YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

If someone is able to make everything digital, backed up, and secure, that person will completely eliminate the paper workload and the storage space it requires, meaning a lean and spare work-space is all one would need to get started. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc. Understanding Competitive Fees from The Consultants’ Perspective.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

I will say the one thing we tell all our portfolio companies is to get fit and lean in. So the “get fit” part of it is whatever your circumstances are today, lean inwards a little bit, do some introspection, and figure out which part of the house requires some cleaning up. I like the get fit and lean in. Have we become soft?

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Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Are you in the “lean&# phase? I’m a very big believer in the “Lean Startup&# principles as espoused by Steve Blank and Eric Ries. they have a hiring advantage, both in terms of perception they’re going somewhere and in terms of dollars to allocate to people. So here’s my framework.

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Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Valuation PR 303

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Have not met anyone I wanted to hire who was willing to work for equity. Cash is king and it's a developer's market out there right now. Wall Street Journal: With New Technology, Start-Ups Go Lean. Ive also invested in a number of start-up failures.

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Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. Expensify Blog. Some additional comments at the end.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

Yet this same network of connected people affects who gets funded, how startup teams form, and who gets hired. . ” This was around 2001. Silicon Valley’s pay-it-forward culture means that others will help when you’re starting up. And a company culture and values need to be design and engineered just like the product. .

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Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2016

Jessica ran things as lean as she could for the next few months while figuring out what to do. Especially difficult were the days after the Internet bubble burst: 2001 was a staggering blow to technology. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. Everything disappeared.

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Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Cofounder Customer Development 120

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. In the past ten years there have been several dramatic changes in venture capital.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

The Lean Start-Up movement, as exemplified in Eric Ries' book The Lean Start-Up, has appropriately focused a great deal of attention on the hard decisions and techniques required to create a company from nothing. Despite the Internet bubble bursting, the company was able to generate over $160 million in revenue in 2001.

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Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

From who we hire to the way we go to market, from how we engage with our limited partners to how we engage with founders, it’s all about being very focused on quality and consistency so as to affect strategies to generate meaningful carry for ourselves and our limited partners. On Deciens’ Lean Operation. You have to pick one.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

If so, how can you develop an emotional thread that keeps people connected through each step of the buying process? But it also means that you need to thoroughly understand your audience and their “emotional baseline” in order to develop a strategy that hits all the right emotional notes before reaching the final call to action.

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