YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2014

Crowdtivate accepts ideas or projects related to arts/books/films, technology and assistive technology. After an idea or project is accepted, Crowdtivate provides mentorship to create good campaigns, with options for support in business incubation and regional outreach.

Singapore 243

Singapore Incubator Asia Campaign 243

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. The positives are that you give up no equity, and these apply to the early startup stages, but they do take time and much effort to win.

Intellectual Property 341

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 341

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. Still, I believe I’m offering an accurate representation of the ideal configuration of the main technology leaders. Your deepest thinkers on technology architecture are seldom good team leaders.

Fractional CTO 400

Fractional CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 400

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. The positives are that you give up no equity, and these apply to the early startup stages, but they do take time and much effort to win.

Finance 320

Finance Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 320

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. Apply for contests and business grants. Get a loan or line-of-credit. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Intellectual Property 309

Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

They were trying to keep up with providing the core services necessary to run the current business and at the same time deal with a flood of well-meaning but uncoordinated ideas about new features, technologies and innovations coming at them from all directions. Ironically, by standing still, they were falling behind.

Incubator 319

Incubator Curation Engineer Government 319

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Web technologies and software expedite the process of development. This translates to finding great talent, business ideas, investors, incubators, and more. There are a few accelerators and incubators found within the area, too. Costs and flexibility can be kept within budget if the startup plans to operate out of an incubator.

San Diego 237

San Diego Thailand Technical Review New York City 237

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. Apply for contests and business grants. Get a loan or line-of-credit. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 283

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Startup studios continue to grow in popularity as incubators for new businesses. Forming a digital agency that performs work for clients in addition to incubating startups provides a host of advantages compared to a singularly-focused startup studio. Build a Talented Team of Technology and Business Professionals.

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Incubator Startup Software Developers Software Development 188

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It is often the fortuitous mixture of new technologies, customer awareness and then acceptance of the technology and then the slow adoption into our daily lives that leads to markets exploding. We technology leaders also make this mistake. Markets develop for a complex set of factors that are often beyond all of our control.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Bulgaria Lean 374

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. Apply for contests and business grants. Get a loan or line-of-credit. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator Bootstrapping 261

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Neither breakthrough technology nor maximum features will assure that “if we build it, they will come.” In fact, NISI recommends starting with the minimum focused set of features and technology that will drive a customer purchase. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Nail the solution.

Angel Investor 359

Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator Business Model 359

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 23, 2018

CRI is a two-year program for innovators focusing on energy and science technologies. CRI is different from other incubators because it allows innovators/entrepreneurs to immerse inside a national laboratory, working alongside world-renowned scientists and engineers with whom they can share their ideas. Advanced Technology and Funding.

Incubator 110

Incubator SBIR Engineer Technical Support 110

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Incorporating a business entity early through online services.

Intellectual Property 404

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 404

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

North America 320

North America Incubator Initial Public Offering Valuation 320

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Newell ran the U.S.

Community 244

Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 244

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 4, 2011

Here’s some anecdotal evidence: Sales team pitched a prospect with the usual 3min introductive verbatim, later to discover that the prospect was already very familiar with our technology, as the prospect was already one week into integrating with Lokad. As a result, the pitch was less than useful, and the sales team appeared clueless.

Email 267

Email Cofounder Technical Review Technical Cofounder 267

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

We think teaching teams a formal methodology around the Lean Framework (Business Model design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) is a natural evolution of how successful incubators/accelerators will build startups. Technology in search of a market. The next customer segment we tried was startup founders.

Lean 322

Lean Customer Development Sales Cycle Business Model 322

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle. However, there was no way for founders to share this information with other founders (this was life before the Internet, incubators and accelerators). Technology Cycles Measured in Years.

Founder 281

Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 281

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. Accelerator / Incubator Mentors Most accelerators and incubators have a long list of potential mentors. I'm thinking I'm in the meeting trying to help.

Startup 259

Startup Early Stage Incubator Los Angeles 259

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Perhaps you’re an aspiring technology entrepreneur with a great idea of a product you believe would take off, but due to the lack of technical knowledge or funds have no way to turn your business idea into reality. You could try the hard route and raise funds to put together a team.

Technical Review 268

Technical Review Incubator Product Development Developer 268

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. The young entrepreneurs I met are bringing impressive energy and intelligence to their goal of building one of Europe’s leading technology hubs in Helsinki.

Finland 332

Finland Naming Russia Government 332

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2011

—— I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. I suggested that they might want to consider putting themselves out of the public funding business by using public capital to kick-start private venture capital firms, incubators and accelerators.

Finland 329

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 329

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

As a potential investor, I always think of the high rate of failure of disruptive technologies, due to the longer learning curve of customers, infrastructure change consistently required, and higher marketing costs. Technology is great, but high-tech major-step-forward solutions are not the answer to all our change challenges.

Technical Review 252

Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review Metrics 252

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. Apply for contests and business grants. Get a loan or line-of-credit. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Intellectual Property 219

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 219

ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2020

Understanding and embracing these innovations in technology can be the key to success in today’s legal profession. . While there are many legal tech companies in the world, what we are looking for is to be provided with technology that genuinely stands out in a crowded market. What Is a Legal Tech Incubator?

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Software Review Artificial Inteligence Incubator 152

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Neither breakthrough technology nor maximum features will assure that “if we build it, they will come.” In fact, NISI recommends starting with the minimum focused set of features and technology that will drive a customer purchase. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Nail the solution.

Startup 296

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 296

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Neither breakthrough technology nor maximum features will assure that “if we build it, they will come.” In fact, NISI recommends starting with the minimum focused set of features and technology that will drive a customer purchase. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Nail the solution.

Startup 286

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 286

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

Neither breakthrough technology nor maximum features will assure that “if we build it, they will come.” In fact, NISI recommends starting with the minimum focused set of features and technology that will drive a customer purchase. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Nail the solution.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Startup Angel Investor Technical Review 283

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. Somehow the world seems to be spinning faster these days than just a few years ago. It’s exhausting. Perhaps unsustainable.

Technical Review 317

Technical Review Incubator IPO Email 317

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This doesn’t mean randomly attending every networking event you can find, but it does mean joining and actively participating in a couple of entrepreneur groups in your area, such as a local business incubator, Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), or The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). Increase your visibility and expertise in your domain.

Entrepreneur 261

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Angel Investor Incubator 261

The Startup Magazine

JULY 19, 2024

Integrating Technology Technology plays a significant role in modern business, and educational institutions must keep pace. From coding bootcamps to the best cybersecurity bootcamp and data analytics courses, integrating technology into the curriculum is essential.

Artificial Inteligence 165

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Analytics Software Review 165

Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

With hindsight we should have had “proof of concepts” tested in a corporate center (think ‘pop-up incubator’) where they would do extensive Customer Discovery. Eventually Qualcomm did create a corporate incubator to handle projects beyond the scope of traditional R&D, yet too early to hand-off to existing business unit).

Programming 273

Programming Technical Review Incubator Intellectual Property 273

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

IPO 273

IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Startup incubators. Small business grants. It’s not a quick solution, but state and federal funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company.

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 257

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In the second stage, it moves into Investing, Inventing, Incubating and Acquiring technologies and companies, and in the third stage building product(s ). Stage 1: Networking and Partnering – the Technology Connectors. Academics, consultants, incubators. see the previous post.).

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Incubator Acquisition Business Model 120