ReadWriteStart

MAY 28, 2013

The lean startup – as envisioned and explained by Steve Blank, serial entrepreneur, associate professor at Stanford University and ReadWrite contributor – is no longer just for startups. The Evolution Of The Lean Startup. The lean startup model is not new. Companies are facing continuous disruption.

Lean 60

Lean Startup Technical Review Business Model 60

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2016

A lot of time can be spent choosing the perfect startup name. Startup names can be descriptive (PayPal), suggestive (Amazon), or even fanciful (Apple). Once you find the perfect name for your startup, it’s hard to think that any other name could fit the company you are building. Unsure if your startup is in need of a new name?

Naming 48

Naming Startup Marketing Technical Review 48

Venture Chronicles

AUGUST 2, 2013

Today I want to go into territory less obvious because let’s face it, hiring the best people and creating conditions where they can succeed is the kind of startup advice that is squarely in the “stating the obvious” category. but one aspect of a startup and/or growth stage company that cannot be glossed over is the product.

Product 62

Product CTO Hire Architecture Startup 62

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. June 5, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. And Why 20%?

Java 170

Java Flash Software Azure 170

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

What would a startup team look like based on this data only? Scrum, Agile, Product Management. Lagos, a Nigerian port city, is the home of more than 60 startups focused on solving social problems. What would a startup team look like based on this data only? More than 40 % have writing, editing, and copywriting skills.

Africa 75

Africa Benin Seychelles Nigeria 75

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Salesforce.com is a startup with 76,000 subscribers (over 2.1M I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. May 26, 2011.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. January 4, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. And Why 20%?

Community 100

Community Estonia Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. March 13, 2012. I have some limited experience in dealing with patents though, both from my time as a VC and also back in my own startup days. Leader on Mar 5 2012. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

Steve Blank

JANUARY 6, 2014

In the last few years Agile and “Continuous Deployment” has replaced Waterfall and transformed how companies big and small build products. Agile is a tremendous advance in reducing time, money and wasted product development effort – and in having products better match customer needs.

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Continuous Deployment Customer Agile Cloud 329

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

However, these can be difficult to obtain and ship, and this is exactly where social enterprise startup Maternova has made—and continues to make—inspirational strides. Allyson met her co-founder Meg Wirth in 2012 when Wirth was working as a consultant for groups like the Rockefeller Foundation and the United Nations.

Cofounder 60

Cofounder Sweat Equity Social Media Business Model 60

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Typically it’s when Cambridge Associates releases their benchmark data on the VC asset class ( here’s a 2010 example article from TechCrunch ) or an organization like the Kauffman Foundation publishes a white paper ( a 2012 example article from Business Insider here ). Even if you’re top decile for your vintage year (e.g.

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Last May, I shared the news that long-time Lean Startup advocates Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits were working on a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur featuring illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. After the 2012 conference I viewed it as an opportunity to reflect on the growth and evolution of the movement as a whole.

Lean 167

Lean Entrepreneur Agile San Francisco 167

Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Odds Are, Your Startup Probably Isn’t a Platform. I have the great privilege of meeting lots of entrepreneurs every day and hearing about the startups they’re building. But the reality is that most software-based startups aren’t really platforms. And Why 20%?

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Startup Syndicate 113

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Over 1,000 students a year are learning lean startup concepts. The Lean LaunchPad class teaches students how to build a Lean Startup using business model design, customer development and agile engineering. Encourage new startups? —– In August 2011 I received an email from someone at NYU I never heard of.

Lean 269

Lean New York City New York Customer Development 269

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

military can work together – for access to advanced technology and to learn how to move with agility, speed and urgency. He was named by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in the defense industry in 2012. Takashi Tsutsumi has been a venture capitalist 15 years incubating and investing in startups in Japan.

Channel 120

Channel Japan Bosnia Silicon Valley 120

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. April 27, 2012. Apple’s not a startup but thanks in large part to the spirit Steve Jobs infused in the company, they do an incredible job of imagining a product from scratch as it should be. On the startup side, Square’s done a particularly good job of this in payments.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. May 21, 2012. Here in 2012 you’ve already seen the first $100M+ acquisitions for LinkedIn (Slideshare), Zynga (OMGPop, Draw Something), and Facebook (Instagram) and it’s probably only a matter of time before Groupon does one. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

Acquisition 162

Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. May 23, 2012. Al Gore's 2012 Induction to the Internet Hall of Fame. within the extent of my professional lifetime) there’s a great opportunity for newly formed startups to disrupt vast swathes of the economy with internet-enabled innovation. And Why 20%?

Internet 182

Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

Agile VC

JANUARY 18, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. January 18, 2012. Being a startup founder isn’t for everyone ultimately, in fact it probably isn’t for most people. 2) The Pyramid Scheme of Startup Equity - Just like multi-level marketing schemes, in startups it pays to get in on the ground floor.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Cofounder Silicon Valley Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. February 21, 2012. We’re thrilled to have among our limited partners a select group of individuals from the startup ecosystem as well as several large institutional investors (including a university endowment, a corporate pension fund, and a multi-family office). And Why 20%?

LP 100

LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. January 27, 2012. Something has clearly changed within the last 5-6 years in terms of the speed with which monster startups are created in the software and internet space. Multi-billion dollar valuations for late stage startups like Dropbox, et al.

Hockey Stick 113

Hockey Stick Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 113

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. February 7, 2012. I wanted to touch on ‘golazo’ as it’s my fault we use this strange verbiage, but also a critical element we look for in all the startups we invest in. Simply put… startups that have golazo potential. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

South Korea 124

South Korea Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 124

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. May 16, 2012. Thematic investing is where VCs research a macro trend or specific market, form a thesis around why this trend/market will serve as a good basis for building great startups, and then pursue as many exceptional investments in this theme as appropriate for the VC’s strategy.

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. non startup/VC types) folks decorate their laptop with stickers, personalize their smartphones with covers/wallpaper/ringtones, and generally consider one or more computing devices a highly personal item that’s a ubiquitous part of their life. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

Silicon Valley 133

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 133

The Next Web

JANUARY 19, 2013

I asked a panel of 13 successful young entrepreneurs the following question: What was the most useful mobile app for your business in 2012 and why? Here’s a shortlist of the mobile apps they relied on to keep their startups running smoothly: 1. Evernote/Penultimate. Everyone always told me “build fast, organize later.”

Mobile 167

Mobile Entrepreneur API Agile 167

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. February 2, 2012. I recently wrote a post noting that while the growth cycle of startups has clearly accelerated in the last 5 years, the number of truly monster new businesses (a company ultimately worth $75-100B) remains about the same … it’s a once in a decade sort of thing.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. The Difference Between “No” and “Not Yet” January 12, 2012. Good investors try to be clear in terms of what they look for in terms of progress and milestones of the startups they invest in. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. Google was a one such company when they went public in 2004 and Facebook was too at their 2012 IPO. I don’t follow the Chinese startup market as closely as I follow the US, but Alibaba’s 2014 IPO was a similar watershed moment. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

IPO 100

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 100

Up and Running

JULY 24, 2012

With the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics, fans all over the globe will be glued to the TV watching sports we rarely see televised (fencing, anyone?) Is this any different than an entrepreneur working every day to make their startup or small business a success? Be Flexible & Agile.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Oregon Agile PR 94

Agile VC

AUGUST 2, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 113

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. February 28, 2012. Startups in NextView’s portfolio frequently receive inbound interest from other VC investors who are intrigued about what they’re doing, and I often talk with other early-stage entrepreneurs how to approach similar situations. Again, be intentional.

Early Stage 100

Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. There’re lots of reasons why we’re pleased to be involved, from the market opportunity and product and beyond, but of course team is central for all startup investments. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. March 18, 2012. Like many in the tech startup ecosystem, I’ve been intrigued with Twitter as a business for years. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am. And Why 20%?

Media 113

Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. March 8, 2012. I remember when it was a rare, extraordinary thing for a software/internet startup to even file an S-1. What’s the impact for early-stage startups? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What?

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100