David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

I’ve listed them below in *very* roughly descending order of efficiency, measured by increased dollars one can put to work, divided by the operational dollars required to implement each strategy. . – Templatize the entrepreneurial process , by providing checklists, standardized agreements and other reusable code.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2017

You may have the engineering and design capabilities required to operate this type of business, and you may have the best PCB layout software at your disposal, but you must be proficient in other skills in order to be successful. Strong marketing and sales skills are also necessary to operate a successful PCB design service.

Design 100

Design Software Review India China 100

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. VC Firm. $ Tech % of workforce. Google Ventures (GV). 17% (13 / 80). . 9% (1 / 12).

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2014

Not because they’re all operating in stealth or pre-product – in fact some already are earning $1m+ in revenue per annum. And my sense is the trend carries outside of our portfolio these days. And search engines like sourcing.io help you build a specific list based on skills you’re seeking.

Technical Review 119

Technical Review CTO Hire Finance Stealth 119

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

portfolios. That died with waterfall software development. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. Don’t know the running rate for engineers? I won’t need to hire many engineers or customer support staff.

Business Plan 334

Business Plan AJAX Venture Capital Technical Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%. Many software companies have > 80% gross margins which is why they are more valuable than say traditional retailers or consumer product companies.

Burn Rate 383

Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Secondly, the driver of returns for the funds raised in 1978 – 1981 was not their underlying portfolios, at what stage, or in what industries they were built. As dollars flowed into the industry, cooperation was replaced by competition, to the detriment of deal flow, due diligence, ability to add value and, of course, returns.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. Oblong, Minority Report, and the rise of Spatial Operating Systems.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc.

Management 85

Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

Photo credit: Erik Binggeser Austin is one of the top 10 metro areas with the highest economic growth rates for women-owned business, and as our startup community continues to get more VC dollars ($385M in Q2 alone), it still operates in a way that lifts all ships. WP Engine, Bumble, Kendra Scott?—?but

Austin 57

Austin Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 57

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. The people of IT—CIOs, network engineers, system administrators, IT developers and their brethren—get captured and held hostage by the technological dictators. Marc released Mosaic in 1993.

Romania 61

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 61

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: internet , Portfolio. Monday, February 12, 2007. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In & Out of SEM/SEO. on a scale of 1-4). Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 8:53 PM.

Software Review 48

Software Review SEM Marketing Las Vegas 48

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Dog Patch Labs – Shared workspace operated by Polaris Ventures. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Walter Frick - Harvard Business Review. Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). GrabCAD – 3D Community and Collaboration (NextView Portfolio Company).

Boston 71

Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. 80-90% software products vs. 40-50% advertising products) and company maturity (e.g., customer acquisition cost or CAC).

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. The people of IT—CIOs, network engineers, system administrators, IT developers and their brethren—get captured and held hostage by the technological dictators. Marc released Mosaic in 1993.

Romania 35

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 35

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 28, 2016

For local businesses, having a local area code (as opposed to an 800 number) adds trust as well. You don’t have any Testimonials or Reviews. A 2013 study by Dimensional Research concluded that 90% of customers are influenced by online reviews – that is pretty much all of us. You don’t have a Physical Contact Address Listed.

Kansas City 28

Kansas City Kansas SEO Software Review 28

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Our discussion begins with his latest book, “ Get Scalable: The Operating System Your Business Needs to Run and Scale Without You. 04:05] How does the operating system viewpoint apply to business owners? [05:54] 05:54] Would you say focus and priorities are the main benefits of value engines in business? [07:42]

Engineer 71

Engineer Software Review Operations Founder 71

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself. So I was thrilled to find CleverPet , an AI game for dogs made by animal behavioral scientists and electrical engineers. Early on my original expectation was that, like a social club, Dogster site members should be able to incur all cost of site operations.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Cofounder SMS 48

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

Today I own and manage a company specifically designed to help people grow their portfolios. By this time, Erin had already spent 4 years in operations at a startup that was in skyrocket growth mode, so she knew her knowledge in scaling operations was as valuable as this idea; she became my co-founder. Image Credit: Janet Wu.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Investment Bankers PR Social Media 48

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? How do VCs originate investments?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Transformify

AUGUST 18, 2021

You need to be careful in choosing the website where you’ll build your portfolio because you might end up wasting time, effort, and money without getting any clients. Search Engine Optimization or SEO, SEM. Software Testing. This website operates opposite of Upwork. Freelance Writing and Copywriting. Translation.

Technical Review 89

Technical Review Software Review Search Portfolio 89

Venture Chronicles

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Apple has done a remarkably good job of reconciling hardware and software power issues, Google needs to do better on power management in the platform and providing reference material to hardware providers in order to maximize the consumer experience in this area.

Metadata 28

Metadata Software Review Vertical Software 28

Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2024

The operations of the corporation become more complex. Good audit committees also review the corporation’s insurance portfolio, risk protection policies such as email and computer use, disaster response and recovery policies and any other area where the corporation’s very life could be at risk from inattention.

Covenant 48

Covenant Software Review Stock Options Vesting 48

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

The Atlas Group London system is a suite of unique software tools on a single platform that is without precedent in today’s healthcare sector. The digital platform ICAS®, Integrated Construction & Architecture Software, completely digitizes the design, procurement and logistics process of building healthcare facilities.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 110

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! What makes it scalable and more of a marketing channel is that it's managed using software. If I can build a partner program using software with a thousand different partners, with a thousand different tactics, I, I have inherently a, a diversified portfolio.

Marketing 89

Marketing Affiliate Software Review Channel 89

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

I got fired from a software sales job, started a systems integrator called MicroSolutions. I taught myself to code over seven years and wrote all kinds of applications. We reviewed the story of The Diary of Anne Frank and what she went through. Human talent, marketing, engineering, R&D. Like, "Oh, come on.

Dallas 68

Dallas Employee Government Social Media 68

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In conversation with a16z managing partner Jeff Jordan (and former CEO of OpenTable and former GM of eBay among other things) — so, from all sides of investing, operating, life — Annie shares tips for decision makers of all kinds making decisions under uncertainty… really, all of us. How do you think the world operates?

San Antonio 36

San Antonio Aggregator Jordan Stock 36

ConversionXL

JANUARY 9, 2019

Marketing, product, sales, and operations. Engineering. And because the process is essentially a best practice review, it should be considered exploratory research to point you in the right direction for quantitative evaluations. Most usability testing software reports these stats natively in the platform.).

Design 131

Design Software Review Audio Technical Review 131

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Many partnerships don’t make it past this stage, devolving into a tangled mess about who owns the idea and the code and what the compensation should be. Don’t forget to factor in operating overhead including accounting, legal, insurance, etc. Software development is like an iceberg – 90% of it is under the surface.

Technical Cofounder 41

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review NDA 41

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I love running experiments on my own, and I'm really excited about, I don't really like the term "bio-hacking," but there's a lot of fun and educational biology and chemistry experiments you can do at home like I did some polymer synthesis and some basic yeast genetic engineering. Before that, I was an electronics engineer.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance San Francisco 68

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. Forgot your username or password? another account.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. You can see preliminary results of this value creation study below. - Encouraging non-US companies to set up operations in the US.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

Steve Blank

JANUARY 19, 2011

He was a great engineering manager and recruited, hired and inspired a world-class team. Not only does the industry lack a code of conduct, but individual venture firms lack avenues for founders/CEOs to bring these problems to light. After 40 years of growth the VC industry still operates with “small club&# rules and mindset.

Silicon Valley 237

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Software Review Technical Review 237

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

We have fought valiant battles, paid expensive consultants, purchased a crazy amount of software, and achieved an implementation high that is quickly, followed by a " gosh darn it where is my return on investment from all this?" You can even get great first-step guidance about how to rebalance your portfolio from that last column.

Channel 162

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 162

Ben's Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Due to radically cheaper computing cycles and storage, the database market moved to the much more easily programmable and more resource intensive relational database model. This new sales force automation product boasted multi-tenancy, a native web interface, and an underlying operational environment designed for the modern era.

Cloud 62

Cloud Architecture Software Review Database 62