Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2012

Even though the cost of commercial office space is down, you still need to sign long-term contracts, make payments up front, outfit the space, and staff it. Make sure any employees needed are a function of your “bandwidth,” not your confidence or interests. Build a low-budget plan. This is the opposite of starting without any plan.

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Bandwidth Bootstrapping Equity Startup 236

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2011

Even though the cost of commercial office space is down, you still need to sign long-term contracts, make payments up front, outfit the space, and staff it. Make sure any employees needed are a function of your “bandwidth,” not your confidence or interests. Build a low-budget plan. This is the opposite of starting without any plan.

Entrepreneur 233

Entrepreneur Bandwidth Equity Bootstrapping 233

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

Startup 232

Startup Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 232

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2016

Smart business people learn to quickly recognize negative personality types, and avoid them at all costs. This can be as simple as giving back as much time and emotional effort as you absorb from others, or it can be offering real business payback or equity for contributions. Avoid naysayers and downers.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 120

Gust

JULY 29, 2012

Even though the cost of commercial office space is down, you still need to sign long-term contracts, make payments up front, outfit the space, and staff it. Make sure any employees needed are a function of your “bandwidth,” not your confidence or interests. Barter your skills or equity for services you need.

Bandwidth 155

Bandwidth Bootstrapping Equity Startup 155

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

Acquisition 214

Acquisition Merger Startup Bandwidth 214

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Many such ‘congratulations’ will come from consultants.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2010

Even with the recession driving down the cost of commercial office space, you still need to sign long-term contracts, make payments up front, outfit the space, and staff it. Make sure any employees needed are a function of your “bandwidth,” not your confidence or interests. Build a low-budget plan.

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Bandwidth Equity Bootstrapping Matching 128

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 5, 2016

I’m excited about this because more than any other thing the exponential decreases in the cost of compute power gave rise to the IT revolution and the startup ecosystem that’s so important today. Declining costs of storage and bandwidth have also played a part, but declining costs of compute power helped both and is at the core.

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Bandwidth Social Media Cost Internet 60

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. How much will this cost?

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

Diego Basch

JUNE 21, 2012

Because they will keep 20% equity each at the time of the acquisition, that means $6M each before taxes and vesting. Something they might be able to do in-house, except their most talented engineers are desperately working on ways to extract more money out of ads, or to reduce the costs of their gargantuan infrastructure.

Silicon Valley 78

Silicon Valley Las Vegas San Francisco Vesting 78

BeyondVC

JANUARY 15, 2006

It is about cheaper bandwidth, cheaper hardware, free software, and better tools. It goes back to selling the vision of your company, the ability to make a huge impact in a small and thriving organization, and outlining the equity opportunity. Sure, the next-generation web is cheap.

Oakland 60

Oakland Bandwidth Web Salary 60

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Jennifer Brown: I have a lot of problem solving energy and sort of bandwidth to dedicate and not just that I want to dedicate it because I feel comfortable and valued and seen. Jennifer Brown: And I can say I have daughters, of course I get gender equity, but that’s not enough actually.

Hiring 39

Hiring Community Audience Bandwidth 39

David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

BROWN: Cost of managing a data store is negligible. y depreciated hydroelectric dams, to lower our electrical costs. Tal Liani, Managing Director, Equities Research-Communications Equipment, Bank of America. Price/bandwidth is plummeting. I think android / 4g networks will take over tablets. Apple 11-12x P/E.

Fractional CTO 122

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Azure 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

Excuses for not thinking outside the box usually include limited personal bandwidth, not enough cash, and fear of the unknown. Of course, they all prefer cash, but some may work for future revenue or startup equity. Investigate strategic alliance alternatives. It was a win-win deal, with new customers and better service for both.

Merger 120

Merger Intellectual Property Startup Acquisition 120

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Israeli startup Siklu Wireless Communications has raised a series B round of $19 million led by new investors Amiti Ventures , Qualcomm Ventures and joined by all existing investors: DFJ- Tamir Fishman Ventures , Evergreen Venture Partners and Argonaut Private Equity. We’re looking forward to working with Siklu.”.

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Bandwidth Private Equity Architecture 90

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

This reduces network bandwidth issues and eliminates latency issues. Engineers can input design goals into AI-driven generative design software , along with parameters such as performance or spatial requirements, materials, manufacturing methods, and cost constraints. Machine Learning Inference – Hardware. Example here.

Artificial Inteligence 417

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review 417

sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Starting a blog on Wordpress costs nothing, and good Wordpress hosting can be very inexpensive, too. On a tight budget, you’ve got to look at what you can do cheaply, and sort those activities by the highest potential return. I genuinely believe the single biggest reason why we have a company at all is because of our blog.

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Bootstrapping SEO Startup Widget 49

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Mr. Berk graduated from Emory University and began his career trading equities (not tools or electronics). In 2009 he founded KeyWifi a web company that enables redistribution of Internet bandwidth through a web-based platform. Adam Berk, Founder of Neigh*borrow. Thursday, June 16th. Location: Pillsbury Win.

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Darfur Sudan Cofounder United Kingdom 122

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

There were instances of, "I want to offer 10 times the performance, or 10 times the storage, or 10 times the bandwidth, or 1/10 the latency," and if you could actually deliver on that in the timeframe proposed, you could feel pretty confident that you would build a big business. Was this happening while you were still at Benchmark?

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley Lean Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 159