Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. The business model.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? The servers are in the cloud, his advertising sales is with Google, etc.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. This Thanksgiving it might seem that there’s a lot less to be thankful for.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

This article previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review. I listened in on a board call with an enterprise software company this week, and when the CEO said, “Our VP of sales assured me our pipeline won’t be affected.” Days 3 and 4: Prepare new business model and operating plan.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

With new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, blockchain, cloud computing, and robotics, entrepreneurs will have more opportunities to create innovative solutions that could revolutionize industries. From improving customer experience to developing new business models, the possibilities are endless.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2017

In the digital era, the subscription model is a fascinating game-changer whose power is only now being recognized. Everyone wants to crack the subscription code for loyalty and predictable revenue. And venture capital has enabled all kinds of new and disruptive businesses to reinvent big markets and beat entrenched industry leaders.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

Or it might mean you have enough customers to have “proved&# you have a viable business model, so now you can raise money with sensible terms. If your project is really on the side, you have no business doing business at work. This story originally appeared on his blog.) It makes sense: You don’t need loans.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I particularly urge you to review SpeakerNetNews ; it contains a tremendous amount of curated wisdom from professional speakers: how to be a more powerful speaker, deal with distracting audiences, etc. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

As Tzuo wrote in that post, his experience at Salesforce was formative: We didn’t realize that we would actually create a whole new business model for our industry as well: subscription services– the idea that you shouldn’t buy software, you should subscribe to it as a service.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. So where does Salesforces profitability stands today compared to the most successful on premise public software companies? traditional software is like cocaine--youre hooked.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I particularly urge you to review SpeakerNetNews ; it contains a tremendous amount of curated wisdom from professional speakers: how to be a more powerful speaker, deal with distracting audiences, etc. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. Pretend that you are the investor.

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philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

While there have been times in the last dozen or so years, usually during times of venture capital excess, that cash to founders, early-stage executives and other key employees has matched regular market compensation (still with the upside of the equity), this is not true in the vast majority in the start-up game. Business Management.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

The lowercase “c” was eventually capitalized after nearly 10 years, due to the awkward representation of the small “c” when the company was discussed in newspapers and magazines. The diligent marketing person was devastated, as this was not a meaning they had contemplated.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

While the flick has gotten rave critical reviews (93% on Flixster), the question of what percentage of the movie is true has also gotten a lot of discussion in the blogosphere. This is a good review of the movie and both books. Blake Southwood Founder of LIghtning Storm Software. How Much Diligence is Due.

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Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Note: When I say “seed stage startup,” I’m specifically referring to software/app startups that are eitherpre-product or early product. Startup X launches with XX millions of dollars of seed capital from a star-studded list of investors”. … Venture Capitalist have investors as well.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Also includes the most popular platforms, based on a year of data on business buy and sell marketplace, Flippa.com. Code Igniter.

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