Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

We were severely under-resourced (initially the team was just a Product Manager, Scott Baird and me) and had to overcome significant organizational pushback from people who thought the whole idea was terrible and that what we were doing was dangerous. I was generously rewarded the Intuit Founders Award in 2011 for helping get it started.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I first met Ethan in 2005. ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. Ethan had pointed out to me that merchants were being barraged by “deal site” wanting to drive customers in the door but they didn’t have great tools to manage their customers.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

” – Marc Andreessen In the book “ Super Founders “, author Ali Tamaseb, studied 200 Unicorns, aka startups valued at over $1 billion, started between 2005 to 2018. The company has grown rapidly and achieved a valuation of over $7 billion by delivering a product that is both intuitive and powerful.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2023

09:11] What’s the relationship between Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager? [14:12] What's the relationship between Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager then? [04:41] About this new platform, what does it do differently, and what does it do better? [07:08] 07:08] How does the data visualization work in this new platform?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

In June of 2005 while on vacation with my wife, I received a call from my brother. After the acquisition, I managed the Safe Eyes team at McAfee for two years. We had no experience in running an Internet filtering software business, but this didn’t concern us. We put our heads down, worked hard, and learned as we went.

Software Review 188

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Most LPs are trying to manage some targeted asset allocation. And over time, if VC is performing well, the LP may actively manage up their allocation to venture. Looking at all vintages from 2005 to 2014, the top 5% TVPI is between 40% to 127% better than the top quartile TVPI. LP Constraints.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Whether you are a startup, a small- to mid-sized business, or a large corporation, data management can make you cringe. There are plenty of options to manage your data center and data management needs, but how do you choose what is best for your company? On Premise Data Center. Having availability 24/7.

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Cloud Software Review Illinois Technical Review 71

YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

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. .&# The African Boy Who Could.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. He later changed the name to Facebook.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 1, 2011

Since 2005, Google has led a wonderful open source program called Summer of Code. Google has run this program every year since 2005, and the results are stunning. The goal of that program is to promote open source software development. If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to ask in the comments below.

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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 Product Management – Brad and Mark discuss the role of Product Managers in Startups. So I think the hardest role to fill in a startup is a Product Management role. was starting.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

It in not uncommon to see a VC talk about “total assets under management&# as in “We have $1.5 billion under management.&# I don’t really understand why VCs do this since it’s mostly a meaningless number. What is total assets under management? - A lot will depend on how exits go in 2010/2011.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

In 2005, while at the CIA, Don helped found Intellipedia , the Intelligence Community-wide wiki, with his colleague Sean Dennehy. Both of us were very highly respected, we were both managers, we both had really large networks of people that we knew. … . I know what a program manager is.”

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2017

Remember that almost every aspect of e-commerce can be outsourced, from inventory management to fulfillment. Since 2005, Bizfi has originated in excess of $2 billion in funding to more than 35,000 small businesses, including many well-known franchises. You don’t need to go all-in on e-commerce.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Morgan Stanley predicts that Robo Advisors will manage $6.5 Today employment in the sector is comparable to levels from 2005-2006 when revenues were also similar. in mathematical logic and senior portfolio manager at the time, started an AI-program trading small amounts. billion, and four Man Group funds collectively manage $12.3

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 131

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

I was a founder and former CEO of Mustang Engineering, and from 2005 through 2014, Mustang opened several international offices. Where they live or where they’re from has nothing to do with those traits; they come from the person’s character, not his or her nationality. I know this from experience.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

One area where good decision making plays a large role in any business is in regards to risk management. A large part of a good risk management plan is a business owner who can determine what the businesses actual risk is and how much of a risk each element represents. There is definitely a difference between actual and perceived risk.

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Small Business Management Social Media Security 100

YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2015

Scott joined Kerio in 2005 and has over 18 years of senior management experience in sales, business development, marketing, operations and finance. Scott Schreiman is the founder and chief executive officer of Samepage , a division of Kerio Technologies, Inc.

Small Business 100

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. They did not take salaries during the first two years and invested more money in the firm than they received from management fees. SecondRound.com – This is a proprietary CRM system that was built to help manage the fundraising process.

Pre-Money Valuation 284

Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

It was created and delivered in 2005. The merchant runs the server constituent, and the client software is given to the representative’s customers, who use it to see live streaming bills and graphs, put orders, and manage their records. It is designed to manage the server settings remotely. MetaTrader 4 Manager.

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Warrant Framework Mobile Programming 229

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model. Growth is evolutionary.

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Dilution Virginia Management Washington 187

Board Effect

DECEMBER 13, 2019

To my great relief, someone else posted a link to a Snopes article which showed the information was not only largely inaccurate, but also outdated having actually originated in 2005. Though reputation management isn’t yet on every board member’s radar, it’s easy to make the case for heightened concern. Reputation as Risk.

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Reputation Management Social Media LLC 59

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Groups list on March 15, 2005. I farmed out work to Wharton undergrads that were in the Management of Technology program. Below is a post I wrote on their Yahoo!

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Chris DiBona, the open source and public sector engineering manager at Google, was recently interviewed by Slashdot. He had a few interesting things to say about his job and his tasks at the search giant, but we found his comments about Google Summer of Code (GSoC) to be particularly noteworthy.

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Open Source API Programming Search 118

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

Business owners must learn to manage and juggle a complex and shifting combination of customer, partner, vendor, staff and advisory relationships in order to survive and grow. One of the greatest challenges in doing so is monitoring the current status of all of these important relationships. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

Small Business 59

Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media 59

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Robert has been working in software since 2005. Those higher costs make learning to write ads, manage campaigns, A/B test, and design landing pages a very expensive activity for an early stage, bootstrapping startup. I’m Robert Graham and I’m an internet entrepreneur working on software for deer management.

Campaign 272

Campaign Software Review Brazil Conversion 272

Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

I remember my friend Ryan Martens sitting down with me and Chris Wand around 2001 and walking us through his idea for changing the how he approached managing the software development process. Ryan had a vision for an integration web-based system to layer on top of all of this to help support and manage the software development process.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Reddit, a popular website for news and discussion, was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. When he did manage to start his own business, it was short-lived and failed.

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Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Southern California South Africa 92

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

It was ok when I was managing 10, 20, 40 people. In fact, when I reached the level of managing 100, 150 people and the business was moving – I was considered a (leadership) hero. But when I came into an international environment and I managed 500, 800 and 1000 people in 2003, however, it was a sad year. Life was beautiful.

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Leadership Social Media Global Technical Review 183

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

During our best months, it included everyone from upper management to drivers to floor salespeople and was often over 30 pages long! Professionalisms employee management human resources managing employees talent management' Handle mistakes with care. In business, mistakes are going to happen.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Founded in 2005, the company has since delivered more than $1 billion from employers to freelancers. On the enterprise side of our business, we’ve seen the increasing demand from traditional large corporate buyers looking for ways to manage a more distribute workforce,” Cooper said. “In million jobs. Who needs freelancers?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

I’ve always been a fan of startup resources lists and had a dedicated page on VC Cafe since the blog’s inception in 2005. 72 visual content creation tools Startup budget template Innovation idea management 330+ remote work tools. While some things change slowly, maintaining the list current proved tricky as time went by.

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Venture Capital Incubator Database eCommerce 131

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

I took note of both and wrote quick updates – The first was the addition of optimized reviews in Places Pages and the second was the addition of reputation management features in Profile Pages. Two barely noticeable moves in the last couple weeks give hint to the this focus strategy.

Small Business 66

Small Business Marketing Software Review Portland 66

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

This research data negated the traditional view that women’s leadership strength lies in the nurturing aspect of managing people such as building relationships and nurturing others. In fact, the data shows that females edge slightly over males in 14 of the 16 competencies that were measured in all leadership positions.

Leadership 48

Leadership Technical Review Engineer Metrics 48

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2019

Peter Drucker (1909-2005), the late Austrian-born management consultant, once famously said that culture eats strategy for breakfast — i.e., while a sound business plan is excellent, nothing is more important than a company’s culture.

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Employee Business Plan Management Entrepreneur 117

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. He later changed the name to Facebook.

Initial Public Offering 277

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 277

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

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. The aggregate computing power of the project is more than 960 TFLOPS.

Search 170

Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 170