VC Cafe

MARCH 21, 2022

Open metaverse: these are the decentralized platforms built on crypto, such as Manticore Games, Sandbox or Decentraland and many others. Skechers is the latest brand to announce a virtual store opening in Decentraland ( Source ). presents more than just another sales channel for retailers. Gaming / Entertainment / Social.

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nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Finding a Technical Co-Founder. In the recent weeks, I have also had no less than three people email me and ask about finding a technical co-founder, which has also been a very frequent topic on the Hacker News forums. This can often lead to introductions to suitable people, or into networks where you can find a technical co-founder.

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ConversionXL

MAY 6, 2021

As founder Haradhan shares : “[WordPress is free and open-source software, and also every WordPress developer already make some functional themes and plugin which things make our some works effortless.”. Image source ). If you need help you can easily ask questions and troubleshoot in one of their forums.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

Here the company executes a known business model (known customers, product features, competitors, pricing, distribution channel, supply chain, etc.) Finally we can use the open-source lean classes from the National Science Foundation I-Corps and the Stanford/Berkeley Lean LaunchPad classes to run Horizon 3 projects.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. And since I open source everything I do, you were the recipient of open source.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

Open-Source Software & Horizontal Computing. It was driven by the introduction of open-source software, most notably what was called the LAMP stack. Open source became a movement – a mentality. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure.

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Austin Startup

JULY 23, 2010

No, not related to the famous Wendy’s founder.) This explosive growth has in no small part been due to the popularity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (or UFC) league, brought to the forefront in the past decade through the entertaining, if testosterone-heavy, Ultimate Fighter reality program on the Spike cable TV channel.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2019

In addition, there are some blockchain businesses, an example, Blockdraw Technologies, where its founder not only has decades of experience in business, but his time at AGCC showed him everything that he needed to know about how to run a casino business properly. Will they accept an open-source state channel?

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

Go for open source tools. One of the ways of doing that is by using the open source tools for the job. Most of the open source tools are available for free and have a good community support. The open source tools will save you lots of money which can be used in other jobs like marketing.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2018

There are two types of meetings – one-on-one and staff – that keep the channels of communication between managers and employees open. Source: Pexels. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos created the “ two pizza rule ” of meetings and teamwork, which has become an industry standard. Manage The Size.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

by Rachel Strella, founder of Strella Social Media. Some tips for helping you get you there include: Have a good website to serve as your business’s online hub (ideally, one with an Open-source CMS that’s feature-rich and offers the opportunity to take advantage of integrations, such as those for SEO and social media).

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2010

As a founder you start out with: 1) a vision of a product with a set of features, 2) a series of hypotheses about all the pieces of the business model: Who are the customers/users? What’s the distribution channel. Your startup is essentially an organization built to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

We combined three tactics: extensive use of free software, an open platform for user-generated content, and leveraged distribution channels. The net result was powerful: within six months of starting the company, we were able to get a basic version of our product into open beta. Leveraged distribution channels.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. As a non-technical founder of an IT company, it’s important to know when to dish responsibilities off. startupcto

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Adam Arbolino is the co-founder and CTO of DesignCrowd.com , a logo, web and graphic design marketplace. With the growth of open-sourced platforms and advent of ‘freemium pricing models’, the time to try is now. Start networking and find a co-founder who shares your vision, and brings skills that are different from your own.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Jen is the founder and former executive director of Code for America. They've brought together a group of passionate volunteers across engineering, data science, content strategy, design, logistics and supply chain and disaster response to assist with open source solutions. 16:54) Jen discusses making open source tools. (19:16)

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

It’s taught at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and probably another hundred universities and colleges because I open-sourced the class and trained educators on how to teach it. Can you become a founder by watching videos? Perhaps, but founders are closer to artists than any other profession. Can it be self-directed?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2017

Emarketer made a similar prediction that the future would belong to those with advanced data skills (check out the “in 3 years” bars below): Image Source. The ability to connect large disparate sets of data and pull actionable value is central to website optimization as well as other marketing channels. Check it out here.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Jeremy Goldman is the founder of Firebrand Group and the author of the book GoingSocial. Content consumption, creation, and sharing will only increase, but the way people connect with each other and how they filter that content will change. - Ekaterina Walter , Co-founder and CMO of BRANDERATI; Author of WSJ Bestseller “Think Like Zuck”.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Either way, you can use any marketing channel thats available to bring in new customers, including word of traditional advertising, SEO, SEM - wherever you can find prospects who are going to find your product addicting. For Neopets, its simply a side-effect of their game-like product design. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

I dont see any reason why having the team offshore is any more of a liability in this area than, say, having to do this work while selling through a channel (and hence, not having direct access to customers). I do have faith that, whatever situation you find yourself in, you can always find ways to increase the speed of iteration.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

I've also recently created a private email discussion list for technology company founders at FounderList.com to network, share, and learn from each other. Pat McCarthy Wednesday 27, 2010 @ 5:33 am Quora.com is a great QA site for entrepreneurs to connect with others, ask questions, and learn.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

These founders are imbuing their new businesses with the values of our time. They have a willingness to ‘open source’. They grew up multitasking, multi-channelling and absorbing multiple and disparate messages from every angle. It’s proof that Youtube channels need to entertain and not just provide information.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. Groupon Adds Self-Serve Deal Platform.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. Groupon Adds Self-Serve Deal Platform.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

38 New Social Media Resources You May. Groupon Adds Self-Serve Deal Platform. Its Not Just Facebook: MySpace Trans. 5 Ways to Get a Job Through YouTube View More » Business Facebook to Raise Series E Funding wi. 7 Handy iPhone Apps for Managing Empl.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Their code is open source. All of their emails are open for everyone else to read. In the larger view, it also helps other entrepreneurs build and grow their own companies, as their tends to be a void of instructional content from startup founders in the trenches. Silver Bullet Strategy? No Such Thing.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

MapQuest Founder on the Past, Present. View More » Startups Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social N. Kim Kardashian Tops Bing’s Most Pop. View More » Tech WikiLeaks Hit By Another DDoS Attack 4 Awesome Photo Sharing Alternatives. Verizon Wireless Set to Launch 4G Net. The 3 Biggest Stories in Tech & Busin.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For example: TheGist , an Israeli startup launched this week with a $7M seed round , uses AI to summarise Slack channels and threads. Congrats to Robin Rombach, Patrick Esser, Compvis, @runwayml @StabilityAI , everyone who participated and the whole open-source community. Such a milestone! ClementDelangue) October 27, 2022.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

I suggest you never call this person again for information TheNameInspector The founder of Kodak was George Eastman. Was looking for something like this. thank you Edouard Reinach kodak is not a word made from nothing. the guy who built the kodak compagny is Eastman Kodak. He invented the name Kodak. I want my childhood back.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. You dont /have/ to build vendor lists and out-source.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Drupal’s integration capabilities help the website to serve as a central content management system integrating with other social media channels. Vidhatanand Sharma is an Open Source evangelist and has keen interests in personalized experience on the web. Bottom Line.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This is a little harder to do for channel sales, but still extremely valuable. This is applicable to other subscription businesses such as Open Source.) And a little harder than that for direct sales situations with large deal sizes. Bookings is the pre-cursor to Revenue. e.g. there could be large deals, and smaller deals.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. It is about when in the life of your company you do the spending.

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