YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2014

This gives you the chance to read reviews, forums and user experiences that tell the true story of a product or technology’s usefulness in a business. Freeware and Open source. One secret that IT professionals are unlikely to disclose is that they, like everyone else, use free software or services for basic tasks.

Technical Review 277

Technical Review Small Business Technology Software Review 277

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Customer feedback, including blog comments, usability reviews, and early user testimonials, build relationships and provide credible marketing to the broader customer community. Use open-source e-commerce and website software, including web-chat software and PayPal, rather than building expensive customized solutions.

Merger 386

Merger Acquisition Software Review Social Media 386

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. If a VC term sheet comes in they begin their due diligence process. The contra is also true.

Software Review 283

Software Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Southern California 283

VC Cafe

MAY 16, 2023

It’s multilingual (100 languages), can do math and reasoning and it is able to code. Google also opened up BARD, Google’s chatbot assistant and ChatGPT competitor, to everyone (apart from a number of limited countries where Google cannot comply with its regulation).

Artificial Inteligence 178

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Generative AI Open Source 178

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

For example, I come from a software background, and back in the early PC days, it could easily cost half a million dollars for a team of professionals to produce a commercial product. Now, with powerful high-level tools and open source software, winning smartphone apps can be built by a good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

Cost 264

Cost Founder Software Review Startup 264

BeyondVC

APRIL 12, 2004

Lee Gomes from the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting piece (sorry, not a free site) in his Portals Column about Project Avalanche which is essentially a software co-op for businesses to share their applications and code. Artifact Software has a tool that allows developers to collaborate and create a code sharing community.

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Open Source Detroit 78

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Are there exceptions in the open source world? But I don’t buy it.

Open Source 62

Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Patent offices can’t keep up with software technology.

Software Review 120

Software Review Intellectual Property Software Technical Review 120

BeyondVC

MARCH 18, 2018

We are thrilled to announce our investment in Snyk, which is a developer-first security solution that helps companies use open source code and stay secure. in open source world where much of it is third party code. in open source world where much of it is third party code.

Open Source 78

Open Source Security Cofounder Software Review 78

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

To get FDA clearance, Apple reportedly submitted two studies to the FDA (so far none of the data has been published or peer reviewed). Its purpose is to make sure that drugs, devices, diagnostics, and software products don’t harm thousands or even millions of people so the FDA wants a process to make sure they get it right.

China 67

China Technical Review Software Review Algorithm 67

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Commercial open source companies – being open source is a powerful way to gain developer adoption and sell to enterprises a lot sooner. New enterprise resource planning software (ERPs) – new startups that build software that helps businesses run.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In my book, “ The Four Steps to the Epiphany ” I use enterprise software as the business model example. His two key slides are at the end of this post but the details on his blog are worth reviewing. What makes sense for startups selling Enterprise Software may not work for startups on the web. Customer Development In Context.

Customer Development 274

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 274

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. Be sure to hire and cultivate new talent with the right mindset. Capitalize on free communal initiatives around you.

Technical Review 252

Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review Metrics 252

BeyondVC

APRIL 12, 2004

Lee Gomes from the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting piece (sorry, not a free site) in his Portals Column about Project Avalanche which is essentially a software co-op for businesses to share their applications and code. Artifact Software has a tool that allows developers to collaborate and create a code sharing community.

Software Review 60

Software Review Software Open Source Detroit 60

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2020

Changing the information requested on the form is not an option so the team comes up with a potential solution that could be coded via JavaScript: a progress bar showing how much of the application remains. Humans are notoriously bad at guessing and we can be irrational in part due to our brains and biases. How to run an experiment.

Software Review 165

Software Review Algorithm Open Source Mobile 165

BeyondVC

MARCH 18, 2018

We are thrilled to announce our investment in Snyk, which is a developer-first security solution that helps companies use open source code and stay secure. in open source world where much of it is third party code. in open source world where much of it is third party code.

Open Source 60

Open Source Security Cofounder Software Review 60

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

by Marcus Harris, Software Litigator at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. In fact, the Ponemon Institute reported that 61% of breaches hit small to medium-sized businesses last year, in part due to many of these growing companies underestimating or downplaying the risk of cyber security threats. Regularly update device software.

Software Review 157

Software Review Software Developers Software Development Security 157

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

It broke the hegemony that the carriers had over software on mobile phones and the industry will forever be changed (for the better) for this. But I believe it’s a very comprehensive solution and our due diligence with large app developers confirmed as much. What does it do? it has built in iPad support from Day 1.

Mobile 282

Mobile Management Southern California Application Development 282

www.starling-software.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Able to recognize and code dynamic programming solutions, good knowledge of graph algorithms, good knowledge of numerical computation algorithms, able to identify NP problems etc. Understands what assembly code is and how things work at the hardware level. Software Engineering. Some knowledge of virtual memory and paging.

Software Review 108

Software Review Technical Review SQL API 108

Diego Basch

JUNE 10, 2013

If you write code for a living, when was the last time you released something as open source? Assuming you take pride in your work (if you don’t… well), open-source code is an incentive to: Make sure the code is not horrendously embarrassing. how to obtain/insert your credentials.

Open Source 59

Open Source Coder Software Review Silicon Valley 59

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 They failed due to: the dearth of deals in the region that have IPO potential and. However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible.

Early Stage 295

Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 295

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto and published as an open-source code in January 2009. There are no transaction fees involved when exchanging money via Bitcoin and you aren’t charged extra due to banking regulations or additional fees from credit card companies.

Software Review 194

Software Review United States Technical Review Global 194

YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

You can find free software on the internet that does almost the same thing as your subscription-based software. Review if you need the extra perks of the costlier alternative, and see if you can make do with the cheaper one. The internet has a ton of open-source software and other free services you can use for your business.

Software Review 191

Software Review Entrepreneur Cost Cofounder 191

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

However, that has rapidly changed over the years due to several factors. Bitcoin has become very popular in the last year due to recent successes like the Bitcoin Foundation’s regulatory efforts and Bitcoin’s use by major companies like OkCupid and Overstock. Bitcoin Up is also helping many investors in bitcoin trading. .

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Software Review Florida Government 157

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

You don’t need to buy expensive software – there are free open source solutions for nearly everything. I think this segment has expanded due to structural changes discussed earlier but it still has a natural limit. You don’t need to buy hardware – there’s Amazon AWS.

LP 311

LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. I'd approached Advanced Millennium Technologies, to develop our ERP software, last September.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Using P2P technology Bitcoin is built on open source software which enables the use of this currency. As Open source is not always the prettiest software to look at, Israeli entrepreneurs Eli Sklar and Or Perelman came up with Safebit , an elegant cross platform Bitcoin Wallet/Vault.

Open Source 99

Open Source Software Review Technical Review Software 99

VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. Open Source. Mumble – the first wide spread free and open source software for VoIP. VC funding, if any, is still undisclosed.

Audio 139

Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139

SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. The Exit Disconnect - Ask the Angels , March 25, 2010 I’ll admit to having a bias towards exits and focus my review of a potential investment on the exit potential. There are MANY of them.

Software Review 150

Software Review Startup PR Exit Strategy 150

Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Use Open Source and Cloud Computing. Every startup will use some kind of software: book keeping, word processing, presentation. Sourceforge.net has an index of open source options. For most things you need to do, you can find an open source and/or cloud version of it. Review your operating expenses.

South Africa 157

South Africa Software Review Green Technical Review 157

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. By day he works on web and social media for HP. Take a look – and take your time.

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Bandwidth Software Review 182

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

And describes himself as generally intrigued by advancements in software, cloud infrastructure, and engineering. Nils is an open-source aficionado. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And describes himself as generally intrigued by advancements in software, cloud infrastructure, and engineering.

Technical Cofounder 99

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Fractional CTO Belgium 99

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Making Open Source Convenient: JumpBox – A startup focused on making it dead-simple to get started with open source applications, they create virtual machines completely pre-configured to just start and go (including versions that runs on Amazon EC2). Know Thy Audience – And look at creative funding sources.

Open Source 37

Open Source Technical Review Software Review EC2 37

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

When Marc Cenedella first started TheLadders, he build the first version himself after investing $350 in MySQL and PHP books to teach himself to code. Undoubtedly the code sucked, but at least he got something up and running. 3) Open source your real estate. What ever happened to “build it”?

New York 132

New York CTO Hire Technical Review New York City 132

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 15, 2011

While open-source tools, readily available APIs, social platforms and cloud hosting providers have made it easier in many ways, being a Web entrepreneur is still not for the faint of heart. It's challenging to build, design and deploy software. It's not easy to build a great Web application.

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Cofounder SCRUM Founder Widget 121

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2019

The Big Data world is quite familiar with Apache Spark- a powerful open-source processing engine which is mainly built around speed, incredible analytics, and ease of use. Businesses mainly adopt Apache Spark due to below reasons: High performance. Use Scala for Apache Spark. Learn Apache Spark to get more access to Big Data.

Java 113

Java SQL Software Review Technical Review 113