YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Google released Chromebook in October 2011, offering a faster and easier way to access the Internet. The product was known as a “thin client” and had no hard drive. The logic here was that most people head straight to the Internet anyway, and are familiar enough with Google to stay within its applications.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 17, 2010

If this is your attitude, your conception of tech support is completely backwards and you're missing out on important channels for marketing, product development, and sales. Yes, I'm flagrantly paraphrasing the legendary Kathy Sierra , but the idea applies as much to tech support as to product development.).

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2013

Website development has become a necessity for all businesses that are looking forward to establishing a modern and innovative image. Website hosting, internet access and other IT products will be a part of the technological costs of starting a new business. Product Development and Marketing. Be Realistic about It.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. My focus has been marketing strategy and product development. Most people think they can do product design. Remind me about your background Steve? You can see more on my LinkedIn profile: [link].

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging. With the Internet and modern video communication tools, including Skype and Google Hangout, you can find the people you need, from anywhere in the world, and sign them up quickly.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It should go without saying that this post is not advice, nor is it recommendation of what you should do, it’s simply my observation of how companies using Customer Development positioned themselves to successfully raise money from venture investors. consumer Internet) might have a really, really high bar of achievement for funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

As a startup advisor and angel investor, I tend to focus on the much longer list of ways your startup can fail, based on my own experience and inside knowledge from peers who you will never see highlighted on the Internet. Plan to and assemble the right team, including co-founders. Building and running a business is not a solo operation.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2011

74% of high growth internet startups fail due to premature scaling. Inconsistent startup outsource 4-5 times as much of their product development than consistent startups. In discovery phase 60% of inconsistent startups focus on validating a product and 80% of consistent startups focus on discovering a problem space.

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Gust

APRIL 27, 2014

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Repeatable and Scalable Sales Model In Customer Development your goal is not to avoid spending money but to preserve your cash as you search for a repeatable and scalable sales model and then spend like there is no tomorrow when you find one. This is the most important sentence in this post and worth deconstructing.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

That is when no customers wanted to work with Internet startups because we as an industry had burned so many customers. I learned how to better run a product management process. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. The things you learn in tough environments.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

And often, enhanced business services – such as custom product development or professional installation and consulting – are involved to complete the sale. Why Internet Companies Don’t Buy From The Enterprise Kings (techcrunch.com). CTO, VP of HR) in the customer organization. Related articles.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Instead, buyers are checking out product and service information in their own way, often through the Internet, their social network, or just plain word-of-mouth or customer reviews. What makes this particularly significant, of course, is that 3M’s product developers are among the most innovative in the world.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

by Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services. Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services , has over 30 years of successful product development experience in many different industries and is a sought after adviser and speaker on the subject.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

By Ernst Gemassmer With the pervasiveness of the Internet, the world is smaller. In addition this person should report, dotted line, to product development or engineering. Ensure that the localization person is a good and patient communicator and is fully accepted by the engineering/development group.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Global e-commerce entrepreneur and investor Richard Burry followed a unique path to the pinnacle of Internet success. By the time businesses began to take notice of the unfolding promise of Internet technologies, he was perfectly positioned to take the leap into this exciting new industry. He resolved to lead the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

In today’s fast moving market, the basic product development cost and time are critical to survival. New products emerge, as diverse as networked-art installations, Internet-of-Things innovations, and many other hybrid software-hardware solutions.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2017

From marketing to product development, to new software tools and communications, the list is almost endless as to the digital transformations taking place. Yet with so many stock images available on the Internet, more and more low quality, boring images seep into search engines. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Business experts recommend that entrepreneurs start their marketing first to confirm that they have real customer interest and an appealing product concept. In addition, good marketing and support plans can take as long as product development. Do both in parallel to be timely.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 5, 2011

I expect we’ll look back on 2011 as the year that Gnip went from a highly product development focused company to a company that was firing on all cylinders. And Boulder will have another substantial software / Internet company in the mix. I’m super proud of Jud and the team he’s built at Gnip.

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are a couple classic archetypes of internet/software founders, including the genius college student cooking up something quirky but ultimately disruptive in his dorm room who launches his company straight out of undergrad. Reactions when I told people I was an “internet entrepreneur” ranged from smirks to blank stares.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Studying an online business analytics masters is one way you can up your numbers game; whether this is the finance, marketing, or product development aspects of your company, the course can supply you with the tools, means, and knowledge to streamline your company operations.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

There’s nothing more wasteful than having an Innovation Outpost reporting on disruption heading for the company’s core business (autonomous vehicles, machine learning, Virtual Reality, Cloud, Internet of Things, et al.) Stage 3: Productizing the Solution to Corporate Problems. What solution are we productizing ?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

For instance, voice over internet protocol (VoIP) gives companies seemingly unlimited voice, data, and video capabilities in a simplified cloud-based platform and at a fraction of the cost of a traditional phone system. Communication technology offers the best worlds: more features and a simplified format. VPN Security & Monitoring.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Hibernia Atlantics network of subsea cables provides some of the worlds best internet connections. The industries include healthcare, independent software developers, financial services, aerospace and defense, wireless and mobile applications and gaming. This is a combination of applied research and new product development.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2018

It’s the latter category that’s especially vulnerable to premature marketing, but evolving technology, particularly security issues linked to the Internet of Things (IoT), can create post-market risks for both groups. But that can mean compromising quality of the final product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

By Ernst Gemassmer, Chairman, Startup Professionals With the pervasiveness of the Internet, the world is smaller. In addition this person should report, dotted line, to product development or engineering. The cloud makes software easily accessible, without waiting for CD shipments to arrive and installed.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

My expertise in product development and project management came after working as a consultant in many industries. I started my business simply because I want to be of assistance to those who want to learn through the internet. We started our business in 2014, after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Photo Credit: Lewis Keegan.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 24, 2012

You’re going to probably spend a year or two trying to build something where every single hour can be quantified against product development or getting users or doing press interviews or whatever it is; things which hopefully produce concrete results for the product. SA: What trends do you see in new business and technology?

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It seems as though in many categories, especially in consumer internet space, a handful of startups pursuing quite similar or even apparently identical ideas launch within months of each other. independently come to launch very similar products/services. Another d2c gourmet pet food company ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging. With the Internet and modern video communication tools, including Skype and Google Hangout, you can find the people you need, from anywhere in the world, and sign them up quickly.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

These days, almost every new product is not deemed scalable until it has been certified as meeting a multitude of quality and agency standards, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and Underwriters Lab (UL). Expanding the product line. Specialized VCs start to jump in at this stage.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Design with Internet: 101 patterns for influencing behaviour through design (PDF) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Recommendations for usability in product development – [link]. – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

These days, almost every new product is not deemed scalable until it has been certified as meeting a multitude of quality and agency standards, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and Underwriters Lab (UL). Expanding the product line. Specialized VCs start to jump in at this stage.

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