Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

At the threshold of one of the most recognizable landmarks in human history — the sole survivor among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , dating back nearly five thousand years — my host was engaged in heated debate with a rotating phalanx of functionaries. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

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.

Retention 113

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

She shares her wisdom as a published author of “The Hands-Off CEO: Triple Your Fees and Profitably Scale an Exceptional Consulting Agency that Grows Without You” and host of the Hands-Off CEO Podcast, helping consulting agencies triple fees and scale without less reliance on the CEO. 03:59): So I knew I'd be able to figure that out.

Framework 62

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

After hosting three live roundtables and being on stage for six to seven hours a day last month during my trip to Pune , I almost lost my voice. We can derive GeoInvenio's business model and pricing model based on that. You can select the business you like best through a poll on the 1M/1M Facebook page. Discuss.

Costa Rica 115

Costa Rica Incubator Silicon Valley India 115

Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Engineering Serendipity Making real connections starts with having the right people in the room. Most of my focus is on the technology and entrepreneurship components of SXSW, but we will be hosting a special edition of the Intro to the Austin Startup Scene focused on EdTech. Serendipity is what SXSW is all about.

Technical Review 89

Technical Review Austin Texas Cofounder 89

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. It sounds interesting.

Management 150

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. Additional work in figuring out the precise go-to-market consumer, academic institution, or enterprise - each is a different business), and consequent business model and pricing model will help enhance the company's valuation. Photo by nazreth.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

I teach potential founders a hands-on, experiential class called the Lean LaunchPad at Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia and Caltech. The class teaches the three basic skills all entrepreneurs need to know: business model design. agile engineering. The free on-line class , hosted at Udacity is here. Find it here.

Open Source 335

Open Source Silicon Valley Lean Customer Development 335

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?) He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

San Francisco 167

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Capital Factory is so excited to welcome the OHUB community to Austin during SXSW,” said Joshua Baer, founder & CEO. To date, over 275 of the nation’s top engineering jobs have gone to marketing and business college students that have had the opportunity to attend this immersive experience. The business model is simple.

Partner 55

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

We were fortunate to host very talented speakers from our portfolio (Ilya Sukhar from FB/Parse, Steve Marx from Dropbox, Bill Ready from Braintree, Ali Rayl from Slack, Eric Wittman from Atlassian, Sam Mac Donnell from HotelTonight.)

API 48

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Up and Running

JULY 6, 2021

One of the biggest attractions to the dropshipping business model is its low capital intensity, as you don’t need to purchase inventory up-front. This means you can start a dropshipping business with relatively little investment at the start, other than to create your website and start marketing. Low startup costs and less risk.

eCommerce 163

eCommerce Startup Business Model Demand 163

Transformify

AUGUST 29, 2017

Our brains rely on a whole host of implicit associations as cognitive shortcuts for everyday life. Think of it this way: If all your software engineers are Stanford computer science majors, they’ve all taken classes from the same professors, completed the same problem sets, and been trained to think in much the same ways.

Hiring 40

Hiring Technical Review Portfolio Software Engineering 40

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering. But since I spent a long time in a hybrid CTO/VP Engineering role, I still have this nagging question. I always assumed I wouldnt manage anybody. They might do anything !

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process. Paring down products, target customers, business models etc takes courage, but it must be done to have any chance of success.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

She makes money for the platform that hosts her without receiving the legal and financial protections of employee status, or the stock options typically given to the platform’s engineers, designers, and managers. Pre-seed founders building interesting tech in the creator economy space? Connect the creator economy with Web3.

Startup 207

Startup Social Media Venture Capital Audio 207

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Amanda is the Co-founder at Barney an M&A firm that specializes in the digital marketing space. 17:49] Have you ever experienced a transaction where a Founder sold the company to their existing team? [18:35] She's the co-founder at Barney, an M & A firm that specializes in the digital marketing space.

Entrepreneur 79

Entrepreneur Technical Review Cofounder Valuation 79

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I put in these particular elements because I did a study of the reasons people cancel at WP Engine , and these are the main reasons for cancellation. For a quality-service company like WP Engine a high cancellation rate is a sign of terminal cancer even if acquisition rates are also increasing, so this metric isn’t useful to us.

Business Model 245

Business Model Metrics Engineer Technical Review 245

Version One Ventures

APRIL 23, 2013

Few decisions can be as life-changing for founders as deciding when to sell a business. Companies get sold for a whole host of reasons: founders break up; money runs out; shareholders force a sale. For some founders, external factors and financial pressures may be too strong to avoid selling.

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Vertical Non-Compete Asia Europe 130

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

In other words, it was first seen in an animal like a bat, and it consequently jumped from an animal host to a human host. Once in its human host, COVID-19 mutated so that it could spread via person-to-person transmission. However, it is believed that this occurred because the pet’s owner was infected with the virus.

Bootstrapping 85

Bootstrapping Global Startup Hungary 85

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

The human tendency to moralize about debt affects engineers, too. For example, IMVU’s early business model was made possible by Paypal’s easy self-serve and open access payment system. When a third-party hosts that same library for you, and you acess it via an API, it should count, too.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

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

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

I think this idea is particularly appealing to those of us from an engineering background. One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. The solution is to change our focus from outputs to inputs.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. This is an incredible skill, one that most engineers overlook.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I agree with YouTube (that they provide more (hosting, ad sales, etc.) Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube). Having business models that aren’t only ad-based. For starters I’d like to tell you what I tell every startup that wants to “build a YouTube business.”

Networking 366

Networking Media Distribution Video 366

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. This presentation will empower entrepreneurs and managers to: -Identify a profitable business model faster and cheaper than your competitors. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

Lean 60

Lean Austin San Francisco Continuous Deployment 60

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 12, 2023

Some users proclaimed that, with access to great foundational models, they didn’t need Google anymore. Sridhar Ramaswamy, my fellow investor at Greylock and the co-founder of Neeva , released a demo video last month about how Neeva has been working intensely on exactly that. RH: Let’s try another one, probably more difficult for you.

Artificial Inteligence 36

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Technical Review Conversion 36

ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2011

Well, Persistent Systems and IncuCapital hosted a highly interactive and engaging session. The business is very different in London, and my feedback was that investors want a repeatable business model. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

India 116

India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 20, 2010

A year after leaving Smart Bear, having talked with dozens of startup founders about their marketing woes, I realized 100% of them needed the marketing-measurement engine I built at Smart Bear. Startup founders in my town of Austin were the most obvious target because it was easy to take them to lunch. There's the magic moment!

Startup 239

Startup Campaign Turkey Customer Development 239

Up and Running

JULY 24, 2015

On Bplans, you’ll find templates, free eBooks, and articles on how to plan and start your business. Business Model Generation. This website offers a downloadable worksheet called a business model canvas that helps you think through your business idea. Founders Workbench.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Small Business Administration SBA Pennsylvania 60

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. He's the founder and chairman of the board of global partner marketing agency, acceleration partners. He's also the co-founder and chairman of brand cycle.

Marketing 89

Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 89

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Business, Engineering, Computer Science, and Design were all represented. If you are interested in hosting an intern, we will be accepting employer applications in December and January for internships beginning in February. Collaboration with engineering, computer science, life sciences, etc. May 14, 2010 10:56 PM.

San Jose 43

San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

We also cavalierly lampoon the “suits” that get brought in to run startups after the founders are fired by callous VC’s. They have the ultimate responsibility in a venture-backed company of deciding whether to fire the founders and bring in “professional management.” I also frequently see the reverse. And there’s a worse fate, too.

Silicon Valley 167

Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Investment Bankers 167

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2017

That may not mean a permanent move, but you have to be willing to immerse yourself for months with like-minded founders in a setting that provides added value to your venture. You will gain a major advantage by watching peers in your space develop their business models, and you’ll be able to commiserate with those who speak your language.

Atlanta 48

Atlanta Albuquerque Incubator Austin 48

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. I began my business in 2014 because, well, it was just time. 20 – To Blend A Beautiful Business Model. I started my business with my fiancé because of our combined skills and experiences. 12 – It was Just Time.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

"It would have been a lot more challenging to create a business like this up there," OBrien says. Instead, Silicon Beach, a roughly 3-mile stretch of sand from Venice to Santa Monica , is home to Viddy and a host of other young tech companies with an entertainment, celebrity or mobile edge. Want 300 days of sun a year?" Google says.

Los Angeles 87

Los Angeles San Francisco Southern California Silicon Valley 87

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Many lean startups are ambitious and are able to deploy large amounts of capital.

Lean 167

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup 167