Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. The biggest change in the software industry beyond open-source was “open cloud.&#. Platform cloud players like Salesforce.com provide compute resources so that third parties can build applications that integrate with its core product. These are very different.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2016

At the same time, enterprises today can leverage the cloud to make faster, more efficient software changes; use social media to connect with customers; deploy predictive analytics to determine what their customers will want and connect and control devices via a central point with the Internet of Things (IoT). billion to 8.6

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Make sure you know what the size of customer you want to serve is, what the people in a company of that size do, the problems they have, the features that will resonate and the channels you’ll need to sell into and service that customer. Avoid elephants in your early stages. They take special tools.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2016

Instead, Facebook is the most popular social channel for customer service questions and is used twice as often as Twitter, which is the second most-used social media site. Simon is also an independent company director and has served on a number of advisory boards with technology focused companies in early stage (A or B) funding.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. But all things are never equal.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? Deep tech is harder to measure/compare, especially in the early stage. What should our MRR growth be?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

But while Amazon blew away existing physical distribution channels to deliver products to you, we are blowing away existing physical infrastructure to help you store the things you want to keep – just not at your home. We pride ourselves on being early-stage (thus the name, Upfront) but in this case it’s as early as it gets.

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Hippoland

DECEMBER 16, 2016

About Pedro (from his personal website pedrosorren.com & his words): Pedro Sorrentino is a Venture Associate at FundersClub, focused on early stage and series-A investments. While there, Pedro was their first hire responsible for all partnership-reseller channels with companies like Heroku, Microsoft, Softlayer and Rackspace.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The dominant channel by which we reach customers is the Internet, whether you''re a small local restaurant on Yelp or a global maker of tissue paper. We spoke with the head of innovation at one Fortune 500 company who told us his only metric for early-stage innovation is “how many assumptions have you tested this week?”

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

These packages accommodate everyone, from a well-established corporation to a business in its early stages. It offers dedicated server, shared hosting, cloud hosting, VPS, WordPress hosting, WooCommerce hosting, and much more. BlueHost offers a range of channels for users to connect with the customer support team.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

As a team leader, you can assign tasks to other members, can divide your workforce in different channels and much more. Its goal is to introduce entrepreneurs to investors and simplify the process of early-stage business. It is a file backup, sync and sharing solution which uses the cloud as the storage medium.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 16, 2020

Early-stage startups. The CTO also will consult with you on such options as integration with third-party applications and possible cloud deployment and migration. Just think of the power of mobile apps, cloud services, collaboration and marketing platforms, automation tools, and many others you are unaware of.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Today, Id like to spend some time on two techniques: the problem presentation and learning what channels of information reach customers. In particular, Ive focused on the two channels of communication that were most commonly suggested in the first survey: conferences and books. Lets start with what I learned last time.

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nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Freenode is the network most popular with developers today, especially with open source projects (channels such as #python, #rubyonrails, ##php etc. The main tech influencers are not hard to find (Twitter will suggest them to you) and most are friendly and engaging. IRC - I booted my entire tech career through people I met on IRC.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

She has a separate team, with its own culture and office, and a mandate straight from top management to innovate without regard to the company’s historic products, channels, or supply chain. She knows the internal politics are tricky, but she’s navigated them well. So far, so good. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep. The Definitive Guide to Building a Brand.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Today, he sees the opportunity to do a cloud capacity planning company. In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Today, he sees the opportunity to do a cloud capacity planning company. In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures.

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www.readwriteweb.com

JUNE 13, 2011

startupcto

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. My answer is almost always the same: dont. Dont scale.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Cloud services. Cloud storage. The Bing Fund will invest $50,000-$100,000 in early-stage startups, through standard convertible notes (loans that convert to equity at Microsoft’s option). The Bing Fund, Microsoft’s newest incubator, to be headed by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood. 4 days ago. From $1.5B

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Sun Microsystems has a program called Startup Essentials [link] thats designed specifically to help early stage startups get into some great equipment, free software and other great stuff too. Posted by: Jackie | September 10, 2007 12:27 PM @Matt (#20): That makes sense. Having total ownership and intimate knowledge of the spec.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

While we are known for strengths in cybersecurity, cloud computing, military research, and advanced manufacturing, we work hard every day to keep San Antonio a vibrant and supportive city for all types of technology ventures large and small.” Find a great opportunity to work at a Texas startup on these job boards?—?

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

It was too loud to talk so I just watched the steel pour through the clouds of soot backlit by the blinding bright liquid metal. And as I stared through the billowing clouds of soot flashing between black and white took on fantastical shapes as tiny figures on the factory floor scurried around the bucket.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 21, 2022

Data integration enables retailers to manage sales, labor hours, inventory, and other critical indicators across their many locations and channels. It is still in the early stages of development, but with the addition of AI, things in the banking business may get easier, as they can quickly mine data for anomalies and outliers.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Publisher Platform (P3). startupcto

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

B ootstrapping can be really hard for some early stage startups, but Israeli startup Enigmai , makes it seem easy. As you can imagine, Israeli customers pretty demanding, which makes face to face customers a hard channel, but one we can learn a lot from. Adir : There’s a lot of buzz about cloud computing.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

B ootstrapping can be really hard for some early stage startups, but Israeli startup Enigmai , makes it seem easy. As you can imagine, Israeli customers pretty demanding, which makes face to face customers a hard channel, but one we can learn a lot from. Adir : There’s a lot of buzz about cloud computing.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

B ootstrapping can be really hard for some early stage startups, but Israeli startup Enigmai , makes it seem easy. They want everything now (even what you don’t have) and for free so face to face is the hardest channel. Adir : There’s a lot of buzz about cloud computing. You need to control.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

IBM Global Entrepreneur , the computer giant’s entrepreneurship outreach arm is looking for the smartest early stage startups around the globe that will help solve tomorrow’s problems. Seculert - provides a cloud-based security software as a service model ( SaaS ).

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. When we first published Bessemer’s Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y" in early 2008 in conjunction with our annual invitation-only SaaS CEO Summit, we were overwhelmed with the positive response and feedback we received.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 14, 2013

You’ve heard affiliate programs can work wonders, so you sign up with a cloud affiliate provider and figure you can afford to pay $50 per signup. Should you optimize these existing channels or try to find a new, more productive channel? In any case, cut out early and go find another channel.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

The term “early-stage” covers a lot of territory in venture investing, from incubating a brand-new idea, to investing in a Series A. They’ve been thinking about this problem, of how to give security teams visibility into cloud apps, for years and years, and knew how to deploy [Series A level capital].

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Many projects fail because clients dont communicate the specs during the early stages. I myself have worked for a few overseas projects ( as a programmer ) so I can relate to the need for better documentation and communication from the clients side. This will result ( most likely ) result in a bad designed system.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Israeli startup Blaze Meter , a load testing in the cloud compatible with open source Apache Jmeter, has recently raised an undisclosed round from Yoav Leitersdorf’s YL Ventures. Alon: BlazeMeter is the first testing cloud with a sole focus on load testing, designed to simplify performance and load testing for developers and QA testers.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Ressi estimates that the debt note now accounts for over 50% of all angel and early stage deals. Yokum Taku, Corporate and Securities Partner at the Palo Alto, California Office of Wilson Sonsini agrees, “I can’t think of a good reason not to shift early stage seed financings toward convertible equity away from convertible debt.”.

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