Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

They have totally changed the way you run a VC firm, investing heavily in systems & events for their founders that are pushing the boundaries of the way our industry works. The discussion with Howard Morgan starts off by acknowledging Josh Kopelman as a co-founder of First Round Capital. I'm a huge fan of this innovation.

Pre-Money Valuation 284

Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. For three decades (1978-2008), investors controlled the board. This seems to be occurring more and more. Board Control.

Founder 281

Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 281

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Stackoverflow was created in 2008. But I loved reading them and so did my team.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis API 285

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. 5mm in Series A – Investors: GRP (Mark Suster)(lead), Greycroft Partners (Dana Settle), and Matt Coffin (founder of LowerMyBills) – Read more: TechCrunch , SoCalTech. DEAL OF THE WEEK.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. November 7, 2008 7:36 PM nitesh said. November 7, 2008 7:41 PM nitesh said.

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. September 15, 2008 9:19 PM James said. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, November 8, 2008 What is customer development? Instead, we do everything possible to validate the founders belief. Most people cant sustain more than a few of these iterations, and the founders rarely get to be involved in the later tries. When we build products, we use a methodology.

Customer Development 168

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 168

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. October 6, 2008 12:16 AM Vincent van Wylick said. October 6, 2008 12:17 AM r& said. October 6, 2008 9:02 AM Eric said. @r&

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Management Software Review Product 158

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" October 1, 2008 2:13 AM archenland said. Great article youre now in my rss feeds :) October 2, 2008 4:37 AM kamilski81 said. Great piece!

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

ShoeDazzle has Kim Kardashian as a co-founder / company as a spokesperson as well as Brian Lee who was a co-founder at Legal Zoom. Marketing and lead automation software for businesses; claim to have largest market share in sector since March 2008. Add this new model to the mix. 13mm in Series B.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 15, 2008 The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time Split-testing is a core lean startup discipline, and its one of those rare topics that comes up just as often in a technical context as in a business-oriented one when Im talking to startups. September 15, 2008 9:12 PM Hitchens said.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2020

As a result, entrepreneurs, founders, CEOs, marketers, and anyone in between can take advantage. Artem is a serial entrepreneur as he co-founded and acted as CTO of two companies (200 labs & Gipis) between 2011 and 2020 before founding Chatfuel in early 2020. The point of no-code tools is to empower non-engineers to create.

CTO Hire 264

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 13, 2008 Five Whys Taiichi Ohno was one of the inventors of the Toyota Production System. November 13, 2008 8:59 PM eisrael said. November 14, 2008 3:19 AM Hitchens said. November 14, 2008 4:41 PM Eric said. November 14, 2008 5:00 PM Tony said. Good stuff.

Software Review 167

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 167

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Adi Bittan, co-founder of a startup that failed due to a bad partnership. They were just about to launch their product when the financial collapse happened in 2008. Still, Bittan says every entrepreneur can learn from her mistakes and offers these tips to new founders: You have to love your partner.

Partner 126

Partner Cost Technical Review Cofounder 126

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co. Christopher Ahlberg is the CEO and Co-founder of Recorded Future. Nic Perkin is the President and Co-Founder of The Receivables Exchange.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2011

The initial concept and start-up work for Max-Wellness began in September 2008, at just about the same time as the market started to tank. In October 2008, I called a time-out on my plans for Max-Wellness, but I wasn’t ready to shelve the idea altogether. Availability of capital almost instantly dried up.

Cofounder 124

Cofounder Ohio Florida Technical Review 124

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Google, and Facebook.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Danish-based startup Inpay was formed after founder Jacob Tackmann Thomsen realized money donated to help orphaned children in Myanmar after 2008’s Cyclone Nargis would lose 5% to fees and take days to arrive. Below are four examples of organizations doing just this, including household names and some more up-and-coming startups.

San Francisco 158

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

kaChing launched a virtual portfolio management game on Facebook in January 2008 and a similar version shortly thereafter on kaChing.com. Andy Mathieson, a founder and managing member at Fairview Capital , was particularly supportive. Andy Mathieson, a founder and managing member at Fairview Capital , was particularly supportive.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC 158

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Did I mention it only took the founder a month? The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. In 2008, people weren't sure if we were heading into a complete financial collapse. So ignore the hype, the industry surveys and what the person next to you at your co-working space says.

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Venture Capital Marketing Term Sheet Software Review 117

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2015

I fell in love with Ibiza when I first went there in 2008 with some friends from Madrid. My cofounder, Jason Keck, heads up our tech and runs everything related to our app. The lesson there is that you can benefit from having a great cofounder. Jealous much. How did you come up with the idea to go to Ibiza and why?

Cofounder 100

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Eric) In a bar in Amsterdam in 2005, my two cofounders and I came to the sad conclusion that startup we tried to built for two years was doomed. My co-founders decided startup life wasn't for them. Product Launch After some financing-related delays, the products went on sale in Europe and Asia in the summer of 2008.

Continuous Deployment 164

Continuous Deployment Technical Cofounder Cofounder San Francisco 164

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

and before that, Co-founder and Senior Vice-President at Clearview Networks, Inc. Yammer was launched on stage at TechCrunch 50 on September 8, 2008 and won Best in Show. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC., and SVP, Branded Content & Audience Creation at nitetime.net.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Los Angeles Fractional CTO 150

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco Product Lean Continuous Deployment 168

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008. You simply can’t do with with 50+ active investments for one person.

Entrepreneur 298

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read.

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 8, 2008 Continuous integration step-by-step Lets start with the basics: Martin Fowlers original article lays out the mechanics of how to set up a CI server and the essential rules to follow while doing it. December 10, 2008 6:37 AM Anonymoussaid. March 26, 2010 8:42 AM ankur aggarwal said.

Software Review 136

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 136

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? Trying to answer that question at IMVU led me to discover Google AdWords and the world of search engine marketing. SEM is a simple idea.

SEM 164

SEM San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 164

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. If anything it felt like a public service to founders to me. I simply want founders to be educated on the topic to be helpful.

Cap Table 150

Cap Table Cofounder Silicon Valley Startup 150

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Ideas. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Learn I like theory too much. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 142

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 142

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

It’s my hypothesis of why so many founding teams have 3-4 founders. I’ve seen many first-time founders who had fallings out with their co-founders, had lawsuits, had investors bail on them, lost market momentum. I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. I fund both types all the time.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Entrepreneurs from Latin and Central America were given first priority to pitch their businesses at today's roundtable co-hosted by Innova Tiquicia and Startup Weekend Costa Rica. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will be co-hosted with TiE Midwest. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

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Costa Rica America Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will be co-hosted with TiE Chennai and TiE Mumbai. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. You can register for the next roundtable here. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses. Is the founder coachable? A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. — No.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

Endeavor recognizes that although entrepreneurial activity already exists in Miami, it remains difficult for founders to reach scale. The LAB is just one example of Miami’s shared co-working spaces that are cropping up all over the city in an effort to retain local talent instead of having entrepreneurs and engineers relocate elsewhere.

Miami 114

Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn and Greylock Partners will be talking about “blitzscaling” with his co-author Chris Yeh, and Stanford Professor Bob Sutton. Kabam, the mobile gaming company, hit a major stumbling block in its early days when its financing was lost due to the 2008 financial collapse.

Lean 103

Lean Las Vegas Cofounder Startup 103

thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

– Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). The 2008 financial crisis is still being felt in this country. We’ve come together because we believe in the potential of this technology to have a significant, positive social impact. Even in the United States, one in five households are underbanked.

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