Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

This is perhaps the most reliable source of information on angel investor groups across the world, and the software is used by most of the other angel organizations mentioned below for deal flow. With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. Here are the largest flocks: Angelsoft.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

From banking software to cell phones, as markets develop and grow, more user-friendly products with fewer but highly-polished features are winning the game. Does that apply in software world? I didn’t really expect that consumer product evolution patterns will be so similar to software products – but the facts may surprise you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software. These are very different.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

I am always surprised when critics complain that the Lean Startup’s Build, Measure, Learn approach is nothing more than “throwing incomplete products out of the building to see if they work.”. Back then, an entrepreneur used a serial product development process that proceeded step-by-step with little if any customer feedback.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. A site with a million users is much easier to manage today than it was in 2000. Imagine your prototyping is over, and you're building a production system.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

My longtime friend Marion Jenkins, CEO of IT consultant QSE Technologies wrote what I think is one of the most eloquent and well thought out rebuttals to the proposed Colorado “Software Tax” (HB 1192). I urge you to oppose HB 1192, the so-called “Software” Tax. CDs) – shouldn’t change whether the software should be taxed.

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The thing I found most compelling is how hackable the human mind can be when an organisation is selling ‘hope’ instead of an actual product. Software of the year: Well, it’s more a shift than a singular piece of software – the Low Code / No code app movement. Think Amway.

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Genuine VC

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Now Boston’s largest regular tech conference, every few months it draws hundreds of attendees from the entrepreneurial ecosystem – including founders, software engineers, startup executives, and investors. In the mid-2000’s, there weren’t a lot of options to do so, as the ecosystem vibe still hadn’t recovered from the dot-com bubble burst.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. Here’s why. What’s Missing?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. Here’s why. What’s Missing?

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Up until late August, Lightning Labs had capped the channel capacity and payment size for users of their popular implementation of the network to ~$2000 USD and ~$500 respectively to better protect user funds with experimental software. . > 14,000 public nodes . > > 36,000 public channels . > 3) Exchanges + HFTs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Will Software Eliminate Physical Retail? How should one go about pricing their software product? How CEOs Stay So Productive | Fast Company – [link]. What is someone going to stop doing when they start using your product? The Value of Taking a Productive Pause – [link]. LinkedIn – [link].

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 12, 2010

A disruptive product causes such a large market shift that entire companies collapse (the ones who don't "get it") and new markets appear. It's hard to think of disruptive technologies or products that didn't take many millions of dollars to implement. Disruptive" is the in-vogue word for the opposite of "incremental improvement."

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

Our software wasn’t fully baked. We had one of the largest US software companies talk about buying us. My competitors from those days STILL love to talk about how much money we raised in February 2000 (get over it already!). Our product releases took longer to ship than we had hoped. We were unprepared.

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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. side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

In fact, since 2000, more than 10 million Americans have filed personal bankruptcy due to their employers’ failed health insurance plan. That’s because every hour you spend managing your employer-provided health insurance is another hour you are not spending managing and improving your product or service.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). My general rule is that it’s good to be stealth in the early days while you’re building your product and testing your market. It’s a buggy product but pretty damn cool.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Paulina continued her studies in graduate school to focus on game production. After graduating, she came back to Texas?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Dysonics secured $750,000 in funding from angel investors to develop products that will reproduce three-dimensional, immersive sound in headphones. Some of the i-lab’s long-term residents include mobile app ActivePepper, baby gear rental company Baby Buggle, and software developer Rover. Harvard Innovation Lab. Innovation Depot.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. Smart companies are always looking to make their current products better – and there are many ways to do this. Thank you for the kind introduction. Now look around.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Established in 2000 in Russia, the MetaQuotes Software Corporation has arguably revolutionised mobile trading in developed companies across the globe. The corporation’s flagship product remains the MetaTrader 4 (MT4), which was initially launched in 2005 and remains the standard-bearer for excellence in the industry.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

President Obama plans to support this recovery and growth with the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership initiative, working to ensure that innovative products are created in the United States. In 2009 alone, the entertainment software industry added close to $5 billion to the U.S. As one of the fastest growing sectors in the U.S.

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Iowa Technical Review India United States 176

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 16, 2014

What Influences People To Buy Products or Services? What Influences People To Buy Products or Services? Knockoff products … an increasingly growing problem at Amazon – crowdspring.co/1g5t0By. What Influences People To Buy Products or Services? Top 10 Factors – crowdspring.co/1jWAkij.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

You create something that has value and gets traction and yet youve created it in a way that the software is considered "free." There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. I understand his frustration.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

A Brief History of Marketing Technology Software. How their product leaders and CMOs embrace the change adjusting product/marketing strategies based on new technologies. How their product leaders and CMOs embrace the change adjusting product/marketing strategies based on new technologies. All manual operations.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000. In 2000, I was CEO of the first cloud computing company, Loudcloud, where the price for a customer running a redundant version of a basic internet application was approximately $150,000 per month. Secondly, developers are more productive. Software is eating the world.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time - [link]. The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time – [link]. Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 Ad agencies are discovering products like Columbus discovered America - [link].

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right? With enough resources, products can always be copied. It’s tough to compete on product alone and you’re likely to see diminishing returns.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Got a cool product idea? As a percentage of total US employment, proprietors have steadily increased every year since 2000. The US labor force gained over 10 million more working proprietors between 2000 and 2012—with over 21% of working Americans receiving at least part of their income through self-employment.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We started building the product 18 months ago so we are in better shape than 99% of start-ups. Consumer approach to software for business users.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Before starting an online casino take time to study the online software providers that exist. Determined to give their customers the best software solutions, they have support structures that give the best experience to entrepreneurs. The first move involves identifying a software provider. Setup a white label!

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In 2021, the startup landscape looks much different than it did in 2000. Entrepreneurs who are considering starting their businesses might want to start by looking at this list of qualifications/requirements: The entrepreneur must have an idea for a product or service and understands how to make it happen. Increased Productivity.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Or this: “Apple doesn’t do loyalty because they produce outrageously awesome products.” If you own an Apple product, you know what I’m talking about. I used to think that the success of my last startup was due to our software quality, thought leadership, patents, etc. If you want loyalty, get a dog.” What was different?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

John Imlay of MSA occasionally took me on road shows with analysts to talk about his new acquisition Peachtree Software. Two of them made some major product directional changes based on the founder’s judgment and the feedback he was getting from partners and customers. I got the message. Yes, that has multiple meanings!) Do the math.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

There is tremendous legal support behind our products, but people need to FEEL comfortable as well. than it is to explain how the 1999 UETA and 2000 ESIGN Acts and our https framework help keep us secure. Coming from the financial world to the software world taught us a lot about bootstrapping and finding valuable outsourcing tools.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I started my career in enterprise software in the 1980s and after some years working in other areas (outsourcing and online media) I am back in the enterprise software game. I have focused this as advice to entrepreneurs building enterprise software ventures today. Most enterprise software companies are self-funded sailboats.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble.

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