Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As of today, I will have published an article here for entrepreneurs and startups every day for the last 1001 days, since I started Startup Professionals Musings near the close of 2008. It’s been a great ride, but it’s now time to dial it back a bit, and focus on some other priorities.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. This same risk averse, conserve the cash, VC mindset would return after the 2008 meltdown of the housing market.).

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

If you are looking to start an E-commerce website, then this article is for you. Magento was developed in 2008 to allow businesses to go live on the internet. You may or may not have heard of Magento. If you haven’t, that’s ok, a lot of people have not. You would not expect to hear about Magento if you are not in E-commerce.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% “Yeah, but there is a shortage of supply. Many may simply hit the wall.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008. He had just read an article on Nieman Lab that described the world record in journalism crowd-funding we had achieved by raising $1.3 While reading these articles, our readers won’t be distracted by advertisements, for we are an ad-free site.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 3, 2020

million to redecorate his office in 2008 while the company lost funds around $27 billion. The same article cites an example of abuse in the nonprofit sector. A 2008 Brookings survey reported that about 33% of Americans lacked confidence in charitable organizations. a corporate leader who abused his power. Thain spent $1.22

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VC Adventure

JULY 1, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation published an article last week that my New Builders co-author, Elizabeth MacBride, and I wrote about the inspiration for writing the book and – related – about how our systems of finance and support need to evolve to meet the needs of today’s entrepreneurs. She had $37 in food stamps to her name.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2008: A Down Year in Investment Dollars But Not in Deals” Unknown. Based on his track record, by 2008 he was able to found ff Venture Capital , an institutional angel investment firm (where I am a Partner). Angel investing Contributed Articles' approx 2004-09.

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. The Wall Street Journal recently had a good article comparing the two. However, this is about to change. Cross-posted in Forbes ).

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

After not seeing the word patent in my daily information routine for a few weeks, I saw it twice today – first in an article titled Turning Patents Into ‘Invention Capital’ (in the NY Times) and then in Region Sustains Robust Patent Production in the WSJ. Both stirred me up early this morning, but for different reasons.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. November 7, 2008 7:36 PM nitesh said. November 7, 2008 7:41 PM nitesh said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? October 1, 2008 2:13 AM archenland said. Great article youre now in my rss feeds :) October 2, 2008 4:37 AM kamilski81 said. October 2, 2008 8:58 AM Chad said. October 4, 2008 5:19 AM Nivi said. Great article!

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

Thanks to Rikki Novetsky for help drafting this article. Photo: Downtown Miami skyline as seen from Miami Beach in January 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Contributed Articles Florida Presentations and Conferences' I am confident that the best innovation in Miami is yet to come.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

This is a company that, according to the article, got term sheets from half of the VCs that expressed interest in the company. On top of that, the article comes with a chart--this chart to the left entited "Fewer Bets". The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 1, 2023

8/ There is a cohort of companies started in 2023 that rivals the vintage of 2008. Articles like this one from the NYTimes articulate why and how our data hoarding on someone else’s cloud service might not be so great. Consolidation of ARR companies that are doing $5-$10m happens. 9/ Self hosted cloud storage booms.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

8/ There is a cohort of companies started in 2023 that rivals the vintage of 2008. Articles like this one from the NYTimes articulate why and how our data hoarding on someone else’s cloud service might not be so great. Consolidation of ARR companies that are doing $5-$10m happens. 9/ Self hosted cloud storage booms.

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ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2020

Whatever the case may be, the process covered in this article will help you identify new ideas. Throughout the rest of the article, I’ll give you 15 questions to use as brainstorming prompts. Despite its length, this article isn’t intended to be comprehensive. Content planning for sales and marketing goals. Image source ).

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David Teten

JULY 9, 2012

article discusses our tendency to hire people who look and think like we do. Photo: The Trumbull College Potty Court gargoyle, painted as Yale College Dean Peter Salovey by the Trumbull College Class of 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia). [1] This is dangerous, the author argues, to the development of an adaptable, thoughtful culture.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

In this article, we are going to explore the major reasons why real estate investing in Greece is turning out to be a great idea now. The scale of property investment opportunities in Greece has risen due to the fall in property prices by up to 48% from 2008. However, these activities are still below the peak level of 2008.

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David Teten

JULY 9, 2012

article discusses our tendency to hire people who look and think like we do. Photo: The Trumbull College Potty Court gargoyle, painted as Yale College Dean Peter Salovey by the Trumbull College Class of 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia). [1] This is dangerous, the author argues, to the development of an adaptable, thoughtful culture.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I wrote an article for American Express Open Forum outlining the 7 Advantages of an Old Entrepreneur. In the article ” The Case for Old Entrepreneurs ”, Stanford professor and Washington Post columnist Vivek Wadhwa shared a 2008 study researching the backgrounds of nearly 700 U.S. Old Entrepreneurs Rule. Because I’m from Jersey.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

I know of one charismatic individual who’s done this on Quora, Twitter, and through various guest blog articles. Get yourself involved in various organizations & volunteer groups and be a recognized leader. Build up your personal brand both offline and online.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? What led you to become a subscriber, versus just reading an article and leaving like everybody else? (or, In order to convince me, Id to see another link to an article here somewhere that I enjoyed. September 19, 2008 2:08 PM gmlk said.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2020

The two companies I served during my tenure as a CEO faced high-stakes external crises; one company with the dot-com crash and 9/11, the other during the 2008/2009 Great Recession. 5. Create the conditions for a better tomorrow. Leaders visualize and communicate a desired future state.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 15, 2008 The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time Split-testing is a core lean startup discipline, and its one of those rare topics that comes up just as often in a technical context as in a business-oriented one when Im talking to startups. Thanks for writing this article.

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www.peterdrew.net

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Trust SEO - Part 7 Seo Bank Automation By Peter Drew 14/10/2010 6:21 pm Hey John, As you know the articles are used as content to make all the free blogs that we use, to be able to create links back to our money sites etc. In my niches, the automated articles were pretty ordinary with little content, and most of it irrelevant.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Great article, thank you for sharing! 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Happy New Year 2010! A bit of French humor. so much for Cleantech! Bloody ecologists!". at 5:00 PM.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The 2008 financial crisis was still fresh on our minds and people were more careful when taking each business step. When he isn’t working on new apps he likes to share his views by writing articles. When we established Ready4S back in 2012, the tech startup scene looked completely different than it does today.

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VC Cafe

MAY 5, 2020

The last point Michael makes in the article is perhaps the most poignant: “For business and political leaders Covid-19 conveys two other lessons. The role of science in decision making. Source: The Economist. First, their organisations can move more quickly than they ever thought possible.

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David Cohen

AUGUST 22, 2012

I was recently interviewed for a WSJ article that was exploring the trends associated with the popularity (or lack thereof) of the freemium model called “ When Freemium Fails.” ” In researching my answers for the WSJ reporter, I dug up some data on TechStars companies over the last several years that use the freemium model.

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

7 great articles about mentoring startups… « Ercan Yilmaz says: October 2, 2012 at 9:07 am. [.] April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. And 7 reasons that’s awesome. (13) 13) Portland startups at an “Early Stage”: Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, it ain’t (and that’s awesome) (0).

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Deprived of source material, journalists wrote articles about articles. In 2008, KFC used a Brinks armored truck and briefcase marked “Top Secret” to transport the recipe while upgrading the vault. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” That was all most people knew. But few could wait to learn more.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 16, 2014

Back in 2008, researcher Harald Weinreich & Jakob Nielson published a study that measured 45,237 page views from 25 different users, and found that – of the people being analyzed – most people would scroll about halfway down the page for longer content and only spent enough time on the page to read less than 20% of the text.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

In this article, you’ll find out how a consulting CTO can help you, when to use one, and how to find the right person. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) CTO – London – Upto £80k Aneesh Chopra Named as Federal CTO This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 12:55 pm and is filed under articles.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

After building up our leadership in this area, we formally established this initiative with Brad at the helm in 2008. Brad is currently studying finance instruments used in startup investment and has two forthcoming articles on this topic. The person who leads this initiative is Brad Bernthal, our Entrepreneurship Initiative Director.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. He started enjoying success in 2008 when Inc. You can be like them too, by learning more about frugality from the article, the top 10 reasons why frugality is so liberating. Investments from capital markets to real estate plummeted. Source: Pexels.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

L3Cs were first formed in 2008, and are currently only legal in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, as well as the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. . Related Articles on Bplans: What is an L3C?

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