YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2011

Do you work predominantly with proprietary or open source software? One of the main benefits of open source software is being able to pick up where others left off. Uri Foox is the founder of Pixafy , a NYC-based web development and technology firm.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The Slides/Video tab on the top of this page has all the open source course material for my classes. In my regular classes I now “flip” the classroom and have my students watch these online lectures as homework and we use the class time for discussion. The free on-line class , hosted at Udacity is here.

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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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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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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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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools. Almost any startup can start with Excel, and move to open-source data analysis tools, including Python or RStudio.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. It is about when in the life of your company you do the spending.

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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.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2019

The bulk is usually run by technology geeks who don’t have a real understanding of how to build and operate a business. Blockdraws Technologies COO, Konstantinos Despotakis is a former online casino CEO and also a former Deputy Director of Compliance at the AGCC. Will they accept an open-source state channel?

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

The integration of technology into various aspects of business operations has become essential for organizations to remain competitive, deliver exceptional customer experiences, and drive innovation. JayDevs is a leading technology consulting firm that specializes in assisting businesses throughout their digital transformation journey.

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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. Robotaxis – Robotaxi platforms could create $28 trillion in enterprise value in 2030.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

To our delight, technology has evolved and improved in many ways over that time. Technology evolution can be cyclical, with some branches looping back to the past with surprising vigor and without much self-awareness. Through our fifteen years, we've been charged with helping clients get business done with technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. I believe it’s truly morning in the technology sector.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 28, 2013

The other day, I took part in a forum about technology education in Brooklyn. In a way, schools need to start thinking like companies built around the distribution of open source software companies. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

He shows data that the overwhelming majority of major enterprise in the US is currently adopting or looking to adopt social networking technology. Also note that AJAX finally took off when Google open-sourced a bunch of its internally built AJAX frameworks. A (Very) Brief (and Selective) History in Computing.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools. Almost any startup can start with Excel, and move to open-source data analysis tools, including Python or RStudio.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2011

For companies that already have existing sites and e-commerce solutions, TabJuice makes integration easy with their open source API. TabJuice ’s groundbreaking technology allows sellers to offer a branded shopping experience directly on their Facebook Page, where they are already connecting with their fans.”.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 7, 2025

Alibaba Group ‘s Qwen team has released QwQ-32B, an open-source AI model designed for advanced reasoning tasks. Kudos Mor Peretz and team CaPow on your $15M series A to help robot companies with your wireless charging technology that eliminates downtime and boosts fleet efficiency!

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 12, 2021

Don’t let technology be a burden. You’re only as secure as your weakest technology/user. Using technology is a bit like driving a truck on the highway; training, practice and maintenance are necessary for safety, but accidents can and will still occur. Consider using premium paid or open source software whenever possible.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Hugging Face launched its new app store , Spaces , offering 400K open source apps. It cloned an open-source version of OpenAI’s deep research in 24 hours from its debut. Zuckerberg said he plans to increase spending on AI technology to as much as $65 billion this year.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 24, 2011

Think of all the difficulties you don’t control — competition, changing markets, new technology, fads — all of which have equally significant influence over the fate of your business. In fact, at WPEngine we’re already doing it in several ways: Contributing everything back to open source.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

James Kenigsberg is the Chief Technology Officer and a founding team member at 2U , an educational technology company that partners with universities to offer online degree programs. Early in my career, I knew I wanted to leverage technology to impact education. Create accessible technology. 2U is a cloud-based shop.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

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. From 2011 until 2013 Bitcoin’s value went from $1-$20 USD per Bitcoin.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

Open Source Code. While it shouldn’t be the ultimate deciding factor for selecting a programming language, it’s worth keeping in mind that certain languages have vast repositories of open source code available online. According to a report done by Github, the three most popular open source languages among the website’s 5.8

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 18, 2019

Blockchain technology presents a new way to completely separate from the internet as we know it, and start over. The traditional internet is built on open-source protocols , such as TCP/IP, HTTP, or SMTP. Blockchains are the open-source data layer protocols that will act as the basis for the new, decentralized web.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. Open source and crowdsourcing principles are well understood: When you get enough talented people working on a problem, especially in an open way, progress comes quickly.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

Choose from a broad range of 3D modeling software available, including a free open source software or an industrial-grade software (need to pay the license). This professional 3D printing technology is the only one that utilizes production-grade thermoplastics. That’s why a machine operator is not required. Prototyping.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In today’s world what drives the demand of the market are the complexity of technologies. Choosing the right technology is confusing and an equally important task. Vidhatanand Sharma is an Open Source evangelist and has keen interests in personalized experience on the web.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

But as impressive as its technology is, the Apple’s smartwatch has been a product looking for a solution. Frustrated by the FDA’s 20 th century processes for 21 st century technology, companies hired lobbyists to force a change in the laws that guide the FDA regulations. When I was a kid, this was science fiction. What’s Not Working?

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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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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.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Jared Whitehead is a developer and writer working with Appnovation Technologies , an open source consulting firm. Although it can seem like a hassle that is slowing you down from progressing on other things, I can promise you, your customers are watching, and that’s a good thing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

I highlighted how these tectonic technical shifts have altered the VC industry in this post: How Open-Source & Horizontal Computing Spawned the Micro VC Market. From a technology perspective our journey is nowhere near over. 2007 was the watershed year.

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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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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I’m teaching my first non-lean start up class in a decade at Stanford next week; Technology, Innovation and Modern War : Keeping America’s Edge in an Era of Great Power Competition. New emerging technologies will radically change how countries will be able to fight and deter threats across air, land, sea, space, and cyber.

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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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