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. This may work in stable markets and technologies.

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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. This may work in stable markets and technologies.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, November 13, 2008. Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts for SaaS companies planning their 2009 budget. With this decline, the average EV/08 rev. multiple fell down to ~2.2x

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

We are not in a technology bubble. We have not even taken a major step towards a technology bubble. So let us first ask if “a very high percentage of the population&# has bought into a distorted premise about the future growth prospects for technology. In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. More complicated enterprise software applications are a good example of that.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Is it a case of just design it, code it, build it, deploy it, trademark it, copywright it and then go for funding? . My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

According to an Accenture study, companies are increasingly becoming invested in creation, with 62% of high-growth companies planning to invest in technologies that lead to higher rates of innovation study. Ironically, the founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, made an offer to Blockbuster to buy out Netflix for $50 million in 2000.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

While you dialed AOL to get on the Internet, the goal of AOL was to keep you locked into their proprietary content and thus earned the classification of “walled garden.&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc.

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Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Building a technology company is hard. 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. At this point, you are probably thinking: “Ben, you are an idiot.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. The only other ways to get discovered was to have good organic search results or to get covered by a major blog site. 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). And covered we did.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The fact that we can get stuck at this level of soul searching is something that is rarely seen in other industries. Search for “social CRM” and “social loyalty” and you’ll find lots of examples of companies linking Facebook and Twitter to their loyalty programs. In 2000, we launched a loyalty program for a bank in Turkey, Akbank.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

Technology is changing the way sales is conducted. And sales enablement software helps arm sales teams with the information they need to close sales. And as I mentioned, technology is making sales generally more sophisticated. Sales enablement software, instead, lets you do two things: 1. Image Source. Image Source.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! One when scale started to kick in, when we hit the, you know, 200 employees at the head office, 2000 employees system wide, it started to get complex and a little bit outside of my sandbox. And now we've got technology coming in. More About Cameron Herold: The COO Alliance.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

John: So I guess I’ll start off with because you write so much about local digital marketing, local search stuff. John: And where does voice search go with that? What results are you getting from voice search? John: And we’re also seeing an ad that has reviews in it and all kinds of snippets in it now an extension.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

And thus it is with the majority of open source software: Open source software is free if your time is worth nothing. I’m bracing my inbox for emails from disgruntled Gimp users explaining how charging for software is bad, commercial software is evil, and my mother dresses me funny. But I don’t buy it.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

First, your average human today is inundated with over 2000 outbound marketing interruptions per day. In order to do this, you need to set your website up like a “hub” for your industry that attracts visitors naturally through search engines , blogging , and social media.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

View All Search Results » |. Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Financial News. Virtual Stock Exchange. WSJ Classifieds. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. The Wall Street Journal. Welcome, Logout.

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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. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. How To Think About The Future.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2018

I went through the information technology revolution and was on the bleeding edge of both technology and the acceptance of women in the workplace. . I took a course on innkeeping through a company in Florida, found through online searches and reviews. When 9/11 happened, we had finished our most profitable year in 2000.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. I have a few contractors to do the technical side of my work and a customer support person, but that’s it. I didn’t have a contractor doing technical things for me. I don’t actually have any employees.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Search for: Videos. I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). Maple Butter.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? No prizes for guessing … there’s ALWAYS a second act in technology. reinvented, with more people online and trained. It was mostly timing.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Increased productivity also leads to reduced lead-time and improved due date performance, both of which reduce chaos and foster a great work culture. Before starting Bizstim Software Solutions I was a college professor and I had a tutoring company as a side hustle. Thanks to Christopher Binns, Bizstim Software Solutions ! #12-

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

View All Search Results » Subscribe. Loading… Tech. Computer Software. Financial News. Professor Journal. SmartMoney. Student Journal. Virtual Stock Exchange. WSJ Classifieds. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. América Latina. 中文-简体 (China). » More. » More.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. A month ago, half way through my angel funds raised from family members, I decided to review the progress I’ve made and figure out what still needs to happen to make this a viable business. You should sign up for our newsletter here. During this year they.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

I started PromotionCode.org as an online spreadsheet of coupon codes for teachers out of necessity ten years ago with no idea it would eventually become a business. 8 tons transportable dome capable of withstanding 200 or more mph winds due to its shape and design. I sent out over 2000 resumes over about 3 months and got nothing.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Most of them only have technical details. Don’t get me wrong, the technical details of a product are important, but they should supplement a real product description). Luxury brands are now cultural codes. Take this segment of a description for a $2000/night villa in Los Angeles from luxury rental site Luxury Retreats.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2014

In many cases, mobile sales actually do convert, but our current tracking technologies don’t let us see it. They can easily see information that supports purchase, such as background information, reviews, and multiple images of products. Not only that but mobile traffic is now 18 times the size of the entire internet traffic from 2000.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Until a few weeks ago I owned one of the top ranking sites on Google for the search term “beach towels.&# As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. But the problem is that marketing isn’t like coding. Coding is a highly constrained environment and, with most problems, a well-known path to success.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

She is the Vice President of Corporate Marketing for the marketing automation software provider, Marketo. We’re going to talk about some of the findings from what, I think, is a somewhat massive undertaking that takes the form of an eBook called The State of Engagement: Insights on Engagement from 2000 Global Consumers and Marketers.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 25, 2016

Technically speaking , an icon is a person or thing “regarded as a representative symbol of something” Web designers use them in navigations (e.g. This time, with a group of software navigation icons. But when asked, a teenager born in 2000 was unable to identify it. search) in the top, right-hand corner.

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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. As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense.

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