thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I have the opportunity to build bridges from NYC to Nairobi, from Dhaka to Denver, from Silicon Valley to Singapore. Or the boy in Detroit who becomes a software developer and creates an app to educate a child in the slums of Brazil. And learn from each other.

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Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

When I left my job at MovieFone in 1999, there were approximately eight administrative assistants in a company of 200 people – one for each senior person. We have tons of software applications we use at Return Path, none of which require internal system administration, from Salesforce.com for CRM to Intacct for accounting.

China 74

China Startup Offshore Silicon Valley 74

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A study based out of Babson College via The Diana Project looked at venture capital investments in women between the years 1999 and 2014. Silicon valley tends to have a bias towards a certain startup founder stereotype (i.e. Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software. What about “leaning in”?

Venture Capital 82

Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. But Andreessens approach is also exposing a rift in Silicon Valley, where a group of young and relatively untested entrepreneurs have maintained control over their rapidly growing companies. Software Development Engineer, Senior-IEB-Commercial Services (795929) Job -.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. Mark has led two public company software companies before – both to billion-dollar outcomes.

Silicon Valley 150

Silicon Valley IPO Demand Revenue 150

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

He was also born here and went to UT Austin before heading out to Silicon Valley for a stint. Follow Chelsea on Twitter @ChelseaMcC #Policy #SmartCities #EisenhowerFellow Cindy Lo was one of the first people I met in Austin in 1999 when I came to work at Trilogy Software.

Austin 110

Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Handspring in a Existing Market As an example, imagine it’s October 1999 and you are Donna Dubinsky the CEO of a feisty new startup, Handspring, entering the billion dollar Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) market. Other companies in the 1999 PDA market were Palm, the original innovator, as well Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 196

The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

When cloud services company Cornerstone OnDemand got its start in Los Angeles in 1999, the odds were against it. The firm, which offers cloud-based employee management and training software, boasts 11 million users in 189 countries. Three months after getting up and running, the tech bubble burst and all the money dried up.

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Cloud Southern California Los Angeles New York City 118

Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

Brian Kasser most recently led the global Software and SaaS Practice for Russell Reynolds Associates, based in Palo Alto. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, Brian worked at Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers and Thomas Weisel Partners, where he joined at the firm’s inception in early 1999.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Advisory Board Flash Pennsylvania 60

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In 1999, about the same time RIM introduced its first interactive pager, another advanced technology company, TiVo , shipped its first product. But it was the software that made the TiVo great. Video Recording. Essentially TiVo was a computer with a hard drive integrated with a TV tuner and MPEG decoder. It was reliable.

Hockey Stick 271

Hockey Stick Customer Development Silicon Valley Networking 271

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Using examples drawn from his own experiences in the startup hub of Silicon Valley, Eric Ries unravels the myths and misconceptions that guide most startups, and paints a picture of a new way forward for the industry. I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. May 14, 2009 5:23 AM David said. It was a disaster.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. The Torch program created Innovation Clusters by creating national Science and Technology Industrial Parks (STIPs), Software Parks, and Productivity Promotion Centers. Seed Funding (Innofund).

Programming 278

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

My first job in Silicon Valley: I was hired as a lab technician at ESL to support the training department. It makes you appreciate that the Silicon Valley technology-centric culture-bubble has little to do with the majority of Americans.) You’re Hired, You’re Fired. Driving across the U.S. I was stunned.

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Agile Silicon Valley RSS California 245

Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

That option involved trying to get a job at a young Silicon Valley company that had just gone public and would, in a few short years, crash and burn, lay off everyone, and quickly fade into oblivion. And my dream was to create some kind of software product that could positively impact people’s lives at massive scale.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Internet Networking Salary 69

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. We had all worked in the software industry for a decade and saw the problems of on-premise software.

Flash 326

Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. The Torch program created Innovation Clusters by creating national Science and Technology Industrial Parks (STIPs), Software Parks, and Productivity Promotion Centers. Seed Funding (Innofund).

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

I analyzed all the, all of the letters, put them through software tools. If you look at readability statistics or readability software, it's measured by grade level. Flat, you've flywheel, you know, in every startup, you know, Silicon Valley, you know, entrepreneur is using, you know that as Exactly.

Seattle 63

Seattle Silicon Valley Conversion Naming 63

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Sean Murphy on the first dozen enterprise customers - Gabriel Weinberg , September 8, 2010 I recently did a Traction Book interview with Sean Murphy who runs a boutique cutomer development firm in Silicon Valley. ", they are aimed at convincing companies to use open source software. " Listen. Building a Better Product.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Piracy became so associated with startups that when, in 1999, the cable network TNT released a movie about the heated rivalry between Steve Jobs and Apple, and Bill Gates and Microsoft, it was titled, “Pirates of Silicon Valley.”

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Early Stage Software Review Employee 36

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

You think that anybody really believed 1999 that two young kids out of Stanford had a shot at unseating Yahoo!, When I launched my second company I was new to Silicon Valley. He was having his first ever conference and people from the who’s who of VC firms in Silicon Valley would be attending. Yeah, right.

Entrepreneur 338

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Florida 338

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.

Software Review 90

Software Review Technical Review Widget Los Angeles 90

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. That’s a really big deal, because that category of software, line managers and businesses have never actually used that software themselves.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

You can find some of the monthly ones in the following: Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010 Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010 Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 (..)

Silicon Valley 378

Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

Last December when one techie interviewed by an SFGate reporter equated the word with a racial slur, a popular industry blog suggested it be replaced with the term “Software American.”). “Do The “dot-commers” of the nineties have become the “techies” of the twenty-teens, but apparently the label doesn’t sit well with everyone.

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