Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. The idea is that once we move to the new system (or coding standard, or API, or.)

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Finance Dissertation Help. Finance Dissertation Proposal. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11).

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. It all started on March 31, 2008. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Happy New Year 2008!

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: SaaS , software , Venture Capital. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). at 6:31 PM.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. I am working on a post-mortem of the SaaS 13 Index for 2008, but before getting into these gloomy numbers, I thought I would start the year with something more refreshing. software. (10).

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Tuesday, December 01, 2009.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, October 27, 2008. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ▼ 2008. (11). Happy New Year 2008!

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. In other words, how much of the decline in revenue growth is due to signing up fewer customer vs lower revenues from each new customer.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. on January 1st 2008. 2008 after flirting with the lows in March 09 at -65%. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10).

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. What a bubble means for each entrepreneur. I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# I believe that.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, November 13, 2008. 1st 2008 = base 100) This number compares to the Nasdaq reaching a low point of -46% and currently showing a -40% drop year to date.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Software as a Service (SaaS), the most mature of these segments, is comprised of end user applications like Salesforce.com. Get instrument rated, and trust the 6Cs of Cloud Finance (more.)

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Throughout its history, BVP has funded some of the worlds most talented entrepreneurs, helping them to build their businesses and dominate growing markets. Cracking The Code on Facebook.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, June 23, 2008. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ▼ 2008. (11). Happy New Year 2008!

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. 10K/MMR is very very large for most SaaS players and Netli is unique in that it is at a very low level of the software stack. link] Nirvaha Sales Compensation Software. software. (10).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] You don’t need to buy expensive software – there are free open source solutions for nearly everything. The top quartile funds have performed well. Many funds have not performed and will start to disappear.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing. The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, February 25, 2008. The Index reference point starts on January 1st 2008 at 19,187.81 Labels: SaaS , software. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10).

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking the SMB code. Small and Medium businesses have been the holy grail of High tech and software companies for quite some time now, but the quest is far from ending. "If

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 5, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

In April 2008, I was introduced to Ugmode, Inc. The first time I asked them what they needed, they said they just need to crank out code. While Zappos was doing diligence on Modista, the issue was brought up that one of other companies in this space — Like.com , founded by Munjal Shah — had filed for some IP in this area.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups. .&# Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. I guessed the measuring spoon was not used diligently. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11).

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 30, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 7, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Geoffrey Arone , the founder of FLock, who is now an Entrepreneur-In-Residence in our Menlo Park office, mentioned this company to me and I thought it was worth writting a post about it.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Active software engineers probably get two offers a month or more. If you’re a non-technical entrepreneur in Silicon Valley that’s out of college now, it can be tough to find a technical cofounder. I was able to hire phenomenal software engineers and grow a strong team culture. Learn to write code yourself.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. Sandhill.com Podcast : 40mn podcasts on Enterprise software. Cracking The Code on Facebook.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 18, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 software. (10). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

At today's roundtable, we had three niche e-commerce entrepreneurs and two e-commerce infrastructure entrepreneurs. I will work with him on his inventory financing strategy. Now, the Web self-service software market is very crowded with major players like RightNow already deeply entrenched. GrillGrate. JCLABoutique.com.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

During this week's roundtable we discussed an area that deserves a serious look from entrepreneurs: Rural BPO. Today, I invited entrepreneurs to come up with ideas, apply the 1M/1M methodology to it, and come discuss with me at these roundtables. I call it drip-financing. In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. The theme was "the future of software". Saturday, December 16, 2006.

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