mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Follow Mashable Business. Subscribe to the Business channel. More Stories in Business. Small Businesses Plan to Buy an iPad in 2012 [STUDY]. Open Source Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Small Business.

New York City 83

New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

It used to be that a techie needed a business person to get a business plan together and then use that to raise money. Not only are there rafts and rafts of books to help someone cobble together a rudimentary business plan, any quality VC values execution over ideas. Social Networking (22).

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The Business Plan (Concept- Alpha-Beta - FCS ) became the playbook for startups. This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Show and talk at conferences, be on lots of blogs, use social networks and build a brand. Lessons Learned.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Tags: entrepreneurial revolution startup high-tech business.

Burn Rate 125

Burn Rate SEM Social Network Angel Investor 125

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Lessons Learned – Business Planning Stage My advice to entrepreneurs working on a new business plan is to build a model similar to those above to estimate the cost of customer acquisition. Extensive use of software to automate all processes such as SEO, SEM, social networking, lead scoring, lead nurturing, CRM, etc.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. You need to hear this from someone who has used.Net extensively, and then happily walked away from it to go open source: You are a wanker. It’s an *freaking open source*.net

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

For three years I worked at Bug Labs (open source hardware company). We not only told everyone what we did, we posted the source code and the blueprints online. Think about that, people wont even steal your ideas if you give them the plans. social network/web analysis/etc. Hint: these arent real businesses.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41