Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said. Eric, love the blog.

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Up and Running

JULY 8, 2016

If you’ve ever tried to start a software company or build a mobile app, you’ve probably come across these options for getting it out there: Find a technical cofounder. You need someone who is very technically capable, has time to work on the project, and has a passion for what you’re doing. Hire a freelancer to build your app.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Trouble With Non-tech Cofounders. It seems learning to code has become a theme in 2012, and the demand is being met by Code Year and others. I meet people all the time who have no technical background whatsoever, and they want to start an online business, perhaps build a mobile app, or launch a SaaS product. guest author.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2017

Competitiveness Project found that employers spend an average of 41 days trying to fill technical sales jobs versus 33 days for jobs in other professions. Most organizations now talk about being diverse, but Millennials demand it. Access to More A-players. A recent study from Harvard Business School’s U.S.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In 2002, I met Libba and Gifford Pinchot, cofounders of Bainbridge Graduate Institute , at a retreat. However, a 2010 study found that “reduced self-control after a depleting task or during demanding periods may reflect people’s beliefs about the availability of willpower rather than true resource depletion”. (My

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SiliconHills

JULY 30, 2012

And solo-entrepreneurs can find it difficult finding a technical cofounder in central Texas where people with technical skills are in high demand. One of the keys to a successful high tech startup is the team backing the venture.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Over the next four years I worked closely with Aaron and his cofounders as LivingSocial rode out the ups and down of the local daily-deals space. Aaron was not an introverted CTO. He became an in-demand advisor and individual investor in other startups , sharing the lessons learned through his own founder journey.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Over the next four years I worked closely with Aaron and his cofounders as LivingSocial rode out the ups and down of the local daily-deals space. Aaron was not an introverted CTO. He became an in-demand advisor and individual investor in other startups , sharing the lessons learned through his own founder journey.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2019

by Everett Harper, CEO and cofounder of Truss. All startups find themselves struggle with hiring to meet growing demand, leaving most startups scrambling to onboard hires. Everett Harper is the CEO and cofounder of Truss , which builds software and infrastructure to help companies scale and modernize digital services.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

While he has thought through many specifics of the business he’d like to start, his main hurdle is balancing his entrepreneurial goals with the demands of a full-time job. “My cofounders and I all either hold full-time jobs or are still students. ” — Hero Huggins , Financial Advisor / Motivational Speaker.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 20, 2014

With no team and no technical expertise Matt was planning to find a team and build out some product before starting to raise some seed money. Snaptrip is a weekend and evening business so the demands on your personal life can be quite high. FINDING A COFOUNDER. Our unique model allowed him to get started straight away.

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

“Talk with other entrepreneurs, not just famous entrepreneurs,” the Dropbox cofounder Drew Houston told Reid on the Masters of Scale podcast. Look for people who are one year, two years, five years ahead of you. You [will] learn very different and important things.”. This kind of online learning belongs in any leader’s tool kit.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2015

My cofounder, Jason Keck, heads up our tech and runs everything related to our app. We share marketing and management duties and also have an active Advisor, Andy Jackson, who is based in Denver and handles our Business Development. The lesson there is that you can benefit from having a great cofounder.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Discord with a cofounder was one of the most fatal issues for a company. Bricabox cofounder advises, “When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. One of the main reasons BricaBox failed was because it was solving a technical problem. 3 – Not the right team.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Growth generated by market demand and sales can be very complex.  Mike Markulla came with the first investments - as a cofounder -- because investors felt the company needed leadership that could attract talent to be able to grow and he brought in Scott. Growth generated by market demand and sales can be very complex.

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

With their confidence in their startup and themselves, their passion for their work and their mission, and their desire not to harm the fragile dynamic within the nascent founding team, cofounders tend to plan for the best that can happen. But such a best-case approach is hazardous.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Our categorization is not a technical one. This structure allows for alignment on the front end, and real-time flexibility for performance metrics,” says Samira Salman , a family office investor and advisor. .

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Before becoming a founder, I worked at Aviary for two years and then Dwolla for two years (the latter with my future cofounder Michael Schonfeld ). The first was that unless you had technical abilities, spinning up a DAO was very difficult. My claim to fame is I am the godfather of theskimm — something I wear proudly.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

You are looking for cofounders that can help you build a product. You have finally found a cofounder that can take care of the startup. If there is a gap in the market, there will be demand. Both will be a win-win situations but you won’t be technically retiring from your post. cases you will fail. Commitment.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

But we got serious in early 2016 when we developed deep conviction around the immense technical vision of Ethereum. Cryptoassets have fixed supplies; therefore increases in demand drive up prices. But we never lost the finance bug. We’ve been investing in cryptoassets since 2013. The fund returned ~8x in 24 months. Factom, Inc.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

This also ensures that socially and economically disadvantaged communities pursue and gain high demand tech skills and careers. OHUB@SXSW | Opportunity Hub (OHUB) Thursday, March 7 Opening reception and fireside chat with Priscilla Chan, Cofounder, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 4:00 PM?—?8:00

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Deep tech spinouts have the added challenge of not only proving market demand, but proving the novel technology behind the company,” explains Pierre. Wellington UniVentures’ latest deep-tech spin-out, Advemto, cofounders Professor Justin Hodgkiss (left) and Peter Lai. Deep tech companies move at a different speed than Saas businesses.

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

“Talk with other entrepreneurs, not just famous entrepreneurs,” the Dropbox cofounder Drew Houston told Reid on the Masters of Scale podcast. Look for people who are one year, two years, five years ahead of you. You [will] learn very different and important things.”. This kind of online learning belongs in any leader’s tool kit.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

The trick then is figuring out what your exact solution is, and whether or not there will be demand for it on a scale beyond just yourself, or whether or not you’ll be able to compete, if you’re entering an already-flooded market, like the shampoo market. If you want to invent a new solution to oily hair (shampoo), no one is stopping you.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Post launch, if you gain traction, is where the business person will help take the load off of the technical folks. The business person can take all the meetings while the technical folks work on making the product better. Ron Oh and another factor to bring reality to the table - Sometimes you find out your cofounders suck.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" " => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Yeah, you should get out more Just Because Google Exists Doesn’t Mean You Should Stop Asking People Things Skype Demands Mobile App Nimbuzz Remove Support, Effective October 31st Shunned By Apple, Adobe Embraces Android With AIR 2.5 Finding your cofounders [link] [.] Eli abhay, Aaron Patzer said the most on this topic.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 12, 2019

This session will utilize Eduventures’ traditional and adult learner demand studies to highlight the distinct, but in some cases overlapping, behavioral mindsets of prospective students. Cofounder and Director at Courier Therapeutics Kedar Karkare , PhD., Venture Associate at Capital Factory Emily Reiser , PhD.,

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. Blogs (web development): Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots – [link] Company blog of thoughtbot covering Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, Javascript, databases, and mobile development.

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