YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

I wanted to find a way to vastly simplify loyalty programs, eliminating most if not all of the costs and making them much lighter to deploy and manage. Throw in some basic CRM processing and analytics, and merchants can get 90% of what loyalty programs provide, for a fraction of the cost. A new paradigm. Early results are exciting.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. Before offering some suggestions about how we might improve capital formation, I’d like to review the current state of the IPO market. 1999-2000 51.6% 1990-1998 13.3%

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2018

I took a course on innkeeping through a company in Florida, found through online searches and reviews. Through his class, I learned what to expect as far as occupancy, cost of goods, insurance, taxes, real estate needs, and more. When 9/11 happened, we had finished our most profitable year in 2000. We had many cancellations.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For web services, we write use cases, including code snippets, which describe ways you can imagine people using the product. I see this happen far too often when people submit products to me for review to post on Product Hunt. Another plus: It costs almost nothing to produce. Write the User Manual. Test launch tiny products.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Beware, however!

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost? Is there a development step that you must take to fulfill demand for a particular use case, and, if so, how does that cost get absorbed? Are the logistics manageable?

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Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

So much so that our diligence found him working round the clock, running a hyper-intense environment and looking very much like a 20 year old entrepreneur on a mission from God. The market change: Software as a Service. With these costs radically reduced, companies today deploy 10X as many applications as they did just 10 years ago.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

economy: “… Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs, Eliot-Spitzer’s stock analyst settlement and the economic downturn have created an historic drought in venture-backed companies going public. . It boggles the mind that Washington would enact new policies sure to prolong this (IPO) drought and strike at the heart of American innovation.”

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Business Software. Computer Security. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

I ruffled a few feathers with my recent post The Software Product Myth. The unrest surrounded my statement that making $2500/month from your software product wouldn’t allow you to quit your day job. I’m amazed at how many business costs I pay throughout the course of a year. Costs range from $300-$1000 per year.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And by Monday, we were able to put the footage out there in a secure way, in a way to share it with our members. At the time, we had 250,000 employees and 2000 stores and before we were done, the culture of Home Depot had, I'll call it, the foundation had been riveted even deeper than ever and built to last in how to serve customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. This is an awesome trend and will further lower the cost of startup development. reinvented, with more people online and trained. It was mostly timing.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more. Gliffy gliffy – Online diagramming and charting software.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

No manager in their right mind would fire the technical lead of a big software project. Show Up Early, Leave Late I’ve talked about how crunch time should be the exception in software projects. How much would an extra $1000 or $2000 per month help during that time? But desperate times may call for some extra hours.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). I think quick, do something, then review what I’ve learned. I would tell him how you guys feel.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc. Marc Andreessen: So the computer industry started in 1950 and basically ran for 50 years with the same model, which was a model where all of the new computers, all the new technology, all the new software started out being sold for the highest prices to the biggest organizations.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

This is really my new go-to CRM, ESP, marketing automation, really low cost. They’re pulling in things like critical reviews so if a business is on [00:03:32] or Eater or some of these other — depending on your industry you know maybe it’s something like Superlawyers if you’re a lawyer. David: Sure. David: Yes.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2012

High shipping costs were rated as the number one reason why consumers were not satisfied with their online shopping experience. In fact, shipping costs are the main reason why people prefer brick and mortar to online. If you decide to still charge for shipping, you have to do this one thing: mention shipping costs up front.

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