The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

As European talent in the form of startups and entrepreneurs continue to flock towards the USA, the question remains: why? Many entrepreneurs claim that there’s just not enough money, and that investors in Europe fear failure. But it stifles those with the potential to be great entrepreneurs. Is it attitude or is it money?

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

In general, at the time, you had to be an engineer to even think about creating a website. In 2003, another CMS, called WordPress, came into play, and with its plugin architecture, WordPress quickly won the hearts of the development community. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion'

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PHP Management HTML Framework 143

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Here are some lessons from the book that all entrepreneurs should wish they could emulate: Independently outstanding, but complementary founders. It didn’t disappoint me.

Entrepreneur 232

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Africa Travel was established over 25 years ago, so there was no such thing as search engine optimisation back then. However, we have found our name to be a valuable asset in the world of SEO; the name itself is a keyword that our customers search for, making it easy for us to rank in the search engine results.

Naming 96

Naming LLC Entrepreneur Macedonia 96

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Mark: Google had trouble dealing with customers and contracts because they historically were so engineering driven. 29:45 minutes.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis API 285

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2019

Image by Origa via Wikipedia I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Here are some lessons from the book that all entrepreneurs should wish they could emulate: Independently outstanding, but complementary founders.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. I was the first social entrepreneur in the coffee world. Eitan Lev, was born in 2003 with a rare and serious heart defect known as TAPVR. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same.

Entrepreneur 91

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

Search engines prefer websites that are properly organized. You probably already know that search engines index sites based on the quality of content (and links). The more content on your site, the more attractive your site becomes for search engines (more about search engine optimization in tip 9 below).

Small Business 123

Small Business Web Design Marketing 123

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

Search engines prefer websites that are properly organized. You probably already know that search engines index sites based on the quality of content (and links). The more content on your site, the more attractive your site becomes for search engines (more about search engine optimization in tip 9 below).

Small Business 122

Small Business Web Design Marketing 122

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

10 – Obsessed with Entrepreneurs & Music. I am obsessed with entrepreneurs. I found myself meeting with several entrepreneurs a week to offer ideas and help them define their brands. I would joke that I was a music groupie and then I turned into an “entrepreneur” groupie. Image Credit: Carey Balogh.

Naming 48

Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

Agile VC

JUNE 30, 2016

But a realistic understanding of the potential timeline for autonomous vehicle adoption is vital to decision making as a startup entrepreneur or investor in this area. . ==. Collision avoidance systems (warning / automatic braking) –> demonstrated by Mercedes in 2003 as well as by Honda for Japanese market and Acura brand.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 31, 2011

But this was 2003 when AdWords was new. Sign up for AppSumo 's daily deals specifically for web geeks & entrepreneurs. If you can’t figure out who the perfect customer is , the person who would agree that you are without doubt their best choice, then you aren’t the best choice for anyone , and how do you market that?

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Customer Software Review SEM Technical Review 279

ReadWriteStart

MAY 28, 2013

The lean startup – as envisioned and explained by Steve Blank, serial entrepreneur, associate professor at Stanford University and ReadWrite contributor – is no longer just for startups. Blank first started piecing together the concept in 2000 and created The Four Steps to the Epiphany in 2003. They’re artists.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. She is a columnist for Inc.com “Women in Business” and has been published in DM News as well featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, ClickZ, and B2B Magazine. Janine is VerticalResponse’s CEB (Chief Executive Blogger).

Small Business 41

Small Business Social Media Engineer Matching 41

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Entrepreneurs play to win and they take losing seriously.

Entrepreneur 296

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Term Sheet France 296

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. The Founder Institute is a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology companies. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City.

Equity 87

Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Here are some lessons from the book that all entrepreneurs should wish they could emulate: Independently outstanding, but complementary founders. It didn’t disappoint me.

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Founder Search Advertising Engineer 225

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

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. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born.

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Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2017

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Here are some lessons from the book that all entrepreneurs should wish they could emulate: Independently outstanding, but complementary founders. It didn’t disappoint me.

.Net 120

.Net Advertising Search Internet 120

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Especially with changes from Google and the introduction of platforms like LinkedIn Pulse, content has a lot of value for entrepreneurs and business owners when leveraged correctly. When I decided to start my business in 2003 it was not a decision that I took lightly. Invitation.” This in turn helps them get better results.

Non-Compete 102

Non-Compete Entrepreneur Demand Reputation 102

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Experienced entrepreneurs kept finding that no business plan survived first contact with customers. That resulted in a new process for Search: Customer Development + traditional product management/Waterfall Engineering. And in 2003 the Haas Business School at U.C. I asked, “Is execution all there is to starting a company?”.

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Lean Georgia Michigan Business Model 317

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Innovators are not entrepreneurs. Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. My contribution has been, “Why don’t we design classes more closely modeled to what innovators and entrepreneurs actually do.” Building an entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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Incubator Lean Programming Government 331

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2011

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Here are some lessons from the book that all entrepreneurs should wish they could emulate: Independently outstanding, but complementary founders. It didn’t disappoint me.

Advertising 222

Advertising Founder Search Internet 222

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. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. You’ll never make a great entrepreneur. So your journey to fund raising begins by strengthening your relationships with other entrepreneurs.

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Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

You have to teach entrepreneurs how to fish rather than serving dinner for them. Those were the messages from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. — Teaching entrepreneurs how to fish. And wishing you had asked for help much earlier in a startup. Frank Rimalovski.

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Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Cofounder Investment Bankers 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2010

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Here are some lessons from the book that all entrepreneurs should wish they could emulate: Independently outstanding, but complementary founders. It didn’t disappoint me.

Advertising 222

Advertising Search Internet Founder 222

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JULY 15, 2013

It was at that time that I reconnected with Raj De Datta, a fantastically talented repeat entrepreneur with whom I had gone to Harvard Business School from 2001-2003. At that time I was working at Bain Capital Ventures, having just moved from Boston to spearhead the launch of their West Coast Office.

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Mobile SEO Cofounder Boston 135

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Instead of launching another startup, however, he’s launching entrepreneurs. Today Baum heads up a non-profit called Founder.org , where he’s applying the lessons he learned from his own startups to help student entrepreneurs launch their companies. Michael Baum : You remember what happened in 2003 in Silicon Valley, right?

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Founder Entrepreneur North America Startup 60

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Ministry of Supply Puts MIT Engineering Cred Into Dress Shirts. of Computer Science and Engineering, Univ. Coats says they each had spent more than a decade in venture investing at that time, and agreed that the process of funding new companies had become “way too time-consuming” for entrepreneurs and most VCs. New York ›.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

It is the first in a series of posts he’s writing about the decisions a young entrepreneur needs to make when she/he is first starting a business. 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. Sorry, folks. Harsh, but probably true.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

By 2003, I entered my first show and in 2004 I had a full-fledged business running. Their smart engineering team hunted for C++ products to build and market. Dave Rodenbaugh is a serial entrepreneur dating back to his high school days when he started a lawn service business. I loved this product. The Curse of Love.

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Java Product Software Developers Software Development 66

www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 24, 2012

This post is part of our ReadWriteStart channel, which is dedicated to helping savvy entrepreneurs start and grow new businesses with resources, tips, insight and analysis. © 2003-2012 ReadWriteWeb. ReadWriteStart. White Papers. Case Studies. The channel is sponsored by TriNet. RWW Recommends: The Startup Toolkit. startupcto

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Four years later, in May of 2003, they launched Taobao Marketplace, Alibaba’s answer to eBay. Hipcamp (*) was founded in 2013 by Alyssa Ravasio as an engine to search across the dozens and dozens of State and National park websites for campsite availability.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. We want to treat the entrepreneur's project or company not as a deal but as if it is our own life's work as well. And then I taught a class called “Intelligent Growth in Startups” in the engineering department.

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Founder Lean Venture Capital Cofounder 68

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2011

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. marketing business art entrepreneur writing speaking All rights reserved. iThemes Builder by iThemes Powered by WordPress Delicious Facebook Digg Flickr LinkedIn Twitter SlideShare Youtube grab this.

Small Business 77

Small Business Marketing Engineer RSS 77

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2011

Marketing guru Amish Shah was no stranger to these fumbles when he began his marketing and consulting empire back in 2003. It quickly turned into a moment of truth for the young entrepreneur: learn from the mistakes and stay in the game, or cut his losses and go back to working in an office until retirement.

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Marketing Internet Salary Advertising 154

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Essentially, we got here by entrepreneurs having too much of a good thing. And because capital requirements are lower, entrepreneurs are holding onto more ownership, making it a lot easier to flip your company for less than, say, $30 million and become very rich. More cash equals more entrepreneurs who get to start companies.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93