YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2011

Often times, previous experience with other companies will help a potential entrepreneur know how that company, or that industry in general, failed to meet the needs of a particular customer. Some people advise entrepreneurs that it is more important to do than to plan. Don’t ignore technology. But be warned.

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Intellectual Property Non-Compete Technical Review Business Plan 244

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. Using this model, entrepreneurs build products and plans based on what they think about their target market, then present the offer after the fact. image source.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Improve retention Improve consumer perception Sentiment, testimonials, reviews, customer support and service response time, etc. Before you formulate a new plan to meet these goals, look at your existing social presence. Each profile should also be consistent with the social network. six months, a year, two years)?

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Developer Marketing 142

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Hearpreneur

JUNE 18, 2016

Over the course of the last couple years co-founder Jack Dorsey was reinstated as CEO due to decline, the constant buzz about doing away with 140 has caused uproar on both sides, and every week a headline concerning stolen information is splashed across every news site. From playoff basketball to politics, it’s an entertaining network.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Social Network Channel Social Media 48

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Driven by the return to normalcy in the stock market, at long-last signs of life in the residential and commercial real estate markets, and most excitingly by veritable boom-time conditions in “Web 3.0” technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made.

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Social Network Technical Review Stock Early Stage 63

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Before AngelList, investment dealflow was private and networks revolved around a few connected angels and VC?s. Since the angel network was created, transparent angel investing has exploded and entrepreneurs from any background can get funded. To my surprise, VC? Bryce Roberts , a partner at O?Reilly Just look at AngelList?s

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Slowly but surely, however, we have a quietly emerging ‘ecosystem’ (as it is often called in tech lingo). So is the Dutch tech startup story sold short? So let’s take stock: What do we offer? But hedonistic pleasures aside, The Netherlands actually has a great foundation for tech entrepreneurship. Not in my view.

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Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

When meeting with early stage entrepreneurs for the first time, after reviewing a demo or hearing their pitch, I often ask them to articulate what they’re most focused on building. I don’t fault entrepreneurs for relegating startup legal work to the bottom of their daily triage list; founders are spread incredibly thin.

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IP Intellectual Property Equity Liquidity Event 114

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Now that we’re nearing the home stretch of 2010, it’s a good time to take stock of various odds and ends for your business. Follow her on Twitter @corpnet and Facebook.

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LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Now that we’re nearing the home stretch of 2010, it’s a good time to take stock of various odds and ends for your business. Follow her on Twitter @corpnet and Facebook.

LLC 75

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 24, 2011

5 Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make with Stock Options – [link]. A Portrait Of Who Uses Social Networks In The US (And How Social Media Affects Our Lives) – [link]. Very interesting & promising digital camera technology that promises to make focus irrelevant – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. Notes: None of the above should be considered investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell Groupon stock.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

This has flipped with the rise of social facilitation. BRIC nations especially are innovating and creating new technology platforms, while the west holds onto fossil fuel era. Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. Generation D don’t ‘network’.

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Moldova Internet Australia Libya 91

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. But stock indexes continue to slide and the unemployment numbers are getting worse. No manager in their right mind would fire the technical lead of a big software project. They finally said it – the “R&# word.

Programming 30

Programming Technical Review Software Review RSS 30

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

We’re taking a slightly different approach to our second feature in the Inspiring Entrepreneurs series. The team practically lived in the office, worrying about server capacity, during that period, with Livingston regularly heading out to pick up McDonalds, coffee and other food and drinks to keep the troops stocked and focused. “At

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Mobile 167

Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

Second, when Brant and I founded Bazaarvoice there were only three retailers in the US with customer reviews. And if you are an entrepreneur in search of a business idea, search for businesses that are in huge markets that are dependent on bad profits. We often get asked about negative reviews. it was amazingly prescient.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Campaign Video Naming 62

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s a platform that empowers non-designers to make visually impressive designs without any training or technical expertise. Early on, Canva teamed up with tech influencer Guy Kawasaki to advocate their mission as “Chief Evangelist.” Every social network has its own content specifications (e.g., and consumption behavior.

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Audience Technical Review Social Media Campaign 122

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. Using this model, entrepreneurs build products and plans based on what they think about their target market, then present the offer after the fact. image source.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 60

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. We love a good entrepreneurial success story – entrepreneur as protagonist overcomes obstacles and builds a thriving, successful company (and become wealthy while doing so). No separation between the technology organization and the product organization.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2012

Good article about Facebook’s dual stock class structure & investors – [link]. Facebook IPO, and How to Build a Social Network for $389 – [link]. Facebook IPO, and How to Build a Social Network for $389 – [link]. Female Business Owners Network, Trade Success Secrets [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. Let’s review all of our existing investments. So when the market started showing good signs (iPhone, Facebook, Zynga, Twitter, stock market growth) it was happy days again.

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Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These are good things to think about and companies to study as we move back from consumer to Enterprise in the tech cycle. And so we think that the model flipped to a model where, today, where the most interesting and advanced new technology now comes out for the consumer first. Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

More creative and economic opportunity for developers and entrepreneurs. Then Robinhood halted trading of stocks popular with retail users of Wallstreetbets (and Discord temporarily shut down their server prompting the community to search for uncensorable alternatives ). . More inclusive models of stakeholder capitalism.

Web 193

Web Technical Review Software Review Social Network 193

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. You have a CEO that clearly hasn’t taken the time to understand a technology platform. They’ve tried everything.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

management.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 7, 2012

Why many entrepreneurs come across as jerks August 7, 2012: 10:57 AM ET. Despite the assumption that entrepreneurs act like arrogant babies, most exceptional leaders tend to balance their convictions with a healthy dose of humility. Posted in: Arrogance , Conviction , Entrepreneurs , Humility , Leadership. Today in Tech.

Entrepreneur 54

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

We now live in an anarconomy where entrepreneurs are making counter moves to disrupt the status quo so they can redefine commercial landscapes. Technology Poverty – Every revolution has its downsides – those who miss out. Technology is bringing about a new form of poverty to those who don’t have equal access to it.

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Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

automatic links to generated images Rietveld - asynchronous code reviews on changesets Tech*if*er0*urs – blog on roadmap for learning rails Best free programming books Project Management Basecamp - web-based project management and collaboration tool. WebSequenceDiagrams - sketch sequence diagrams.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. A group of Seedcamp entrepreneurs started a startup tools wiki for that purpose, and we thought it would be well suited here. Social networking. Social/Sharing.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Essentially, we got here by entrepreneurs having too much of a good thing. And because capital requirements are lower, entrepreneurs are holding onto more ownership, making it a lot easier to flip your company for less than, say, $30 million and become very rich. More cash equals more entrepreneurs who get to start companies.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93