mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

With development teams often based around the world, being the center of communication and progress can either lead to a tremendously successful strategy or a bottleneck that can slow down an entire company. As a non-technical founder of an IT company, it’s important to know when to dish responsibilities off.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 17, 2010

40+ Creative Example of Web Interfaces and Web Design - [link]. 100 Essential Web Development Tools - [link]. 50 Yellow Web Designs to Inspire You - [link]. Great List Of Free PSD Files For Web Designers - [link]. 10 Websites that (Really) Leave an Impression - [link]. 80,000+ in awards - [link].

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Cons: People advertising services, looking for advice, seeking investment capital, and looking for cofounders are all dumping their comments into the same place, which can make it hard to browse. Startups can sign up to have their projects advertised to compatible investors or search through a 20,000-investor database.

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Software By Rob

MAY 3, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Catch Me at the 2010 Business of Software Conference in Boston Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Out → I’m Writing a Book: “Start Small. Stay Small.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. Parrot AR Drone Review [VIDEO] View More » Web Video Local FOX Station Airs Hilarious Soci.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. Parrot AR Drone Review [VIDEO] View More » Web Video Local FOX Station Airs Hilarious Soci.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

I suggest you never call this person again for information TheNameInspector The founder of Kodak was George Eastman. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Was looking for something like this. He invented the name Kodak.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Startup Success Podcast, Open Source For-Profit Startups, One Laptop Per Child 2008, and $19 Usability Testing WordPress Headaches with Closing HTML Tag – Any Ideas? 2 James C on 11.27.08

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Advertising. Business Software. Research & Development. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Email Address: ); ADVERTISEMENT. FROM OUR PARTNERS. ); ); ); ADVERTISEMENT.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 31, 2016

Both me and my co-founder, Abhishek, met in first year of collage (IIT-Bombay). Failing to find a coder whose vision aligned with ours, we ended up coding ActivityDeck website ourselves. I decided to fuse my writing and storytelling skills with my friend’s web and tech skills to form a digital marketing startup.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

And thus it is with the majority of open source software: Open source software is free if your time is worth nothing. I’m bracing my inbox for emails from disgruntled Gimp users explaining how charging for software is bad, commercial software is evil, and my mother dresses me funny. But I don’t buy it.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We An engineer by training, Founder and CEO Larry Gadea built the MVP of Envoy’s first product, Visitors, by himself using only free versions of software. “I Qualified.io

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www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. For example, immediately after you confirm your email address, I’ll send you a link to watch a free 45 minute training video on improving the first run experience of your software. Greatest Hits.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We An engineer by training, Founder and CEO Larry Gadea built the MVP of Envoy’s first product, Visitors, by himself using only free versions of software. “I Qualified.io

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Our application tool will be free and will immediately compete with Peterson’s, Kaplan, Princeton Review, and other smaller players. We are implementing the innovative web 2.0 In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising. JS (for web/internet and mobile devices).

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live, the call-in show with Jason Cohen, sponsored by Software Promotions. This is a long episode (1:20), but it’s a conversation that will resonate with a lot of early-stage startup founders. That’s already there, there’s already websites that have all the data. Is that what it is?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

How You Can Benefit from All Your Stress | Heidi Grant Halvorson – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Money matters: why women founders struggle in Silicon Valley | The Verge – [link]. How Solo Founders Beat The Odds and Get Into Top Accelerators | WSJ – [link]. Paid Search: Are You Wasting Your Money?

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 3, 2009

This episode’s Micropreneur is Ruben Gamez who recently launched online design proposal software Bidsketch. == Rob: Thanks for your time today, Ruben. My name is Ruben Gamez and I’m a 32 year old web development manager living in south FL. It’s a SaaS (Software as a Service) based application that offers free and paid plans.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Android Advertise Network Blippr iPhone App Mashable France MashDeck Twitter App Mobile Site Social Media Events Twitter Guide Book Facebook Guide Book Partners App Development WordPress Experts MaxCDN Content Delivery Dynect Managed DNS Rackspace Hosting Intridea About Us Submit a Tip! Some Code-Free A/B Testing Resources 1.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2017

Speaking with Landon Ray, the Founder of ONTRAPORT. He is the Founder and CEO of ONTRAPORT, an award-winning web-based sales marketing and business automation software platform. I’ve never made software before or even a website. Landon, thanks for joining us. It is my pleasure.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. If there’s one video 1st time founders should watch to understand VC financing it’s this one – [link]. Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding | The Next Web – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R. The Founders Guide to Surviving Startup Life – crowdspring.co/1eYfYis. Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm. – crowdspring.co/1fkwYB1.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Home Social Media Business Entertainment Tech Web Video Dev & Design Apple Mobile Social Good Jobs Web Design Web Development Now Trending : Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman After 30 Years September 28, 2010 Jolie ODell View Comments 11 Trends in Web Logo Design: The Good, the Bad and the Overused email share email share Do you like this story?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Home Social Media Business Entertainment Tech Web Video Dev & Design Apple Mobile Social Good Jobs Web Design Web Development Now Trending : Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman After 30 Years September 28, 2010 Jolie ODell View Comments 11 Trends in Web Logo Design: The Good, the Bad and the Overused email share email share Do you like this story?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

While struggling to build companies, some founders also quietly battle depression | BetaBoston – crowdspring.co/1mUNP1y. “38% of venture-backed founders are over 40 years old” - crowdspring.co/1hywYgv. How Old Are Silicon Valley’s Top Founders? Re/code - crowdspring.co/1embSqM. 1mZymNH. .

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). I think quick, do something, then review what I’ve learned.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Outstanding post on qualities that Paul Graham (Y Combinator) looks for in startup founders – [link]. Mike Samson, Co-Founder of @crowdSPRING on Raising Angel Funding [Part 1] – [link]. The marketing challenge for startups (by @Scobleizer – interview with founder of Indinero) – [link].

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Kayserian sees what he calls “angel developing&# as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process. But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

This requires a visual web-editor (assuming you’re building a web-application). Personally I use Visual Web-Developer from Microsoft - it’s free and powerful. However, it is also very complicated to use, as it’s a full web-development environment. I used WizFlow before we bought Visio from Microsoft.

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Software By Rob

MAY 13, 2010

FogBugz’s hook is “Bring Your Project into Focus” Basecamp’s hook is “The Better Way to Get Projects Done” Bidsketch’s hook is “Simple Proposal Software Made for Designers” When it was launched, the iPod’s hook was “One Thousand Songs in Your Pocket” These are 5-7 word summaries of your product. DotNetInvoice’s hook is “Save Time.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Startups in Chicago check out this new Q&A site – Chicago Founders – [link]. Advertising Ideas and Examples to Inspire You – [link]. Drive-By Advertising: Then and Now – [link]. Advertising Ideas and Examples to Inspire You – [link]. American Design Firms: Too Old or Too Fat?

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I had a degree in Information Technology, had worked as a web developer, tech support guy, account manager, sales person and a marketer. The job was building relationships with partners and advertisers and to sell advertising. The rent was due. What should I do with my life? I could do the work from anywhere.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

For example, a lot of press releases and pitches that I receive around key holidays try to make the enclosed news sound more relevant due to the upcoming holiday. Founder and President Gilt Groupe. Programming and Web Development Lists. Web Design. Advertising. How the Remote Workforce Is Changing.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. raked in five-figure daily signups after announcing its upcoming launch, according to the site’s founders. In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. It got 10% conversion,” Carrella says.

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