YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Nurture your network; maintain your relationships. It is the innate power of a good founder’s network that will turn napkins into products and products into successful businesses. Here are five reasons why networks are an entrepreneur’s greatest asset: 1. Your network will become your partners, customers, and brain trust.

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Networking Cleveland Cofounder Angel Investor 225

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Online Resources and Newsletters: Bostinno : Great coverage of local startup happenings with a growing network of local writers. VentureCafe - Networking venue within the CIC. Gridco Systems – Power Distribution Systems (backed by General Catalyst and Northbridge). Henrietta’s Table - In the Charles Hotel.

Boston 71

Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

Board Effect

JULY 5, 2021

The Giving Pledge went global in 2013, and philanthropists from 25 countries have since made commitments through The Giving Pledge. In what’s perhaps the largest distribution of donations by anyone in a single year, Scott and Jewett have donated $2.7 It’s also provided a global forum for networking among philanthropists.

Government 98

Government Technical Review Global Distribution 98

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Anyone who has ever spent time with Apoorva knows how smart he is, but we were too focused on how how operationally tough it would be to build up such a shopping delivery network. We were introduced to Henry Ward from eShares through our friend Manu Kumar from K9 Ventures in 2013. Philip Krim reached out cold in 2013.

Portfolio 201

Portfolio Cap Table Early Stage Valuation 201

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. I don’t believe in distributed teams in early-stage business. He used the 500Startups platform to uber network in the Bay Area where he was living. Jordan Hudson.

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San Francisco Jordan Angel Investor Partner 372

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. VIPKid , which was founded in 2013 by Cindy Mi , is a truly amazing story. As you can see, that can be a big mistake.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

The chart above shows age distribution within major social networks and online communities. Design Trends 2013 – Flat and Minimal | Abduzeedo – [link]. Typography Best Trendy In 2013 | Grafix Designs – [link]. Design Trends 2013 – Flat and Minimal | Abduzeedo – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2014

2013 was an exciting year for small business Internet marketing. It’s just that content marketing and social network participation are (collectively) more important. Google dropped the granddaddy of all backlink penalties on October 4 th 2013 ( Penguin 2.1 Social Networking. Addressing The Content Gap.

SEO 75

SEO Small Business Kansas City Offshore 75

www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Posted on January 31, 2013. If, for example, you are a Python-using shop which had a Redmine instance running around with no code on it, and you lose that Redmine server, you can expect a skilled attacker to then pivot from that privileged location within your network to start compromising other servers on your network.

Security 101

Security Software Review Ruby Startup 101

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel. A person receives an email about an endorsement, they visit the platform to view it, and then they’re nudged to endorse people in their own networks. The result? Revival messaging. ConvertKit.

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Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Reaching out to new markets and opportunities requires skills, experience, and networks that are usually developed by those who have studied abroad. Post Brexit, many companies in the UK consider distributed teams overseas as an alternative to the shrinking talent pool and high recruitment costs in Britain.

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Africa Benin Seychelles Nigeria 75

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

Regular computers must be united into a sophisticated computing network; big tasks should be broken into smaller ones; and all the possible contingencies — like slow internet or sudden computer shutdowns — must be taken into consideration. To solve any substantial computing task you’ll need more than one computer. Prime time.

Search 179

Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 179

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We recently wrapped up our strategy offsite, an annual event that brings together the members of our very distributed team – 12 different cities in four different countries – to discuss what our aspirations and ambitions are for the coming year. It is my one resolution for 2013: less annoying emails. They may [.].

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

Over Thanksgiving weekend in 2013, right after launching his email list experiment, he built Product Hunt’s first website mockup with his team. Prerna began her startup journey after leaving a job as a management consultant, and launched Yaari, a youth-oriented social network in India.

Lean 60

Lean United States Fractional CTO Startup 60

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The Future of Startups 2013-2017, beginning of a series. Sunday, January 27th, 2013. Then from a bottoms-up standpoint what you said is exactly right, I think, which is that the new generation of employees grew up on smartphones and tablets and touch and everything, social networking and Twitter and everything else.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2014

Workers simply login to the company network to view their own individual desktop images. According to a 2013 TechRepublic survey , 50 percent of companies with 250 or more employees use VDI. Fortunately, solid-state drives (SSD) on many devices have improved the networked storage’s I/O performance, speeding bootup times.

Wiki 279

Wiki Mobile Security Networking 279

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

They’re looking for guidance on building the company, the ability to tap into a VC’s network, and help with potential business opportunities. The reality today is that capital is more available than ever and entrepreneurs have become more sophisticated, so founders are looking for more than just cash from their venture backers.

Lean 108

Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2013

When it came to attack traffic – defined as malignant Internet traffic malignant traffic such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks – the fourth most populous nation in the world barely ranked at all in last year’s 4th quarter report. Mbps during the first quarter of 2013. Hong Kong remained in the No.

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Indonesia Oman Asia Iraq 133

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Many WMS programs are hosted locally and accessed via a company’s intranet network. A designer working on a new brochure, for example, might need to view the progress of a copywriter working on the text, but he wouldn’t need to see how the finance department is interacting with the distribution company. Do you need cloud integration?

Software 133

Software Management Philippines Cofounder 133

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list. Social networking. Create your own social network.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. I recently went to a networking event for one of the seed funds that invested in PandoDaily, and I’ve never seen such worry on the faces of the entrepreneurs.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Organizational resilience means building in the flexibility to manage anticipated as well as unanticipated challenges, putting in place a future-oriented structure to distribute accountability, linking functions with networks to get thing done, and a heavy focus on the best people practices. entrepreneur facts of life startup'

Entrepreneur 257

Entrepreneur Global Viral Green 257

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

” But in 2013, the Sheehans set their sights higher. Sales and marketing oriented, networking, that’s my expertise. It was August 2013 when we put an offer on the current building, after looking at about 15 different properties. Colleen: Currently it’s all about distribution. restaurant into Elk Horn Brewery.

Oregon 60

Oregon Distribution Portland Georgia 60

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

By 2013, the U.S. As in the notorious Blackberry case a few years ago, the more successful the business, the more the company has to lose, and the more it will pay to settle and obtain a license to the patented technology ( $612 million in RIM’s case to avoid a shutdown of the entire Blackberry network).

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2013

Andrew Shotland, who operates this blog, brings a wealth of experience from the fields of network TV websites, search engine optimization (SEO) programming, and SEO consulting. A convenient link at the top of the page gives readers easy access to posts that include illuminating tables and charts. Local SEO Guide. SuperMedia.

Social Media 82

Social Media Marketing SEO Advertising 82

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2012

You spent a lot of time and perhaps even a lot of money creating compelling videos and distributing them across the web. Cisco predicts by 2013 that 90% of all web traffic will be generated by video. People today are finding your company and watching your videos on the web, mobile and social networks. Why is this a big deal?

Video 164

Video Acquisition Distribution Social Network 164

Haystack

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2012 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2013; Slack in 2014 (after prematurely saying there wasn’t one); took a break in 2015-16, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; in 2017 it was Coinbase ; and last year, 2018, it was Airtable. It can save time.

Cap Table 113

Cap Table Finance Database Software 113

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2016

Meanwhile, e-commerce sites are getting larger and slower all the time – according to Web Performance Today , the median e-commerce page grew 67% between Summer 2013 and Summer 2014, and loaded more than a second lower across the same survey period. Content Delivery Networks. Load Distribution.

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Caching Widget Cloud Open Source 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content. YouTube is a distribution and marketing channel like any other. You can’t build a brand on YouTube.

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SEM Los Angeles Silicon Valley Acquisition 150

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

With the benefit of global networks and expertise, we have to help customers stay compliant with import and export regulations around the world. For instance, we are working with one customer on the faster distribution of clinical kits from Singapore to hospitals in China. 1] [link]. [2] 2] [link]. [3] 3] Frost & Sullivan, 2014. [4]

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Asia China Singapore Forecast 100

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

For marketers, then, the goal is to distribute that secret, in full or part, for maximum impact: To create real value for Insiders. Walmart is an obvious example—we care about low prices, not the logistical networks that achieve them. Outsiders, on the other hand, aren’t even aware that there is a secret.

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Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 108

Reid Hoffman

MAY 23, 2022

And Gopuff is able to continually strengthen its contribution margin per order (currently $4+ across the entire network and rising). One irony of the instant needs market is that building highly optimized logistics and distribution networks is not an overnight proposition, much less a 20-minute one.

Vertical 68

Vertical Social Media Operations Stock 68

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). It exists precisely because there is a network.

Video 380

Video Audience Global Distribution 380

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In 2015, 46 percent of workers were enrolled in a plan with an annual deductible of $1,000 or more, up from 38 percent in 2013 and 22 percent in 2009. Narrow Networks — Narrow networks are an interesting response to the above market prices that the large hospitals and groups are pushing on the broader market.

Customer 59

Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

VC Adventure

AUGUST 12, 2014

It’s a generalization but one that’s pretty well accepted in venture circles and it’s how many VCs describe target fund distribution, myself included. Correlation Ventures just released a study that shows the distribution of outcomes across over 21,000 financings and spanning the years 20014-2013. Actually no.

IRR 133

IRR Portfolio Distribution Venture Capital 133

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

For marketers, then, the goal is to distribute that secret, in full or part, for maximum impact: To create real value for Insiders. Walmart is an obvious example—we care about low prices, not the logistical networks that achieve them. Outsiders, on the other hand, aren’t even aware that there is a secret.

Customer 101

Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 101

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In 2013 the non-profit anti-spam organisation Spamhaus was hit by a huge DDoS attack, with up to 300Gbps of traffic saturating its servers. Spamhaus eventually thwarted the attack, in part because it has a highly distributed infrastructure, allowing it to continue operating in some capacity. Any company can be vulnerable.

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Small Business Web Operations Distribution 100