prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There is this delusion that certification in a computer language or vendor technology (Microsoft etc) equates to mastery of the art of programming itself. Hence instead of focusing on the artist, the industry focuses on the art supplies to determine quality. Leave a comment Trackback Tags. Tags: startupcto. WHERE ARE YOU?

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2015

10 toys to build c onfidence: This talent is pretty much a given for success in any format, be that business, athletics, or arts. And if you think there’s no future application for this skill, think again—check out Robert Lang’s incredible origami art. The only drawback is the price tag. What is it?

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Altgate

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Raising Capital: 5 Reasons Convertible Debt Sucks HOT The Collapse of the VC Ecosystem & What It Will Look Like Post Recovery 10 Tips On Negotiating With VCs Dating…er…Fundraising Etiquette The Science & Art of Term Sheet Negotiation HOT How Liquidation Preferences Work HOT How Much Money Should I Raise?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

An example of wares from SageLike Studios, featuring hand-knit items and art prints. Make sure your Etsy tags and keywords are those which people can easily find you, both on Etsy and when searching for a particular item on Google. Tips from Etsy sellers. Get to know the community. Etsy-Related Resources.

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Altgate

JANUARY 5, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Current Affairs , Entrepreneurship , Green Business , Management , Startups , Technology , Venture Capital , Venture Debt and tagged top posts. Tips: $75 Killver VC Pitch Deck Not much to learn here. Bookmark the permalink. ← Layoffs In Venture Capital Be Glad You Are An Entrepreneur!

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

tags: lean startup ) Labels: customer development , events , lean startup , slides 8comments: Nivi said. For customer development, start with Steves book The Four Steps to the Epiphany or take a look at his recent Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Lecture. Im working on a post that links to those videos too.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Although you can watch the video archives on Justin.tv (and Paul Graham says he'll be posting the essay version of his remarks online soon), here are some of the highlights from my lecture notes: Andy Bechtolsheim: Founder, Arista Networks, Sun Microsystems. You're building a tool, not a piece of art. Tags: Events.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

For the non-expert businessperson, this means advice about “what software to use&# but also guidance through the arcane arts of software development, including advice about programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, software architecture, revision control systems, and other hacker black magic.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

When we had mastered the art, then I was ready to outsource it again, but not before this became a core competency of my department. Oh yes, and retail sales doubled with the new product packaging.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups and tagged Accounting , Banking , design , Engineering , marketing , Outsourcing. You must balance short term constraints (human, capital, etc.) with long term requirements. And remember, anything is possible with hard work and the right attitude. Bookmark the permalink.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2009

BTW, I don’t know to be hopeful or concerned that that this is the state of the art of analytical thinking at this agency. Customer Analytics – From Those Who Should Know « Steve Blank (tags: reasoning philosophy Thinking) [.] It’s a useful read to explore and challenge analytical arguments and mind-sets.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

Startups are – and will remain – an art, not a science. Helena Reply Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » Sometimes Leadership Means Executing the Plan , on August 25, 2009 at 6:48 am Said: [.] Reply steveblank , on August 21, 2009 at 10:20 pm Said: David, No advice is applicable in all cases.

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blogs.computerworlduk.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Tags: development , enterprise , web services Subscribe to this blog Print They havent put their press release on a web page anywhere as far as I can tell but WS-I ("Web Services Interoperability Organization") has finally run out of runway and will now be absorbed by OASIS according to their PDF. Goodbye, WS-I. startupcto

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2010

(<30 sec) Write your local newspaper & tell them you support the Startup Visa Act Call your senators & let them know you support Startup Visa legislation Add the Startup Visa Widget to your blog or website Follow the #startupvisa hash tag on Twitter and voice your support Contribute to Startup Visa so we can spread the word!

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Altgate

AUGUST 20, 2010

A couple of years ago I wrote this post on the science and art of negotiating a term sheet , which turned out to be a fairly popular post. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Venture Capital and tagged angel financing , entrepreneur , founder , fund raising , negotiation , startup , term sheet , venture capital.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2009

Being able to sort out which common wisdom you want to listen to versus which you want to ignore, makes starting a company an art, not a science. They both have offer startups a path of getting it wrong often and early without go out of business. The next Vertical Markets post will put all the pieces together.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Or, if youd prefer to do it by video, you can upload to YouTube - just use the "startup visa" tag. Or, if youd prefer to do it by video, you can upload to YouTube - just use the "startup visa" tag. Weve created a place where you can tell your Startup Visa story anonymously if youd like. For now, take my word for it.

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Altgate

AUGUST 16, 2010

And even if it were a pure art, surely we could teach it the same way we teach psychology. I’ve asked this question of why sales isn’t taught in academia and the most frequent answers I get are: It’s an art, not a science. I think this is just bunk for the reasons I mentioned above. Bookmark the permalink.

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caterina.net

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Improving on them is a vast and difficult task, and even a 5% improvement on the existing state-of-the-art is invisible to the end user - the innovation has to be an order of magnitude better to feel better. But we were pretty good at getting people to tag photos with what were in them. Tags: startupcto. LINK | 6:20 PM | TB.

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Altgate

MARCH 17, 2009

Raising Capital: 5 Reasons Convertible Debt Sucks HOT The Collapse of the VC Ecosystem & What It Will Look Like Post Recovery NEW 10 Tips On Negotiating With VCs NEW Dating…er…Fundraising Etiquette The Science & Art of Term Sheet Negotiation HOT How Liquidation Preferences Work HOT How Much Money Should I Raise?

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

Leaving a good comment is an art. Make sure your video title and description contains important keywords, and that you fill the tags correctly. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature. It is for me a conscious effort to remember to leave a comment.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 9, 2010

Skip to content Follow: RSS Email Twitter Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli On building profitable web applications Home Contact me Creations Blog Books Entrepreneurship & Startups General Online experiments Programming tips and tricks Startup tips and tricks Tags advertising , google adwords How to get cheap and targeted paid traffic?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

It’s an art. Customer Development is Not a Focus Group « Steve Blank (tags: entrepreneurship startups) [.] steve bits and pieces » Blog Archive » infographics , on February 21, 2010 at 6:37 pm Said: [.] Customer Development is not a giant focus group. I’m a designer.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

The Art of Good Code Design. and tagged with. POPULAR TAGS. POPULAR TAGS. Home | Features | Trends | Best of RWW | Archives. ReadWriteHack. ReadWriteWeb. ReadWriteStart. ReadWriteBiz. ReadWriteEnterprise. ReadWriteCloud. ReadWriteHack. ReadWriteMobile. ReadWriteHack. Contemplative Computing. « Prior Post.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

Leaving a good comment is an art. Make sure your video title and description contains important keywords, and that you fill the tags correctly. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature. It is for me a conscious effort to remember to leave a comment.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 9, 2010

Skip to content Follow: RSS Email Twitter Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli On building profitable web applications Home Contact me Creations Blog Books Entrepreneurship & Startups General Online experiments Programming tips and tricks Startup tips and tricks Tags advertising , google adwords How to get cheap and targeted paid traffic?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , Tips for Startups « Am I a Founder? Great art and great programming are fostered within a community that shares an ethic of care for its members. The Adventure of a Lifetime. Balance is important. It’s not easy.

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

The bottom line is to keep information that is vital; question information that either is popular or has priority; archive and remove information that is neither. Put another way, when was the last time you favored tags written into HTML over font properties in a separate CSS file? Oddly enough, this doesn’t mean removing pages.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

It is a mystery actually whether the tagging of application as hot/popular has to do with the number of downloads or merely from the usage statistic. If the rating in the App Store is based on usage, I am sure those popular social networking applications are sure to be in the top and the hot seat always. However, this is not the case.

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www.thenameinspector.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little. Tags: naming process , name development , naming companies. Suppose you really want to use the word meme in your name, but you want to have a distinctive name and three competitors already have names built around that word. Forget meme and move on. Name (required). Mail (hidden) (required).

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

We did find some specific industry verticals where the model works (some high schools, some boxing and mixed martial arts events, some exclusive conferences), but not enough to warrant a large market and an independent company. October 4, 2010 | Brian | Tags: Business, entrepreneur, start up | No Comments » [.]. Company : IonLab.

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Meanwhile our company was pouring an enormous amount of dollars into building tools and video compression technology, while also hiring a lot of high-priced Hollywood talent like art directors, and script and story editors. We Don’t Need Domain Experts When I looked around at our executive staff, there wasn’t a single founder who was a gamer.

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Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2009

People reject simple-but-clean-home-made, thinking that art-college-designers have something better to offer. Lessons Learned N ew buildings are a distraction. I only once moved into a new apartment that did not have someone else’s wear and tear to fix. That one posh place made no difference to my misery/happiness index.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 22, 2012

Once you decide to check email, follow this pattern: Quickly scan your inbox for important emails and mark them as ‘Priority’ (using a tag or star). I use tags in Gmail for this. Archive them all. Mark any other emails that are important, but not time sensitive, as ‘Later’.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you haven’t figured out the ecosystem, growth is useless – whether it is a acquisition-only viral loop, like Tagged, or an advertising blitz like countless dot-bombs. This isn’t helpful either, as countless companies have shown. Let’s consider one last example, a sticky-growth company like eBay or World of Warcraft.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Our engineers built a series of test tags, so you could quickly run a subset of tests in your sandbox that you thought were relevant to your current project or feature. We had a comprehensive set of unit, acceptance, functional, and performance tests, and practiced TDD across the whole team. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

Most people are going to hear about the site for the very first time via an organic notification, when a friend signs up for the site (or tags them in a photo, etc). For example, consider a site like Facebook in its early days. No positioning exists yet in the mind of the prospect. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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