Nightly Syncs at Tradeshows

March 19, 2013

This is our 3rd of 5 nights at the GPU Technology Conference. One thing we’ve done differently this year is a nightly all-hands sync with all of our 10 people at the show. We try to keep it to 10-20 minutes. When each person on the team is having so many meaningful interactions each day, […]

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Connect with Pain, Not with Overviews

March 18, 2013

I’m at the largest GPU technology tradeshow in San Jose, CA this week. It’s a great time to connect with people in our industry. When striking up a new conversation with someone at a tradeshow, startups should connect by identifying with the pain they alleviate rather than providing a summary of the things they do. […]

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Heterogeneous Computing Trends for Dummies [Reblog]

March 17, 2013

As a continuation of my posts to help readers of this blog with an understanding about the AccelerEyes business, I continue today with a post about important trends in computing. The next decade of computing will be defined by Heterogeneous Computing. To understand more, head over to our company blog: Heterogeneous Computing Trends for Dummies on AccelerEyes’ […]

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Book Review – Founders at Work (Part 2)

March 16, 2013

Today I continue the review of one of my favorite startup books, “Founders at Work” by Jessica Livingston. Each chapter is a story of a famous startup and a tell-all about those startup stories. Yesterday, I shared notes I took from the first 10 stories in the book as Part 1. Today I share 10 more […]

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Book Review – Founders at Work (Part 1)

March 15, 2013

One of my favorite startup books is “Founders at Work” by Jessica Livingston, wife of Paul Graham. Each chapter is a story of a famous startup and a tell-all about those startup stories. My co-founder, James Malcolm, gave me this book in our first year at AccelerEyes. I learned many great lessons from these stories. […]

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Tips for New Hires

March 14, 2013

At AccelerEyes, we’re in the middle of doubling our team which causes me to reflect on those things that make a new hire’s experience really awesome: Culture is the #1 thing that matters. AccelerEyes has a strong culture, akin to other startups and fast-moving tech companies. A common challenge new hires face is to shed […]

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Startups that Ride a Platform Advantage

March 13, 2013

Some startups ride a platform advantage. The platform creates a uncommon advantage that leads to big success. Here are some platform advantages I’ve recently noticed startups ride: Blinq Media – Facebook Platform – Became one of only 5 Facebook partners authorized to sell advertising. This elimination of other competitive forces gave Blinq an excellent head start […]

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Video Marketing Lessons from Kevin Daum

March 12, 2013

At an EO learning event tonight, Kevin Daum spoke about video marketing. Kevin is the author of Video Marketing for Dummies and Roar! Get Heard in the Sales and Marketing Jungle. He talked about creating an Awesome Experience and broke it down into 3 steps:  1) Compelling Messaging, 2) Intentional Marketing, and 3) Memorable Delivery Compelling Messaging […]

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Delegation

March 11, 2013

One of the hardest things to do as an entrepreneur is to delegate. Yet you’ve got to get good at it because the single scarcest resource for startups is founder/management-bandwidth. What are the things that make delegation difficult: Time. It takes management time to organize, communicate, and follow through on plans. When you’re running fast, it’s […]

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Crunch Times

March 9, 2013

Startups have crunch times. These are when all-nighters get pulled. These are when you ignore the outside world to push something out the door. I have a lot of thoughts on crunch times, because I’ve lived through many over the years at AccelerEyes. First, crunch times are heavier early on and are greatly reduced once […]

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