 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market.

Funding 101

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Invest 101

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Open to potential career pivoters and professionals of all levels, the panel consisted of the following panelists, whom entered their positions from backgrounds ranging from business to engineering to design. Jay Stakelon , VP Product Design, Fullscreen. He has over 10 years of experience designing and developing digital products.

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market.

Funding 92

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2012

The format of an NDA is simple, and you can download a sample from my website. A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not patentable, but gives you an economic advantage over competitors or customers. Trade secrets.

Startup 97

Startup Patents Sample Ideas 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2011

The format of an NDA is simple, and you can download a sample from my website. A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not patentable, but gives you an economic advantage over competitors or customers. Trade secrets.

Patents 90

Patents Sample Ideas Entrepreneur 90

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2010

I think this can also be a great resource for others to chip in with other suggestions since I clearly don’t corner the market on recruiting advice. I recommend that you design a standardized form broken down into high level criteria such as, “Intellect, Work Experience, Personality, Attributes Required for this Job, etc.&#

Startup 301

Startup Examples Sales Pricing 301

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Indiegogo is a platform for ground breaking technology and where you can find interesting products that haven’t hit the mainstream market. Their coworking space is designed to help tech companies of all sizes, and they recently launched a Tech Diversity Accelerator program with the Nielsen Foundation. iFundWomen (New York, NY).

Startup 137

Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 137

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2013

The format of an NDA is simple, and you can download a sample from my website. A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not patentable, but gives you an economic advantage over competitors or customers. Trade secrets.

Ideas 92

Ideas Demand Patents Entrepreneur 92

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

So, I went back to the genetic counselor, shared a little of my background, and my vision--and it turned out she shared exactly the same vision, and had written her thesis on direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic testing. Her thesis was based on telecom, I suggested the Internet, and she loved it. Talk about your round?

Content 150

Content Services Resource Sample 150

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Potential employers, developers, investors, designers, and more in one room, eager to exchange cards and more than a few words. Dather – A social media marketing tool that packages videos, photos, tweets, and posts into one place. Taking all the guess work out of initial introductions.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Userplane Social Media Santa Monica 63

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 59