Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2023

Artificial Intelligence has been the technology right around the corner for at least 50 years. One of the problems about disruptive technology is that disruption doesn’t come with a memo. Others look at the same technology and recognize at that instant the world will no longer be the same (e.g. This year we’ve invented one more.

ChatGPT 424

ChatGPT Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property API 424

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2020

The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “open leadership.” Social technology tools now allow this process to be done quickly and less chaotically, with tremendous buy-in from everyone affected.

Framework 397

Framework Leadership Social Media Software Review 397

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 4, 2025

To date, much of the growth of the EdTech sector has focused on technology that enhance student learning. On the other, 46% of teachers report that student engagement has declined since 2019 as technology pulls focus away from lesson plans. This helps them build key digital skills by learning how to use technology to study.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Management Software Review Colorado 113

YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2020

With many people using the Internet for searches, communication, and even purchases, every online business should have an impressive website to attract more prospects, keep leads, and eventually, make more sales. Know Your Technology Needs First. However, creating a quality website requires some expertise, knowledge, and skills.

Colorado 264

Colorado Web Design Technical Review 264

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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. Don’t over-manage remote workers, but don’t expect them to manage your business. Don’t get caught off guard.

Cost 346

Cost Philippines Bandwidth Cofounder 346

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

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. Use the common sense suggestions to avoid the pain: Decoy investor scam.

Technical Review 371

Technical Review Due Diligence Non-disclosure Agreement Term Sheet 371

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2020

Even if the idea sounds unique to you, it’s worth your time to do a few Internet searches using relevant keywords. For example, the Segway personal vehicle was proven technology 15 years ago, but is still constrained by right-of-way laws, liability issues, and charging stations. Availability of necessary skills and team members.

Technical Review 434

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Internet 434

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2020

For example, if your idea is so new and different that it implies real social or technological change is necessary before widespread acceptance, investors will define your market as nascent or unproven, and be very reluctant to fund you, no matter how convincing your projections may be. Market is recognized as real and growing by investors.

Artificial Inteligence 436

Artificial Inteligence Marketing Valuation Startup 436

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2021

Every entrepreneur with a new technology tells me that his innovation will be industry-disrupting, meaning that it will render the existing technology obsolete, and create a new market. Yet truly disruptive innovations, like the smartphone from Apple and the rise of the Internet, are very rare, and are generally unpredicted.

Non-Compete 394

Non-Compete Technical Review Forecast Social Media 394

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

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. Don’t over-manage remote workers, but don’t expect them to manage your business. Don’t get caught off guard.

Entrepreneur 303

Entrepreneur Philippines Bandwidth Cofounder 303

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 21, 2025

Whether through better management practices, smart use of technology, or offering services that align with customer expectations, there are many strategies to keep your HVAC business on track. Leveraging Technology As technology advances, its integration into the HVAC industry becomes increasingly essential.

Technical Review 97

Technical Review United States Software Review Operations 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

Even if your business is purely local, growth must always be a priority, and you need to utilize all these digital channels available to you today, as well as traditional media channels and industry forums: Maintain an active current presence on the Internet. Secure outside expansion funding through investors.

Technical Review 355

Technical Review Social Media Channel Flash 355

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology. With today’s pervasive Internet, the best ideas traverse continents and improve with successive waves of adaptation, through diversity in experience, culture, and worldview.

Global 345

Global Silicon Valley Marketing Indonesia 345

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In addition, as every business becomes instantly global via the Internet, it’s virtually impossible for you to touch every customer personally. Thus services experiences and relationships tend to be based more and more on new media and technology. Infusing technology within the customer experience. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Review 321

Technical Review Social Media Media Matching 321

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2023

The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “open leadership.” Social technology tools now allow this process to be done quickly and less chaotically, with tremendous buy-in from everyone affected.

Social Media 281

Social Media Media Software Review Social Network 281

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new technologies. Don’t count on these as short-term solutions to a growth problem. If you go this route, make sure your solution is strategic.

Product 354

Product Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Dividend 354

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Even big companies I know find it hard to keep their in-house programmers up to speed on the latest technologies, including mobile devices, the latest Web technologies, and multi-tenant applications in the Cloud. Thus you don’t need to invent an innovative product or technology to be a real entrepreneur. Staffing Professional.

Angel Investor 267

Angel Investor Social Media LLC Viral 267

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. Consider MySpace and Webvan. Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start.

Dilution 355

Dilution Startup Merger Flash 355

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2020

To stay competitive in our digital world, small and medium-sized businesses need to be equipped with and proficient in the latest technologies. In his new book, “Tech Debt 2.0 : How to Future Proof Your Small Business and Improve Your Tech Bottom Line” , senior global business and technology executive Michael C. Tech Debt 2.0

Technical Review 246

Technical Review Small Business Software Review Security 246

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology. With today’s pervasive Internet, the best ideas traverse continents and improve with successive waves of adaptation, through diversity in experience, culture, and worldview.

Silicon Valley 312

Silicon Valley Indonesia Venture Capital Global 312

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Some pundits argue that the E-Myth principle is now outdated, due to the instant access to information via the Internet, pervasive networking via social media, and courses on entrepreneurship at all levels of education. In the interim, I recommend you use advisors, social media, and the Internet to find your alter-ego. Hence most fail.

Technical Review 341

Technical Review Social Media Startup Internet 341

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

The Department of Defense has thought that Artificial Intelligence is such a foundational set of technologies that they started a dedicated organization- the JAIC – to enable and implement artificial intelligence across the Department. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. AI in National Security.

Artificial Inteligence 425

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review 425

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 19, 2021

There are few technologies in the world today that can make a Trillion-dollar impact on the global economy. IoT (Internet of Things) is one of them. However, time and market performance have proven that IoT is not any hype but a solid technology with real-world applications that can review business processes. Source: Mckinsey.

Technical Review 215

Technical Review Software Review Cloud Vertical 215

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. 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 404

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 404

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

The many crowd funding platforms on the Internet, led still by Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , were expected by many to put regular people in charge of funding new opportunities, and kill the need for angel groups. I still don’t see it happening any time soon.

Angel Investor 361

Angel Investor Accredited Investor IRR Angel Groups 361

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

But these days with all the resources on the Internet and elsewhere, there is no excuse for not keeping up on the latest insights, best practices, and technology in the area of hiring, motivating, and training.

Hiring 337

Hiring Technical Cofounder Cofounder Retention 337

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

Many technologists have a passion for a new technology, but only a few are able to communicate the value in terms of future impact on society. If your business is health-technology related, I urge you to share this with your team, and with customers, and ask for their help, versus leaning on profitability, price, and process.

Technical Review 357

Technical Review Green Social Media Lean 357

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As a long-time business advisor, and an investor in startups along the way, I’m always on the lookout for an entrepreneur who is responding first to a problem in the marketplace , rather than bringing a new technology to the market, assuming it will find a problem to solve. The Internet and social media are also a key knowledge source.

Social Media 330

Social Media Entrepreneur Revenue Internet 330

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g., New goldmine of innovations and technology. With e-commerce, Internet, and smartphone apps, anyone can be an entrepreneur today for a few hundred dollars, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or angels.

Artificial Inteligence 315

Artificial Inteligence Offshore Merger Technical Review 315

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. The Internet, through pictures, sound, and text, sees everything, including the good, bad, and the ugly.

Product 319

Product Technical Review Entrepreneur Reputation 319

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

These authors speak from their own wealth of experience in creating and growing technology startups, marketing, and fundraising. Book smarts represent your current depth of understanding of technology and business concepts. Personal branding is how we market ourselves to others, and is very important in this Internet age.

Silicon Valley 325

Silicon Valley Angel Investor Technical Review Boston 325

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

With today’s worldwide Internet and social media, your brand impact is not set by what you say, but by numbers of followers, influencers, and satisfied customers. Proprietary technology with a high barrier to entry. In my view, that was their key to the early goodwill they needed. Brand recognition and market influencer support.

Valuation 368

Valuation Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Investor 368

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

With businesses getting more globalized than ever, with offices being situated in different locations and time zones, there are different technologies being used to accommodate such settings. One of the major reasons why such technology was introduced in the first place was to eliminate the risks of all potential conflicts.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Software Review Distribution Employee 279

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

With the power of the Internet, and the impact of the recent pandemic , the world of business services, such as accounting and marketing, have gone more and more remote. In my experience, the good news is that everyone is becoming more and more comfortable with relationships via the new media and technology.

Technical Review 303

Technical Review Social Media Metrics Media 303

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

It’s only been a bit over a month since the start of 2025 past year has witnessed seismic shifts in technology, from breakthroughs in generative AI to emerging solutions in climate tech and healthcare. This is an extension of the previous list with new sources and startup requests. You can find the 2024 RFS list here.

Software Review 78

Software Review Technical Review Startup Software Engineering 78

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In addition, as every business becomes instantly global via the Internet, it’s virtually impossible for you to touch every customer personally. Thus services experiences and relationships tend to be based more and more on new media and technology. Infusing technology within the customer experience. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Review 247

Technical Review Social Media Media Matching 247

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2024

In today’s fast-paced world, technology is constantly evolving, and businesses must adapt quickly to stay competitive. From advancements in artificial intelligence to the internet in general, keeping up with the latest technology trends can be a challenge.

Technology 157

Technology Artificial Inteligence Software Cloud 157