OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 3, 2013

But even the biggest and most complex applications like databases are subject to disruption from below, freemium business models, and open source products. Yes, there are still big enterprise software and hardware deals all over the place, and there probably always will be.

Technology 110

Technology Database Open Source Reputation 110

The Next Web

AUGUST 6, 2013

They didn’t validate their business model before investing so much in it and under-estimated the “last mile” problem. Zappos could have gone off and built distribution centers, a large database of footwear, and inventory systems for shipping shoes. Consider open-sourcing certain aspects of your platform.

Lean 132

Lean Startup Continuous Deployment Open Source 132

Version One Ventures

AUGUST 8, 2017

It’s an open source project to create a peer-to-peer commerce network using Bitcoin. The business model for these decentralized marketplaces will likely be built around tokens where buyers will have to pay fees (with the marketplace token) and sellers earn tokens by contributing to the marketplace.

Open Source 137

Open Source Distribution Networking Business Model 137

BeyondVC

JULY 7, 2010

We also leveraged the open source database platform PostgreSQL as the initial foundation for our technology. Enter Didera (backed by Hudson Ventures) which had a database clustering solution which would allow us to take our data analytics solutions on to commodity clusters.

Portfolio 109

Portfolio Open Source Architecture Database 109

readwrite.com

JANUARY 23, 2013

Share on: Don't Write Off Relational Databases For Big Data Just Yet. Big Data may be the poster child for NoSQL databases and date warehouses, but one industry veteran isn't giving up on SQL databases for Big Data just yet. Dont Write Off Relational Databases For Big Data Just Yet. ReadWrite enterprise.

Database 69

Database SQL Open Source Cloud 69

BeyondVC

JULY 7, 2010

We also leveraged the open source database platform PostgreSQL as the initial foundation for our technology. Enter Didera (backed by Hudson Ventures) which had a database clustering solution which would allow us to take our data analytics solutions on to commodity clusters.

Portfolio 109

Portfolio Architecture Open Source Database 109

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

WordPress is an open source project that was started by Matt Mullenweg leaving a comment on a blog. And that’s really the spirit of WordPress is this open source collaboration by people volunteering their time. Troy Dean: Not really. Are you referring to Gutenberg? John Jantsch: Yes. She said, “No problem.”

Community 42

Community Framework Ruby Architecture 42

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. For more rigorous, bottoms-up sizing exercises I suggest tools such as Statista and the United States Census Bureau (also their North American Industry Classification System database) to help identify more specific data.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

BeyondVC

JANUARY 29, 2007

capital efficient business models – leverage frictionless sales and the web (try before you buy model, low barrier to usage, downloads, etc.) In addition, rather than start from scratch we have built some proprietary extensions on top of PostgreSQL, a leading open source database, to make it BI ready.

Web 60

Web Open Source Database Cost 60

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Consultants might work with a business owner to build a platform through speaking, writing, blogging and connecting in social media. And finally, many tech firms have built platforms by creating open source software, such as WordPress, that allows other 3rd party providers to build commerce and community on top of their framework.

Community 64

Community Framework Delaware Database 64

Venture Chronicles

MAY 16, 2012

Migration paths are a reality for SAP, as would be the case for any company with a large customer base, and it’s not just about on-premise to cloud but also a major factor in moving from relational databases to integrated OLTP+OLAP in memory systems and user experiences that meet users in a desktop and on a mobile device.

Database 39

Database Technical Review Cloud Acquisition 39

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

I don’t exactly remember today how I thought about the Sam’s Club concept , but maybe because our family had shopped there for years it had come to mind among the mix of various other business models. Our traffic was up, visitor count was up, subscribership was up and the customer database was growing.

SEO 86

SEO PPC America Design 86

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Some startups die because their business model is platform-dependant. So if you had to leave Heroku, you'd just get a hosted server somewhere, "git clone" your code, install a database, and restore from a backup. Companies like TweetUp and Ad.ly popped up as liaisons between advertisers and popular Twitter-ers.

Marketing 229

Marketing Ruby SEO Widget 229

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 Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

They all use the same simple-minded model.They seem to have approached the problem by thinking about how todo database matches instead of how dating works in the real world.An But this is just the kindthat tends to be open source: operating systems, programminglanguages, editors, and so on. Andyet theres a lot of money at stake.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

Content created by users and exhibitors for a specific event is an excellent source of SEO. what’s BizMe2′s business model?). We work with two companies (using their databases) and we add aggregations like upcoming.org. VC Cafe: How do you capture the value here? Both organizers, comers and presenters….

Aggregator 84

Aggregator Caching PHP 84

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

schools have alumni databases that usually show what folks majored in and what they’re doing now – write them for advice or ask them if they know anyone interested in a particular idea you’re working on. Nosake From nothing to losing money every month with no business model in sight. How to get there.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

“I pre-stage my investments by developing my own ideas of great business models & frameworks — when I meet a founder doing something similar I can make a quick decision,&# says Craig. Flash vs. HTML5: The "Pong" Version 37Signals Creates iPad-Only Web App An Open Source, HTML5 Framework for i.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

View from Seed

JANUARY 19, 2017

The proliferation of sensitive data stored online combined with the ever-increasing total number of individuals online have produced sprawling, vulnerable databases that we expect to perform in exact accordance with the Terms of Service box we check before confirming a payment or signing into an account.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Internet Software Review Web 120

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. Simple editing. WebSequenceDiagrams - sketch sequence diagrams.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Speaking from experience: My mate paid someone to build him a database-driven website. After he got the source code, he needed to make a few changes. I had a look at the source code, and it was chock-full of SQL injection vulnerabilities. So is database design. Complexity often hides a poor business model.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

ConversionXL

JANUARY 17, 2017

Add to the fact that Intuit just released an open source testing tool that has these capabilities, and I think we’re going to see a lot more of this approach to optimization in the future. Though they have unique challenges according to their industry and business model, there are some more general takeaways here, too.

Algorithm 48

Algorithm CTO Hire Distribution Engineer 48

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. An additional list of business resources for startups is available here. High Quality, and open sourced! Plus, their javascript Library is real time so you get notifications on any database update.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53