BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

People often ask us why firstcheck.vc or what is first check and our response is that the seed landscape is so confusing, and what founders need is an investor with courage and conviction to lead their rounds and support them from day 1. will be a great fit with the Salesforce marketing cloud. We are truly grateful for your support.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

Leslie Oliver Karpas , LexSet Co-Founder and President, talked about his favorite SciFi writer, the danger of purpose, and his super power to pitch. Tell us your favorite thing about the being based in Brooklyn, N.Y. With the exception of LexSet, what tech trend is your team most excited about?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Serendipity is what SXSW is all about. We ask everyone to tell us when they are coming and who they want to meet. Official SXSW Panels and Speakers SXSW Badge Required Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene MAR 8, 2019 | 12:30PM?—?1:30PM

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Did you know that the physics involved in flippings cats also allow us to operate space telescopes? The Founders Lie About Comfort Zones – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I’ve written a few posts about boards recently as part of a series on the subject. I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2017

Whether you were around to experience the convergence of thousands of talented entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to the city first hand or have heard about the buzz of SXSW and the startup scene in Austin, we want to invite you to participate in this competition.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2017

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” Niels Bohr. VentureBeat – What top Silicon Valley investors expect in 2017 – [link]. deloitte.com/us/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/tmt-predictions.html. 2017 Predictions. Hope your 2017 is off to a great start.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Its easy to take Silicon Valley for granted. Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. And do your customer development. Expo SF (May.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise. At the same time, they reduce the value of knowledge about people in your network; now anyone can find out who, for example, are the M&A decision-makers at Cisco. Our industry is highly noisy, and VCs use their networks to filter for signal amidst the noise.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise. At the same time, they reduce the value of knowledge about people in your network; now anyone can find out who, for example, are the M&A decision-makers at Cisco. Our industry is highly noisy, and VCs use their networks to filter for signal amidst the noise.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! “Products take off not just because of WHAT they do but HOW they make us feel.” What Would-Be Entrepreneurs Fear Most About Starting Up | Entrepreneur – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

It’s a massive shift in the way we think about commerce, one that is made possible thanks to platform businesses — the online marketplaces, small business cloud-based companies and crowdfunding sites out there. As a percentage of total US employment, proprietors have steadily increased every year since 2000.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Where did Silicon Valley come from? Those of us who have had the privilege of working in the premier startup hub in the world often take its advantages for granted. You might be wondering: who were those brilliant people who made the key decisions to mold Silicon Valley?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

First, let us start with a definition of a tech bubble. Hiring technology talent in Silicon Valley is getting difficult, and the time it takes to drive across Palo Alto has tripled—all signs of the impending apocalypse. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud.

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The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

When cloud services company Cornerstone OnDemand got its start in Los Angeles in 1999, the odds were against it. Improbably, founder and CEO Adam Miller and his partners soldiered on to eventually build a $2 billion+ cloud company. Three months after getting up and running, the tech bubble burst and all the money dried up.

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

In any case, while I’m not an economist, I do read The Economist , religiously at that, and I’ve been reading so much about macroeconomic policies and news the past 18 months that I feel like I finally have a decent rudimentary grip on the subject. What do some of the buzzwords you read about in the news mean to you?

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

I love working with our clients on a daily basis, hearing about their dreams, and helping them achieve their goals. In 2011, I began learning about hair restoration and started North Atlanta Hair Restoration in 2012. Although some doubted us, we successfully transitioned from a labor service to a full-fledged moving business.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Below, we at Bizzabo have compiled a list of the 20 upcoming US tech conferences you must attend. Looking to launch your startup, raise money, and learn about starting a company? Venture Summit Silicon Valley. Hopefully we will see you there! FutureStack. Tech-savvy minds, this is the conference for you.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Our fall webcast series concluded on a high note with three extraordinary conversations about the origins and implications of Lean Startup. And you couldn''t sign up for insurance in those days, it simply gave you information about the insurance options in your jurisdiction. Classic minimum viable product.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 30, 2013

Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger wrote a post yesterday about the disruption of venture capital which lists the changes afoot: Information about VCs on the internet. Angel investing has grown – wealth creation in the internet bubble massively increased the number of angel investors, particularly outside Silicon Valley.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 17, 2012

About a third of their money went to living expenses, the rest to technology they needed, like cloud storage and software. "If The $40,000 made it a lot easier for us to get started.". In Silicon Valley, if you fail quickly and cheaply, people think that's awesome because you learned a lot.". Discuss.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has about 57% of the voting power. But Andreessens approach is also exposing a rift in Silicon Valley, where a group of young and relatively untested entrepreneurs have maintained control over their rapidly growing companies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Expo Intensive rocked, the mainstream media has started writing about the Lean Startup, and - most of all - the movement continues to grow and evolve. Sean Murphy has an excellent and comprehensive roundup of resources about the conference: all of the slides, videos, summaries, notes and write-ups are listed on his blog here.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Most recently, Intuit, makers of QuickBooks and TurboTax, estimates that 34% of the US workforce is participating in some form of gig-economy work. Airbnb’s penchant for the wanderlust tourist required they tackle this challenge head on : “As usage spread outside the US, the limitations of this system became clear. Don’t believe me?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Maxwell, PhD, author of “ Lead Like a Guide: How World-Class Mountain Guides Inspire Us to Be Better Leaders “ A decade ago I began organizing expeditions to high peaks and trails around the world for undergraduate business students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. by Christopher I.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. And I think about the “Seattle issue&# as a metaphor for startups and business in general. Of course I have.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Our experience with TechStars – starting in Boulder, but expanding to Boston, Seattle, and New York – helped us understand not just TechStars’ role and impact on a startup community, but what drives startup communities over the long term. Based in Portland, the program is just a short drive away from Nike World Headquarters.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

We had written code for 8 months in our home town of Missoula, Montana before it occurred to us we might need to raise money to launch our startup. FitzGerald is the co-founder and CEO of Submittable , a cloud-based submission platform used by thousands of publishers for accepting and curating digital content. in revenue.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 23, 2013

In usual fashion the local startup illuminati were all gathered talking about their latest idea, site or app. Who is moving to Silicon Valley, who got funded and who just pivoted. It’s as if there was no such thing as a ‘new business’ before the internet and silicon valley arrived.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Im not offering extensive studies or research to support this conclusion; the evidence from my peers right here in the innovation capital of America, Silicon Valley, is absolutely overwhelming. Heres the most striking thing about the statistics of this post: the average "age when started programming" is 13.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

More About Rodney Zemmel: More about Rewired: the McKinsey’s Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI Get in contact with Rodney More About The Agency Certification Intensive Training: Learn more about the Agency Certification Intensive Training here Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Since raising $3 million in seed funding in September , StrongSalt announced its Open Privacy application for searching and sharing encrypted data in cloud services and enterprise applications. Yu shared thoughts about his plans for StrongSalt, his favorite food, and why he admires a watchmaker. Tell us about things you love.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 25, 2012

Backblaze, a leader in cloud storage, just celebrated its fifth anniversary. This isn't the first time we've written about Backblaze's distinctive red storage pods. We even had a funny period of a few months where we hired our first employee (a support person), and he made more than all of the seven of us combined at that point!".

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Austin Startup

MAY 15, 2019

In 2008, I was working on Tonido , a private file access, sync and share solution that essentially turned any private computer into a cloud server. For us, however, with my engineering background, we could build a minimum viable product (MVP) with minimal capital and to move quickly, enabling our team to generate cash flow from the start.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. In the first six months of COVID there were some big migrations across the US and some cities were big winners and others lost out. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

How To Think About The Future. What he and others have meant is of course that the desktop computer is losing its preeimance as the primary computing platform with the rise of smartphones and tablets at one end and cloud computing (in all its forms) at the other. It was only in 2000 that a majority of of US homes had a computer.

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