Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

#4- Investments in digitalization will grow Photo Credit: Sean Stevens Even though small businesses have come a long way in adopting digitalization and tech solutions, 57% of small business owners say they still need to update their IT infrastructure to make their operations run more smoothly. Thanks to Austin Armstrong, Socialty Pro ! #15-

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Winners in 10 categories will be announced at the Pitch Award Ceremony at 6:30 pm Sunday, March 10, at the Hilton Austin. A finalist in the Health and Wearable category , which will pitch at 5 pm Sunday, March 10, Pathware is creating hardware and software solutions to simplify the digital pathology workflow. passes per biopsy.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

All SXSW Pitch events take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown. Operational inefficiency due to lack of information and control. The first installment of this series covered Intvo , an AI-software designed to improve traffic safety. In advance of SXSW Pitch, Parks answered some questions about his startup experience.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Startup Chica Spotlight: Meet our 2019 Committee Members Meet the Austin professionals and community leaders who have embraced the Latinitas mission and helped make Startup Chica 2019 a reality. Paulina speaks both English and Spanish fluently due to being in primary and grade schools in both Colombia and the U.S. Austin, this time?—?to

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

QR Codes QR codes are machine-to-machine computer vision technology which will be key in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. QR codes make it quick and easy to conduct actions without typing in text as well as transfer the UX to the consumer mobile device with a quick QR scan.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 26, 2017

Picture Description: CodeNEXT Logo and Tag Line: “Shaping The Austin We Imagine” Will Austin’s revised land development codes hurt or help people with disabilities? Urbanization is one of the most important global trends of the 21st century. This blog contributes a clear overview of the main issues at stake.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Dan Rather spoke on the UT Austin campus last week, and amidst his many stories he opined on his need to monetize his site News and Guts. However, that is wishful thinking if your customer decision makers have budgets for percentage payments and software buying is handled by a different group and a different procurement process.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I must take a moment to acknowledge the many kind greetings upon my return to Atlanta and the many well wishes as I departed Austin. Both cities are wondrous , and I will be in Austin regularly for SXSW and other special occasions, one example being the wedding of my daughter there this April. I got the message. Think about that.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc.

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Austin Startup

MAY 18, 2018

Key Quote: “Literature is not useful because surgery is about subtle nuances, like trying one screw versus a different screw - not about how to put it in” User Research: Interviews with Surgeons Keeping to our tight schedule of interviews was tough due to the unpredictable nature of surgery. We look forward to hearing from you.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Note from the editor: We talk a lot about conversion rate optimization, and how it’s about showing the right people, the right thing, at the right time in order to get more out of your website. We use targeting in a similar way to shape our terms to boost their conversion potential. We should look toward.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

I mean, our people invented so much and accomplished so much throughout American history from post-slavery to modern times but somehow, we black people cannot write lines of code, really? of all software utility patents to inert status. I can disclose right now — our blockchain/DLT approach renders almost 99.9%

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

My purpose since the beginning has been to help entrepreneurs, especially those based in Austin, as well as to clarify and solidify my own learnings. Software as a Service. We could upgrade our software whenever we wanted, as compared to on-premise enterprise competitors like NetGenesis and Accrue. Application Service Provider.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

I have been responsible for organizing and wrangling mentor groups for the Longhorn Startup Program for UT Austin undergraduates when I as an instructor there. The better universities, like GA Tech and UT Austin, are leading the charge in making entrepreneurship part of the curriculum at the undergraduate level.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. The same might be said of good software. Here we have the beginnings of a theory of design for software.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Passiveness Due to its passive nature, facial recognition is often favored over other forms of biometric identification such as fingerprinting for border control. Paul where some passengers will check their bags automatically through kiosks that use facial recognition software to identify ticketed passengers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

But there is more to technical debt than just the interest payments that come due. In particular, try these three things: Invest in technical debts that may never come due. Yet there is one silver lining when it does happen: we wind up throwing out working code , debt-riddled and elegantly designed alike.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation. More complicated enterprise software applications are a good example of that. Are the logistics manageable?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 8, 2017

There’s likely to come a time when you need to hire an industry veteran, or the best rainmaker in the field, or a hands-on and wizened operations person to make sure you are meeting customer expectations. Just decide to take actions that keep you from being the dead end on substantive threads in your business conversations.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

It’s clear that AngelList wants to help bring much of the transactional conversations and introductions that happen at the early stage of hiring and fundraising via word of mouth or in meetings online. Hyperlinks and images must be manually coded using html mark-up. HTC One Review. Austin Meetup. Austin, TX.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2017

That goes for any industry, location or product; from enterprise SaaS in my home town of Austin, to live music ticket sales in Virginia, to B2C services in Seattle. The results were even more dramatic : a 1% pricing improvement delivered >15% potential increase in operating profit. The importance of price. Survey the market.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Whether you’re a conversion optimization agency, consultant, or in-house at a startup or enterprise, investing in the right conversion optimization tool is a big decision. Vlad Malik from www.goodui.org gave a review of A/B Tasty: Vlad Malik : “The things I like about ABTasty I like a lot. It’s not cheap.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 27, 2019

And IM (Instant Messenger) has now been replaced with texting as well as software like Microsoft Lync, which are more secure and have built-in video conference features now that virtually all laptops and tablets have cameras built in. Shortly after sending this email, I introduced Bazaarvoice to a life-changing book, Fierce Conversations.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

To capture any material part of the $400B that Cook is forecasting, Snap will need to control the underlying operating system on which the glasses function. There are two ways Snap can do this: manufacture their own glasses and bundle their own operating system- a la Apple — or offer an OS to other manufacturers — a la Microsoft and Google.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2018

Operation Status Quo: the game where the numbers are real and your job is actually in jeopardy if you try to change anything. Now, to be clear, I haven’t reviewed YC applications in a while, but when I did it was pretty mind blowing how little thought most people put into their submissions. So if matters, put in the work.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 16, 2014

As Ed Catmull notes in his book Creativity Inc, managers can have a difficult time really understanding what’s happening in the day to day operations of different departments, simply because of the nature of their jobs. Give credit where credit is due. Family-friendly policies. Fun events. Focus on well being.

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Austin Startup

JULY 12, 2010

Andy Meadows is the founder and CEO of Bearhug , an Austin-based customer engagement platform launching today. He is focused on delivering real business value by educating clients about the latest proven technologies, strategies that deliver improved profits and operational efficiencies, and using technology to improve life.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

The stories he told me during our conversation, somber as they are, show the truth of that belief. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. Here's my conversation with Carl Liebert. He shared his reflections on why these approaches work.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

No wait, I forgot, actually the question is: What happens when employee #2 makes off with your code and roadmap and marketing data and customer list, moves to Bolivia, and starts selling your stuff world-wide at one-tenth the price? But now she has the vision and ability to design her own software, capitalizing on modern trends (e.g.

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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. Pin It Listen to this episode if you want to hear a really tough conversation about refining a cool idea into a profit-making business. So it’s property management software? I’ve had about four conversations.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. Bloggers are especially valuable in the early days when consumers are looking for actual reviews that are searchable.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. In this conversation, you're going to get to hear from someone who's really doing it. I hope this conversation shows everyone out there what is possible when we act boldly in a crisis. Here's my conversation with Curative.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

He summarized that conversation well, so rather than re-tread that material, Ill quote it here: One thing that I was surprised to learn was that IMVU started out with continuous deployment. When a new engineer started at IMVU, I had a simple rule: they had to ship code to production on their first day. Heres the key point.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Even though most of this message was already drafted, we also had a Hail Mary of a final acquisition conversation that closed the following morning. The Whole Enchilada For those of you interested in more than The Skinny, keep reading… Countless conversations have been had with key users, customers, advisors, mentors, family and friends.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

"I really like that resilience word," Robert Rhinehart told me in our conversation about his new organization, The Corona Initiative. You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. In addition, a complete transcript of our conversation follows the show resources below.

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Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2018

This one comes from personal experience, months into conversations and after reference checks (which went well) one particular VC decided he didn’t have commitment to the space. Disclose intentions early It’s not a big deal if you’re doing diligence on a competitor. Founders are operating at hyper speed. We work 7 days a week.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. Our startup made software for making online stores. We knew that ifonline shopping ever took off, these sites would have to be generatedby software, so we wrote some. Itsintrinsic to the medium; software is always 85% done.

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