YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

No surprise during an economic crisis, over 81% of business owners are prioritizing cash flow management and are identifying ways to cut back spending and increase sales, namely by moving services online. Cash Flow is Top of Mind. The survey found the top activities are: Increasing marketing efforts (41%). Cutting expenses (36%).

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Product naming is hard. Too many factors come into play when looking for a name and it’s almost impossible to decide on the right name once you’ve stared at the same list for a week straight. As an aside, his application launched last week and you can find it at [link] or in the iPhone app store under the name “QuickReader.”

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) 3 , on August 31, 2009 at 12:48 pm Said: [.]

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 11, 2020

He won the 2009 Affiliate Manager of the Year award there as well as leading Legacy Learning Systems to be named Most Improved Affiliate Program (with over 70% of the votes) and a second-place finish for Best Affiliate Program. Have you ever tried looking for a domain name? Have you ever tried looking for a domain name?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. 2009 – Back to The Future The bad news is that since the bubble most VC firms haven’t made a profit. So what’s left?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

These companies would take our computers and put their name on them and resell them to their customers. He even remembered the names of their wives and kids and some details about schools or events. (I I couldn’t believe it, here we were wasting precious time and the dumb sales guy is talking about other stuff.)

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Since basis of the company was to create, track, and report out on metrics it fit with the theme and the name, hence, CHICAGO MetricsR.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2017

This process gets even easier if you’ve done your homework and can approach the person with a name or two in mind that they may recognize. Hint: use LinkedIn to browse connections and gather names of people you’d like to meet.). Create an upsell strategy for current customers.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

The “Good” Student » 14 Responses Shane Rogers , on April 6, 2009 at 1:37 pm Said: The names of ‘secret’ customers is funny. Their code name was UTR (Up The River) in reference to their geographic location up the Potomac River. If not they were Up the River w/o a Paddle. Never in Gulag, only in exile.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

By 2009, the success of this ecommerce model was more evident. But your brand’s name is nowhere to be seen. Search Engine optimization, along with ignorance of some primary content fields of your ecommerce store, can make the difference in pushing your name within the market. Webstore Optimization.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Finally, since no one would believe a set of benchmarks named after our company, we needed a façade of independence, so we named them after the street the company was headquartered on in Sunnyvale California – they became known as the Potrero Benchmarks. The numbers were in. Overwhelmingly.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

This year, marketing need to provide sales with 40,000 active and accepted leads, company and product name recognition over 65% in our target market, and five positive product reviews per quarter. on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog. Thanks so much for sharing such stories. The Sharp End of the Stick?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

She was a top three finalist for the Tempe Chamber’s Business Woman of the Year Award in 2009, and was named to the San Diego Business Journal’s Most Admired CEO list in 2016 and 2017.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. 1- Initials of a longer name. With a different business model, we wanted a name that didn’t sound like areal estate brokerage.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

So, if youre interested in helping avoid mistakes like that, here are the steps: Get a domain name. It doesnt have to be the worlds catchiest name, just pick something reasonably descriptive. If youre concerned about sullying your eventual brand name, dont use your "really good" name, pick a code name.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Customers went into the store either looking for the SuperMac product by name (if our demand creation activities had been effective) or went in unsure of which brand of board to buy. Reply Bill Allred , on May 1, 2009 at 10:46 am Said: This is a really common pitfall. That’s 10x what many websites convert.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

In the past few years, big names, including Yahoo! For example, according to ADP’s 2009 hiring index , 46 percent of résumés reviewed showed discrepancies. Starting a new business inherently comes with risks that must be mitigated. Research shows they’re not alone.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

1: SendGrid (2009). The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. 2: Uber (2009). 3: Twilio (2009). Techstars Ventures 2009 invested in the angel debt round in 2011. 5: Scopely (2011).

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 14, 2010

How could you not fall in love with a company named AgileZen ? This is the second acquisition Rally has made – the other was 6th Sense Analytics which they acquired at the beginning of 2009. This is the second acquisition Rally has made – the other was 6th Sense Analytics which they acquired at the beginning of 2009.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, February 20, 2009 Work in small batches Software should be designed, written, and deployed in small batches. Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuous deployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. February 21, 2009 12:10 AM Harold Fowler said.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Step 2: Name your business. Once you have a business idea, you need to come up with a business name. Some successful companies have separate brand names from their corporate name (think 3M). Discuss with your friends or family and select the most appropriate name. Step 4: Get your domain name.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. January 2, 2009 8:54 AM mancjew said. January 2, 2009 8:57 AM Abbas said. Abbas February 22, 2009 3:33 PM cwillu said. I will come back for more.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

John Winner first learned about kaizen in 2009 while a student at the University of Texas at Austin. The idea resonated with him and in 2018, Winner named his company Kizen, a domain name one “a” short of kaizen. […].

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. March 16, 2009 11:18 PM William Pietri said. That naming issue aside, I think its probably good that Scrum and XP didnt really say much about how to manage products.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2012

Yongfook, as he is better known in Singapore’s tech entrepreneurship circle (we first wrote about him in 2009 ), is an avid cook and the former director for Japan-based online recipe network Cookpad in charge of its international business. Prior to that, Yongfook founded and sold off his own recipe social network Open Source Food. .”

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OnlyOnce

JULY 12, 2018

In 2009 I was working at a software security start up in the Silicon Valley. A few names were mentioned of who could keep them alive, but they were people who I knew would not focus on them at all. Times were exceedingly tough, there were several rounds of layoffs that year, and in May I was finally on the list.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 24, 2014

I was relatively new to the investing world at the time having started K9 Ventures just a year before in April 2009. One was with Lee Jacobs and I’ve forgotten the name of the second person. In his talk Vinod walked through some examples of different companies he had invested in through Khosla Ventures.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

They snagged Lala for $80 million in December, 2009. Apparently, the technique worked as the deal is said to net everyone at Color, including investors, a return on the initial funding. Yes, we know, it seems crazy. But this wouldn’t be Apple’s first time buying one of Nguyen’s startups.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Irrespective of the name, this type of accident is fatal, as the majority of cars have very little flank reinforcement. The car manufacturers didn’t have to add the side airbags until 2009. Usually, this crash includes the front end of a car hitting the side of another vehicle, thereby resulting in a T-shape.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 17, 2019

First and foremost, if you don’t know what your Google My Business Page is, start by Googling the name of your business and location (city and state). In the righthand panel, there should be a directory listing with your business’s name and information. Describe What You Do. Describe What You Do.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Embrace technical debt Financial debt plays an important and positive role in our economy under normal conditions. Very much appreciate the suggested solutions (Five Why's, split testing etc) July 29, 2009 6:24 AM Kevin Gadd said. July 29, 2009 6:57 AM Heiner Wolf said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? Now, in some situations, this over-selling would lead to a secondary problem, namely, that customers would realize they had been duped and refuse to re-subscribe. Great post!

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OnlyOnce

JULY 12, 2018

In 2009 I was working at a software security start up in the Silicon Valley. A few names were mentioned of who could keep them alive, but they were people who I knew would not focus on them at all. Times were exceedingly tough, there were several rounds of layoffs that year, and in May I was finally on the list.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 8, 2015

South by Southwest has named Girlstart Executive Director Tamara Hudgins to its Interactive Hall of Fame for 2015. SXSW is honoring Hudgins for her work in expanding and developing the Austin-based nonprofit organization since 2009. Austin Girlstart SXSW Interactive'

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Building a new startup hub Last week, I had a unique opportunity to spend some time in Boulder at the behest of TechStars. Accept that many successful companies are going to want to be backed by big-name firms in other cities. August 28, 2009 1:15 PM Derek Scruggs said.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 14, 2019

A a communications major, I always found time for the nonverbal communication classes, but I didn’t make the connection between “my great passion and the world’s deep need” until a friend of mine went through bankruptcy in 2009 walking around with the droopy shoulders a hung head. How did you come up with your business name?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 26, 2010

So, it’s been a year since you were named as the AI TP I nformation Technology of the Year. I left BMC Software in November of 2009 and took a few months off to be with my family. What is happening with the flux capacitor and the Whurley movement? It’s been an insane year.

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