Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

"We knew that if we wanted immediate action, the only way to do that was with private money," Lenore Estrada explained to me as we talked about why she founded SF New Deal in the days after being forced to lay off most of the staff at her San Francisco bakery, Three Babes Bakeshop. Lenore Estrada is one of those people.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. What makes people like that want to live in any particular community?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

From New York, Philadelphia, and Boston to Los Angeles and San Francisco, entrepreneurs came out to share their enthusiasm -- you really are everywhere.

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2020

It may be difficult for businesses to even think about potential hires at a time like this , but developing a strategy for retaining and attracting top talent will put them in the driver’s seat when things turn for the better. . The American Community Survey (ACS) found, for example, that 80% to 90% of the U.S. Get creative here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2017

5 in San Francisco) allows you to experience seven days of interactive innovation training from our experts and true Lean Startup practitioners —in a city that’s known for being the hotbed of high-growth startups and iconic tech companies (not to mention a great place to eat, drink, sightsee, and shop while you’re talking shop).

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Transformify

MARCH 23, 2020

It was a growing community of people who enjoyed their digital nomad lifestyle. Earthquakes and talent scarcity in tech hubs like San Francisco, London, New York, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Paris and so on could disrupt the business of many tech companies. However, the salaries are spent locally, thus revitalizing the local communities.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. San Francisco.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

And that involves processes, structures, feedback loops, analytics and a community.”. Therefore, if you want to bring an MVP ( Minimum Viable Product ) to market, Werdelin approximates that you’ll need $50,000 to $250,000 , depending on the skill sets of the developers and designers you hire. and the redesign of TED.com. 7) Shopify.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

In other words, the arrival of a product or service like Uber will have zero impact on the overall market size of the car-for-hire transportation market. Uber initially worked well primarily within the San Francisco city limits. It now has high liquidity from South San Jose to Napa. Coverage density.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 7, 2013

I’d love to see LinkedIn standardize the notion of community service as a field in your profile. Companies can hire a Fellow at hire.code2040.org. 15 Host Companies - Etsy, Jawbone, Facebook, Lark, Findery, Klout, Code for America, the City of San Francisco, Foursquare, and 6 other startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

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. The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

And, as you can see in my previous post on “ The cardinal sin of community management &# the feedback could be all over the map. But we had some super-active customers who would act as editors, collecting feedback from all over the community and synthesizing it into a report of the top issues. It was absolutely worth it.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. Build a team – we have plans to hire at a minimum 2 more engineers once funded with many more to follow and you will be hand selecting your team. We began interviewing a selected few just a few days later on Sunday afternoon in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Every new year and right after the ball drops, it’s time to go to work. 1- Collaborate and provide more employment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

For those who cannot afford the ticket price, who dont think its worth the price, or who cannot travel to San Francisco, there are other ways to participate. My hope for this conference is that it will benefit the global community of entrepreneurs. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

But beyond the bond of those shared pleasures, we also have a long — and mostly agreeable — relationship rooted in his coverage of the technology community and my participation in said industry. But recently I hired my first employee, so I’m hoping some of that dissipates. She is not wrong. Is that still how you think of your job?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Other companies accomplish this by hiring a large staff of content production experts - and get a very good result. Most importantly, there is almost no niche or trend that is unserved by this community. When you participate in an open community like these you take advantage of tremendous amounts of effort. Yeah, weve got that.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Adam Hertz, a cable company executive in San Francisco , and his wife, Joan, have enthusiastically embraced the movement. TaskRabbit has (people) making over $5,000 a month in San Francisco," says Craig Shapiro, founder of Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital fund specializing in sharing sites. Thats real money."

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. a guide for hackers) You buy virtual goods The free software hiring advantage Continuous deployment and continuous learning The lean startup @ Web 2.0 April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Expo (and a call for he.

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mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

Because there is often a lot at stake for a new company, its wise to ask where you will fit in among founders and first hires — and how you can make a direct impact on the companys success. With more than 20 million unique monthly visitors, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities. ©2005-2014 Mashable, Inc.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2010

It's because, as a community, we've been outflanked. Still, I had no idea NYC tech even existed and I suspect that’s still the case for the majority of students today—although that’s changing with efforts like HackNY, Tech@NYU and Blue Venture Community. If you don’t enlighten these The problem is that the community is too fragmented.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Im open to being the coffee and snack technician :-) On another note, I live in Atlanta and believe that we have a strong enough start-up community that would greatly benefit from your lessons learned. I have contacts within the university and entrepreneurial communities and would be happy to help you set up something if interested.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Hypemarks was a Los Angeles social sharing startup that after about a year of failing to gain traction and turn a profit, changed course, moved to San Francisco and became Tint , an embeddable social-feed service. The story of pivoting direction is common in the U.S. start-up world. Weighing In. Tim Sae Koo.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 5, 2010

Founder Troy Schwartz, who ran a video company in Austin prior to starting BidModo, explained the company’s rational in a statement today: “I would regularly hear of companies in town turning to New York or San Francisco to hire for their video needs. Furthermore, the aspect of local is fantastic.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Along with some friends from Yale (my alma mater), I recently brainstormed some ideas to accelerate a university’s campus tech community. Marketing of tech community : Yale Tech News , Yale Entrepreneurship Magazine. Those unique assets are sometimes leverageable into a resource for strengthening the university’s tech community.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Additionally, she is the founder of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, a non-profit organization created to break down systemic barriers and foster systemic change for women and other underserved communities. And that sounds like that might be actually quite difficult, especially without funding, but we basically hired one person at a time.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

A similar kind of datablindness happened in the US intelligence community in the decades following the launch of photoreconnaissance satellites. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. In May of 1998, India detonated several nuclear weapons at a test site near New Delhi. Bring your questions. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

A NEW GENERATION OF APPS AND THE APIs THAT POWER THEM I was lucky to be able to attend our Accel APX conference in San Francisco last week. We had around 300 attendees and our room at the Terra Gallery was packed.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 10, 2012

But in early November, cable channel Bravo will debut a new reality program titled “ Silicon Valley ” that will chronicle the lives and struggles of startup entrepreneurs in San Francisco. Bravo's trailer for the show hit the Web earlier this week and response from the entrepreneurial community and blogs has been predictable.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. As you grow, think about the right timing for bringing on more people with specific roles, but remember – hire slow, fire fast. So if you do find your duplicate, hire them as soon as possible.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Based on the buzz it’s created in the developer community this year, we’d say it has followed through on this promise. And the Docker open-source community may be in the midst of a potentially ugly split. It’s available in San Francisco, New York, and Miami. MyFitnessPal.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Make it easy to “pilot&# new work with a test community of actively engaged readers, and provide a mechanism for measuring the impact of these pilots. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. For bonus points, make this a paid subscription. Startup Lessons Learned season two : Every post from the blogs second year in print form.

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www.readwriteweb.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Online Communities. Community Management. 6-7 at the Fairmont San Francisco. 8 Indispensable Qualities For Your First Startup Hire. Enterprise. The Talent Wars. Six VCs Speak Out. The Social Layer. Cloud Computing. Augmented Reality. Real-Time Web. ReadWriteWeb. Featured Sections: Mobile. Get the newsletter.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

Fueling Your Growth With Facebook Groups And Communities written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John is the VP of Community & Impact Partnerships at Facebook. 7:58] What are some other places along the customer journey that you think groups or communities fit that maybe people aren’t thinking of? [12:31]

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 10, 2012

But in early November, cable channel Bravo will debut a new reality program titled “ Silicon Valley ” that will chronicle the lives and struggles of startup entrepreneurs in San Francisco. Bravo's trailer for the show hit the Web earlier this week and response from the entrepreneurial community and blogs has been predictable.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

I believe everyone is a leader, whether it’s at work, home, church, or in their community. Before I knew it, I had a solid client base and too much business to handle on my own – I incorporated, made my first hire, and became an accidental business owner. Thanks to Mark and Tori Baird, Hire Patriots ! #14

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Every 6-8 weeks, we’ll bring you an awesome operator from our network, and I’ll ask three questions to learn more about his/her specific work and contributions to his/her organization and community at large. So, by definition, San Francisco and Austin are different zones.

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