Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

By utilizing economies of scale, location, and common design, you may be able to provide a better solution faster for a lower cost. M&A is a common way of acquiring new products and services, without the incubation time of building and testing the product. New products or services to existing customers.

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Bandwidth Incubator .Net Global 246

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2012

We’ve taught two cohorts: 21 teams ending in December 2011 , and 24 teams ending in May 2012. In July 2012 we’ll teach 50 more teams, and another 50 in October. The NSF I-Corps Lean LaunchPad class has different goals then the same class taught in a university or incubator. Teaching Objectives. Lessons Learned.

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Lean Incubator Business Model Georgia 248

Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 21, 2014

Brett Jacobsen during our Leadership Atlanta class experience in 2012/13. He also does a really great job with this blog, Design Movement. However, this requires them to be the driver not the passenger in the design of their learning experience. As a professional, I get one shot to directly impact a generation of students.

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Atlanta Zambia Leadership Technical Review 55

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

The destination was Dealmaker Media's GROW 2012 conference , a summit of startup rock stars and wannabe-rock stars raring to pitch, invest and innovate their hearts out in Vancouver. The final headcount was a raucous, adventuresome 100+ founders, investors, entrepreneurs, bloggers, developers and designers. twitter.com/paulsingh/stat….

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Portland Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley Incubator 147

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

The investing strategy for K9 stands in stark contrast to most “early-stage” (incubators, accelerators, pre-seed and seed stage) investing. K9 Ventures II began investing in 2012 and was designed to have an investment period of 5 years. A lot of people assume that The Kennel is an incubator — it is not.

Technology 96

Technology LP San Francisco Portfolio 96

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. © 2007-2012, Xconomy, Inc. Site produced by Andrew Koyfman with design from Rob Hunter. Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. View More in Cleantech ›. Health IT ›.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

The destination was Dealmaker Media's GROW 2012 conference , a summit of startup rock stars and wannabe-rock stars raring to pitch, invest and innovate their hearts out in Vancouver. The final headcount was a raucous, adventuresome 100+ founders, investors, entrepreneurs, bloggers, developers and designers. here's the evidence.

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Portland Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley Incubator 60

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

The destination was Dealmaker Media’s GROW 2012 conference , a summit of startup rock stars and wannabe-rock stars raring to pitch, invest and innovate their hearts out in Vancouver. The final headcount was a raucous, adventuresome 100+ founders, investors, entrepreneurs, bloggers, developers and designers.

Portland 60

Portland Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley Incubator 60

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

25, 2012: Beh Weng Wei won the grand prize at the 2011 Young Entrepreneur Awards for his Frambie pitch, which eliminates some of the stress associated with custom picture framing and should be launching in Singapore on June 1, 2012. 9, 2012: Thanks to Emily May’s Hollaback! Beh Weng Wei at Tech65.org

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Washington Bangladesh 231

Steve Blank

MARCH 9, 2016

Craig Kanarick ’s career has integrated digital technology, design and strategy. At the Rockwell Group, the architecture and design firm, he co-founded Studio Red and the Lab , an incubator for integrating digital technology into physical spaces. He founded Mouth in 2012. In fact, usually they’re not going well.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Cofounder Entrepreneur IPO 120

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! What history teaches us about startup incubators – [link]. Worst Use Of Social Media of 2012: Boners BBQ – [link]. Inclusive Design – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion.

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IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 12, 2011

The Lightspeed Summer Program is NOT an incubator, nor was it ever intended to be. The program is designed to give you all the resources you need but ultimately it is best suited for entrepreneurs who just need the chance to make things happen. We one round for 2012. The deadline for is March 2, 2012 so get them in!

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Programming Venture Capital Angel Investor Incubator 122

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! ExcelerateLabs ranked in the top Startup Incubators by Forbes – [link]. Silicon Valley’s New Secret Weapon: Designers Who Found Startups – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Business, Engineering, Computer Science, and Design were all represented. I graduated from George Mason University with a self-designed degree in social entrepreneurship, choosing to focus on internships and courses that went beyond scantron tests and final powerpoint presentations. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM. ► 2012. (1).

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San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Conference 2012. Matchmaker-Turned Entrepreneur: How To Find A Co-Founder Two Tough Questions From Women in Tech at Startup Weekend 4 Tips For Overcoming “Inspiration Overload” (Moving Forward) Good CEOs Ask The Most Questions Of Anyone Care.com CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo At PITCH 2012 (Video). female founders. Acquisition.

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Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

2012 Events. The Bing Fund, Microsoft’s newest incubator, to be headed by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood. July 12, 2012 12:01 PM. After playing coy and dropping hints for weeks, Microsoft has finally announced its newest incubator, the Bing Fund. Skip to secondary content. what’s hot? Ouya Console. MobileBeat.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

The search giant recently took over the prominent Binoculars building, designed by famed architect Frank Gehry , in Venice. There are at least five high-profile incubators in the area, including Launchpad, Amplify and MuckerLab. © 2012 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. That said a lot." Travel Tips. Contact us.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Southern California Silicon Valley 87

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Voyager Labs (2012) – cognitive computing for understanding human behaviour. Beyond Verbal (2012) – understands people’s moods, attitudes and emotional characteristics (also known as personality) from their raw vocal intonations in real-time, as they speak. Raised $8M in series B in September 2016.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In 2012 I got together with Alexander Osterwalder , Henry Chesbrough and Andre Marquis to think about the Lean and the future of corporate innovation. Almost every large organization has some kind of incubator or accelerator program. All of their internal systems are designed to keep doing what they’ve always done best.

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Lean Nepal Cofounder Customer Development 326

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Updated July 10, 2012, 7:57 p.m. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Craig Walker, co-founder and CEO of Firespotter Labs, a technology incubator, said it feels unnatural to bestow so much voting power on one executive. See a sample reprint in PDF format.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 14, 2012

In 2012, in partnership with Stanford University , U.C. The class was designed to teach educators (and the entrepreneurs that support them) the Lean LaunchPad approach (Business Model Design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) for teaching entrepreneurship. The Lean LaunchPad Educators course.

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Developer Arizona Lean Business Model 300

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. If you’re looking for a designer, engineer, or biz marketing guy – go to meetups / conferences that those people would go to. I’m studying design. To what extent could I trust web design companies?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M. Whether its an internally built effort or something you incubate through an acquisition (we’ve acquired over a dozen companies), keep it separate operationally.

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Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

menagerie of creative entrepreneurs occupies the seven-story building, now known as the Metropolitan Exchange, or MEx, including biotechnologists, ecologically minded architects, organic fashion designers and even miniature-cupcake makers. via DumboNYC.

Community 114

Community Washington New York City Silicon Valley 114

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 3, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The 30 best free fonts for designers – [link]. 40+ Fresh High-Quality Free Fonts To Enhance Your Designs – [link]. 20 Awesome Paper Art Designs – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Thinking of applying to one (or all) of the summer accelerator/incubator/angel/mentoring programs like TechStars , Joystick Labs , or any of those found on this comprehensive list ? He’s the founder of four companies, most recently WPEngine , and blogs weekly about startups and geekery. We get that you might have shortcomings.

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

October 4, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. October 4, 2012 12:16:07. October 4, 2012 15:00:22. October 4, 2012 14:29:24. October 4, 2012 14:51:35. October 4, 2012 15:29:36. October 4, 2012 16:44:17.

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Naming Startup Social Media RSS 104

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Friday, August 31st, 2012. Through a four month pre-seed incubator program, you can launch your dream company with expert training, feedback, and support from experienced startup CEOs, while not being required to quit your day job. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. © 2012 AOL Inc. Disrupt SF.

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Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

ithacaVC

DECEMBER 1, 2012

As the country becomes more accepting of blended and online learning, a growing number of education startups have begun offering cutting edge services and products designed to deliver education to all those who seek it. Knewton secured a $33-million investment in 2011. After a year, BloomBoard raised $1.5

Technical Review 53

Technical Review Iowa Silicon Valley Phoenix 53

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In 2012, in partnership with Stanford University , U.C. The class was designed to teach educators (and the adjunct entrepreneurs that support them) the Lean LaunchPad approach (Business Model Design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) for teaching entrepreneurship.

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Delaware Lean Entrepreneur Advisory Board 297

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In 2012, in partnership with Stanford University , U.C. The class was designed to teach educators (and the adjunct entrepreneurs that support them) the Lean LaunchPad approach (Business Model Design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) for teaching entrepreneurship.

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Delaware Lean Entrepreneur Advisory Board 189

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

October 3, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. Invite people from outside of the tech world to bring a fresh perspective, and also invite folks from the creative professions — writers, designers, artists, etc. Like Tweet.

Naming 84

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Tools for Hackathons – added Dec 2012. LiveRoad : A Great IDE for design is very helpful.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

On November 28, 2012. I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. November 29, 2012.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93