View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

million raised, per CrunchBase): It came from my deep frustration renting as an undegrad at Oxford for the first time back in 2005. Poort (Rescale): Since we were not able to raise money early on, we just started building a product that we ourselves as engineers would want to use.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. An Eye for Business Development Your new CTO’s technology vision should fall in line with your overall business strategy. They need to be able to communicate as a peer to engineers and management. Zach Cutler , The Cutler Group.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

In honor of Netflix’s big beat today in the very unfortunate age of COVID-19, I decided to revisit my four-part Bazaarblog series while I was CEO of Bazaarvoice (from our inception in 2005 to our IPO in 2012). Blockbuster introduced their “End of Late Fees” program on January 1, 2005. a recommendation engine).

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

While all of these factors are true to an extent, the truth of the matter is that the reduced costs of hardware and software are easily offset by the expense of engineers and experienced business people. Nearly all of your costs will be headcount, primarily in the engineering department. million in venture financing. .&#

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

They may also contribute code to the community that comprises the backbone of their technology. With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. To that end, companies will offer enterprise-ready software that comes with additional features, services and support.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. We have the inability to hire engineering in Silicon Valley or brand sales people in NYC but the country still has very high structural long-term unemployment. I’m long on payment technologies. And Social. tl;dr summary. My prognosis?

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Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

Facebook, Twitter Engineers Tweak Google’s Social Search [VIDEO]. This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. 9 Digital Ways to Become a Social Good Hero in 2012. Social Media.

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LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

That’s how search engines know what your site is about. It’s our direct connection to the search engine giant itself, and it can give us a wealth of information about how Google is reading our website. MIT Technology Review. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. That boiled down to keywords. That’s spam.

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Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

As the innovation engines of the economy, what startups figured out in 2011 will likely appear on other sectors’ trend lists in 2012. Meanwhile, some of the web’s best-known companies increased their presence in New York City — likely bringing investor money and capable engineers with them. Social Media Lists.

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New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Why HTML5 Given the hype and buzz surrounding HTML5 , it would be easy to believe that it is a technology that will do your laundry, mow the lawn and make you dinner. In fact, as the technology evolves, we wouldn’t be surprised to see more HTML5 elements popping up in native desktop applications as well. Let us know.

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Developer HTML API Ruby 93

Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2010

However, from the developer’s perspective, using semantic web technologies enabled a new type of publishing platform including easy data integration, inferencing , etc. Nevertheless, there is still a huge gap in understanding and adoption between semantic web technologies and the general web audience (my mom and developers).

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Semantic Web Wiki Guatemala 86

mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

The name I chose is scovry and the website ( [link] ) that it goes to is a social media based search engine that displays results in a “spy” type format. Social Networks etc. Google Offers Free Wi-Fi in India to Access Social Networks. International Journalists Network. Social Media Lists.

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Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Social, Agile, and Transformation. social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 The implementation and architecture can also suffer if the team under or over invests engineering time, implementation of standards, or testing discipline in the wrong areas. and business transformation. Older Post.

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Agile Architecture Offshore Software Developers 40

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

A fortnight ago, Boris interviewed Reed Hastings on his business lessons and experience, but now I’m shaking it up with a look at a 26-year-old founder who is disrupting the mobile and social networking spaces: Kik CEO and founder Ted Livingston. I went to university in Waterloo in 2005 for engineering. Over the 4.5

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Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Mobile 167

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

Social network addiction around the world (Israelis are the most addicted) – [link]. The best engineering flow chart ever – [link]. 41 billion has been lost or is likely to go unspent in gift cards issued since 2005 – [link]. Mobile Users Split on Check-In Services – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits has engineered over 200 apps to date, with plenty more to come. With more than 40 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific news site reporting breaking web news, providing analysis of trends, reviewing new Web sites and services, and offering social media resources and guides. All Rights Reserved.

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Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

Mucker Lab

MAY 20, 2013

1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. (Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook). Everything).

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Widget Sales Cycle Social Network Government 76

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? Google Custom Search Engine. Google App Engine. Google Groups.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Mucker Lab

MAY 21, 2013

1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. (Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook). Everything).

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Widget Sales Cycle Social Network Government 60

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Allot Communications -a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology. Allot Service Gateway solutions for mobile broadband are compliant with 3G, 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness.

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Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. They later renamed their search engine research project “Google,” and the rest is history.

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Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. Newsletter sign-up Using short code technology, a feature that allows users to text a word to a specific number to receive information, you can allow people to sign-up to your email newsletter. I’ve been using GroupMe and think it works well.

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SMS Marketing Mobile Social Media 73

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. 1) Younger people building companies - Many of the biggest technologies companies ever built were started by people in their 20s.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. You have a CEO that clearly hasn’t taken the time to understand a technology platform. They’ve tried everything.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Back in 2005, I started Cellit, a company focused on helping companies communicate with their customers via text messages. Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. 4) Used to Reconnect.

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