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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2002 I became exposed to the idea of “agile software development&# and subsequently was a first round investor in Rally Software which is now the market leader in Agile application lifecycle management software. So far, Im going to be on the east coast at least three times, and in Europe twice. Come to TS in Boston!

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. Getting on the front cover of the most prominent VC magazine in Europe (was called Tornado Insider). My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. Internet pioneers. I was baffled.

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Innovation and Small Business: 3 Historical Winners

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By the 17th century the practice had spread to Europe and the paper that was changing hands was backed, not just by banks and money-lenders, but by powerful governments. Social media (2002). The most amazing thing of all? Photo: Wikipedia ).

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10 Tips for Enterprise Software Startups

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Bernard is based in New York, was born in Berlin, has lived in and started companies in Asia and Europe as well as America; he is comfortable with globalization. He started in online publishing before the Internet (with Prestel in 1980!). The second project is when you start to sense that maybe a real market exists.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. Getting on the front cover of the most prominent VC magazine in Europe (was called Tornado Insider). My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. Internet pioneers. I was baffled.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

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TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. We were based in London. I’m now down 8.6