Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. Yet, in my view, every early-stage entrepreneur should be exploring this new funding alternative before approaching VCs. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” I like to see at least 10,000 active users, or a user base, page-views, or mobile downloads that double every three months. Market penetration.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Redesigning daily life for everyday people also means that these products or businesses may seem strange and certainly outside of the mold of current mainstream VC-backed companies. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Startups are in fact only temporary organizations, organized to search –not execute–for a scalable and repeatable business model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Kabam, the mobile gaming company, hit a major stumbling block in its early days when its financing was lost due to the 2008 financial collapse. As is the right business model, which is the focus of the Don’t Bet on Your First Business Model workshop.

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

Organizational debt is all the people/culture compromises made to “just get it done” in the early stages of a startup. They had reinvented a traditional print media category onto web and mobile devices for a new generation of users who were no longer buying magazines but reading online. the company had.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. Yet, in my view, every early-stage entrepreneur should be exploring this new funding alternative before approaching VCs. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Furthermore, your vision also needs to be relatable to another business model that investors have seen be successful. With the explosion of web and mobile apps, many seed and early stage investors today take a “wait-and-see” approach before deploying capital. As a result, building a product isn’t the hard part.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. Next, Douglas Villalobos from Costa Rica pitched GeoInvenio, a mobile application development platform. We can derive GeoInvenio's business model and pricing model based on that.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 20, 2017

And it was a big change in business models. Existing software engineers and tech entrepreneurs needed to retool both their skills as well as their way thinking about how software should be set up and software business models. Even the business models were still the same. (i.e. everything done online).

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

For example, Qualcomm Ventures hosts an international business plan competition called QPrize , which targets mobile technology startups. The most common tactic we’ve seen from large corporations is providing a package of benefits for startups in order to build relationships with early-stage companies. 3) Freebies.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Small Business and the Death of Newspapers – [link]. 7 things your small business can learn from Myth Busters! Growing Your Business With Content Marketing, Mobile Website Tips, Habits of Successful Employees – [link]. How To Grow Your Business With Content Marketing (20 tips) – [link].

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Note that if you’re familiar with the business model canvas, Steps 1-4 below are equivalent to a visual map of the choices a founder makes as they develop a business model canvas. It bears repeating: an early-stage startup must focus on making one customer group excited by a mission-aligned product.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We make a majority of our investments in those sectors and prioritize proven business models. 645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. We invest in companies that sell to both enterprise/SMB customers as well as direct to consumers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 17, 2010

The LG mobile phone design competition on crowdSPRING has started! Forms On Mobile Devices: Modern Solutions - [link]. 5 Can’t-Miss Usability Tips for Mobile Website Designs - [link]. Micropayments and Subscriptions: How Business Models for Startups are Shifting - [link]. Data Visualization Techniques - [link].

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Patent reform is high on the list of priorities for most of the tech industry, particularly in the areas of software, Internet and mobile technology. Giving privately held companies maximum room to maneuver as they raise funding from accredited investors and participate in secondary markets can only strengthen the startup ecosystem.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 7, 2019

Microsoft had one of the strongest monopolies in history on desktop software, but it couldn’t block the rise of iOS and Android on mobile phones. As an early-stage startup, your fundamental competitive advantage is speed. Once you grow beyond the Village stage, establishing a new competitive edge tends to be very difficult. (If

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. That’s simply a failure of a startup board’s fiduciary responsibility.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. It’s critical to establish this component of your business before thinking seriously about growth. in place before you expand.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. The Pocket Negotiator is very early-stage attempt to aid in the negotiating process itself. What’s Your VC Tech Stack?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. That’s simply a failure of a startup board’s fiduciary responsibility.

Silicon Valley 258

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

Technical Cofounder 150

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Commenced in July 2017, The Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides start-up loans to help young entrepreneurs fund their businesses at a very early stage. Well, there will be 2 copywriters, 1 editor, 1 blogger, 3 programmers, 1 Project/Product Manager, 1 Business/ Finance, 1 Sales/ Marketing expert.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

And, there’s a good reason why; it includes back-to-back essays on mobile, high-growth startups and technology. But, he also has great advice on growth strategies for early-stage companies. Eric Ries of The Lean Startup has called Andrew Chen’s blog “one of the best entrepreneurship blogs of all time.” A Smart Bear.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

It’s probably not too controversial to say that the median level of sophistication of early stage entrepreneurs in Los Angeles is lower than that of Bay Area. Much of this is due to the lack of venture capital – seed-stage venture capital, in particular – to get companies off the ground here in Los Angeles.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. However, in my assessment, the bigger opportunity for this business is to go to market as a mobile app.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” I like to see at least 10,000 active users, or a user base, page-views, or mobile downloads that double every three months. Market penetration.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? Im still not convinced that "gut feel" isnt a good way to invest at the early stage, but this can certainly get rid of over-thinking and provides diversification and investments in entrepreneurial teams that would be otherwise overlooked. ProfessorVC. at 2:32 PM.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. Innovation in search, social, broadband, and mobile & cloud hasn’t come to an end. Early-stage investing is still the only thing we do. We’re Excited for What’s Next.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. Yet, in my view, every early-stage entrepreneur should be exploring this new funding alternative before approaching VCs. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

Angel Investor 260

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

You know, could you look at my business plan? See if the business model works, all these questions. So if you're running a small business, usually what you're doing, if it's a consulting business or any type of business, you are doing something similar to what other people have done in the past.

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