Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Today with every city, state and country trying to build out a technology cluster, following Dino’s progress can provide others with a roadmap of what’s worked and what has not. Tech investing is risky.

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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. Technology is great, but high-tech major-step-forward solutions are not the answer to all our change challenges.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 17, 2010

When Alan started writing his column for Network World he asked me for introductions to a bunch of our portfolio companies that were using open source. Earlier today, Alan wrote an article on Standing Cloud titled Seeding the Cloud with Open Source, Standing Cloud Makes It Easy. The Re-Rise of Open Source.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. It takes less to start a business these days – We all know that it takes less to start a technology company these days.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

In addition, founders thinking about starting a company can be overwhelmed by choice, as there are so many problems to tackle with technology, but it could be comforting to know that investors are interested in those areas in the first place.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year. And even you could work 70 on-task hours per week, that's still blown away by 10 developers at a funded company or even 10 passionate open source developers working part-time. But working harder is not, in fact, smarter.

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Intellectual Property Bootstrapping Software Review Open Source 319

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

But as impressive as its technology is, the Apple’s smartwatch has been a product looking for a solution. Large tech companies like Google, Amazon, Apple recognize that the multi- trillion dollar health care market is ripe for disruption and have poured billions of dollars into the space. Healthcare on Your Wrist.

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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.

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Open Source Security Cofounder Software Review 78

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

by Roger Smith, Technology Marketing Specialist at Hypersoft. I belong to 42 different Meetup groups that cater to a wide range of business and technology professionals on topics as diverse as analytics, data mining and the quantified self. The larger IoT meetup was particularly challenging, due to the crowded bar it was held in.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It’s that time of year, where I — as a committee of one judge, me — select one startup in the tech ecosystem that “broke out” and has the makings of an even larger outcome should things continue to go right. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

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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? The UI could kill small animals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

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. New manufacturers and new technology are hard to get right the first time, so you will have unusable inventory and emergency repairs.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Most of these tools are created as open-source software programs, which mean their codes are easily accessible to both developers and malicious hackers. Your host should also offer ongoing backup data services and technical support. . Uploaded files can contain a script that when opened on your server can open up your website.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Despite the strong start to the year, it’s been a turbulent period for the tech industry with several venture backed shut downs (such as NanoLock Security , GuardKnox , etc) and big layoffs announcements from Intel Corporation , AppsFlyer , Placer.ai In the wider tech world, it’s been a momentous week.

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Israel Technical Review Open Source China 78

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

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Steve Blank

JUNE 19, 2014

Over the last two and a half years the National Science Foundation I-Corps has taught over 300 teams of scientists how to commercialize their technology and how to fail less, increasing their odds for commercial success. I’ll open source the syllabus and teaching guide later this year.).

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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. A big technical challenge we studied was piping streaming video over networks.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2019

However, if we want to strategically deploy these technologies in enterprises, we need to understand AI’s six distinct weaknesses. The AI selected this response due to the orange and red colors it scanned in the photo; these fiery tones were frequently associated with positive responses in the AI’s input data set.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Algorithm .Net 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

The next major entrant is the Android platform, an open source mobile operating system that has led to the introduction of several handsets that are based on this OS and many more to be released over time. But I believe it’s a very comprehensive solution and our due diligence with large app developers confirmed as much.

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Mobile Management Southern California Application Development 282

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

However, that has rapidly changed over the years due to several factors. Shortly after this event Bitcoin became more widely known through technology blogs like Slashdot and Reddit, but struggled to gain widespread public attention until 2011. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that was introduced as open-source software in 2009.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2012

That’s also why the local blogosphere is rife with food bloggers, so it’s not difficult to find reviews on even the latest eating places in town. That obsession with food had inspired Jon Yongfook Cockle to put together, as a weekend hacking experiment , a website that does a take on content aggregation around food reviews.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

With this powerful new technology, we can unlock entirely new types of questions you never thought Search could answer, and transform the way information is organised, to help you sort through and make sense of what’s out there. We’re moving away from the 10 blue links (and sometimes 10 blue ads) and moving into something different.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Newell ran the U.S.

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Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 244

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

That’s more than a lifetime in today’s technology. Patent offices can’t keep up with software technology. It’s impossible for any patent jurisdiction to keep staff up to speed and qualified to validate significant innovations in a complex and rapidly changing technology, where trivial innovations are not obvious.

Software Review 120

Software Review Intellectual Property Software Technical Review 120

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. 90 Things I’ve Learned Founding 4 Tech Companies: Find your company’s One Thing. ?? We do twice-yearly reviews of all Fab team members. So, here goes.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. These events mean that technology is advancing fast enough to make better decisions than humans in order to accomplish a given task. Chris Rust, Clear Ventures).

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Artificial Inteligence Israel Technical Review Startup 122

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Of course CapEx has been transformed into OpEx via changes in the tech infrastructure layer (open source, virtualization & cloud computing, offshoring, etc.). All of these above changes aren’t just due to market inefficiencies (like the supply side), but are truly marked changed that are intensifying.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

The local tech community is figuring this out, not surprisingly, way before the academic institutions are—and where it is being discovered by academia, it’s being done on a one-off basis by educational revolutionaries in the innovation space who aren’t stopping to ask their schools for permission or to change curricula.

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New York CTO Hire Technical Review New York City 132

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

Bitcoin appeals more towards the tech-savvy crowd of people because it lacks “middlemen” or centralised authority. Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto and published as an open-source code in January 2009. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer (p2p) decentralised digital currency, more commonly known as cryptocurrency.

Software Review 194

Software Review United States Technical Review Global 194

Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: May 7, 2017 The strength of the Central Texas technology / startup scene helps SXSW thrive as an epicenter of innovation. We also advocate the fundamental right to explore, tinker, create, and innovate along the frontier of emerging technologies. These posts generally cover technology-related trends.

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Technical Review Austin North America Software Review 75

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

This is partly due to the global financial crisis of 2008, which led many companies to reassess their spending to cut costs. Or you could use open-source software to develop your product, which is often free or low-cost. However, the impact of this frugal technology has been immense. The Renault Logan.

Startup 198

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BeyondVC

JULY 13, 2004

The crux of his discussion is that standardization and commoditization is not terrible as it inevitably opens up new market opportunities for industry players (just look at the railroad industry as an example). On the tech side, Jonathan believes it is mainly bandwidth that has been commoditized as opposed to a broader trend in software.

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Technical Review Technology Java Bandwidth 78

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I realized in working with so many startup technology firms is that even if you don’t give permission to third-party apps to access your information much of it is available anyways as long as somebody you’re connected to is more promiscuous with third-party apps. Social Chaos Will Create New Business Opportunities.

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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. I should also point out that a technical co-founder shouldn't do the same thing and say, "It must be easy to get more users fast.".

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Today’s customer is wary of fraud and brands fabricating reviews and testimonials, canned enthusiastic responses to a product are rampant, from iTunes to Amazon. Jared Whitehead is a developer and writer working with Appnovation Technologies , an open source consulting firm.

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Social Media Technical Review Web Web Development 154

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

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.

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