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. I started UpKeep after seeing and using traditional enterprise software.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

There is a common belief in the angel and venture capital community that you put your money on the best team, rather than the best idea. Thus the top priority of every entrepreneur who wants funding should be to build and highlight their “dream team” of co-founders, executives and advisers, to attract the biggest and best investors.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 13, 2020

Since then, we’ve served 500+ unique customers, worked with 10+ space partners, pivoted our business model from B2C to B2B, signed on advisers, and have raised money from outside investors. Your partner matters To all those solo-founders out there?—?kudos kudos to ya’ll. That’s why when you get wins, celebrate them!

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). OpenVC is a new, open-source initiative to collect and analyze all publicly available VC theses, to help founders more efficiently find the right investors, and vice-versa. Technical founders .

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2011

It’s “ Loveline for startups ,&# where entrepreneurs get to ask any question about their startup and have me and a rotating co-host tackle the problem and devise constructive next-actions. When should a company should focus on growth only, ignoring the business model and revenue? I finally started Smart Bear Live.

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Cofounder Angel Investor Hosting Software Review 226

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn and Greylock Partners will be talking about “blitzscaling” with his co-author Chris Yeh, and Stanford Professor Bob Sutton. His understanding of the value of building community has informed all of his work, and he views it as an integral part of creating a company.

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Lean Las Vegas Cofounder Startup 103

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Across the world, work spaces, maker spaces, incubators, and accelerators are opening, expanding, and making an impact on their communities, and beyond. Entrepreneurs who’ve overcome the proof-of-concept phase of their startups want to take their businesses to the next level. See the insightful Kauffman report. Scaleup Challenge.

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Miami Technical Review Software Review Artificial Inteligence 61

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

The popularity of the model can be judged by the fact that the U.S. VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2012

On “ Intelligence Is Overrated: What You Really Need To Succeed “, a research by Carnegie Institute of Technology shows that “ 85 percent of your financial success is due to skills in “ human engineering ,” your personality and ability to communicate, negotiate, and lead. ” Question: What is Human Engineering?

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Engineer Technical Review Software Review Startup 145

The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

One of the things I found most valuable from participating in the Founder Institute was a lesson about the Golden Circle by Simon Sinek. I was the typical university graduate who “knew his s**t” about Business Administration, which is not very useful in a startup. They told me it was impossible to pick up coding.

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Netherlands Technical Review Software Review Cofounder 159

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Small Business. Computer Software. NAME Verizon Communications. Media & Marketing. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 21, 2019

But to answer the question, “Is WeWork an example of blitzscaling, and perhaps even more importantly, is blitzscaling appropriate for its business model?” And many of the Silicon Valley technology companies achieve their global prominence due to blitzscaling — which provides jobs, tax revenues, and new products and services to society.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

At the beginning of Coremetrics, there was no such thing as “the end of software” (a term that Salesforce.com popularized and now they are the largest Software as a Service company in the history of the world, with a market cap as of this writing of $132.7 Software as a Service. Eventually the term ASP came along?—?Application

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Software Review Cofounder eCommerce Austin 48

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Opinion Column: The Sad State Of The Web Design Community – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Opinion Column: The Sad State Of The Web Design Community – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital. Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype. Are you politically active?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

They enable new business models that bring purpose to clients’ IIoT investments by connecting financial transactions to machinery performance. We feel very fortunate for the support we received from the entire community. I can’t think of a community that has more enthusiasm for building great companies.

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Artificial Inteligence Milwaukee Technical Review Startup 48

Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. This led to a far ranging strategic discussion that got us both really excited about the huge potential of our business. 8, which was released earlier this week. and therefore the sales?—?that

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Networking Fractional CTO CTO Hire B2C 48

Up and Running

OCTOBER 20, 2014

“As an entrepreneur, you’ll learn what kind of work you enjoy and start to understand how you can make a difference in your community,” he says. You are defined by a line item in an accounting ledger, says Matthew Reischer, CEO of the website Lawyer Reviews, a site that welcomes feedback on lawyers across the country.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

With a different business model, we wanted a name that didn’t sound like areal estate brokerage. Listing the co-founders initials and adding Realty would project the same old. I chose DevBev Co. Thanks to Devin Beverage, DevBev Co. ! #6- Thanks to Steve Lowisz, Qualigence International ! #5-

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Almost as good as the blog itself is the thoughtful and intelligent community that posts hundreds of insightful comments on a daily basis. First Round Review. It’s one of my favorites on this list. A Smart Bear. Above the Crowd.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

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Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

I’m a very risk adverse entrepreneur as a result of bootstrapping my first three businesses, almost failing on the fourth (Coremetrics) due to market timing (I was too early and didn’t predict the dot-com bust) and its overcapitalization, and being a mostly customer funded and very capital efficient on the fifth (Bazaarvoice).

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Advisory Board Cofounder Greece Bootstrapping 51

BeyondVC

APRIL 12, 2004

Lee Gomes from the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting piece (sorry, not a free site) in his Portals Column about Project Avalanche which is essentially a software co-op for businesses to share their applications and code. The website currently lists 33k artifacts of code with over 23k users.

Software Review 60

Software Review Software Open Source Detroit 60

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Home Books for Startups Guide Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Tools Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Email Subscription Get Steve Blank via your RSS Feed RSS - Posts RSS - Comments Categories Air Force (12) Ardent (10) Audubon (1) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (39) Business Model versus Business Plan (..)

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Luckily, the startup community often courageously shares their stories – even when things don’t end well. Three notes before we begin: After reading these, you realize more than ever that the startup community is really like no other.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

As detailed in a co-authored book , Brian Halligan, a recent MIT grad in 2005, observed startups failing with “‘tried-and-true’ marketing techniques that he had seen work throughout his career; techniques such as trade shows, telemarketing, e-mail blasting and advertising.”. Without a product for your term, build a community.

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Naming Conversion Flash Cofounder 119

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space?&#. Raise more money than you need because your business model may change. A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2016

If you’ve been building a great business, getting out and networking within the local startup and investing community can be a great way to meet investors,” recommends Diana Goodwin of AquaMobile Swim School. Most of my meetings with investors developed by being out at an event and mentioning my business.”. “In

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Cofounder Metrics Angel Investor Silicon Valley 60

thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Collis Taeed 16th March Business Models 9 Comments One of the best sources of information on startups is the obscenely talented Paul Graham who has written a wealth of essays on the subject. Even less-obvious founders like the internet media personality and Digg founder Kevin Rose actually began in computer science.

Web 40

Web Technical Review Developer Cofounder 40

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Their code base had diverged and it was extremely slow and costly for Microsoft to be implementing Word separately for each platform: Windows, DOS and Mac. It also meant that there was great pressure to get the release out so they could start to gain the efficiencies of a single code base. In 1993, Word 6.0

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 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. .” Ning Communities. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. Code Igniter.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space?&#. Raise more money than you need because your business model may change. A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed.

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CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 40

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Word of mouth is no substitute for market research, says Ben Price, co-founder of Hard Knocks Brewing, a small brewpub in its second year of operation. The single biggest mistake I have made was locating my business in a town that could not care less about craft beer,” says Ben. I made the mistake of trusting word of mouth.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. A good mentor is someone who has been part of the startup community themselves – someone who has a realistic understanding of some of the basic dos and don’ts of starting up. and Google.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84