YoungUpstarts

MAY 10, 2012

Jobs’ death on 5 Oct 2011 at the age of 56 due to pancreatic cancer has been one of the most talked about death in recent history. In a recent article on Harvard Business Review , Isaacson shared what he considered to be the real leadership lessons of Steve Jobs. These are worth nothing, and are summarized as follows: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2013

In fact, shoppers in 2011 need 10.4 Doing so ensures that the firm is able to keep up with changing customer needs, shifts in technology and emerging superior ideas. Meijer’s Find-It app which allows shoppers to find products anywhere in the store using indoor mapping technology. Keeping Score.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 15, 2011

Organized by the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) , the SiTF Awards 2011 – which seeks to recognize innovative infocomm technology applications or solutions developed in Singapore – has announced its finalists for the awards competition. In the Emerging Technology category.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011. How Much Diligence is Due.Or Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. The research did show that higher returns were earned by investments where more diligence was done.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Innovation Clusters.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2023

medical marketplace since 2011, has announced its industry expansion. surgical market’s best global medical technology devices has delivered its new partnership with DEKA Trio, offering a novel scanner, just cleared by the FDA, for surgical scar revision. “We medical community. IML’s leadership role as a resource for the U.S.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me. This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. What We Saw in 2011….

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 2011

See the May 2011 edition after the jump. in the first quarter of 2011, supported by growth in consumer spending and exports. In April, the Bank of Israel raised its 2011 growth forecast to 4.5% IMD RANKS ISRAEL 17TH MOST COMPETITIVE ECONOMY IN 2011. The majority of the unemployed were absorbed by the high-tech sector.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. These events mean that technology is advancing fast enough to make better decisions than humans in order to accomplish a given task. Chris Rust, Clear Ventures).

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. Companies have shifted from producing pure technology to producing consumer products. In 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies attracted $2.14

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View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

But in the grand scheme of things, 10 years is a blip, and one that had a continuous bull market in tech. The reality is that seed investing as a strategy was not a new thing back in 2011, and one could point to multiple prior waves where this sort of investing just didn’t work. In some ways, this feels like an eternity.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Covid changed many things for the post-pandemic world and brought on digital tech advancement, one of the major advancements was in AI , especially in the field of con versation. They adapted Convin’s conversation intelligence for reviewing their sales reps’ daily activities. Salesloft was founded in the year 2011 in Atlanta, GA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, 62% of working Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force, with real power and influence, for at least nine more years, to 2020.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2011

See the September 2011 edition after the jump. Trade with Argentina, on the other hand, only reached $130 million due to high tariffs on Israeli goods there. Citigroup intends to open a technology research and development center in Israel in December to support its global activities. For previous editions, click here.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Slowly but surely, however, we have a quietly emerging ‘ecosystem’ (as it is often called in tech lingo). So is the Dutch tech startup story sold short? But hedonistic pleasures aside, The Netherlands actually has a great foundation for tech entrepreneurship. Not in my view. A top-notch infrastructure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

The $30 billion trade surplus in advanced technology products that America enjoyed just one decade ago has now become a $56 billion deficit. In addition, due to Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, accounting costs have gone up an estimated four times for all businesses, and 2008-2009 represented the worst IPO market in forty years.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Innovation Clusters.

Programming 172

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 172

YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2011

This technology will be a noteworthy advancement in urban operations such as traffic reporting or area monitoring. With all the advanced technologies people are using and new inventions being discovered every day, do you think you can work backwards? Their greatest influences? Going Green & Eco-friendly. Bamboobee does.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

How spoiled we are, taking for granted a system of government with relatively stable, transparent laws and regulations, consistently applied (at least in theory), and subject to judicial oversight with appellate review. What the heck was I doing in Egypt anyway? Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

It got me thinking about this past year, specifically around consumer tech in Boston. So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. Zipcar: Ok, not exactly consumer web/software, but a great consumer tech company nonetheless.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. GE’s gross margin was 21% last year, compared with 28% at United Technologies and 30% at Siemens.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Before I try gazing into my crystal ball to see what 2011 will bring for the consumer internet industry, let me first see how I did on last years predictions: 1. I think we’ll see more from the online lending space in 2011, so I may just have been too early on that part of the prediction! Now, on to my predictions for 2011: __.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

2011 is going to be a great year for entrepreneurs – even better than 2010. Last month the National Venture Capital Association released a survey which reflected investor’s optimism on high-risk startups, and gave every indication that VCs would continue to invest, particularly in IT, mobile, and cloud-based technologies.

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Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It is often the fortuitous mixture of new technologies, customer awareness and then acceptance of the technology and then the slow adoption into our daily lives that leads to markets exploding. We technology leaders also make this mistake. He was tech. Nascent startup markets are like fine wine, they take time to develop.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

ARRIS, headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, specializes in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and business customers around the world. ISRAELI AIR FORCE TECHNOLOGY HELPS IMPROVE SPORT PERFORMANCE. ISRAEL CORP UNIT TO BUILD $680 MLN PERU POWER STATION.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. Maxwell Wessel, in a recent article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

But instead of a discussion of our nation’s current situation, I wanted to have a look at the state of crowdsourcing – as an industry, as profession, and a force for change in the world of business, creativity, technology, and politics. Related posts: Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness).

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Software Review Africa Technical Review United States 92

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Just as Yves mentored me when I became his co-managing partner in 2011, he didn’t seek to ride off into the sunset either. Instead he championed our investment themes into sustainability and food technologies having invested in companies like Apeel Sciences and Ynsect. And all the platform stuff. Wait, What About Yves?

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Some observations from Bipul Sinha about the internet and media industry in 2011. This is as much of a game-changer (due to a new distribution model based on the social graph) as going from offline to the Internet was in the 90s. Year of Social Utilities. Display Advertising Enters a Golden Era.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

It’s also surprisingly difficult for students to get plugged-in to everything that is happening in the local tech ecosystem. Large Tech Meetups: Web Innovators Group : Quarterly Demo-Style meetup in Cambridge draws over 1000 members of the startup community each time. PopSignal - My favorite regular tech gathering. Invite only.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

These cycles are particularly pronounced in the technology industry, where rapid innovation leads to rapid product releases, and often to rapid failures. Google released Chromebook in October 2011, offering a faster and easier way to access the Internet. pound paperweight,” said the New York Times’ David Pogue in a technology review.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Minor Technical Difficulties. We are currently experiencing some minor technical difficulties: Normal service will be resumed shortly… Home Privacy Notice About Login Lexicon. Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. 13, 2011 13:30 in Startups.

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View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

There is always some debate about the methodology and accuracy of the list, but I think it’s a pretty interesting data set that reflects some of the things that have been happening in tech and VC over time. I also think we’ll see some new geographies begin to gain momentum, especially LA, and perhaps several others. Firm Persistence.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Africa 313

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

This class is built on conducting in-person of interviews with customers/ beneficiaries and stakeholders, but due to the pandemic, teams now had to do all their customer discovery via a computer screen. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. It Started With An Idea.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Information and communications technology industry players in Singapore claim that manpower costs due to recent changes to the country’s foreign manpower policy are likely to be the biggest challenge this year, according to the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF). This is ironic.

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Singapore Cost Technical Review Retention 133