tiny Start Ups

Insight on Q&A from Giglocator Interview

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:04:18 +0000

The interview with the Giglocator team has just been posted on the (mt) Media Temple blog. The striking thing I took away from the interview is a trait common to successful start up ventures. The trait could probably be characterized in several terms, but i think James’ answer here encapsulates the common thread in the attitudes of winning start ups.

What advice would you give to other young entrepreneurs?

If you are working for other people: start building. Even if it’s an hour a day, just work on your project. If you don’t have one, but honestly in your heart can’t see yourself working for someone else for the rest of your life, look at everything through an entrepreneurial eye. If you can spot a problem, think about how to solve it. If someone already is trying to solve it but you think you can do it better — go ahead and do it!

James and Miles are pretty young but show tremendous promise in their moves to partner wisely with infrastructure and innovation partners, (mt) Media Temple and Sun Start Up Essentials, while planning for investment and infrastructure for the next phase. In traditional Boot Strap, 2-man-team style, they haven’t mapped out the “management structure” for future growth. I see this as a typical, but eventually a costly oversight.

Granted getting the rubber to the road in the beginning doesn’t afford time to plan the management structure for anticipated growth, it’s important to lay down a road map for a young company’s internal direction. Additionally, investors may be interested in staffing needs/structure in regards to scaling the company up.

Thanks James and Miles. You guys are going to do great! See the entire interview here!

Twitter Updates today YAY

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:17:00 +0000

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Do You Use Agile in Your Start Up Dev Process?

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:47:44 +0000

If you do, send a note below explaining how Agile process improves your development and strengthens your product.

Include the following info:

1. General description of your start up..

2. What stage you’re in…

3. Company size

4. What segments of your company utilize Agile? Does Agile play a role in other aspects other than software development?

5. Every Agile approach differs. Why did you choose your approach?

6. Upload your logo.

We’ll get the comments online after all data is analyzed.

THANKS!

Some Fun posts @ (mt) Media Temple

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:38:46 +0000

We just launched a couple fun posts, news bits

Our VP of Biz Dev Waxing Hosting

(mt) Media Temple is the 13th Best Place to Work in LA

Twitter Updates today YAY

admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:17:00 +0000

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trying @ryancarson ’s new app..always been a big fan of http://www.carsonified.com work…always intuitive, relevant and very usable #
yet another new logo at http://www.tinystartups.com #
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(mt) Media Temple Hosts 50% of .NET Mag’s Best Blog Category

admin — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:33:06 +0000

The 2009 .NET Magazine Awards have launched! One particular category, or a statistic regarding this category caught my eye this morning. (mt) Media Temple hosts 50% of the “Best Blog” category! I mean…not to brag on (mt) too much here..but that’s pretty haut.

The List:
Abduzeedu
A List Apart
CSS-Tricks
ThinkVitamin
Tuts+ Network

I can proudly say we know these bloggers personally, and obviously consider all of them winners

Twitter Updates today YAY

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:17:00 +0000

Seriously..or not so seriously, @hostchopper is so good for the hosting industry HAHAHA love it. #
RT @tim_nolan#D9 http://bit.ly/C7U1p short film D9 was based on..awesome #
RT @scottdesmet 50 Inspiring Examples of Minimalism in Web Design from Line25. http://bit.ly/PZshB via @mediatemple #
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meeting with globe.tv

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:13:10 +0000

Giglocator Feature coming up

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:52:12 +0000

James Proud, founder of Giglocator, a hot new live music service, is answering questions for us @ (mt) Media Temple, so we’ll have the insight here as well .

Developing Start Up Insight

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:53:19 +0000

Working in Hosting, we see a LOT of start ups in all phases of production. They’ve become somewhat of targeted market for web hosts. If your hosting suite is utilitarian and diverse enough to host a start up with the broad range of needs they often have, you’re probably doing a good job.

I’ve been fascinated from afar of Start Ups, and decided to join the many other bloggers focusing on this business segment, lightly analyze different approaches and moderately gauge probable success for these new businesses. I want to keep the actual industry categorization broad though, and the subject matter, or criteria for gauging probable success more concentrated.

What are the components and bench marks that make a start up successful?

Any input is much appreciated!