The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Customer experience (CX) approaches in particular have had to develop and evolve rapidly over the last year – something which has benefitted startups and small enterprises who are able to move with agility to shift and flex to changing customer attitudes and expectations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Then let’s hope both startups can build national practices. They called themselves a “social OS.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. Watch this space. Team Pip.io had a very ambitious project.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2011

Mark is a serial entrepreneur who is now active in the venture capital community for early-stage startups. He brings a strong technology base to the table, as a former CTO, and creator of the Lean Startup methodology. He definitely has experience on both sides of the ‘entrepreneur versus investor’ table. Lessons Learned , by Eric Ries.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2011

Or the Cliff Note’s version: Open Source & Cloud Computing (led by Amazon) drove down tech startup costs by 90%. The result was a massive increase in startups & a whole group of new funding sources: both angels & “micro VCs&#. Continued high pace of startup innovation. I call this “stage drift.&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2012

I’m talking in aggregate. I frequently tell startups that the best way to get a meeting with money is to get a highly-qualified introduction. They think they’re doing the startup a favor by casting a wide net to VCs. Remember as a startup – the person who sends the intro to the VC matters a lot.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One of the most highly anticipated startup IPOs of recent years, we now get a peek inside Airbnb’s business. Airbnb’s public S-1 dropped Monday afternoon. Private apartments and homes largely were not available for short-term rental prior to Airbnb, whereas now many are available for booking on a full or fractional basis.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

And for the record, that’s per month not total in aggregate! The media world now has its own leader running the largest YouTube multi-channel network startup. This has been a very welcome addition. And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release).

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

And here's where you can find more events: SoCalTech Calendar – A great aggregation of events around Southern California that has been pulled together for years by Ben Kuo. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This left an open playing field for Chinese software startups as they “copy to China” existing U.S. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

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The Next Web

MARCH 24, 2013

But between visioning sessions, collaborative software development and Linus’ Law of bug detection — we’ve been taught to accept the wisdom of crowds as necessary to most startup decision-making. Investor and 500 Startups founder Dave McClure offered TNW a few of his thoughts. To an extent, all of this is true.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

” If we’re talking about the US and you are NOT at the Accredited level ($1 million in investable assets, or $200,000 annual income), then for the moment you are actually not allowed to invest in privately held startups (emerging public companies, of course, you can buy on the stock market like everyone else.).

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2022

In May 2022, I published a post on ‘ advice for startups in a downturn ‘ which is more business oriented advice aggregated from the top pundits. The post 5 ways to cope with hard times as a startup founder appeared first on VC Cafe. Here’s a post I wrote on 3 reasons to stay positive despite the market.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 13, 2019

In an effort to support startups looking for capital and mentorship, The Startup Magazine is supporting American Electric Power in the launch of its IlluminationLAB global innovation program for technology entrepreneurs. We encourage all startups to consider applying to this rewarding startup accelerator. Source: AEP.

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View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

Repeat founders are often excited to “get the band back together” or aggregate talent. The post Second Startups: Why Founders Often Struggle to Find Their Second Act appeared first on NextView Ventures. 3: Keep teams small and find an authentic co-founder.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2020

The problem for the restaurants is that the more successful the “aggregators” of customer demand become over time, the less power the restaurants themselves have individually. they just put up with the food delivery company fees. Customers were happy and restaurants focused on their in-store business.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2020

That’s the reason on-demand business models prove to be a success for investors, customers, and startup owners. Supply Side and Platform relationship – To run a successful business, you’ll have to choose — whether to aggregate the existing small businesses or to contract the supply. It is easy to achieve the former.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Everyone knows startups should do scrappy things that “don’t scale” — this show explores what those things actually are. In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors).

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. – not just web-based startups.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Every startup faces an initial period of uncertainty and perhaps even public resistance, but the tech field has its own pitfalls that can break a fledgling company before it ever has a chance to find its footing. Following what made a tech startup popular five years ago will rarely, if ever, lead to success. Beware the tech kill zone.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

From breakthrough online products to new features from established platforms, today’s startups should be jumping on the most promising of tomorrow’s trendy technology. Look out for more products that aggregate and organize existing accounts and automatically scrub your inboxes, feeds and social media connections.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

People say the important part of a Startup is its Team. There are three market categories that startups from Singapore are likely to address: 1. Startups in this category start off in their home markets (i.e. As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India. This is by no means easy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

It’s the time of year when many new startups are struggling to rise above all the noise and be heard. With all these companies vying for attention & others just here to soak up the vibe I thought I’d write a much broader piece on how startups can make the most of their attendance at conferences & events.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Examples include pop-up retail experiences like what Bulletin is doing, or efforts by large brands to partner with startups like 19 th Amendment to experiment with different direct-to-consumer models. The rapid growth of companies like Allbirds or MM.LaFleur is indicative of this.

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View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

Chewy has rapidly grown from a startup to a multi-billion commerce company, establishing itself as the leader in pet e-commerce. Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis. spent by new customers in 2015, that same group (in aggregate) bought $1.65

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

In fact, I encouraged my favorite IM aggregator client, Digsby , to go the opposite direction and become a Twitter client also. So I agree with Fred Wilson’s post that startup applications shouldn’t simply be plugging in minor feature gaps in Twitter’s offering. 2) I also clarified that the strategy of Ad.ly

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As with any venture, starting a tutoring business has its advantages and disadvantages, and making the final decision to launch your own business will depend on aggregating all these various factors. The post Top Pros And Cons Of Starting A Tutoring Business appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Bottom Line.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment with a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. Much like startups in the real world, team performance in entrepreneurship classes seems to follow a Pareto distribution.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. It’s ironic because I believe creativity is the most important success criterion for a startup. Yet most startups seem to constrain creativity to product design. So no whinging about what a long post this is! So I thought I would. That’s a shame.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The same is not true for venture capital of course, since the underlying startups VCs invest in aren’t publicly selling their equity. Startup outcomes are a power law distribution rather than a standard distribution. Even if you’re top decile for your vintage year (e.g.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In the highly competitive aggregate industry, standing out is crucial for attracting and retaining customers. This comprehensive guide will walk you through strategies to differentiate your aggregate business and help it thrive in a crowded marketplace.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. And even this can’t stop their employees from fleeing after two years of vesting to move on to the next hot startup. Easier said than done.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2024

It excels in aggregating, sorting, and filtering data efficiently, crucial for applications in data analysis, business intelligence, and backend systems of many web services. The post Fundrise CTO: New SQL Tools Lead to ‘Wonderfully Seamless Solutions’ appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2018

This article is excerpted from “ The GuruBook: Insights from 45 Pioneering Entrepreneurs and Leaders on Business Strategy and Innovation “ Pascal Finette heads up the Startup Program at Singularity University , where he grows startups tackling the world’s most intractable problems leveraging exponential technologies.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2011

Here’s another great resource for entrepreneurs – Tony Karrer ‘s StartupRoar ( www.startuproar.com ), which aggregates and filters entrepreneurial content from thought leaders such as Ben Yoskovitz , Vinicius Vacanti , Jill Hubbard Bowman and Steve Blank.

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