Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

We tried to provide a framework for startups to think about what activities should be outsourced and why. What kind of startup outsources everything? Well, you’re right, most don’t, but one example of a startup that does is PlentyOfFish. Also, most startup attorneys will do deferred payment plans.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. round closed Feb 2005. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Urbanization of Startups. I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). Also all the big anchor companies that a startup might want to partner with at that time (eBay, Google, Oracle, Yahoo!, April 13, 2012.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? The result is an infographic that dives into the educational and corporate characteristics of the typical startup founder.

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San Francisco New York City Social Media Entrepreneur 99

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Want to start a startup? Its equivalent toasking how to make a startup succeed—if you avoid every cause offailure, you succeed—and thats too big a question to answer onthe fly. 1 ] In a sense theres just one mistake that kills startups: not makingsomething users want. Get funded by Y Combinator.

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Startup Software Review Hiring Detroit 108

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

You can find the 2005 version here. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23. Expo SF (May. .

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Open Source San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 107

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Salesforce.com is a startup with 76,000 subscribers (over 2.1M I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. May 26, 2011.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Want to start a startup? November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. A typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. Few startups get it quite right. Apply for funding by March 3.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I have some limited experience in dealing with patents though, both from my time as a VC and also back in my own startup days. It was filed in 2005 and issued in 2010 which means there was a good deal of prior art around SNS before Yahoo filed. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Scott Kirsner of The Boston Globe called them the startup equivalent of the Justice League of America. Colin Angle, CEO/cofounder of iRobot (2005 IPO). Ironically, the panel was conducted a day before an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, where he indicated that if he were starting Facebook now, he would have stayed in Boston.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder IPO Boston 45

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

That company merged with another company in Boston and grew to about 80 people and was acquired in 2005. How much do you put into each startup? VN : In a typical year how many startups do you invest in? In late 2000, early 2001 I started my second company to test whether I can build a successful company again.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

  I have a few hundred feeds that I follow in Google Reader and the way that I find new ones is a random process of discovery so Larry's post was great in that he not only provided a rank-ordered list but also a convenient way to mass subscribe. Bookmark the permalink.

Cofounder 59

Cofounder Entrepreneur Technical Review Venture Capital 59

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. Paul Graham built the mold at Y Combinator , which he founded back in 2005. Tags: entrepreneurs incubators relationships startups. Relationships , I said back then.

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Incubator Programming Virginia DC 201

Altgate

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The audience (at least at this one event I went to) is a great mix of new and old from the local startup ecosystem (entrepreneurs, investors, academics, service providers and the like). Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship and tagged angel , Boston , entrepreneur , investing , startup.

Boston 28

Boston Startup Venture Capital Audience 28

Altgate

MARCH 31, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Startups and tagged Boston , business analyst , compensation , employment opportunity , job.   It's a business analyst position on a new project at J.   It's a business analyst position on a new project at J. Robert Scott, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments. 

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Altgate

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← How Not To Do Customer Support Thoughts On Market Timing → TheFunded Coming To Boston Posted on February 4, 2009 by fnazeeri Put this event in your calendar. Click here to register for the event.

Boston 28

Boston Venture Capital Hosting Media 28

Feld Thoughts

JULY 12, 2016

If we fund an early stage startup company today and it’s hugely successful, it’ll be coming into its own in 2025. I was in Boston at the end of May and had three separate experiences in one day. The second was Techstars Boston Demo Day, showcasing 14 brand new companies. Ponder that for a moment.

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Boston Cofounder Early Stage Founder 70

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Startup accelerators are popping up around the world at a rapid pace. At their heart, seed accelerators are defined length programs (usually 3 months) where early stage startups are provided seed capital, mentorship, co-working space (though not always) and other services in the hope of removing the barriers to startup success… or failure.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley Australia Cofounder San Francisco 118

Altgate

MAY 3, 2009

← More on the “VC Math Problem&# “What’s Next in Tech&# Event in Boston → [link] Here are some helpful reviews about neon Sign Gas [.] Bookmark the permalink.

Michigan 37

Michigan Boston Technical Review Audio 37

Altgate

DECEMBER 12, 2008

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← White Collar Crime Spree How Much Is A Free Customer Worth? I think it’s interesting how this blog has turned me into some sort of quotable source on startups, venture capital and the like.

Boston 28

Boston Valuation Venture Capital Startup 28

Altgate

JULY 14, 2009

The position is based in Boston, MA. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Startups , Technology and tagged Boston , chief technology officer , CTO , healthcare , HIT.  I can't say more about this publicly right now, but this is an awesome opportunity. Check out the full description below. Bookmark the permalink.

Boston 31

Boston Venture Capital Technology Programming 31

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 25, 2010

We did a full day entrepreneurial retreat called “ ADPrentice 2010.&# This is the second time we’ve done this – the last time was ADPrentice 2005.

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Elevator Pitch Massachusetts Boston Lean 111

Altgate

MARCH 4, 2009

On Tuesday, March 10 at 7pm TheFunded is hosting its first event in Boston. It will be a great opportunity to meet and connect with Boston’s finest entrepreneurs. Attendance is restricted to startup CEOs and/or company founders only. Click here to register for the event. Click here to register for the event.

Boston 28

Boston Venture Capital Hosting Global 28

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

Since then, PHP (as part of the LAMP stack ) has really been the dominant development platform, at least in the free software and startup worlds. And yet I keep returning to PHP as a development platform, as have most of my fellow startup CTOs. Given that startups depend on superstars to survive, why stick with PHP?

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PHP Software Review Ruby San Francisco 166

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 22, 2010

In 2005, I wrote a post titled ADPrentice that talked about a weekend event I did with a number of the undergraduates in my MIT fraternity (ADP). A few months ago I wrote a post titled Startups at 351 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, MA detailing the rich history of startups from ADP that happened around the time I was living there.

Massachusetts 99

Massachusetts Aggregator Boston Venture Capital 99

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 5, 2013

In 2005 the marketers at drink brand Snapple, had a great idea: let’s build the world’s largest popsicle! cities, including several in various locations in Boston. Within a week, Comedy Central and the show’s producers and marketers had issued an apology and agreed to pay up to $2 million to the city of Boston.

Missouri 102

Missouri Kansas Texas PR 102

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 6, 2012

Eric’s thoughtful analysis – aimed at startups (and the entrepreneurs at startups) follows. One of the natural consequences that comes with being in an “up” part of the tech boom/bust cycle is that there are an almost overwhelming amount of tech conferences, trade shows, and events that a startup could attend.

Las Vegas 135

Las Vegas Seed Stage Silicon Valley Reputation 135

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

At the time, he was advising the campaign while also serving as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Revolution, a DC-based VC firm created to fund startups led by diverse founders all over the country. In fact, a coronavirus caused a shutdown as recently as 2005. But this kind of pandemic is not actually unprecedented.

Government 60

Government Africa America Washington 60

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

It''s my favorite thing to teach as well--and I''ll be giving a class at Startup Institute this Tuesday night about it. They''re a career accelerator, which is a pretty neat concept--doing what YC and Techstars do for startups, but for your career. He joined a startup that wound up getting bought by AOL.

Albuquerque 60

Albuquerque New York City New York Venture Capital 60

Altgate

JULY 13, 2009

A couple of years ago I had seen these protypes from Boston Dynamics that look like a robotic mule a couple of years ago but then they were always tethered and on relatively tame terrain. ← Last Chance To Take CompStudy Survey Seeking CTO in Boston for Healthcare IT startup → Comments are closed.

Boston 34

Boston Venture Capital Technology Video 34

Altgate

MARCH 4, 2009

If you aren’t familiar with it, the survey asks about 300 questions of around 1,000 startup companies. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Management , Startups , Venture Capital and tagged China , compensation , equity , executive compensation , India , Israel , United Kingdom , venture capital. Bookmark the permalink.

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United Kingdom China India 33

ReadWriteStart

MAY 14, 2013

Were you surprised that the Boston Marathon bombers were caught on video? Simpson car chase; YouTube in 2005; and now Google Glass. A poll conducted after the Boston bombing found broad public support for surveillance gear, with 78% of Americans saying they thought surveillance cameras were a good idea.

Video 60

Video Boston Russia Hosting 60

Altgate

APRIL 12, 2010

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Venture Capital and tagged Boston , HBS student business plan contest , startup. I expect they’re all equally as interesting. I wish them all the best! Bookmark the permalink.

Business Plan 39

Business Plan San Francisco Venture Capital Open Source 39

Altgate

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Atlas Ventures Crash And Burns TheFunded Coming To Boston → How Not To Do Customer Support Posted on February 4, 2009 by fnazeeri This is off topic, but so darn funny I have to share. Bookmark the permalink.

Customer 31

Customer Boston Venture Capital Startup 31

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Seeking CTO in Boston for Healthcare IT startup Popular Posts → Words of widsom from my youth Posted on September 6, 2009 by fnazeeri I’m preparing for a presentation in about a month at the University of Michigan.

Michigan 39

Michigan Boston Venture Capital Startup 39

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

And since VC dollars tend to concentrate around high-tech R&D areas, it’s notable that more than 90% of the nation’s innovation-sector growth (2005-2017) is accounted for by just five metro areas — Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, and San Diego. Venture capital. in the mid-1940s — derived from East Coast institutions.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

Altgate

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Startups and tagged agreement , founder , startup. ← A-Round Valuations Down 25-50% While B- And C-Rounds Non-Existent Great Startup Event In Boston → Comments are closed. Cohen writes: The moral of the story: Early on, if you can afford it, do things right. Good advice.

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Founder Intellectual Property Colorado Boston 28