Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

I must be the only one who believes that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Many of the entrepreneurs I advise or invest with spend considerable time on the Internet, keeping up with technology, customers, and competitors, but very few feel the need for an early personal presence. You may not see the need for a YouTube, Instagram, or Twitter account now, until someone takes the name you want.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 billion, with 275 million in North America alone (source: Internet World Stats) and an astounding global penetration of 33% of the world’s population. Internet usage a decade ago was less than 1 hour per day and was restricted to narrowband communications.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The future of the Internet is video. It is a “talent first” company but one under-pinned with a serious multi-million dollar investment in technology that has helped fuel our growth and will continue to provide tools & support for our talent. I had written about Mike before but hadn’t disclosed his name.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 28, 2022

The story of Nomad Internet is one that startup owners of every variety should be paying attention to. Today, the company advertises up to unlimited wireless internet for rural areas, but back then, the founders were stuck on a single problem. This technology is everywhere today, but it wasn’t a household name in rural areas of Texas.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

Your name has come up a lot in that regard. He set up Blackbox.vc, a seed accelerator for technology startups (and one of the tour stops for entrepreneurs from around the world.) They went to work gathering deep knowledege of what makes successful Internet startups. It was signed Max Marmer. “How old are you?

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 23, 2023

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, naming your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, naming your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. So they were calling me a Gypsy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

I continue to believe that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. Market your solution and user benefits, not the mysterious technology behind it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2014

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. With the high-speed Internet, our workers can be anywhere in the world.” When you sign up remote workers, you’ll start to rely heavily on collaborative tools, Internet bandwidth, and new data security tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. This is simple in concept, but requires real effort and can be time consuming, and even expensive, if someone gets there before you and tries to sell you the rights to your preferred business or personal domain name. Professional directories.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It’s amazing how new technology keeps coming up. As a business owner, you must keep up with these technological improvements and perhaps adopt some to improve efficiency. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the technologies they most look forward to and here are the responses. #1- 2- Advances in medical technology.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2021

If the internet is a huge city, certain pockets can be designated as bad neighborhoods. Cybercriminals often purchase misspelled domain names and recreate the original website’s look and feel to trick people into giving them information. The result is a safe online experience, no matter how you choose to connect to the internet.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. The Lean Startup isn’t dead.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 4, 2022

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. When we set out to create a name for our business, we knew we had to set ourselves apart from other womens’ boutique swimwear.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2019

Image via Flickr by ivanpw Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. Internet penetration in Beijing is greater than 70% while it’s less than 25% in Yunnan, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other provinces. The slide below from the Zhen Fund shows the breadth of business coverage of each of the Chinese Internet incumbents. New Rules for China. Fear of Failure.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

As the old joke goes, “on the Internet nobody knows you’re a dog.” Every time my posts ended up there the conversation descended into hate and vitriol and a lot of people that don’t really know me calling me all sorts of names. You call them all sorts of names. Cars are dehumanizing.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

By now you probably know that Netflix is splitting its business into two parts: its digital streaming business (retains the name Netflix) and its DVD mailing business, which was its original business (to be called Qwikster). It’s the most profound book I’ve read on thinking about how the Internet is changing business.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

It seemed as though venture capitalists were throwing money at any Internet idea they could find – no business plan required. Our idea was to build a dial-up Internet service to compete with AOL, MindSpring and EarthLink. We had no experience in running an Internet filtering software business, but this didn’t concern us.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The internet is a great tool for business, transforming how companies interact with their customers and providing new channels to sell products, provide services, and make money. Unfortunately, the internet is also great for criminals looking to exploit businesses for their own gain. expires after a fixed period) code or password.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2018

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. With the high-speed Internet, our workers can be anywhere in the world.” When you sign up remote workers, you’ll start to rely heavily on collaborative tools, Internet bandwidth, and new data security tools.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

When Jamie told us he was going to build “Doorbot” (the name prior to Ring) and he explained to us that it was a video security doorbell sold at mass-market prices to bring security to homes that have never been able to afford them?—? They could have owned 10% for $700k. If you want to see the original episode it’s here ).

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2020

The opportunity here is in improving communication channels through the plethora of tools that technology and the internet offer. Big names in the industry like Amazon and Alibaba are also providing smaller enterprises a platform for selling. By then, you’ll have a formidable internet presence and a strong following.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Examples of core wallets include Bitcoin Core Wallet, Litecoin Core, and Ethereum Wallet, to name a few. At its simplest, hot storage refers to wallets that are connected to the Internet. Creating a wallet is super easy and can be accessed from any device or server with an internet connection. Hot Storage. Cold Storage.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 18, 2020

Let’s take a look at how technology is affecting the generation gap, and how that might affect your business. Whatever the case, the takeaway is clear – predicting how your customers engage with your CS technology might not always lead to the conclusions you expect. The AI Difference. A Holistic Approach.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. Why you shouldn’t stack too many brand names into a round. So the ranges you would expect can be highly imprecise.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 9, 2020

Brainstorm a name for the mark or sketch a logo design. It is an excellent idea if you generate several different logos or names just in case the first choice is in use already by another person or entity. internet search engines. domain name registries on the internet. business name registries. newspapers.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2018

We are now in the midst of the Fourth, characterized by the fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between physical, digital, and biological worlds. Mobile is now a significant driver to the volume of software solutions and apps created, and the coming wave of the Internet of Things (IoT) will only accelerate this trend.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2020

Technological advancements have undoubtedly made life easier but they have also left companies susceptible to data breaches. eBay experienced a data breach in 2012 and approximately 145 million accounts were affected and their names, passwords and addresses leaked.These types of hacks make you wonder just how safe your data is.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

Zoom, Slack, Trello, Jira, and Microsoft teams – are all suddenly household names. The fact that the Internet and remote work apps are finally fast and robust enough that near-seamless remote collaboration is possible. The technology is mature enough that working from home works pretty well. What Solves the Problems?

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Repeatedly recognized by Forbes as one of the “Most Influential CMOs in the World” and by AdWeek as one of the “Top 20 Marketing and Technology Executives,” his work has attracted over 1.1 And then in the internet area it became retargeting. John Jantsch (08:58): Well, and I think that's probably true of all technology.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m sure many of you have heard his name. Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Let’s start with Joseph Schumpter. Schumpter was an economist who taught at Harvard in the 1930’s and 40’s.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

At Remagine Ventures we like to say that “we invest in technologies that change how people spend their time and money”. Advancements in technology and changing cultural behaviour are big drivers of this trend and Covid-19 was like pouring gasoline on fire. . The “new internet” aka “Metaverse” . Enter Toya .

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

The two companies did the same thing and were the only two competitors in a nascent category called “email change of address” (Veripost’s original name was IECOA which stood for “Internet Email Change of Address”).

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Millennials are a generation which stretches from the mid-eighties to the late nineties, and the name itself comes from the people born between these two dates being the first generation to move into further education in the new millennium. The changes which technology have brought has meant that attitudes to work have changed as well.

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