BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 million for 2005, $3.0 million, $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and used $0.7 million of cash in the three months ended June 30, 2006. During these periods, we have consistently incurred operating losses, including $0.8

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Altgate

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

For technology companies (nearly 500 in total participated) about 50% described themselves as primarily in the “software&# industry while 10% described themselves as in the “cleantech&# industry. The latter is a dramatic jump from last year when just 5 or 6 percent identified themselves as cleantech firms.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Our startup made software for making online stores. We knew that ifonline shopping ever took off, these sites would have to be generatedby software, so we wrote some. Slowness in Launching Companies of all sizes have a hard time getting software done. Itsintrinsic to the medium; software is always 85% done.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) I wanted to work in the pure, intellectual world of software, not deal with customers mundane problems. Some believe only businesspeople can do this-- that hackers can implement software, but not design it. Want to start a startup? Thats nonsense.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

The year was 2005, and the real estate was booming. I had received my first salary, moved into a colonial house in Panama City Casco Viejo district next to the Pacific Ocean. But the salary hadn’t been transferred yet. It was by far the easiest software around to build online courses and membership sites.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

I made them a pretty good offer – hire me as a training instructor at the salary they were going to pay me as a lab technician. Steve Job’s 2005 Stanford commencement speech still says it best - Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. So I got hired for the second time at ESL, this time as a training instructor.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. But of coursetheir main job is to build version 1 of their software. Software is not only moreconvincing, but a better way to explore ideas. You get to work on juicy kinds of work, likedesigning software. Wethought software was all that mattered.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Founders Paul Farnell, Matthew Brindley, and David Smalley started Litmus in 2005 with a used computer and $800 dollars. They paid themselves small salaries and setup monetary goals for the business each month. They slowly built up their salaries as they brought in more customers and now are able to pay themselves a “nice” income.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Options and future value are great ‘add ons’ but not for a welfare check salary until ‘this great idea makes it.’ People with good software/technology ideas with no programming experience are automatically put at a disadvantage because they can not execute the idea themselves. The second one not until 2005.

Technical Review 84

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 22, 2013

It was 2005. I was finishing my last year of my masters in a counseling program and my partner Cliff was working on his second startup, Pearl Street Software. Cliff wasn’t taking a salary. The reality is much more complicated. I think our personal story best illustrates this dynamic. I was deeply and profoundly lonely.

Startup 174

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. NET and PHP, I can tell you the average.NET guy knows far more about good software design than the average PHP guy. In every population there are some that are both brilliant and malicious. Sjoerd Franken.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

That is excluding a single line of code or paying any salaries. When I started my second company in 2005 we decided to do everything differently. No wonder people had to raise $5 million just to get started back then. We raised $16.5 million in our A round. Hardware ate just over 10% of the round. Think about it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Needless to say, Mr. Hughes was a guy that really knew how to create buzz, and in 2005, he wrote down his techniques in the wonderful book known as Buzzmarketing. That page allows you to create your own content, an infographic style breakdown of how quickly billionaire investor John Paulson earns your entire yearly salary (ouch!).

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