Sawickipedia

Archive for the ‘benchmark’ Category

startup advice: titles matter - a parable for proper titles (lose those evp’s and svp’s)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

We've all seen little, itty-bitty startups with execs with title like EVP of this or SVP of that. Unfortunately they're silly and unnecessary. To a VC it screams this guy or gal doesn't get it - startups aren't about titles, startups are about producing a winning company. Excessive titles are ...

Posted in benchmark, bill gurley, hummer winblad, simplytv, startups, titles | 2 Comments »

Subscribe to my feed
My Twitter Feed - Follow Me
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Farhan Ahmad:Todd, thanks for the great adv
- MIKE HYPE:I would like just a small slic
- Guadalupe Dennis:06t8dscrngdjrawi
- Greg:Great analysis.
- Nijole:Well said.
- lukas:hey todd, you were mentorin
- Katie:Thanks for the shout out Todd.
- Neal Richter:Nice post. I disagree on "sam
- Jordan Mitchell:Well said. There's a term for
- Andy:Check out the excellent post o
Archives
Categories
- ad networks (2)
- ad-tech (2)
- adobe (1)
- adsense (1)
- advertising (14)
- adwords (1)
- aggregate knowledge (1)
- airport security (1)
- AK (1)
- amazon.com (2)
- antitrust (1)
- apollo (1)
- apple (4)
- aqnt (1)
- aquantive (1)
- atlas (1)
- atlas dmt (1)
- avenue a (1)
- baby (1)
- barron's (1)
- basic cable (1)
- beacon (2)
- benchmark (1)
- bill gurley (1)
- blackberry (1)
- blist (2)
- blogging (1)
- blubet (1)
- bmw (1)
- broadband (1)
- bubble (1)
- business plans (2)
- casual connect (2)
- casual games (1)
- casual gaming (1)
- cga (2)
- cinerama (1)
- clearstone (1)
- comcast (1)
- commercialism (1)
- compete (2)
- computing cloud (1)
- comscore (1)
- condenet (1)
- conservative (1)
- copyright (2)
- coremetrics (1)
- CPC (1)
- crossing the chasm (1)
- cycling (1)
- dapper (1)
- daum (1)
- dave mcclure (9)
- dave schappell (1)
- dave winer (3)
- david stern (2)
- deadpool (1)
- digital media (1)
- disney (1)
- disney channel (1)
- don dodge (1)
- dopplr (1)
- doubleclick (1)
- dvds (1)
- e3 (1)
- early adopters (1)
- ebay (2)
- ec2 (1)
- email (1)
- emarketer (1)
- eMusic (1)
- encoding.com (2)
- entourage 2004 (1)
- environment (1)
- events (2)
- f8 (1)
- facebook (15)
- facebook apps (4)
- family (1)
- feedburner (1)
- firefox (1)
- Fon (2)
- fox interactive (1)
- fred wilson (3)
- g.ho.st (1)
- gadgets (1)
- gdc (1)
- geek (1)
- glam (1)
- gmail (2)
- gnomedex (3)
- goodlink (1)
- google (23)
- google analytics (1)
- google reader (1)
- graphing social (2)
- graphing social patterns (1)
- harry potter (1)
- harry potter and the deathly hallows (1)
- hdtv (1)
- heroes (1)
- home depot (1)
- home improvement (1)
- hummer winblad (1)
- ibm (1)
- ignite seattle (1)
- Ignition Partners (1)
- ilike (1)
- intel (1)
- invites (1)
- inviteshare (1)
- iphone (3)
- ipod (1)
- jason calacanis (5)
- jeremy liew (1)
- jesusphone (1)
- joost (1)
- josh koppelman (1)
- judy's book (1)
- jukebox (1)
- jukebox in the pocket (1)
- jukebox in the sky (1)
- kanoodle (1)
- kazaa (2)
- kefta (2)
- kevin merritt (1)
- kids (1)
- landis (1)
- landmark theaters (1)
- lead gen (1)
- leopard (1)
- liberal (1)
- linkedin (2)
- LNDD (1)
- lockin (1)
- long tail (1)
- lookery (4)
- loomia (7)
- lost (1)
- loudeye (5)
- lycos (1)
- macys.com (1)
- Madrona Venture (1)
- mahalo (1)
- marc andreesen (1)
- mark cuban (3)
- marketing (4)
- me (1)
- metrics (1)
- micropayments (1)
- microsoft (11)
- mint (1)
- misc (3)
- mobile (1)
- mobile email (1)
- monetization (2)
- moveon.org (1)
- movies (1)
- mp3 player (1)
- mp3.com (1)
- msft (1)
- music (1)
- mybloglog (2)
- myspace (4)
- napster (1)
- national geographic (1)
- nepotism (1)
- netowrking (1)
- news feed (1)
- nike (1)
- office 2004 (1)
- online advertising (3)
- online video (3)
- open office (1)
- opera (1)
- opus capital (1)
- os x (1)
- p2p (1)
- panama (1)
- panasonic (1)
- parenting (1)
- paul kedrosky (1)
- people search (1)
- personal finance (1)
- personalization (1)
- peter moore (1)
- pioneer (1)
- porsche (1)
- pr (1)
- pricing (1)
- projections (1)
- quantcast (1)
- quicken (1)
- rants (1)
- real estate (1)
- real estate 2.0 (1)
- redfin (1)
- renee blodgett (1)
- roles (1)
- rolling stone (1)
- rss (1)
- s3 (1)
- samsung (1)
- science (1)
- scoble (3)
- scott rafer (3)
- scripps (1)
- search (4)
- search 2.0 (1)
- seattle (3)
- seattle startups (2)
- SEM (2)
- seth godin (1)
- simplytv (2)
- skype (1)
- SMO (1)
- sms (1)
- social networks (2)
- sony (1)
- spock (8)
- spoilers (1)
- spot runner (1)
- star wars (1)
- startups (16)
- stats (1)
- stumbleupon (1)
- success (1)
- surf canyon (1)
- teachstreet (2)
- techcrunch (1)
- technorati (2)
- themes (1)
- titles (1)
- travel (1)
- trip advisor (1)
- TSA (2)
- twitter (9)
- UI (1)
- uncategorized (4)
- USADA (1)
- utility computing (1)
- valleywag (1)
- valuations (2)
- vanessa fox (1)
- vc (2)
- video (2)
- vista (1)
- web 2.0 (7)
- wesabe (1)
- where i've been (1)
- white board (1)
- widgets (1)
- windows (1)
- wired (1)
- wsj (1)
- wsj.com (1)
- x files (1)
- yahoo (5)
- YouTube (4)
- zango (1)
- zimbra (1)
- zoho (1)

Archive for the ‘benchmark’ Category

startup advice: titles matter - a parable for proper titles (lose those evp’s and svp’s)

My Twitter Feed - Follow Me

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Categories