Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

Burn Rate 310

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Salary Angel Investor 310

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death , not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the financial resources from the company coffers. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 118

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done.

Cofounder 221

Cofounder Software Review CTO Hire Founder 221

Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Ryan had a vision for an integration web-based system to layer on top of all of this to help support and manage the software development process.

Software 70

Software Technology Agile SCRUM 70

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 18, 2013

The So Cal engineering gap? I’ve been able to study the Southern Cal software dev scene as an insider for over 2 years now. But, there is a serious gap in the discipline, number of developers and community around real software development here. Drupal has a worldwide engine of real software discipline.

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Software Developers Software Development PHP Silicon Valley 22

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

Burn Rate 223

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 223

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

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

Burn Rate 262

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Entrepreneur Salary 262

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2014

Having a good job afforded me the luxury of giving the customer a heavily discounted rate in exchange for the rights to the software. If you’re not a strong software developer, for example, hire someone or bring on a co-founder who is. The product was a great success, and I decided to build a business around it.

Angel Investor 275

Angel Investor Security Cofounder Salary 275

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done.

Partner 140

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Cofounder 140

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

Angel investors, venture capital firms, accelerators, and (maybe) the newer equity crowdfunding will look to see if you have previous experience in startups. Alex understood he knew next to nothing about software development and engineering, so he searched for an engineer. You don’t have to be good at everything.

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Entrepreneur Lean Colorado Engineer 132

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Media LLC 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year.

Burn Rate 120

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 120

Gust

APRIL 27, 2014

Software Development Process via Wikipedia. Even when your startup is a one-man show and lots of fun, a “business” needs some discipline and controls to keep it from being defined as a hobby by investors, and assure some financial return. Funding process. Manage human resources.

Startup 187

Startup Institutional Investors Angel Investor Bootstrapping 187

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Anyway, the Rockstart startups have already been in the States for two weeks now, working out of RocketSpace and networking with VCs, angel investors and other startups in between mentorship sessions at Mozilla, Google, Blackbox, and the Dutch Consulate. Ideedock : a Q&A platform for employees in enterprises.

Silicon Valley 123

Silicon Valley CTO Hire Continuous Deployment Cofounder 123

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I asked my coworkers at Palo Alto Software for book recommendations for entrepreneurs to read this upcoming fall. Palo Alto Software and Bplans founder Tim Berry recommends “ The Startup Checklist ” by David Rose. It’s an instant introduction to the high-end tech startup and angel investment scene.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Virginia Oregon 65

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Media LLC 120

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

About twenty people on Answers OnStartups have asked this question in one form or another: When I meet an angel investor, he may ask: "What if a big company copies your idea and develops the same website as yours after your website goes public?". This is Part 2 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.???

Software Review 325

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Bolivia 325

ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2012

While some lucky startups attract angel investors or have access to money from friends and family, the vast majority are on their own, at least at first. So far, Herman has put about $60,000 on his credit cards, using them mostly to finance software development. The experience shaped how Turner funded Planwise. “We

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Software Review Angel Investor Startup 118

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death, not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the financial resources from the company coffers. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic.

Silicon Valley 97

Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 97

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Don’t believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and professional investors will throw money at you. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Like the problem solver I had been trained as in my software development days, I parsed his issue. Bill Payne.

Startup 180

Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software 180

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Equity investors.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.”

Belarus 107

Belarus Kazakhstan Portugal Accredited Investor 107

Hunter Walker

MARCH 16, 2013

We primarily use chat because software engineering is very text-oriented. We needed fast, integrated, as-you-type search across all history, the ability to see multiple conversations at the same time, good support for copy and paste of source code, and great integration with development tools. None worked well for us.

Engineer 48

Engineer Cofounder Angel Investor Software Engineering 48

Transformify

JULY 16, 2019

Jenn has over 15 years of experience in talent development, training and design. Combining TERP's expertise with MentorcliQ's award-winning mentoring software to expand mentoring content, training and value for customers. Our software development team has achieved gender parity which is rare. About the author.

Hiring 61

Hiring Entrepreneur Vesting Atlanta 61

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Dysonics secured $750,000 in funding from angel investors to develop products that will reproduce three-dimensional, immersive sound in headphones. Some of the i-lab’s long-term residents include mobile app ActivePepper, baby gear rental company Baby Buggle, and software developer Rover. Harvard Innovation Lab.

Incubator 202

Incubator New York City Boston Intellectual Property 202

Scalable Startup

OCTOBER 18, 2013

via 5Q03: Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures) on pitching investors, maker culture, and big trends he’s watching. — Angel Investor CEO Succession early stage founder Hawaii PHP SaaS Scalability startup CEO Tom Nora venture Cash Flow CEOing google revenue growth scalability Software Development The Next Level tom nora vc venture capital'

Hawaii 20

Hawaii PHP Angel Investor Early Stage 20

Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

At the time SaaS just wasn’t mature enough and people at the company weren’t comfortable enough to make the change; too many old habits of installing software. We wouldn’t be able to imagine our lives without it, auto-save, no software loads, freemuim, mobile, access anywhere. You know it will happen. >

Mobile 22

Mobile Hawaii Angel Investor Early Stage 22

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Texas has produced world-changing startups in the past such as Dell Software , National Instruments and Whole Foods Market but all of those were founded more than 30 years ago. Austin is good at software, Dallas is good at retail, Houston is good at oil & gas, and San Antonio is good at cybersecurity (just for a few examples).

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 97

Up and Running

MAY 20, 2019

Buyer or user personas —fictional representations of your ideal customers based on their demographics and other characteristics—have been used successfully for many years in industries like software development, and you can find many resources and templates online.

Business Plan 92

Business Plan Angel Investor Partner Naming 92

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 30, 2013

This is especially important if you plan to be a venture or angel investor backed company (because the type of entity you create will impact many other things). For example, to help software developers negotiate contracts with clients, I wrote an e-book called Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts.

Small Business 88

Small Business Hiring Startup Cofounder 88

Transformify

JULY 25, 2019

Over the past 30 years, Brian has held senior executive software development and management roles in a number of industries/technology sectors including cloud computing, supply chain, healthcare, finance, telecommunications and utilities. Do you use any diversity hiring tools or software? About the author. About Transformify.

Technical Review 61

Technical Review Programming Software Review Hiring 61

ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2012

Crowdfunding works for creative projects - apps, consumer products, software - that resonate with average, everyday people. Crowdfunding] investors are not as sophisticated as professional venture and angel investors. What crowdfunding is not typically best for is something very technological in nature or B-to-B oriented.

Campaign 142

Campaign Stealth Social Media Audience 142

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Moshe joined Microsoft in 1991 as a product manager after a career as a software developer. “I’ve been an angel investor in private companies since the late 1990s, and I invested in eight start-ups. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il Three of them were sold.”

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Venture Capital New Zealand Startup 100

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

(Not logged on) | Register | Log On Home Discuss Jobs About The Business of Software A community discussing the business of software, from the smallest shareware operation to Microsoft. A part of Joel on Software. This community works best when people use their real names. Please register for a free account.

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Sweat Equity Equity Angel Investor Affiliate 40

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

The Why and How Of Updating Your Angel Investors – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. The importance of startups passing the 10 second test – [link]. 14 Ways To Be A Great Startup CEO | by Jason Baptiste – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168