Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

It’s a very important concept for me because in a startup you are constantly under pressure and have way too many distractions. Commitment & urgency are key drivers of success in startup businesses. I was recently talking with a startup company who wanted me to try their product. Customer Acquisition. On measurement.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2015

Startups have bigger concerns than privacy, or so they think. Many startups have learned that being young and small does not keep them off the radar screens of privacy regulators, and they can be vulnerable to costly investigations. By Janis Kestenbaum , a partner in Perkins Coie. Do what you say.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? .

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles Mobile 150

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Today, as large organizations are facing continuous disruption, they’ve recognized that their existing strategy and organizational structures aren’t nimble enough to access and mobilize the innovative talent and technology they need to meet these challenges. Companies Run on Process. Between a Rock and A Hard Place.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This is a question startup founders ask themselves multiple times a week. They encompass the effectiveness of marketing (the startup’s ability to reach and resonate with target customers) and stickiness (the product’s ability to deliver value to customers over time). How are we doing? Hope you find this helpful.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This is not about running a startup badly, it’s about not doing the things that are not core to your business. Hipchat – Intra-company chat with history (+mobile). Expensify – Expense processing (+mobile). Pivotal Tracker – Engineering planning, tracking, task assignments (+mobile). Administration.

Technology 251

Technology EC2 Mobile Startup 251

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

He also turned down multiple job offers in favor of pursuing his passion for business startups. Luke Lazarus Takes a Unique Approach When Working with Startup Clients. Mobile payments: Paying for goods and services using a smartphone or tablet has become much more mainstream in the last few years.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

In addition, ensure that you can access your virtual data room on mobile devices so that your office personnel can work even outside the workplace. An excellent Virtual Data room should provide privacy in business mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, due diligence , amongst other solutions.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Merger Security 158

The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

In the era of mobile, social, and the sharing economy, we’re seeing the emergence of next-gen mobile-enabled marketplaces in every ecommerce category, from fashion ( Poshmark ), to health ( Brighter and HealthTap ), lodging ( Airbnb and HotelTonight ), transportation ( Uber and Lyft ), and real estate ( Zillow ).

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Mobile Silicon Valley Viral Technical Review 136

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. billion acquisition of Weta Digital, Peter Jackson’s VFX company, gives Unity capabilities in creating hyper realistic virtual environments using RT3D (real-time 3D) technology. Here we go! Epic Games.

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

App store optimization (ASO) is about getting your mobile app in front of the right users at the right time. Done right, ASO can reduce user acquisition costs, increase app downloads, and improve your app’s value. Mobile banking has become tablestakes, and the same cycle will repeat when the next unique feature comes into play.

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Metadata Technical Review Retention Metrics 121

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference The Lean Startup Conference is next week--and now that we can step back and see all the speakers and mentors, we have to say: Wow. Ben Horowitz ’s book The Hard Thing About Hard Things is driving the conversation around startup management this year.

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Lean Fractional CTO Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE 165

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 18, 2020

While mobile banking has been just a competitive advantage for commercial banks before, it has become the ultimate survival requirement today. Even though mobile banking apps, web portals, and budget tracking tools might seem to be common to many customers in the modern world, a significant part of them has remained unfamiliar with them. .

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

Almost overnight, a huge new industry was created around mobile. Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2014 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2014 to 2023 (in billion U.S. billion users for Facebook and Instagram app startups cannot afford NOT to be discovered on social media.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Just a week after Tech in Asia ( Techinasia.com ) completed its acquisition of fellow Singapore-based blog SGEntrepreneurs (SGE) for an undisclosed sum, the startup and technology blog today announced that it has also acquired Indonesia-based gaming blog GameSaku from Apps Foundry. In the News acquisition Asia GamesInAsia.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

At the front-end of these innovations are startups – organizations the Department of Defense hasn’t previously dealt with at scale. Mrinal and Jeff’s article below explains how startups can adapt and thrive while working with the Defense Department. And how the Department of Defense is learning to work with startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Of course you now book when you want and even choose your restaurant based on availability at the time / day you want and you can book on your mobile phone at 2am or 8pm. Today they announced the mobile version of their product – I’d be grateful if you would download it and give it a spin. It sounds crazy, right?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Salaries Startup Founders Pay Themselves | Business Insider – crowdspring.co/1nHU2OK. Corporate Acquisitions Of Startups — Why Do They Fail? 1iDkVmr.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. Nice sweep!

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2020

Client acquisition will be a major focus for you moving forward, so you need to have a solid marketing strategy. Start by investing in a modern, mobile-responsive website that’s optimized to attract your target audience. The post How to Start a Personal Injury Law Firm appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Get out There.

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Technical Review Social Media Reputation Salary 122

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: Best Boss Ever? 30 Founders Share Why Their Startups Failed | Tech Cocktail – crowdspring.co/1ssh53n. You Should Run Your Startup Like a Cult.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

We like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and various random stuff! Small Business and Startup Tips: Cool Stuff for Your Next Trip | crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1pI8Qmc. Hot Tech Startups Get as Many Perks as They Give – crowdspring.co/1rJyIIn.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

During today's roundtable, we had four Microsoft BizSpark Startup India Challenge grant finalists present. 10Screens is currently also a finalist in the Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge. Very cool technology and I think this company has a fair shot at winning the mobile category in the Microsoft challenge.

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India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

Hearpreneur

JUNE 16, 2023

What is important to note however is the industry must stay at the forefront of changes to support their clients as it impacts their own growth, client acquisition, and client results. The economic outlook for digital marketing is good, with heavy investment from brands and startups needing to market their products and services.

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Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Retention Technical Review 84

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

The father of “Growth Hacking” appears to be Sean Ellis who wrote this widely read post, “ Find a Growth Hacker for your Startup. For starters it brings a mindset to startups that not all of them have innately. If your startup isn’t committed to growth hacking you’ll never find extra-ordinary growth.

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Technical Review Hockey Stick SEM Channel 384

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. For startups, the entrepreneur and founder is almost always the face of the company. People relationship focus.

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Leadership Technical Review Due Diligence Valuation 120

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2014

We also built two very high-quality mobile apps that we were experimenting with in terms of building better customer acquisition toools. Startup Lessons Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures' We’re thrilled to support you both and to work with you for years to come. And if you have kids please check out Seedling.

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Merger Southern California eCommerce New Zealand 296

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 5 Startup Costs You Might Not Have Thought About – [link]. The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. Why Startups Fail – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

Though the trend in the startup world seems to be relocating to Silicon Valley (a choice that some angel investors and ven­ture capitalists now call mandatory) and knocking on the doors of venture capital, this path doesn’t make sense for all businesses, and it’s not acces­sible to many entrepreneurs because of their life circumstances.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Silicon Valley Bandwidth 205

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

In the past week, Rakuten , a Japanese e-commerce company, bought Viber , a mobile messaging video app, for $900M; and Facebook bought WhatsApp , a mobile messaging app with 450M active monthly users globally (almost entirely outside of the US), for a deal that could be worth $19B after earnouts. Why this acquisition?

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India North America Ukraine Silicon Valley 107

Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

“Worst case scenario we’ll sell to a larger startup or public company for about ~$1.5m Especially in the early days of mobile/iOS engineering, if you hired strong technical talent into your early stage company, you basically created an acquisition outcome floor. per engineer.”

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Usually these M&A posts involve a private startup being purchased, but this past week, we witnessed a different type of deal — Google acquired Fitbit, which had been a public company for nearly four years. 1/ High End And Low End Disruption – Fitbit ended up owning nearly one quarter of the wearables market.

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Acquisition Venture Capital Aggregator Mobile 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

These individuals have all graciously agreed​ to continue their prior commitments to NextView-backed startups and entrepreneurs. Their expertise is focused across the range of software ​and​ internet sectors that we focus on here at NextView​ –​ from SaaS to e-commerce, ad-tech to mobile. ​.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

That’s what ReadWrite predicted would be the hottest of hot startups in 2013 and, for the most part, we were right. The Pebble smartwatch had its humble origins on the crowdfunding platform and so did the top startup on our list, Ouya. Startups abounded in every sector. Or it could be the next Facebook. Time will tell.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Rahul Varshneya is the co-founder of Arkenea , a company committed to helping entrepreneurs and businesses build, market and monetize their mobile apps. Building a mobile app startup is the “I want to build an Internet startup” of the late 1990s. Many startups were not the first in their domains. The answer is no.

Mobile 151

Mobile Startup Singapore India 151

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2014

Following Google’s acquisition of Nest last week Venturebeat published the following list of Google’s top ten acquisitions by value: Motorola Mobility – $12.5 billion, 2012. Nest Labs – $3.2 billion, 2014. DoubleClick – $3.1 billion, 2007. YouTube – $1.7 billion, 2006. Waze – $966 million, 2013.

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Acquisition IPO Mobile Internet 103

VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. While Clubhouse is the most popular of this lot, several new startups are vying to be the place where the conversation happens. Telegram launched Voice Chat 2.0

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Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139