YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2020

by Mahendra Gupta of Saviom Software. Organizations are trying to switch to remote working with the help of technologies and work culture to obtain similar or better operational efficiency than before. Improper documentation management can diminish enterprise visibility due to the silos that crop up across work and the resource pool.

Management 165

Management Software Review Technical Review Later Stage 165

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

.” Milton Berle At the moment of publication of this post, over 95,508 tech employees from 308 companies were laid off since the beginning of 2023 according to Layoffs.fyi. Layoffs are unfortunately likely to continue as funding for later stage companies continues to contract. And it’s only February.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Search 160

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, February 20, 2009 Work in small batches Software should be designed, written, and deployed in small batches. The batch size is the unit at which work-products move between stages in a development process. For software, the easiest batch to see is code.

San Francisco 161

San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment Development Team Review 161

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. In an early stage deal that fund might reserve 2x their initial investment or if it’s a larger round or later stage they might reserve 1x.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 Companies have shifted from producing pure technology to producing consumer products. Pure technology companies focus on IP, and need to compete with emerging markets, offering cheaper labor and potentially better economies of scale.

Israel 111

Israel Technical Review IPO Startup 111

View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

If you’re in the tech startup industry today, you get the sense that every one of your peers wants to take on the entire world. I recently caught up with Savoia, who shared how this process works and how seed-stage startups might adopt it to find product-market fit more quickly and more cheaply. And that’s exactly what happened.

Product 120

Product Technical Review Marketing Lean 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

This is one of the largest funds raised in the first quarter of 2010 as VC funds struggle to raise money due to poor performance and low liquidity. Maturity : Battery invests in companies at all stages – from seed to later stage private equity buyouts.

North America 76

North America Israel Silicon Valley Private Equity 76

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

More and more of our best and brightest are learning to code and/or joining the ranks of innovative startup companies instead of working for banks and consulting firms. They're just not very good at raising venture capital--which, in the later stage, has more to do with your own ability to run a sales process.

Venture Capital 119

Venture Capital Marketing Term Sheet Software Review 119

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Angels whove made money in technology are preferable,for two reasons: they understand your situation, and theyre asource of contacts and advice.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 Companies have shifted from producing pure technology to producing consumer products. Pure technology companies focus on IP, and need to compete with emerging markets, offering cheaper labor and potentially better economies of scale.

Israel 60

Israel Technical Review IPO Startup 60

OnlyOnce

MARCH 14, 2011

I share the column with my colleagues Jack Sinclair and George Bilbrey and we cover how to approach the business of email marketing, thoughts on the future of email and other digital technologies, and more general articles on company-building in the online industry – all from the perspective of an entrepreneur.

Software Review 67

Software Review Development Team Review Later Stage Technical Review 67

David Teten

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Consider approaching one of the small number of funds which acquire tech startups, e.g., Constellation Software , Think3; Vista Equity Partners. Here are a few articles I suggest reviewing: How to gracefully wind down a failing startup. How to close up shop on a failing startup. Is your startup failing?

Startup 60

Startup Later Stage Technical Review Software Review 60

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We focus primarily on software and Internet companies in areas such as SaaS, application software, financial software, consumer internet, and online marketplaces. These sectors generally leverage the Internet or software in a fundamental way.

Private Equity 48

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Compensation-wise the biggest challenge is insuring people are respectful of my time and skills (when they don't write real checks for hourly or project work they don't tend to be quite as diligent on this as one would like!). The G&A Function in Early Stage Tech , The Startup Environment | Permalink. Life in the Valley.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Equity Technical Review Recapitalization 40

www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Most people try to get through the day, especially if you’re applying for some tech job at some poor startup. like courtney benson 460 days ago i agree that these are questions that one should ask but in the end result one can do all the due diligence possible and still wind up in a bad situation or the opposite can happen.

Software Review 68

Software Review Startup Post-Money Valuation Technical Review 68

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

To maximize impact and ensure correct prioritization, the team reviewed the top 10 accounts quarterly. Programmatic ABM: One-to-many accounts marketing that leverages ABM software to tailor and personalize marketing programs for specific named accounts at scale. Use this to land new deals and upsell existing relationships.

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Anunbiased review would go something like this: Starting a startup gives you more freedom and the opportunity to make a lot more money than a job, but its also hard work and at times very stressful. Weve found thisprinciple very useful, and we think as it spreads outward it willhelp later stage investors as well.

Startup 93

Startup Valuation Non-Compete Deal Flow 93

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 11, 2020

Jeff is one of the spectacular tech CEOs, and in his storybook run, he took LinkedIn from 400 employees to a global leader with over 16,000 employees. For example, about six months into his time as CEO, he got up at five in the morning to review the numbers and saw something he didn’t understand. Jeff was the architect of all of that.

Cofounder 36

Cofounder Leadership Metrics Later Stage 36

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So technically that's how it's structured, but, but each deal is going to have some sort of terms associated with it. So it was one that, um, someone had selected and they did screen screen recording and screen sharing software. Like this show?

Cofounder 69

Cofounder Artificial Inteligence New Zealand Analytics 69

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). I’m a wild-eyed, competitive founder with totally unique-to-tech expertise in this area. So, we worked to raise capital.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. The value of mutual fund investments in private tech companies was estimated at just north of $7 billion in 2016, or about.05% 05% of total US mutual fund assets.

SEC 36

SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

Noah describes this as this idea of like if you’re early stage you need some money to get off the ground. Maybe a later stage business might need some money for working capital and that kind of thing. Peter: I think one very optional bullet here is the funding needs. Jonathan: Yeah. I’ve got this covered completely.

Business Plan 60

Business Plan Marketing Oregon Small Business 60

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . “Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. Technical” Companies (i.e. any mention of a focus on tech companies). Technical founders . Occurrences.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

“The tech industry creates roughly 10 awesome companies per year,” he says. But at a macro level, widespread failure this early is far less painful than if it came at later stages. “Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. ” On a micro level, failure is always painful.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93