Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. That’s more than a lifetime in today’s technology.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

It becomes even more interesting in the world of emerging technologies and the IoT. In contrast, it left several e-trends: augmented reality, zero coding, the marketplace boom, and product subscriptions are just a few of them. These new technologies will become an integral part of most e-shops.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4 Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ).

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Let us see some Social Media fails and disasters of 2016, so far… Create a LOVED brand. 5 Terrible Social Media Fails in 2016 That You Must Avoid. President Putin’s supporters flared up the issue further due to the exclusion of Crimea region. Learning : Please behave like we live in 2016 brands!

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2016

Technology has changed business. In 2016, companies don’t just have to worry about what they offer physically, but also their digital presence. The tech bubble has brought about all kinds of new businesses. New technology for smartphones and computers have changed how businesses operate in the new decade.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2016

2016 is certainly an exciting time to be alive. It seems that every other day there’s some new software or gadget that the whole world raves about. Everyone’s feeling the rapid pace of technology, and as a business owner you should be too. Start using cloud tech for submitting and reviewing completed work.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It’s that time of year, where I — as a committee of one judge, me — select one startup in the tech ecosystem that “broke out” and has the makings of an even larger outcome should things continue to go right. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

We’re tired of hearing how small software companies usually fail. But what about the companies that die even though they did sell some copies of software, and where the early team isn’t dysfunctional? The initial marketing channel was sustainable for a while , but got wiped away due to external forces.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

For more information you should check NFT code. Second, it could provide a boost to the local tech sector. In addition, the launch of NFT trading could provide a boost to the local tech sector. However, this number quickly grew, and by 2016 there were over 100 exchanges in operation.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Self-Driving Vehicles: The Future Always Takes Longer to Arrive is the 1st post and covers the state of the vehicle autonomy (circa mid 2016) and how we’ve gotten here. . =. Tesla has already released updates to its Auto-Pilot software to further refine situations like this. .

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. A big technical challenge we studied was piping streaming video over networks.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 22, 2014

Small business owners often make mistakes in their early years due to the lack of proper accounting procedures. It is recommended to review all your financial statements monthly to get a clear sense of the exact situation your business is in. Not using software or cloud technology. Tip: Take advantage of cloud technology.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 13, 2016

We’re off to a fresh start here at the beginning of 2016. Was this simply a shift in sentiment among the tech & business media? The beginning of a tech downturn? Technology leverage inherent in a world of ubiquitous connected computing. We may find here in 2016 that #1 and #2 are more cyclical in nature.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Remote tax prep involves utilizing online platforms or software to file your taxes from the comfort of your home, while traditional tax services usually entail visiting a physical office and working directly with a professional accountant. You can use software from different companies. In 2016, there were 9.6 million by 2026.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution. Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 06/10/2016.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2015

In addition, today’s advancements in technology have disrupted the workforce, transforming the nature of work, and has afforded businesses the ability to become more productive as they restructure their workflow and employee workload. Business owners, CEOs, and CFOs must include three key elements in their 2016 financial plan.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

When you start with an honest and diligent effort to determine the truth of your situation, the right decisions often become self-evident.” — Jim Collins , author of Good to Great. In this post I’ll focus on benchmarking resources for seed and series A in the following three categories: SaaS B2C / Consumer apps Deep tech.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

With the Identity Theft Resource Center® reporting a 40 percent increase in data breaches in 2016, there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it. Why is everyone so paranoid these days?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 6, 2017

Starting in 2016, Research and Development (R&D) tax credits can be used to offset payroll taxes. The Federal R&D credit amounts to roughly 5% of the wages, materials, and outside contractor expenses in research activities related to product and software development, including: Product conceptualization and development.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2017

Artificial intelligence (AI), which is essentially a set of tools and programs that make software ’smarter’ in a way an outside observer thinks the output is generated by a human, is starting to break out on the global stage. He joined Hortonworks in 2016 to lead the expansion in one of the growing regions for the company.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2017

With more and more businesses embracing the efficiency and accessibility of on-the-go technology and online transactions now being processed quicker than ever, it’s no surprise that these new technologies are also attracting potential security threats. Myth 3: Software is the key to solving your security issues.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

But there are technical and strategic keys to smart deployment. Just as LinkedIn videos perform differently than YouTube pre-roll clips, they have unique technical and targeting requirements, too. LinkedIn video ads: tech specs, targeting, metrics, and cost. LinkedIn video ad tech specs. The growth of B2B video marketing.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 16, 2017

at the time and best highlighted in our end of 2015 review: SaaS 2.0, We also see older school SaaS companies being rebuilt with more flexible back-end technologies like microservices and reimagined with a more responsive and beautiful UI. reinventing for the mobile first workforce will continue to remain robust.

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2018

As a business owner, it’s important to monitor the health of your growing company to spot warning signs—a fractured team, negative customer reviews, poor customer retention, and a lack of creative innovation. Negative customer reviews. Sometimes your business, product, or service is going to receive bad reviews.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 24, 2016

In the spirit of clearing out some half-formed thoughts, one takeaway is that we’re again in a period where the most exciting investment opportunities possess real technology risk. These startups are VERY difficult to start without having one or more key technical members on the founding team. Monthly subscription in a box.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We An engineer by training, Founder and CEO Larry Gadea built the MVP of Envoy’s first product, Visitors, by himself using only free versions of software. “I Rejoiner spent $0 on their MVP.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 13, 2023

Naturally, a technology like generative AI has the potential to transform and impact many industries, if not all. To me, however, the entertainment, media, and gaming industry seems the most obvious industry to be disrupted by this technology, far beyond any other. Create text/code, images, audio and video.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

This can be addressed by dedicating time and resources to establishing a strong connection between marketing activities and sales results using both marketing software and a CRM solution, and then tying them together to close the loop between your marketing and sales efforts.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2019

Bad actors use automated hacking software that scans data breach dumps for email addresses of people working in a specific industry, such as real estate. Review other payment options that can potentially provide more protection than a wire transfer, like a cashier’s check. ? Verify all emails received are genuine.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 7, 2019

Regardless of the intent of your membership website, these tips can save time and bring in more dues revenue. While your membership software or payment gateway like Stripe may provide a default message, customizing the content will help you convert these failed payments to renewals. Number of past due and new members.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Often, marketing creativity encounters technical limitations. In any case, you need to see past the shiny objects in web design pitches and know how PWA technology will (or won’t) help you achieve your marketing goals. Armed with an understanding of how PWAs work, let’s dive into the outcomes of deploying the technology.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 12, 2017

And, if current technological trends and advances are anything to go by, there’s still a lot of potential for online gaming yet! The report also predicts that by that time, 30% of all internet surfing worldwide will be carried out without any screen, instead being powered by voice-activation software, such as Apple’s Siri or Google Assistant.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” In the first three quarters of 2020, there have been 468 fundings of women-led companies; this figure beats 2015, 2016, and nearly 2017 total annual fundings. What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Of the 43 U.S.-based

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2017

The delay could be due to many reasons like limited network availability or overloaded central systems. Dell has built a complete system, hardware, and software, for analytics that allows an analytics model to be created in one location, or the cloud and deployed to other parts of the ecosystem. Again, data is valuable.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As of January 20, 2016, based on the “CrunchBase Unicorn Leaderboard,” there are 157 unicorns (companies with $1 billion+ valuations) which have not IPOed or been acquired—and more start-ups reaching unicorn status every day. MBA Unicorns Weigh Heavily Toward Software, Consumer Internet, and E-Commerce. UCLA Anderson).

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 10, 2017

The prevailing thinking then was that the cryptocurrency market was going to be a winner-takes-all race due to the strong network effects around mining. Bitcoin, and the underlying blockchain technology, never developed a strong use case besides storing value. And, most thought that Bitcoin would emerge as the winner in this race.

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