Greg Gottesman at RSVC2 Max Effgen, May 15, 2011 Start-Up Culture by VC Greg Gottesman from Foster School of Business on Vimeo. Last month Greg Gottesman accepted my invitation and spoke at Rock Star Venture Capitalist #2. He did an awesome job going through 13 characteristics of great companies as he has observed through his many years in the… Continue Reading
Solid State Drive Failure Max Effgen, May 7, 2011 Having a hard drive fail is never a great situation. I have been pretty fortunate only 4 drives have failed in 20 years. Probably about 100 drives in total which is a 4% failure rate which is about double the norm. It is infrequent, but traumatic. I can remember every… Continue Reading
Richard Tait on “Entrepreneuership is…” Max Effgen, April 22, 2011July 28, 2022 Entrepreneurship is… from Tyler Mayeno on Vimeo. Great video featuring Richard Tait on dreams, passions and entrepreneurship. I have been lucky enough to meet Richard a few times. He is nothing short of inspirational. The video will not tell you that he is a huge soccer fan and a recreational… Continue Reading
Hitting home Max Effgen, April 21, 2011December 2, 2013 Brad Feld wrote a post yesterday that really hit home: Feld Thoughts: A Message to Graduating MBAs. My career has been conventional and unconventional with the goal of always remaining relevant. For a long time this was implementing CRM systems. First Siebel then Motive. I worked my tail off with… Continue Reading
Wallpapers Max Effgen, April 16, 2011December 2, 2013 As my 4 regular readers know, I enjoy photography. My portfolio site, Salmon Bay Photography, has freely available wallpaper images for download (personal, non-commercial use only). Check out Salmon Bay Photography | Free Wallpaper. If you like those, check out my other wallpaper posts: Seattle Skyline Mac OS 10.7 Lion… Continue Reading
Thanks Greg Gottesman! Max Effgen, April 13, 2011December 2, 2013 A big thank you to Greg Gottesman for speaking at my Rock Star Venture Capitalist Series last night. The Paccar Hall room was packed with MBA’s, biotech PhD’s, Computer Science graduate and undergraduates as well as folks from Cheezburger and the Seattle startup community. Greg gave an excellent talk on… Continue Reading
The Sales Learning Curve Max Effgen, April 3, 2011 There is an old adage that is all too often followed, “Want more sales? Hire salespeople.” Sales and who you hire to represent your company is critical. The success or failure of CRM, revenue generation and the company in general are dependent on how the organization learns from prospects and… Continue Reading
The Magic Washing Machine Max Effgen, March 30, 2011 A TED talk worth the 10 minutes by Hans Rosling. At its core, the benefits of innovation that come from capitalism and democracy are revealed through a device that most in the developed world do not even think about, the washing machine. Continue Reading
The Social CRM Max Effgen, March 24, 2011 Social CRM is gaining momentum to be the next big buzz word. Some great posts on the subject have been making the rounds, but none more than “Why CRM ain’t CRM if it isn’t Social” by Dr. Harish Kotadia. His points are clear and intiutively understood by most CRM practitioners…. Continue Reading
Headsprout Max Effgen, March 20, 2011 I really cannot recall how I came across Headsprout, but I am glad I did. It is an incredible online reading program for K-5. My pre-K son, Shane, took to it right away, and as a parent, I am very impressed with the results. Shane went from being interested in… Continue Reading