Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. It boasts 595 member-managed groups and VCs, 30,203 investors, and 2,900 new company applications a month. Here are the largest flocks: Angelsoft. Keiretsu Forum. New England Investment Network.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 23, 2023

2- Personal inspiration Photo Credit: Terina Nicole I launched my business 23 years ago in the year 2000. The primary objective was to devise a business moniker that is readily memorable and efficiently optimized for search engines, while concurrently possessing a branding advantage due to its simplistic nomenclature.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

In addition to having my company acquired, I worked with them on the diligence team for a number of other acquisitions. The company was decimated by the collapse of the Internet bubble and ultimately went bankrupt. Charlie started his own company, The Feld Group, in 1992 , when my company (Feld Technologies) was five years old.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. They did not take salaries during the first two years and invested more money in the firm than they received from management fees. and Half.com.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 12, 2010

That phrase died during the tech-bubble along with "portal" and "think outside the box," yet the concept has returned. It's hard to think of disruptive technologies or products that didn't take many millions of dollars to implement. Most technology we now consider "disruptive" wasn't conceived that way. Don't follow along.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet. It preceded the WWW but then become the onramp to the Internet for newbies. For a nanosecond Rupert Murdoch seemed like the smartest guy on the Internet. The Past (1985-2002).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Lyft requires you to be at least 23 years old and have your own four-door car (2000 or newer) in good working condition. Gigs vary in categories like advertising, video and animation, graphics and design, programming and tech, music and audio, gifts, fun and bizarre, online marketing or writing and translation.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Lately, everybody seems to be talking about a new technology bubble. A Comparison Between Today’s “Bubble” and the Last Tech Bubble. In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. Are the prognosticators correct? Will we head mercilessly into another crash?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

It in not uncommon to see a VC talk about “total assets under management&# as in “We have $1.5 billion under management.&# I don’t really understand why VCs do this since it’s mostly a meaningless number. What is total assets under management? - What is a VC fund?

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner Scott Kupor to the U.S. By way of background, I am the Managing Partner for Andreessen Horowitz, a $16.5 The value of mutual fund investments in private tech companies was estimated at just north of $7 billion in 2016, or about.05% IPO market.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2015

There’s no single answer but one important strategy for keeping data private and secure on major holidays and beyond is to focus on people, not just on technologies. While technology is essential for protecting data, internal challenges can play a large role in data breaches. What’s the solution? Inside Job.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Ads require an Internet connection and therefore turning off the data connection can stop the ads from popping up. Reducing the “random” and “unsolicited” connections to the Internet reduces the attack surface. Take a moment to review the requested permissions. Delete unused applications. formerly CA).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Consumer internet plays in Canada are rare, and finding a VC willing to give you the cash to scale is even more so.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

Her previous startup, a real estate tech company, was acquired in 2019. 17:06] What’s been the hardest part from a tech perspective? [18:37] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! My first two was in real estate tech. Melissa is the CEO and Co-founder of Webinar. eWebinar.com. Like this show?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

First, your average human today is inundated with over 2000 outbound marketing interruptions per day. Second, it has become far more convenient and cost-effective to learn about something new (or to shop) using the internet, versus attending a day-long seminar at the Marriott or flying to a trade show in Las Vegas.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. You can learn as much from these cautionary tales as you can from the enduring successes, plus studying a broad sample of firms helps avoid drawing false conclusions due to survivorship bias. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. July 11, 2012.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

RFP-EZ and Innovative Contracting Tools Making it easier for the government to do business with small, high-growth tech companies, and enabling the government to buy better, lower-cost tech solutions from the full range of American businesses. ProjectMyUSA on Twitter. The objective of the RFP-EZ 2.0

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). we had about 25 firms contacting us – more than I could manage.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I despised every minute of it, which is why I decided to establish an internet business. I was having trouble managing remote teams and keeping track of their billable hours after working with them for a long, therefore Hubstaff was born. Instead of watching TV or trolling the internet I thought I'd try my hands at coding.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

While you may not be able to address all of them, you can work with your dev team to find and fix the more technical areas: Slow application logic : Use a code profiling tool to help determine which dependencies are being used on your site and how long each of those dependencies takes to load. Every little bit of waste can add up.

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Ben's Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

She left, but we were going to fire her, or give her a bad performance review” – High tech companies tend to track employee attrition in three categories: People who quit. How is it possible that when you lose a top-rated employee before you can say “unwanted attrition”, the manager carefully explains how her performance fell off? .

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Of course much of it is conflicting. Right for my stage?

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

After I looked like a slob on the biggest day of my life I scoured the internet to find the solution I was looking for. Despite practicing law and building tech startups, there was a big part of me that was unsatisfied in each of those roles. Photo Credit: Rob Kessler. Thanks to Alison Bernstein, The Suburban Jungle ! #9-

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. It boasts 448 member-managed groups and VCs, 15,414 investors, and 2,400 new company applications a month. One of the most common questions I get is “How do I find angel investors?” Keiretsu Forum. New England Investment Network.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Talking Tech. Talking Your Tech. Sponsored Links Americans with heaps of stuff, skills and time are connecting online with tech-savvy and early adopters eager to share and rent homes, cars, tools and services in exchange for deep savings. Skip to Main Content. Game Hunters.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

This growth is due, in large part, to an aging U.S. percent in 2000 to 19.6 To date, North America has dominated the home health care global marketplace due mainly to a more sophisticated health care infrastructure and more resources committed to research and development. Technological upkeep and maintenance. population.

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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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Dan is an entrepreneur, and angel investor and became a highly sought-after coach in the SaaS industry and founder of SaaS academy after exiting three technology companies within a ten-year period. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Like this show?

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Technology | Thursdays. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. TECHNOLOGY. Internet and Online Business. Technology. Managing Creativity. Leadership and Managing >. Quality Manager Job Description. Quality Manager Job Description. Start-up | Mondays. Leadership.

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2015

This week, we discuss the Bplans article, 12 Signs You Need to Hire a Manager. Listen: Show notes: 12 Signs You Need to Hire a Manager – (:31). QUESTION: Do you have a story about adding a manager to your team? QUESTION: Do you have a story about adding a manager to your team? Tweet or email us with your answer.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. Content is free and supplied by consumers who write reviews voluntarily.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We are a group who support mental health practitioners with office management and administrative tasks remotely. I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. I only managed a few months there before leaving to create a solution.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Receive and manage newsletters. The Wall Street Journal is phasing out support of the Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser.

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