Common Area Factor in Commercial Real Estate

April 2, 2014

As I have written previously, we are currently looking for a new office space. This is the first time we will have an office outside of a tech incubator hub. The commercial real estate process is fascinating to a first time participant like me. It is an old industry with funny quirks. One thing that […]

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Tonight’s Atlanta Startup Village Recap

March 31, 2014

Over 450 people registered for tonight’s Atlanta Startup Village. I met several BigCo people there for the first time to explore what this whole “entrepreneurship” thing is all about. One from DHL; one from Nokia. Some really exciting companies presented. Here is a recap: SiftIt Simply connecting restaurants with suppliers Get rid of filing cabinets […]

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Turning Down Y Combinator

March 29, 2014

In 2009, we were introduced to Paul Graham and met with him in Palo Alto. During our conversation, he was impressed with our startup and invited us to join Y Combinator. We turned him down. We did not think that the VC model made sense for our startup at that time. Here are the emails […]

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Examples of Companies Successful at Monetizing Open Source

March 28, 2014

Continuing the discussion on monetizing open source, it is helpful to look to examples of other companies that have been successful at monetizing open source. Here are some that come to mind. RedHat – sells a packaged up version of RedHat in an enterprise form with support, which appeals to companies who rely on the […]

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The ArrayFire Users Group

March 27, 2014

Once a startup has a sufficient number of users, it makes sense to form a users group. Inline with my post from last night, we are excited for the ArrayFire Users Group that is forming now to collaborate, contribute open source code, and provide input and direction to the future of ArrayFire. Today was the […]

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A Winning Strategy for BigCo/Startup Partnerships

March 26, 2014

Most partnerships are not worth pursuing for startups. Startups should not get overly excited about what other companies will do for them. Rarely do partners actually move the needle for a startup, in distribution, co-marketing, co-sales, etc. The exception I’ve noticed is when a BigCo’s customers have real needs that the BigCo does not provide […]

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Thoughts on Open Source Projects

March 25, 2014

“Open source is not code dumped on the internet. Open source is a living, breathing organism. It is community, code, systems, and continual improvements.” -Gallagher Pryor, CTO of ArrayFire I’ve written before about open source business models. At ArrayFire we have started to open source useful additions to our acceleration library. At GTC 2014 this […]

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Making the Most of a Tradeshow, #GTC14

March 24, 2014

The GPU Technology Conference is one of my favorite highlights each year. Today we started our first day of the GTC14 show at the San Jose Convention Center in California. In general, I’m skeptical about tradeshows and their value relative to other forms of marketing. But if you treat them as a mix of fun, […]

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Sales Guys Can Build Websites

March 23, 2014

This week we will be unveiling a brand new website to accompany our rebranding to ArrayFire. I’m super excited for the new site. One thing that stands out to me about this effort is that the majority of the work was accomplished by our sales guys. Not by our engineers. Website platforms are so good […]

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Common Elements of Tech Startup Offices

March 21, 2014

Today I spent time with an interior designer thinking through conceptual plans for an ArrayFire office space. We had both seen many startup office spaces and came up with a list of elements that are popular right now: Open floor seating with very few private offices Lots of glass and natural light Dry erase walls […]

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