crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Ross and I will be speaking at South by Southwest again this year and hope that you’ll join us there for our talk titled “ Third Coast: How to Be a Startup Outside of Silicon Valley.&# Yet entrepreneurs still obsess over traditional big meeting/big money Silicon Valley venture capital. Hilton A/B ([link].

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In 1997, RIM introduced the first packet-switched messaging device. But it was the software that made the TiVo great. And the board, being enamored with Silicon Valley technology, first mover advantage and concerned about the huge price gap between a VCR and TiVo, agreed. RIM Interactive Pager 900. It was reliable.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

If you’re an OEM who wants to move more hardware but you don’t have the muscle to create an entire media ecosystem then you’re best off finding a partner who can build a software OS, app platform and search capabilities. Not because they are bad companies – but because software is not a core competency.

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

Ive spent 20 years developing and managing software projects. But, over time, I noticed that the productivity losses that result from working too many extra hours start taking a bigger toll faster than most software managers realize. But, somehow, Silicon Valley didnt get the memo. Its ironic.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

We recently announced at Hustle Fund that we will start investing in Southeast Asian software startups, and my new business partner Shiyan Koh, who just moved back home to Singapore, will be leading the charge on that. This really resembles the era when in Silicon Valley we had Yahoo, EBay, and Craigslist.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

We recently announced at Hustle Fund that we will start investing in Southeast Asian software startups, and my new business partner Shiyan Koh, who just moved back home to Singapore, will be leading the charge on that. This really resembles the era when in Silicon Valley we had Yahoo, EBay, and Craigslist.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The concept that enterprise software cant be elegant and beautiful needs to disappear forever," said Rundle. Mailchimp and Ballpark are great examples of smaller SaaS companies with world-class interface design, and the folks designing enterprise software would be wise to learn from their examples." Bonus round!

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