Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 29, 2013

But the information was critical for any early-stage company that hopes to reach that critical point and wants to be prepared when it comes. Ari Gesher is a senior engineer at Palantir Technologies, creating data-mining software for government and financial clients.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

This is a representation of 2003 – 2013. It is those of a scientific mindset that are able to use the trial-and-error approach, that use empirical data in their testing, that can learn better at the start-up stage what works and what doesn’t. It teaches you just how mundane the everyday existence of an early-stage startup is.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

With science and engineering breakthroughs ingrained in the fabric of Houston’s economy, the region has become a thriving hub of digital technology talent. At the same time, early-stage companies are thinking beyond the high prices of Silicon Valley to put down roots and find financing and growth partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And trust me, if you’re early stage you DO want to meet Bryce. He’s awesome for early-stage entrepreneurs. Meet early. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds. Not so much.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Our team is 5 engineers, 2 QA and a project manager. Sun Microsystems has a program called Startup Essentials [link] thats designed specifically to help early stage startups get into some great equipment, free software and other great stuff too. I do think there is a built-in level of inefficiency with offshore development.

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Scalable Startup

JULY 19, 2011

Houses were cheaper, you couldn’t get good engineers, etc. In 2003 Electronic Arts actually moved their headquarters from Silicon Valley to Playa Vista, an crazy move at the time, and accelerated their growth as a result. Great PR and finance firms, but not many startups. That has all changed.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

I love the early stages of building a company. I co-founded LinkedIn in 2003, and by 2005, after asking myself the key questions about my passion, focus, and commitment, I knew I wanted to bring in a CEO. One of the engineers decided to pull a graph of their new CEO’s login activity on LinkedIn.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I had very little cash in the bank yet the stories were still coming out about how we were going to change the world of online engineering and construction. So I decided to run the London Marathon in April 2003, just 3 weeks before my son was born. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born. And at the 11th hour they pulled out.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. The best composition is probably one engineer whose passion lies in the pixels on the screen and another engineer whose passion is making bits fly really fast through servers.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Java is a great language for enterprises and is commonly used by many big dotcoms, banks and airlines, but its relatively slow development pace and higher barrier to entry make it inappropriate for most early-stage businesses. PHP is a widely-used Open Source web scripting language. framework was built.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I specialize in brand strategy from the early stages through launch, and use my trusted network of groupies – from Web designers to photographers – to support the vision for brands I’m working with. I started my home-buying business in 2003 with a personal net worth of negative $80,000. Image Credit: Jessica Festa.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Theres an engineer currently looking at it, hopefully it (along with the email mock-up) should be back online within the hour. Many projects fail because clients dont communicate the specs during the early stages. The engineers are currently working on it. Once wed got a tight mock-up wed won the battle.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 20, 2022

In fact, users already describe the process of creating effective text prompts as “DALL-E whispering” and “DALL-E engineering.” Even in the early stages of ideation, an architect may want to explore a skyscraper that’s exactly 50 stories high, not just “very tall.”

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. Ressi estimates that the debt note now accounts for over 50% of all angel and early stage deals.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check,” says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant. Now it’s glutted.

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