Alex Lowe on Software and Startups

This is a picture of some of the WebRaiser team with Vlade, former center of the Sacramento Kings, and Angela Hughes.
A great event and a lot of fun.
This is another mobile blogging test.
 

This is really just a test of my iPhone and WordPress integration so I can do some mobile blogging.
I’m the guy in the center accepting the award. This is Las Vegas in 2005 when I was CTO of WebRaiser Technologies.
 

This is a great article about startups and monetization of services in the new advertising and sponsorship based ecosystem of online consumer apps, services, and content.
With advertising becoming the primary business model of the online economy it is critical that we as investors and entrepreneurs understand the advertising business model.
Its a very hard road. It […]

Tonight I am suffering from entrepreneurial insomnia. AdAble, Inc. has soft launched and the pieces are coming together… the team, product, capital, and business plan. So, why can’t I sleep?
It’s not from worry. It’s from excitement and analysis. Business scenarios, investment pitches, financing instruments, customer relationships, marketing, branding, legal work and banking.
It’s constant iterations of […]

Microsoft and Google, two giants fighting it out for the future of software business. On the surface Microsoft and Google look similar. Both offer software, both have an online presence, both are technology companies. But their business models and revenue streams are nowhere near the same thing and that’s going to mean a lot for […]

So, you’ve got a startup. You’ve got a great team, you’ve got a great product idea, and you have a great market to sell to. When getting your startup off the ground I think there are a few key aspects to remember beyond the traditional “team, market, and product” mix.

Capitalization- the number one reason companies […]

They say there are three things to building a startup successful: team, market, and product. I want to explore these three concepts from my experience and then get into some of the other things that are necessary that team, market, product help you attain.
Team 
The team, in my opinion, is of the utmost importance. It doesn’t stand alone, a […]

Priorities, that’s what we set when we’re in business. One priority that is tricky is optimization in search of a greater profit margin. Product optimization, workflow optimization, operational optimization, and any other ways of making business more streamlined is a good thing in general, but can be a bad thing at times.
In general, optimized business […]

You’ll read lists and lists and lists. You’ll read advice and more advice. I’m part of the information storm, and I want to talk about it. When you’re in a startup the context of your business changes all the time. It is so dynamic that “the most important thing” never stays that way for long.
If […]

There are precarious times when in business. I’d like to draw attention to the two most precarious times: high growth and slow decline.
The ideal state of a business is sustained growth, a nice gentle line that trends upwards.
A bad state, obviously, is a sharp downward slope. The only positive behind a sharp downward slope is that […]