The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2017

When you manage your data on premise, it is most likely that you’ll invest thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars into hardware and software. If you are a startup, it is relatively simple to employ the wealth of cloud services and software available. Accounting software such as QuickBooks. On Premise Data Center.

Cloud 71

Cloud Software Review Illinois Technical Review 71

YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

Mawuna Koutonin is the founder of London-based GoodBuzz , and his story is the stuff of dreams. This would inspire him to start GoodBuzz in 2005, a free web-based peer-to-peer referral network that would allow artists, bands, associations, public organizations, event promoters and organizers to help promote each others’ events. .&#

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Togo Africa Advisory Board Campaign 222

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. But software companies often take longer to scale top-line revenue than retailers so it takes a while to cover your nut.

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Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software.

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Venture Capital Software PHP Open Source 334

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

Nearly 10 years ago, Excite founder Joe Kraus, now an investor at Google Ventures, declared “there has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur.” Software was expensive. As Kraus noticed in 2005, however, things were starting to change. Hardware was expensive. Storage was expensive. You name it.”

Engineer 60

Engineer Database Open Source Acquisition 60

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. But startups can shoot themselves in the foot when founders use consultants at the wrong time or in the wrong way.

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. was starting.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

by Joe Duncan, founder of Duncan Capital LP. Compliance is being disrupted as algorithms and other software driven programs can be written to detect and report anomalies much more efficiently than human compliance officers. Today employment in the sector is comparable to levels from 2005-2006 when revenues were also similar.

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We focus primarily on software and Internet companies in areas such as SaaS, application software, financial software, consumer internet, and online marketplaces. These sectors generally leverage the Internet or software in a fundamental way. That drives every decision we make.

Private Equity 48

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

In 2010, I started building a software that analyzed why websites ranked highly on Google’s SERP. After a few years building and refining the software, I knew more about the algorithms Google used to rank pages than just about anybody outside Mountain View. We began by creating multiple categories to start filling with ideas.

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Naming Entrepreneur New Hampshire LLC 149

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. Nine years later, in February 2005, YouTube arrived. This is what I mean by “forget about trying to predict advancements in software and just look at the hardware trend”. How To Do It.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Bandwidth Software Review 182

Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

At the beginning of Coremetrics, there was no such thing as “the end of software” (a term that Salesforce.com popularized and now they are the largest Software as a Service company in the history of the world, with a market cap as of this writing of $132.7 Software as a Service. Eventually the term ASP came along?—?Application

Software Review 48

Software Review Cofounder eCommerce Austin 48

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. In 2005, while at the CIA, Don helped found Intellipedia , the Intelligence Community-wide wiki, with his colleague Sean Dennehy. Don : Exactly. (And

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Wiki Entrepreneur Cofounder Government 120

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 30, 2014

She is the founder of Virtual Miss Friday , a virtual assistant service and training company. She is the founder of Virtual Miss Friday, a virtual assistant service and training company. Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Michelle has been traveling all around Europe since 2005.

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Europe Egypt RSS Software Review 111

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. and before that, Co-founder and Senior Vice-President at Clearview Networks, Inc. He has been an instructor in UCLA Extension for 9 years, and is a frequent contributor to various online publications.

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Social Network Networking Los Angeles Fractional CTO 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.

Startup 150

Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

by Evgeny Glariantov , founder of FREED. In 2005, SETI@home changed its software: instead of the old SETI@home Classic they started using the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing , or BOINC for short — a software framework that enables volunteers to participate in projects other than SETI@home.

Search 179

Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 179

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. And for many of these they were (over) funded 7-10 years ago and don’t necessarily all represent great returns for investors or founders. some founders lose their life savings.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

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. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Kayak Software Corporation. round closed Feb 2005. Founding Date: 2004.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Blake is the founder of CoHabitat, a startup community and hacker co-working space that’s become a hub for startup entrepreneurs, developers, and creatives. Dynamo Labs was the first recipient of fbFund, a grant fund operated by the Founders Fund, Accel Partners, and Facebook. Gabriella Draney, Tech Wildcatters.

Dallas 60

Dallas Intellectual Property Fort Worth Japan 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Small Business Trends , an award-winning online publication. Anita Campbell Anita Campbell serves as CEO of Anita Campbell Associates Ltd, a woman-owned consulting firm helping companies and organizations reach the small business market. Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

Marketing 54

Marketing Social Media Software Review Small Business 54

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Manu Kumar is Founder and Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures. Kumar was the Founder, President and CEO of SneakerLabs, a company which developed software and services for web-based customer interaction. That company merged with another company in Boston and grew to about 80 people and was acquired in 2005.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

SiliconHills

AUGUST 8, 2017

By LAURA LOREK Publisher of Silicon Hills News Heather Hoover, executive vice president of operations at uShip, joined the company in 2005, a year after its founding. At the time, uShip, the online shipping marketplace and freight automation software provider, didn’t have a formal office.

Software 72

Software Operations Founder Technology 72

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

She is also the co-founder, co-owner and CEO of MFE Interactive in addition to being the co-owner and SVP of Marketing for Speedy Incorporation. Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

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Web Software Review Cofounder Small Business 47

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. We all know the famous story of Apple, which at one point kicked out its co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs. But I digress?—?this or break?—?the

B2C 51

B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? It’s a dating website that is free for users and makes money from advertising.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Cameron is t he founder of the COO Alliance, the World’s Leading Network for Seconds in Command. And that was, you know, 2004, 2005 was, I was realizing that it was no longer about working harder. I mean, I'm sure you run into a lot of companies that are still founder driven, very good at selling and they've grown.

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CTO Cofounder Networking Operations 79

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Janine Popick Janine Popick is the CEO and co-founder of VerticalResponse (Inc. Read all five posts in today’s series and come back each day this week for five new posts in this great educational series and another chance to win. 5000 2006-2010), a leading self-service direct marketing provider to over 100,000 small businesses.

Small Business 41

Small Business Social Media Engineer Matching 41

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. Consumer approach to software for business users. Page 6: We already have several pilot customers including a very large, unnamed software firm. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral. Folksonomy. Free product.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2014

By Jonathan Barsade, founder and CEO of Exactor. million in 1955 to over 9 million words in 2005. For example, did you know that there is a different tax treatment if you sell or license software? In Texas, software delivered on a DVD and software downloads are taxed differently.

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Connecticut CPA eCommerce Florida 160

David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. 3 specific issues: 1. How we embrace technology for good. There are 1.4m-1.6m

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America DC Startup Aggregator 144

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. As a non-technical founder of an IT company, it’s important to know when to dish responsibilities off. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Here’s why I use it… Affiliate Link Management Made Easy Way back in 2005 I wrote a review of a product by Perry Marshall that I promoted using an affiliate link. More importantly, you can make this change today and take advantage of something that all bloggers who use WordPress to sell affiliate products, should use.

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Affiliate Software Review Marketing HTML 81

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2017

by Stephen Sheinbaum, founder of Bizfi. You can then begin to sell through your own website (once you’ve updated it with e-commerce software), or through social media or a purpose-built e-commerce platform. Every entrepreneur starts out with dreams of success. To get started online, evaluate what your most popular in-store items are.

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Small Business Small Business Administration Social Media Aggregator 100

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Likely encouraged by various government schemes to grow the games and animation sector , the Singapore video games industry in recent years have expanded rapidly, growing from $87 million in 2005 to $285 million in 2007. It took the team of 20 some 14 months to develop both games, said Don Sim, the co-founder and CEO of Daylight Studios.

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Singapore Mobile Malaysia Thailand 145

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. Firms like Baseline, Felicis, ff Ventures, Founder Collective, Freestyle, HomeBrew, IA Ventures, K9, Lowercase, NextView, Resolute, Rincon, Crosscut and the countless other great firms we all now know didn’t exist.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 150

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2015

You can buy just the Rock Band 4 software (if you have your old instruments) or, if you are like me and you’ve given your instruments away, you can buy a new full bundle of everything. MTV decided to get out of the video game business in 2010 and sold the company back to the founders (Alex and Eran) and a small investor group.

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Colorado Angel Investor Boston Finance 70