Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Employees should be masters of their own time Every startup should have a culture of learning. Thats easy to write, and I forgive anyone out there who thinks that is too much of a platitude to any meaning. Im also skeptical of people who suggest "changing the culture" as a prescription to fix a companys problems, because that just begs the question of how company cultures change.

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K9 Ventures

MARCH 22, 2009

We (me and presumably anyone who reads this post) are startup people. That’s what we do. Day in and day out. I think about startups every day, 7 days a week — even though I know I probably shouldn’t. The Valley is a fascinating place for startups. Honestly, you absolutely cannot find a better ecosystem than what exists here. I realized this only after being here and seeing what it is like everyday.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

C corps, LLCs, and S corps differ significantly in the areas of taxation, ownership, fundraising, governance and structure, and employee compensation. Almost all technology startup companies that I work with are C corps. Any company that raises venture financing will need to be a C corp in order to issue preferred stock. If founders want the benefit of flow through tax treatment with respect to losses prior to an outside financing, an S corp election may make sense as long as there are no enti

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Software By Rob

MARCH 12, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← What is the Micropreneur Academy? Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound Netbook, and Internet 1996 → How Third-Party Licensing Can Ruin Your Launch Micropreneurship , Startups If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Bootstrapping 101. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. One of my colleagues, Joel West, beat me to the punch with a summary of the program.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. Jim Murphy is a long-time agile practitioner in startups. Hes often felt that there was something missing. In most agile development systems, there is a notion of the "product backlog" a prioritized list of what software is most valuable to be developed next.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 8, 2009

I have received over 100 private emails with reactions to my DHS CATCH conference keynote address , and a number of public comments have been posted on blogs such as Mark Boslet’s TechPulse 360  and Alastair Goldfisher's article on Daniel Primack’s PEHUB.  I have excerpted some of these comments below and only attributed them to the author if they were made in a public forum as opposed to a private comment.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2009

West Bank Story. For all the tension between the pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian sided people on this site. I thought if I brought a little bit of humor it could lighten the mood a little bit.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 10, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Here is My Glimpse of the Future How Third-Party Licensing Can Ruin Your Launch → What is the Micropreneur Academy? Micropreneurship If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 18, 2009

Amazon has taken off with its cloud compute infrastructure but there still have been some limitations from an enterprise perspective.  Mainly, some enterprises are concerned about keeping their data private, about reliability, and storage costs over time.  Any enterprise looking at potentially leveraging the cloud would love to have a hybrid solution which allows them to manage their own internal cloud and then burst over to a public cloud for either automated failover, extra storage

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? My answer is almost always the same: dont. First off, what does it mean to launch? Generally, we conflate two unrelated concepts into the term, which is important to clarify right up front.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 17, 2009

'Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Home. Archives. Profile. Subscribe. « How does your marketing react to the economic crisis? | Main. | Bootstrap your venture » March 17, 2009. Entrepreneurship for everyone. Marquette University today approved the creation of a Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship , which will be offered through the Graduate School of Management starting in fall 2009.  I'm really

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VC Cafe

MARCH 2, 2009

Nicles and Dimes in Israeli Venture Capital. The Israeli venture capital industry has experienced a $250 million decline in the past few months. Israeli venture capital funds have struggled to raise the target capital and the impact is likely to be felt on emerging technology companies in Israel.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 9, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← A Glimpse of the Future What is the Micropreneur Academy? → Here is My Glimpse of the Future Micropreneurship If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Eric Friedman

MARCH 10, 2009

What does trail mix have to do with online advertising? More than you might think as explained in the new white paper linked below. Trail Mix by sylvainleprovost. Darren Herman , who is a thought leader in the ad planning world, recently published Disintermediation of Online Display Advertising ( Link to the PDF ) In which he recounts the early stages of online advertising and brings you up to speed in a clear and concise way.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 20, 2009

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 27, 2009 Cash is not king Cash on hand is just one important variable in a startup’s life, but it’s not necessarily the most important. What matters most is the number of iterations the company has left. While some cost-cutting measures reduce that number, others increase it. In lean times, it’s most important to focus on cutting costs in ways that speed you up, not slow you down.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 4, 2009

I have written a few post about the future of television advertising ( 10/2004 , 11/2006 , and 12/2006 ).  Yes the web has taken over and yes video on the web is advancing rapidly but that does not mean that the $60b spent on television advertising will disappear overnight.  What is needed for the industry is a way to make television commercials more relevant, targeted, and dynamic.  In other words, some of the best practices and technology from Internet advertising should be b

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abovethecrowd.com

MARCH 9, 2009

“Little Joe never once gave it away Everybody had to pay and pay” — Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side The consensus seems to be that social networks have a monetization problem. On this topic, both the leading technology industry blogs and the world’s top news organizations agree. [.].

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Software By Rob

MARCH 6, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Something Big is Coming… Here is My Glimpse of the Future → A Glimpse of the Future Micropreneurship If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Eric Friedman

MARCH 4, 2009

I am not sure there is such thing as “the Google’s of the world” There is Google, then there are other search engines and companies. You cannot group a bunch of companies together by claiming “they” are the “Googles of the world” This is not in support of or against Google, but rather acknowledging there is currently no way to generalize them.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 24, 2009 The metrics and levers of engagement, presentation on Engagement Loops for Facebook Developer Garage SF Ill be presenting a talk at the Facebook Developer Garage SF Wednesday evening. You can learn more about the event here. Its hosted by Kontagent and sponsored by Intel. Most of the content for my presentation is drawn from my original article on engagement loops , with new diagrams courtsey of my friends at Kontagent and a few new examples.

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Andrew Payne

MARCH 26, 2009

Recent discussions about bailouts and regulations have got me thinking. Corporations enable capitalism. The main feature is limited liability, which limits owner’s losses to their original investment and employee’s to losing their jobs. In other words, if a corporation has obligations it can’t fulfill, the owners (stockholders) and employees aren’t on the hook.

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abovethecrowd.com

MARCH 2, 2009

While it may seem hard to believe in such a dire hiring environment, one of our investments, LiveOps, has excess “demand” for workers. That’s right — excess demand for workers. For those of you that don’t know, LiveOps is a very, very cool company. Their core technology is a SAAS “contact center in cloud.” Just [.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 2, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Marketing is Design: Three Words that Increased My E-commerce Sales 1000% Overnight A Glimpse of the Future → Something Big is Coming… Micropreneurship If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place.

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Altgate

MARCH 31, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Obama Shoots Down 90% Tax Bracket For Entrepreneurs “Financial Exit&# is a Dangerous Misnomer → Business Analyst Job Opportunity in Boston Posted on March 31, 2009 by fnazeeri This has to be one of the coolest job opportunities in Boston right now for someone who is about to or just recently graduated from college with a background in finance, engineering or compu

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2009

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you? Ive previously written about the advantages of having a pathetically small number of customers , and how to get started with customer segmentation. Since my subscriber count has doubled again (thanks!), it seemed time to return to the subject of investigating who my customers are.

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Andrew Payne

MARCH 30, 2009

If you extrapolate to a future where all information is on-line, how important is “knowing” vs having the ability to find what you need? “Knowing” will always be important, especially when combined with experience. I wouldn’t want to cross a bridge designed by someone who learned finite element analysis by reading Wikipedia.

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abovethecrowd.com

MARCH 26, 2009

Mr. Geithner: In the late 1990′s, in response to the obvious financial shenanigans of large companies like Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, Washington handed us the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. I have no idea how effective Sarbanes has been at reducing fraud (it obviously did not prevent our current economic malaise), but I do know one thing. Sarbox created [.].

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Pascal's View

MARCH 28, 2009

The media is full of negative reactions related to. the announcement of Treasury Secretary Geithner’s extensive regulatory reform plan for the oversight of the capital markets.   I can't imagine that an announcement of this nature wasn’t widely. expected.   On November 28 th , 2008 I posted a warning on this specific issue: A Case. Study in the Unintended Consequences of Financial Market Regulation: The Death. of the Small Cap U.S.

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Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Come Attend the First TheFunded East Coast Event in Boston The Absurdity of the Madoff Conspiracy & the Dangers of the Slippery Slope → The Collapse of the VC Ecosystem & What It Will Look Like Post Recovery Posted on March 8, 2009 by fnazeeri The venture capital ecosystem is in the midst of an historic collapse.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

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