Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Pete Martin , founder of CEO of Votem , and classic rock drummer The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Paging Iowa elections officials! It’s a GREAT city with amazing talent, a great culture, and lower operating costs than the coasts. SXSW attendees are also invited to Meet the Finalists from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday, March 16.

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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.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 4, 2014

Second, we did an investment where we actually decided to own more than 10% because of the nature of the business model. New VCs, especially those with an operating background, can see a company for what they want it to be rather than what it is. New VCs are vulnerable to fashionable verticals. Chasing Hot Markets.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Following the inevitable ups and downs of the VC investment cycle, and what founders can do when it all turns cold. Vertical integration of different funding risks. The “venture recession” of 2016 is in full swing. Combined with the usual summer slowdown, some are already raising the spectre of 2001 or 2008.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Eric Ries in Times Square For any model to be useful it has to predict what happens in the real world – including the web. I realized the Customer Development model needs to be clearer in what exactly a startup is supposed to do, regardless of the business model. “What is the “Business Model” of your startup?&#

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s no fun on this plateau, just “making payroll,” and watching some employees make more then you as the Founder.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

The OEM Business Convergent’s business was selling desktop computers (with our own operating system and office applications) to other computer manufacturers – most of them long gone: Burroughs, Prime, Monroe Data Systems, ADP, Mohawk, Gould, NCR, 4-Phase, AT&T.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

But a thesis centered around network effects isn’t static – and isn’t limited to any particular sector, business model, or platform. And we also look at companies that are creating the best product for a specific vertical – including bio/healthcare and other emerging tech. Acknowledgements and gratitude.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s no fun on this plateau, just “making payroll,” and watching some employees make more then you as the founder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s no fun on this plateau, just “making payroll,” and watching some employees make more then you as the founder.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Flugauto Co-Founders (left to right): Frank Noppel , CEO, Gerrit Becker , CCO, and Alexander Xydas , COO. For businesses that want to transport cargo, they offer the benefits of a helicopter, including speed and access to remote locations, but at the cost of ground transportation. What the Flugauto system looks like.

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View from Seed

JUNE 23, 2022

Founder: Dennis Chim. Influencer Direct puts the tools to create their own eCommerce business directly into the hands of influencers.” Automating their end-to-end eCommerce operations (from managing inventory to order fulfillment to customer service). Get to know the founders. Company: Influencer Direct.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Richard Ma , CEO and Co-Founder at Quantstamp , says, “We focus on helping our customers stay safe and succeed because our philosophy is that technology is only a tool to solve people’s problems.” We’re seeing more governments, organizations, and corporate enterprises start to realize the impact this technology could have on how they operate.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

At Hustle Fund, we back both first time founders as well as repeat founders. One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. Business customers, depending on the problem, are less price sensitive than consumers.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

At Hustle Fund, we back both first time founders as well as repeat founders. One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. Business customers, depending on the problem, are less price sensitive than consumers.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

We agreed that all her founding CEOs seemed to have the same set of personality traits – tenacious, passionate, relentless, resilient, agile, and comfortable operating in chaos. It’s why all of you operated so well in the unpredictable environment that all startups face.”

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Assam Alzookery , Intvo founder and CEO, explains, “Our product solves the lack of communication between drivers and pedestrians. In advance of his SXSW Pitch experience, Alzookery shared some thoughts about his life as a founder. SXSW attendees are also invited to Meet the Finalists from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday, March 16.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This is a very strong group of founders building some of the worlds next amazing companies. Binaize (Bangalore, India) Nikhil Jois, CEO Binaize is a network intelligence software product for Industrial IoT that helps minimize machine downtime and increase the operational efficiency of industrial control systems.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. Yarina, Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global, was recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Healthcare, one of many awards the company has received for its work. She is the primary inventor of a modular centrifuge that operates with or without electricity.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2017

by Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services. The lean start-up movement has been based on a single insight – which the purpose of a start-up is to discover a business model that works. The objective of a start-up is to discover a business model that works.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Amy Keller , PurePlus Co-Founder and CEO calls this a revolution in the whole plant foods-based economy. I am most impressed by Jaden Smith, Founder of JUST Water and 501CThree. SXSW attendees are also invited to Meet the Finalists from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday, March 16. Tell us your favorite thing about being based in Los Angeles.

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Up and Running

APRIL 30, 2013

Still, if a founder picks the right advisors, she will receive a wealth of benefits. Time spent advising is a great opportunity for the founder and advisor to audition each other as potential partners. A founder with a good idea and solid strategy will have her pick of potential advisors in exchange for equity.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2020

by Manni Sidhu, Co-founder and CEO of Coleegs , and William Gilchrist , Founder and CEO of Konsyg. A new challenge has bloomed for founders and managers in the Covid-19 era –how do they set key performance indicators (KPIs) for the years ahead? Founders should focus on stability. Will our funding dry out?

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Interestingly enough, CooTek’s co-founder and CEO, Michael Wong , who was formerly from Microsoft’s R&D unit, took an unconventional route by launching in the Western market first. That’s why the free business model is so popular in China. Innovation is more of monetization and the business model.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. So if you can imagine you have a vertical access on that access, you have high value at the top. You low value at the bottom.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. 1) Manage the firm .

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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.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Needless to say, this isn’t a business model that works in the pandemic world. From there, it further shifted to operating its own refrigerated warehouse and fleet of delivery vans to deliver organic foods directly from farmers and specialty suppliers. Business model evolution is the rule, not the exception.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

Rule 1: In an existing market Customer Development means not only understanding potential customers, but your competitors in detail – their product features, their sales channels, their demand creation strategy, their business model, etc. We’re about to ship next week.”

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2020

by Rohan Thambrahalli , the Founder and President at UpstartWorks. As they mature, many companies find that they have outgrown their original purpose, realize they want to expand their operations, or see that their brand simply doesn’t reflect who they are anymore. With that said, rebranding is a common part of every business journey.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

In a startup the role of Customer Development is to: test the founders hypothesis about the customer problem test if the product concept and minimum feature set solve that problem This is a big idea and worth repeating. One question: which “endianness&# did the founders at this startup expect the chip would have?

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

In this post, I describe why we prefer to fund companies whose founder will run the company as its CEO. As we looked at the history of great technology companies, we discovered that founders ran an overwhelming majority of them for a very long time, including: Acer—Stan Shih. The innovation business. Thomas Watson, Sr.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Like Edison and the lightbulb, like Gates and the pc operating system, I would launch a revolution that would transform society while bringing me wealth and fame. When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. Post-Mortem Title : How My Startup Failed. Company : BricaBox.

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