YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 26, 2014

Great project management is all about fostering worker engagement and motivation – and what better way to this than through specifically designed games? In order to get the most from gamification in professional context, it’s best to employ game designers, who provide frameworks that ensure the efficiency of gamification.

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Management Technical Review Framework Design 215

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape the character and employment of all instruments of national power. The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. This article first appeared in West Point’s Modern War Institute.

Technical Review 374

Technical Review Technology Russia United States 374

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2014. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Or, fall back to the old standby DreamWeaver by Adobe.

Startup 252

Startup eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping 252

YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2017

Security is often not given the consideration it should get early in the design or development process and it tends to be costlier to implement later on. In this phase, we will be designing the architecture and depending on the development framework you are using, high level designs of the data models and methods. Last words.

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Security Software Review Technical Review Agile 206

View from Seed

JULY 8, 2020

We first released a version of the board meeting deck template template back in 2014 and then a revised version a couple of years later. We designed our board deck template as a framework which you can directly copy & modify for your own startup. Download Investor Update Email Template.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Not all tools are designed for all businesses, however, and there are plenty of considerations to keep in mind. One thing to note: The list, as of September 8, 2014, features products that are in different categories (e.g. CRM and e-Signature software), and is not an “apples to apples” comparison.

Software Review 209

Software Review Small Business Software Technical Review 209

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

Last Wednesday, I went to a Global Internet of Things (IoT) Day Mixer that had 256 attendees from a wide range of backgrounds, including engineers, designers and entrepreneurs. minutes on 4/9/2014 and 4.2 minutes on 4/10/2014. As you can imagine, it’s hard to do effective networking in only two hours with so many people.

Networking 168

Networking Technical Review Due Diligence Analytics 168

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Your product is designed with natural tripwires to trigger other pricing ( Freemium model ), or not (business model left as an exercise to your future self). In fact, discussions of price in particular was the key to invalidating one business idea and then validating WP Engine , which now (2014) employs 200 people.

Bootstrapping 294

Bootstrapping Technical Review B2C Sales Cycle 294

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

For new car companies such as DeLorean and Tesla, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/31/2014. They require exhaustive and money-consuming tests and trial periods, followed by bureaucratic approval cycles that can take forever.

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New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 254

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market you plan to attack. The world is a now single market, both homogeneous and heterogeneous. Entrepreneurs now can think globally about the opportunity, from day one but start locally.

IPO 273

IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

This may sound straightforward but to test for conditions with extreme accuracy and speed requires designing a small hardware device that is capable of creating a chemical reaction with food, interpreting the results in real time and doing so for a cost that is acceptable for consumers.

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Cofounder Differentiation Hosting Design 207

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Anodot (2014) – a real-time analytics and automated anomaly detection system that discovers outliers in vast amounts of data. Fraugster (2014) – Technically based in Berlin, the company uses AI to predict malicious attacks before they happen. Logz.io (2014) – Logz.io Raised $8M in series B in September 2016.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Israel Technical Review Startup 122

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

As of January 2014, 51 percent of email is opened on a mobile device. When looking at your options, search for technology that has built-in responsive design so all email content is guaranteed to render perfectly, regardless of device or screen size. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion'

Mobile 137

Mobile Software Review Technical Review Flash 137

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

9, 2014 event was the largest its recent history, raising expectations and questions about how the company was going to deliver on its promises of new products. Most of the new features and capabilities had been rumored or disclosed at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in June 2014, and most of the improvements were incremental.

Bandwidth 164

Bandwidth Mobile Social Network Technology 164

The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

Marketing itself as ‘the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace’, Melbourne-based 99designs tops the list as most talked about when I asked who to watch. Atlassian is rumored to be Australia’s next billion dollar IPO in 2014 (though this one more likely to be on NASDAQ according to Bloomberg ). BigCommerce.

Australia 146

Australia San Francisco IPO Cofounder 146

YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2015

The company has no design team and does little in-house R&D. Instead, it has an online network of 12,000 freelance designers from 121 countries that collaborate on futuristic car designs. To date, it has designed and manufactured 50 off-road vehicles and plans to produce 1500 more. 5] FedEx GCR 2014. [6]

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

If we can assume that a searcher’s goal is to find the product that’s right for them, there are some essential principles that go into designing a search experience that will get them to the exact product they’re looking for with as little hassle as possible. Button design. Understanding how people view websites.

Search 107

Search Design eCommerce Technical Review 107

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 12, 2022

Bitcoin value fluctuates according to demand but it can also be traded for other types of currency at exchanges like MtGox which once made up 90% of Bitcoin transactions worldwide before suspending trading in early 2014, shortly after Bitcoin value plunged from about $1200 to around $500. As of this week, Bitcoin is worth about $564 USD.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Open Source Mobile 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. million businesses in 2014. Women are a growing force as entrepreneurs.

IPO 120

IPO Angel Investor Startup Incubator 120

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2017

Design your website well. Hence, having a well-designed interface is as important as ensuring that the website is functional and user-friendly. Check out The Webby Awards for some inspirations of good user interface and user experience designs. Visuals rule the digital world. Add human touch through live chat.

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Sri Lanka Customer Finder Mauritius 160

The Next Web

AUGUST 10, 2013

Don’t wait too long until your first session; start as soon as you have your first design idea!”. One of the most important practices in UX design is actually done before the UX design process even starts. Minjeong Kim, Product Designer, Coursera. Shalin Amin, Head of Experience Design, Uber. 7) Simplify.

Cofounder 157

Cofounder Guerilla Startup Analytics 157

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Some of our portfolio companies will rely on great design to create loyal usage like Sunrise Calendar. As VP of Product at Artsy, Fatma oversees the product organization responsible for product strategy, design, and development of its web and mobile platforms.

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

An SSL certificate – short for Secure Sockets Layer – designates a safe connection between a user’s server and your website. If your company contributes to the 75% of websites lacking this important safety designation – the time is now to change that. Get Your Website SSL Certified Already! Update Your Information.

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Customer Technical Review Security Internet 200

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

The digital platform ICAS®, Integrated Construction & Architecture Software, completely digitizes the design, procurement and logistics process of building healthcare facilities. Their rapid process from design to installation of healthcare facilities is helping to improve quality healthcare around the world.

Technical Review 125

Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 125

The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

Fast forward to 2014. So, what SHOULD you do in 2014? By now you must have realized what’s WRONG, now is the fun part; here’s what’s going to work in 2014 and even after the next Google update. The beauty of backlinks in 2014 will be earning them in a lot more logic ways. Next: So, how can you remedy this?

CTO Hire 138

CTO Hire Search Web Social Media 138

Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

Textio brought this vision to market with our first product, designed to help people write job posts that attracted diverse and qualified candidates. If 2024 Kieran could whisper something into the ear of 2014 Kieran, what would you have told her about the difference between leading a team vs leading a company?

Cofounder 132

Cofounder Founder Seattle Technical Review 132

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

Small businesses rarely have the time or resources to invest in outsourced customer service support, and some are finding it more efficient to serve customers via social media platforms: one LinkedIn study from 2014 revealed that 81 percent of North American SMEs use social media [5]. 2] [link]. [3] 3] Joshua P. 5] [link]. [6]

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

An uncluttered, straight-forward website design will allow users to easily navigate through your website and utilize its full range of functionality. Design Tip: Almost most every household brand has a colorful logo over a white background, with soft edges and a simplistic design. 99 Designs Testimonial Page. Simplicity.

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Metrics Design Security Public Relations 100

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2015

2014 will be remembered for many reasons, one of them being the rise of cyber crime by sophisticated hackers who managed to breach startups, international corporations, and government agencies to steal sensitive data , inject malware in corporate servers, and cause other types of damage.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

It’s no wonder then that the upcoming BroadcastAsia 2014 will see a huge focus in this space. “With this in mind, we have designed this year’s exhibition and conference to help businesses expand their OTT capabilities, embrace innovation and capitalise on growing consumer demands for digitalised content. billion by 2018.

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Asia Singapore Audio Demand 208

ConversionXL

MAY 14, 2014

Even worse, if your company is one with a silo mindset, where designers go over here, marketers are over here & IT belongs in a cave somewhere over there – the thought of even having one cohesive “Conversion Team” might seem laughable, if not altogether impossible. Peep Laja (@peeplaja) April 17, 2014.

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Technical Review Software Review 124

Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Open Source Software Review Venture Capital 127

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

Looking back, the smarter move would have been to hire someone that really knew what they were doing with SEO, marketing, and web design, so that we could optimize and keep up with the times. Sales dropped dramatically in a matter of weeks, and still haven’t gone back to their 2014 high. Be honest with yourself as your company grows.

Startup 119

Startup SEO Montana Argentina 119

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Facebook, for instance, continues to upgrade its Shopping tab, a service designed primarily for SMEs, who can extend a robust social media presence with easy-to-buy functionality(10). 4 “New Research Shows How Digital Connects Shoppers to Local Stores”, October, 2014. Omni-Channel Retailing. 10 “Buy Buttons”, eMarketer, November 2015.

Small Business 100

Small Business Asia Channel Technical Review 100

Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur has 561 reviews as of December 9, 2014. Profit First has 115 customer reviews as of December, 9 2014. My experience is that a newer book (Profit First was released on July 8, 2014) will have less used copies in circulation. Notice the plug (for myself) "Best Business Book of 2014."

Software Review 131

Software Review Customer Sales Entrepreneur 131

ConversionXL

APRIL 27, 2019

Design a great site. Now, would you rather buy running shoes that are suitable for all runners, or ones specifically designed for your gender, age group, weight, and type of use? Design a great site. In a nutshell: Beautiful design sells better than ugly design. Beautiful design looks great and works well.

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Sales Conversion Design Video 128