Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. If you are interested the Vimeo is here. That doesn’t mean it’s not a bubble. The road ahead.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. Personal relationships do count.

Las Vegas 309

Las Vegas Silicon Valley Arizona Montana 309

YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2014

Technology companies now build Levittown-style products that are appropriate for a wide range of industries. The base product is quickly deployed, cost-effective and customizable. The mass production of quality houses also made home ownership available to millions of additional Americans.

Software 248

Software eCommerce Software Development Software Developers 248

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2010

Not making hard choices in terms of organizational structure or product direction. Biz Dev is pissed off because they can’t sign deals when they can’t get commitments from product management to agree to product integration plans. But his tenure as CEO (and frankly the whole culture of Yahoo!

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley United States Technical Review 330

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

I saw it myself in 1999-2002 when it was hard to charge for my product because all of my competitors raised large rounds of capital and were giving away their products free fueled by large VC rounds. Irrational prices and over investment in your competitors hurts your ability to build healthy businesses.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. From 2006 to 2011, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, according to Wessel, has grown by almost 65%. Personal relationships do count.

Silicon Valley 256

Silicon Valley Las Vegas Phoenix Montana 256

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn. YOu should check it out.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Product descriptions are meant to convince customers to buy things, right? But if a shopper can’t find your product description, it will never work its magic. That’s why you need to make sure that your product descriptions pop up higher in the search rankings. That helps search engines identify the product properly.

Product 101

Product SEO Search Engineer 101

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. Personal relationships do count.

Las Vegas 243

Las Vegas Silicon Valley Arizona Montana 243

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

Here’s my thoughts on improving your relationships with journalists and as a by-product improving the coverage that they afford you: 1. Don’t put in the time to getting coverage until your product rocks. Guy Kawasaki said it best (paraphrasing), “you can’t do great marketing with a bad product.&#

Technical Review 307

Technical Review Social Media Software Review Venture Capital 307

Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2010

He believed that large companies handle sustaining innovation – evolutionary changes in their markets, products, etc. If you’ve been reading my book on Customer Development and follow my work on Market Type , this type of innovation is best for adding new products to existing markets. Just like a startup. More in future posts.

Search 251

Search Agile Customer Development Technical Review 251

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

They communicated this to product management who looked at all of the internal requirements we had generated (e.g. and product management worked with me to decide what to build & when. This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company. They taped people using existing products. Back then it seemed foreign.

Customer 280

Customer Technical Review Software Review Mexico 280

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

I’ve been loving the product even if it sucks up some of my time. They need to have the right tools, social status, rewards and stickiness to your product because they don’t want to abandon their creation. Design the product to accomodate needs of all three. Two days ago I wrote about Quora.

Technical Review 294

Technical Review Distribution Social Network Networking 294

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

I became very passionate about productivity. This is what led me to explore how to best leverage technology to make people more productive, and to build products that help us work better together in our digital world. The list below is a compilation of some of my own routines and habits I’ve developed to stay productive.

Product 100

Product Technical Review Russia Software Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008. The pricing problem – So an investor put $5 million at a $10 million pre-money valuation in a company with a great beta product but no real customers.

Burn Rate 263

Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

TED Talks touch on a large amount of topics and we decided – why not add our favorite productivity talks for you? They started to add the videos to their website back in 2006 and as of March 2016 have 2,400 talks to watch for free. Carlin Daharsh: Too Busy for Productivity. David Allen: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.

Product 100

Product Technical Review Social Media Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 2. “…if you look at a lot of the early stage investors, whether it be Union Square Ventures or First Round or Jeff Clavier at Softtech or Dave McClure – we want to try the product, we want to experience the product, we want to get a sense of how the entrepreneur is thinking about it.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Run great meetings (don’t be a productivity drain on the company). It is such an under-discussed issue as we spend our time in startups mostly talking about products, marketing and fund raising. Stay fresh (be mentally and physically fit & attuned to what is going on in the world).

Ireland 319

Ireland Sales Bankruptcy Germany 319

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

When I went to raise money in 2006 I thought I knew every term in a term sheet but somehow I still got a bit duped by the option pool shuffle. The more senior members you have (say you already have a CEO, CTO, VP marketing, VP Biz Dev, VP Products) then the less options you’ll need and vice versa.

Valuation 405

Valuation Liquidation Preference Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 405

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Boosted productivity. The ongoing rise of technology in industries has not only marked the employment boost in the IT department but also the overall productivity has grown massively. These digital spillovers can serve as a significant factor in estimating future productivity. .

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Technology Artificial Inteligence Software Review 158

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

How much does it really take to build a product like Twitter or Instagram? With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. Still, a product is nothing without scalability.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The company did well in 2006 as we delivered a phenomenal product that got much industry acclaim at conferences and with initial customers. The very modest salary that I drew didn’t come anywhere near meeting my monthly costs so I had to eat into savings. year old boy and another one due in 1 months. Many term sheets ensued.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Just a bit of background – the high-tech start-up scene in Singapore is said to be growing healthily in recent years. 59-percent) and the average of several European countries (ranging from 54- to 67-percent).

Singapore 198

Singapore Technical Review Technology Incubator 198

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

When I was writing my first novel, Avogadro Corp , I would spend my most productive time writing in coffee shops. In 2006, I’d gotten a check for my birthday, and was wondering what to spend it on. If you have the option to telecommute, it can be a great productivity enhancer. Minimum Viable Product. Telecommute.

Technical Review 195

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Software Review Cofounder 195

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The one major thing that Twitter doesn’t seem to have figured out quite yet is that platform thing or at least how to encourage a bunch of 3rd-party developers to build meaningful add-on products. 18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API. Now I don’t get any.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 20, 2013

R/GA creates advertising and marketing products based in technology and design and has earned countless accolades over the years, including Advertising Age’s “Digital A-List” and “Agencies of the Decade.” s Superman to 2006?s They are the force behind the opening title sequence for 1978?s s Nike+ platform to 2010?s

New York City 134

New York City Cofounder Technical Review New York 134

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by almost 65%. Personal relationships do count.

Silicon Valley 149

Silicon Valley Las Vegas Arizona Montana 149

YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2016

Whether that involves branding a microsite with www.yourproduct.rocks or www.yourservice.ninja , or registering an exciting domain to link to a product on your website that you’re trying to promote. There’s no limit to what domains can accomplish, especially in the hands of an entrepreneur with vision.

Naming 124

Naming Startup Social Media Operations 124

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

I was most intrigued by a comment posted by Jason Fried of 37signals: For reference, here’s our original post on this very topic in June of 2006 when Basecamp was 2.5 As circumstances change, one product may not fit someone forever. Today Basecamp is 7 years old. Signups are stronger than ever. Others come and go.

Customer 117

Customer Germany Software Development Software Developers 117

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2019

I started my Philadelphia area home appraising business in 2006. Create a way for clients to receive a link to a survey of your work or product via email. If you offer a product, you can offer existing clients a percentage off future purchases, or a percentage off coupon to forward to family and friends.

Small Business 122

Small Business Philadelphia Software Review New Jersey 122

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

In 2006 when I was a budding entrepreneur building my second startup I ran into a young (ish) enthusiastic founder of an electronic signature company called EchoSign. I know it will be hard for you to believe in 2015 but in 2006 Palo Alto (where I lived) was kind of dead. Some background.

LP 150

LP Israel Technical Review Deal Flow 150

ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2014

According to Forrester research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru , product recommendations are responsible for an average of 10-30% of eCommerce site revenues. . Way back in 2006, Amazon reported that 35% of it’s revenues were as a direct result of it’s cross sales and upselling efforts. image source .

eCommerce 118

eCommerce Revenue Software Review Technical Review 118

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. extension round closed April 2006. round closed May 2006. of Kayak’s 2010 revenue.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Product/Technology 0-15%. Some are surprised to find that investor rankings of product and technology are below those of the management team and the size of the opportunity. A great team will fix early product flaws, but the reverse is not true. Product/Technology.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

After stints as a technology investment banker, a dot-com entrepreneur, and a product manager in Silicon Valley, I moved to Los Angeles in 2006. Certainly it is a negative to not have acquired the basic skills of product management. Ability” vs. “Knowledge”. Cashflow” vs. “Big Idea”.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2018

With the right product, your employees can use their own company card and you will be able to determine how much money is available for their use. Lastly and most importantly, find a product that provides easy-to-use features and tracks daily purchases. She’s been with the company, since 2006.

Small Business 150

Small Business Software Review CPA Employee 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by almost 65%. Personal relationships do count.

Las Vegas 120

Las Vegas Silicon Valley Phoenix Montana 120