YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2020

by Tuhin Bhatt, co-founder of Intelivita. Remember the economic crisis of 2008? Some of us might stay in denial, but the fact is, times of crisis open new channels in context to market and user expectations. But if we give a closer look at the 2008 crisis. It was undoubtedly a challenging phase for the world.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

It’s been 6 month since my co-founder and I started Reset ?—?a In July I spoke on a panel at 3 Day Startup Global Roundup, an opportunity that sprung out of a connection in a Female Founders Facebook Group. In Austin alone, the group has over 3K members, an active Slack channel and plenty of events.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Those were the messages from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. Anand Sanwal , co-founder and CEO of CB Insights ; and Chris Shipley , executive producer of MIT’s Solve initiative, joined me in the studio to discuss the day-to-day chaos of building a company.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2015

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. The Harvard Business School reported that small business loans have decreased 21% from their pre-recession peak in 2008. by Jake Dacillo, Marketing Director, Balboa Capital. Get Online or Get Left Behind.

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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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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. instead of having to travel home. .&# instead of having to travel home.

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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. That was the best piece of individual advice ever got in my life,” Livingston says.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. Choose one. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Warm Regards Sean Murphy www.skmurphy.com September 19, 2008 4:35 PM Eric said. Sure, Id be delighted to.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 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. Peter Arvai , co-founder of Prezi , an interactive presentation platform. And a founding team needs more than a complementary skill set. Jim Semick.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of iPhone-related companies lately. There are other models, in other distribution channels. September 19, 2008 1:35 PM Anish Acharya said. Blake, thanks for the comment!

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live , a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM&# for small business teams. The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

Many people still find this idea challenging, even for companies that operate solely on the web. Ash Maurya is the founder of WiredReach , a bootstrapped startup that he has been running for seven years. Utilize automagic software updates A major challenge with desktop-based (versus web-based) software is propagating software updates.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

And just as Groupon unleashed a frenzy of daily deal sites after its launch in 2008, Birchbox helped make 2011 a year filled with new subscription services for just about everything. We’re increasingly comfortable overlapping our online and real lives, and web services that figure out how to make our real lives easier will do well.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. These founders have not managed, to borrow a phrase from Steve Blank , to create a scalable and repeatable sales process. More on that in a moment. They are close to breakeven.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. After beginning their fund-raising efforts in 2007, the firm was ready to close in the fall of 2008—when the financial crisis hit Wall Street.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Home Social Media Business Entertainment Tech Web Video Dev & Design Apple Mobile Social Good Jobs Web Design Web Development Now Trending : Sharp to Launch Two 3D Android Handsets in Japan November 4, 2010 Jolie ODell View Comments 7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers email share email share Do you like this story?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. In the end, I believe they co-created our product with us. Leveraged distribution channels. Open APIs and data-oriented architecture (aka "web 2.0"). Expo SF (May.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Monday, February 04, 2008. A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Mass blasts of information are ineffective, because the broadcast channels are suffering from information overload (even in social media). Test-marketing is now easier than ever before, thanks to leveraged distribution channels like AdWords and Facebook. Though technology tools and Web 2.0 ideas (e.g.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Paras Chopra , founder of VWO , answered a question about this on Quora. Web loading concerns. You can usually tell this is the case when your SEO traffic converts well below other acquisition channels. Also note that often, organic traffic is one of the highest converting channels. URL and content duplication.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Again, its critical to focus your marketing launch on those publications, venues, and channels that your potential partners are paying attention to. Founders push for it. In some ways, founders are even worse. My experience is that many founders actually have a deep anxiety that maybe they are not succeeding. Dont scale.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I started a career in real estate in 2008 (when the market was crashing). I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. Thanks to Dean Cycon, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co. ! #19 Everyone thought I was crazy.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

My firm, atCommunications, LLC—a Chicago-based Web development and digital marketing agency—is this year celebrating its 20th year in business! After getting laid off from a job back in 2008, I decided I would put all my passions together and become a personal finance journalist. 2- Raise and support our family on our own terms.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Returning to our example of the beleaguered founder who still has the pager, before hiring an operations guy, try promoting someone from within to take on the job. Given that most recruiting channels are pay-for-performance, its usually cheaper, too, because it has a lower conversion rate. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

07:00 PM: TechSet Party Speakeasy – This Friday SXSW kickoff party unites the digerati as they channel their inner Fame Monster by reviving a decade of style and glamour that made the social elite go ga ga. 11:00 AM: The Future of Influence 10AB – The ability to share online has allowed consumers to control and filter the web.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Today, Id like to spend some time on two techniques: the problem presentation and learning what channels of information reach customers. In particular, Ive focused on the two channels of communication that were most commonly suggested in the first survey: conferences and books. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Alejandro Velez and Nikhol Arora , Co-founders of Back to the Roots. We don’t model ourselves off Facebook; instead, we channel Ferraris. Neil Thanader , CEO and Founder of LabDoor. In 2010, I co-founded Kiip, a company at the intersection of two hotbed markets: mobile gaming and advertising.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A minimum viable product in this category must answer the question: does my media content or channel command the attention of a valuable audience? Startup founders need to use their own judgment to ask: which is the riskiest assumption underlying my business plan? Founders struggle with this question.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

She has a separate team, with its own culture and office, and a mandate straight from top management to innovate without regard to the company’s historic products, channels, or supply chain. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

As notification channels get stuffed full of these messages, customers tune them out (or platforms have to put in place dramatic limits on access). And most web applications do their positioning right in the first few screens of the app. the fatigue rate of customers in that notification channel 2. It all depends on: 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Rashmi Sinha, co-founder and CEO of SlideShare , describes an early version of the analytics package that’s part of the Pro accounts the company announced today. Early this year, SlideShare launched custom channels. Eric] “The first user experience was actually terrible.&# What prompted the process change?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

In this talk, Erik Hersman discusses Ushahidi, a Google Maps mashup used in Kenya following the 2008 elections. Twitter is one such tool, and co-founder Evan Williams offers great insight into the knowledge of Twitter users. The world wide web is, in all reality, world wide. Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. We can remedy it by creating a special visa for startup founders. I think the benefits are a no-brainer. 2gov.org will take care of the rest.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

September 27, 2010 | View Comments This is the third part of a series on becoming your own technical co-founder. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. I’m writing about how I became our technical co-founder. Advice: I wrote a gude to finding a technical co-founder.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This is the third part of a series on becoming your own technical co-founder. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. I’m writing about how I became our technical co-founder. Disclaimer: If you know a great technical co-founder that wants to work with you, join them.

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