Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Probably the grand-daddy of VC blogs, Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson has been posting every day since 2003. David Cohen is the founder and Managing Partner of Techstars, the #1 ranked internet startup accelerator in the world.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

We looked at the companies in New England (call them "Boston and surrounding") that had exited in the last 10 years (2003-2013) with greater than $500 million in market valuation. And if you want to build a consumer Internet company, there are few role models. . However, I am quite optimistic about the future.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Running a business that you’re passionate about won’t require a 20-minute pep talk to convince yourself to go to work, says Michael Lazar, owner of TrueShip, a shipping software company. I ventured into entrepreneurship in 2003, when I fell victim to my third layoff within a six year time span,” she says. “I Find TrueShip on Facebook!

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business. . Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

Internet of Things. © 2003-2012 ReadWriteWeb. ReadWriteWeb. Key Trends. App Stores. Real-Time Web. Structured Data. Top Topics. ReadWriteWeb. ReadWriteStart. ReadWriteBiz. ReadWriteEnterprise. ReadWriteCloud. ReadWriteHack. ReadWriteMobile. Online Communities. The Social Layer. Home | Features | Trends | Best of RWW | Archives.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

Regular computers must be united into a sophisticated computing network; big tasks should be broken into smaller ones; and all the possible contingencies — like slow internet or sudden computer shutdowns — must be taken into consideration. (Unless it’s a high-end supercomputer with a computing capacity of 10 000 regular PCs.)

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A Crowded Space

MAY 3, 2018

This time, we’ve selected “ Masters of Doom ,” the true story of id Software and the development of Castle Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake (among others). Award-winning author and journalist David Kushner wrote the book in 2003, but the lessons and trends discussed are as timely now as ever. The barriers are self-imposed.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Memorable Postcard from a New Mechanic My Report on StackOverflow DevDays → Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? “On the internet, every male is Clark Gable&# , or something like that.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 20, 2013

1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. 2003 – “The browser war is over, Microsoft has won”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. The idea was right but the timing was early and required a pivot into being a software company. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

As many of you know, in the past I’ve done a series of posts deconstructing the S-1s of VC-backed internet startups going public. I thought I’d provide a little analysis of Twitter based on their S-1, but also strive to put it in a broader context of other consumer internet businesses and where we are in the current tech cycle.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 21, 2013

1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. 2003 – “The browser war is over, Microsoft has won”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. Everything).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

Also consider how people with slower internet connections will view your site. If your 2010 website has content dated from 2003, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Consider how people with certain disabilities – such as color blindness) can learn about your products and services if they visit your site.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

Also consider how people with slower internet connections will view your site. If your 2010 website has content dated from 2003, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Consider how people with certain disabilities – such as color blindness) can learn about your products and services if they visit your site.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 23, 2016

My husband Bob became a home inspector in 2003, after a long career in IT. The working name during prototyping for our hiring software was Higher Stack. I started my internet marketing and web design business more than 16 years ago. Back then, the internet was in its infancy. 1 – A Personal Touch.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Once you’ve posted something on the internet, it can go viral within seconds, leaving no room for a do-over. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 offers certain immunities for internet service providers that may lend some form of protection from allegations of copyright infringement, tortious conduct, or defamation.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Rod Favaron, CEO Lombardi Software. Joel and his wife, Dr. Cathy Fulton, founded NetQoS 10 years ago with the idea that as the internet grows data centers would consolidate, and performance management and quality of service were going to be vital to help manage network congestion. It’s inexpensive, and huge value.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Lee Odden Lee Odden is the CEO of TopRank Online Marketing , a digital marketing agency specializing in strategic internet marketing consulting, training and implementation services including: Content, Search, Email and Social Media Marketing. Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Brian Halligan Brian Halligan is CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot , a marketing software company he co-founded four years ago to help businesses transform the way they market their products by “getting found&# on the internet. Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 8, 2011

This notion seems to be the current view for start ups these days in this put it out there and iterate quickly Internet driven world. Minimum viable products are okay until you learn how to create the real winner. Really great ideas emerge through lots of little failures. Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Brian Halligan Brian Halligan is CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot , a marketing software company he co-founded four years ago to help businesses transform the way they market their products by “getting found&# on the internet. Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 12, 2011

I turned to Doug Hubbard, author of Pulse: The New Science of Harnessing Internet Buzz to Track Threats and Opportunities to talk about this very idea. Hubbard is the inventor of the powerful Applied Information Economics (AIE) method. He is also the author of How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business. .

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 27, 2011

Like much of the “Twitter is total waste of time” talk that emerged in 2008, there’s truth, hype and money to be made and lost in every new direction the Internet takes us. Use this filter question as you analyze any new tool or direction: How could this help me do a better job serving the customers I already have?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2019

She is the founder and CEO of Ruby Receptionists , a company she started back in 2003 and has seen double digit growth every year since it’s inception. Went searching for an off-the-shelf software solution and hodge-podged a phone system together that worked with it and in 2003 launched. The software was different.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 26, 2011

This is the tool I use most often to get lots of info. [link] Alexa Toolbar – Alexa is a service that collects data on people surfing the Internet using the Alexa Toolbar. The key number they produce is called an Alexa Ranking. This is in theory an estimate at the amount of traffic a site receives.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2015

Back in early 2003, a Dane named Janus Friis and a Swede named Niklas Zennström had an idea for a software application, and founded a business with the help of three Estonian software developers. They set about registering an internet domain name and preparing for the release of a Beta version of their app later that year.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Lee Odden Lee Odden is the CEO of TopRank Online Marketing , a digital marketing agency specializing in strategic internet marketing consulting, training and implementation services including: Content, Search, Email and Social Media Marketing. Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 25, 2011

I had to explain that the Internet is not a company and that email comes from having an email account. Now, I teach lots of people how to do somewhat technical things all day long, but I quickly realized I had to dump all level of what I knew and start with simple metaphors just to get my ideas across.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

Born in 2003, Tesla wanted to prove to the world that it was possible to drive a fully electric car while being more powerful, faster, and more enjoyable than conventional cars. Slack is a company that I admire because they have been able to put themselves in the shoes of their users, and figure out what they need from their software.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2011

The concept is not new and while it is a very powerful one, it’s been a bit tainted by the Internet marketers and coaches that have jumped into the business of putting these together for profit. I’m not suggesting this isn’t something you would pay to be a part of. . Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Your content isn’t good enough that the magic content fairies will find it and spread it around the internet. Find the 10% of employees that are content creators and nurture that. 7. People will Magically Engage in your Content. Find out where your customers are on the web and be active in those communities.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. That is when no customers wanted to work with Internet startups because we as an industry had burned so many customers. The things you learn in tough environments. I never built Google. million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But it is fraught with risks - and the primary risk you need to guard against is software development failure. Vendor long-list - build a “long-list&# of possible software vendors and NDA them all, but don‚Äôt rely on it (more on this later). Award contract - Negotiate a software development contract. Nice article.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Lindzon’s new media and internet business investments also include: Limos.com, Blogtalkradio.com, Buddy Media, Ticketfly, Assistly, Bit.ly Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!, Mr. Parekh serves on various advisory boards of start-up internet companies.

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BeyondVC

AUGUST 23, 2006

Back in 2003 when we were deciding whether or not to sell Expertcity (GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting) to Citrix or continue fighting the fight and attempt to take the company public 1 year later, it was quite a gut-wrenching decision. Companies of all sizes have started to seriously embrace the software-as-a-service model."

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) From software and hardware design to advanced manufacturing, Texas is fertile ground for innovation, investment, business starts and smart job growth.

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Altgate

JANUARY 28, 2009

That’s hard to say, but if we assume the global pay-per-click market is equivalent to the global search market which JP Morgan estimates as an $83 billion market in the 5 year period of 2003 through 2008, then that could mean there has been $14 billion of fraud during that period. What do you think? Am I missing something?

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