Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: The number of Baby Boomers starting a business from 1996 to 2011 rose nearly 7 percent, while the start-up rate by those aged 20 to 44 fell about 5 percent.

Technical Review 281

Technical Review United States America Technical Support 281

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. There is no such thing as a uniform price. And of course there are always outliers.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Those of us that are willing to admit that we fawked things up in the first dot-com explosion and learned from our mistakes have the battle wounds to make more pragmatic decisions in 2011.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Bulgaria Lean 374

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

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%. Entrepreneurs cite family roots, a sense of neighborhood responsibility, existing professional networks, and more.

Silicon Valley 256

Silicon Valley Las Vegas Phoenix Montana 256

TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

Two Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K workstations with 8 GB memory each (early 2011 vintage) for the i7 tests. Only grossly inefficient applications or uncommonly complex requests would make that many database queries per request. Environment Details. Two Amazon EC2 m1.large large instances for the EC2 tests. Switched gigabit Ethernet.

Framework 560

Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

Two Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K workstations with 8 GB memory each (early 2011 vintage) for the i7 tests. Only grossly inefficient applications or uncommonly complex requests would make that many database queries per request. Environment Details. Two Amazon EC2 m1.large large instances for the EC2 tests. Switched gigabit Ethernet.

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Framework EC2 PHP Java 544

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

By 2011, there were a total of 1034 Technology Business Incubators across China, including 336 as National incubators, hosting nearly 60,000 companies. (20% Much like incubators worldwide, they provide startups with office space, free rent, access to university technology transfer, etc.

Programming 287

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 287

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Just as Yves mentored me when I became his co-managing partner in 2011, he didn’t seek to ride off into the sunset either. So beyond running our flagship “Series Seed / A” fund there is much more to be done and I’m confident Kara will step up to that task. Wait, What About Yves?

Partner 361

Partner Management Cofounder San Francisco 361

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

Shortly after this event Bitcoin became more widely known through technology blogs like Slashdot and Reddit, but struggled to gain widespread public attention until 2011. From 2011 until 2013 Bitcoin’s value went from $1-$20 USD per Bitcoin.

Technical Review 156

Technical Review Software Review Florida Government 156

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

In fact, damage to reputation and brand has moved up to #4 from #6 in the Top 10 risks identified in Aon''s 2013 Global Risk Management Risk Ranking , moving ahead of business interruption and failure to innovate to meet customer needs in 2011.

Reputation 248

Reputation Affiliate Technical Review Social Network 248

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Google released Chromebook in October 2011, offering a faster and easier way to access the Internet. Here’s a look at three of the largest recent product fails, the reasons behind them, and how research can help you avoid the same pitfalls: 1. Google Chromebook. The product was known as a “thin client” and had no hard drive.

Product 222

Product Technical Review Software Review Green 222

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In 2011, Patterson founded The Vested Group, which focuses on bringing comprehensive cloud-based business management solutions to start-ups and well-established businesses alike. Patterson began his consulting career at Arthur Andersen and Capgemini before helping found Lucidity Consulting Group in 2001.

Vesting 246

Vesting Software Review Leadership Employee 246

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. According to the Kaufman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity (KIEA), the entrepreneurial rate in the U.S.

IPO 273

IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. (There are many investors who are not looking to build enormous businesses who value the fact that you can run a business profitably). It allows you many more exit opportunities.

Startup 418

Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

. - 500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents? (..)

Silicon Valley 378

Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D.

Institutional Investors 271

Institutional Investors Dividend Stock Technical Review 271

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2020

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. Aimed to help businesses increase sales and automate support. Artem is a skilled developer with a master’s degree from Moscow’s Institute of Physics and Technology from 2008.

CTO Hire 264

CTO Hire eCommerce Engineer Software 264

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

We’ve come a long way from switching this blog to WordPress in 2009, my systematic vetting of the business idea in 2009 (after needing it myself due to the success of this blog crashing my dedicated server every time I got on Hackernews), the “ coming soon ” pre-launch in April 2010, our Series A 3-minute pitch in 2011, our incredible CEO Heather Brunner (..)

Engineer 152

Engineer Revenue San Francisco Security 152

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Karen Reddington is Regional Vice President of FedEx Express, South Pacific, a position that she assumed since June 2011. So take a leap of faith – be bold and unleash your company’s innovative spirit.

Malaysia 206

Malaysia Indonesia Singapore New Zealand 206

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

A pair of wake-up-call studies by the Fournaise Marketing Group in London in 2011 and 2012 found that more than 70 percent of CEOs think that their chief marketing officers lack business credibility, lack the ability to generate acceptable growth, and lack the ability to explain how their programs will lead to increased business.

Marketing 234

Marketing Software Review Technical Review Social Network 234

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. If you can’t see the Project Agrippa slides, click here. It Started With An Idea. I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup.

Lean 417

Lean Security Asia SBIR 417

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

I am honored to be with you as we gather to celebrate your graduation from Philadelphia University. While I teach at Stanford and Berkeley, to be honest… this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation.

Philadelphia 336

Philadelphia Miami Thailand Silicon Valley 336

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

He left traditional media at the top of his game to be the founding CEO of Next New Networks, one of the first digital video startups, backed by Spark Capital and bought by YouTube in 2011. After a stint as the President of North America at BBC Worldwide, Herb is returning to his roots in both digital and Latino.

United States 269

United States North America South America Los Angeles 269

View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

Interestingly, it looks like the Midas List skipped 2010 and changed methodologies considerably in 2011, so you’d need to wait until 2021 to do a true look back. Since I’m mainly doing this for my own interest and this isn’t supposed to be a scientific analysis, I’m going to instead look at the 2019 list and compare it to the 2009 list.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital China Technical Review Africa 313

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). Don’t and you might make one catastrophic mistake that leaves you in the annals of Effed Companies. Since selling Matt has gone on to become one of the smartest angels I have seen operate.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Warrant Customer Term Sheet 304

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

program in 2011, I approached Edmund Pendleton from University of Maryland, Jim Chung from George Washington University and Jack Lesko from Virginia Tech with the idea that together we could leverage the respective strengths of our institutions, and catalyze the region through I-Corps. When Steve and NSF created the I-Corps™.

Maryland 280

Maryland Lean DC Virginia 280

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But when it’s all over and they define the era of this mini run up in stock prices I suspect they’ll include 2011 in the “over valued&# category. That may be. It may also be that this lasts another 18 months. Good things may come out of bubbles. Bubbles are not all bad.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

In 2011 YouTube had 1 trillion views, which is the equivalent of every human watching 140 videos. YouTube has done a phenomenal job in aggregating audiences, which is why I have taken to calling YouTube the new Comcast and believe it will be a huge disruptor in the TV market . 4 billion videos are watched daily.

Media 302

Media South Korea Distribution Technical Review 302

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

On May 2, 2011, the team cemented their spot as some of the greatest soldiers in history by killing America’s Public Enemy Number One, Osama bin Laden. As one author put it , the SEALs are the Navy’s elite, and Team Six are the SEALs’ elite. What we can learn from them: They’re living testaments to what the human body can do.

Oklahoma 245

Oklahoma Jordan United States DC 245

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Salesloft was founded in the year 2011 in Atlanta, GA. Chorus profile contains over 20,000 companies, including Zoom, Mavenlink, Qualtrics, Adobe, TripActions, and GitLab. Now with Zoom integration, companies can use Zoom as their primary source of conversation intelligence.

Conversion 162

Conversion Technical Review Startup Software Review 162

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

He is best-known as the creator of 52 Weeks of UX and was also head of UX at HubSpot, by way of being co-founder of Performable (acquired in 2011). Josh Porter is the founder of What to Wear Daily , a service that helps you prepare for your day. You Found a Problem to Solve.

Design 330

Design Product Cofounder Boston 330

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. And why I still made it to breakfast at 8.30am with Christina Cacioppo the next morning (although I’m not sure she found me too Haimish of a conversationalist that day ). If you get a chance after you’re done with this post then please be sure to read Brook’s Haimish op-ed.

Los Angeles 319

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Fractional CTO New York City 319

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed.

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

I was generously rewarded the Intuit Founders Award in 2011 for helping get it started. Through the great work of many other Intuit employees, Intuit Payments would eventually become a roughly $1B business for Intuit and a key enabling feature for over half of Intuit’s small business revenue.

Incubator 121

Incubator Cofounder Green Programming 121

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

© 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2017

Mr. Harding moved into his current role of Technical Support Manager in 2011. . Harding has been with Micron for nearly 15 years and has held a variety of positions during that time, including fab operator, customer service representative, technical support representative, and trainer.

Small Business 150

Small Business North America Caching Technical Support 150

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

. ‘s expected that by enveloping the association around the student we’d improve perceptions organization and that i had been delighted to find quartile developments in class organization, learning total satisfaction scores involving the 2011 and 2012 National Student Survey and resources.

Technical Review 185

Technical Review Reputation Programming Technology 185