YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2014

Rather than focusing on technology as a cost centre, businesses should regard it as an innovation centre. If an IT investment does not increase productivity, drive sales, makes a company more efficient, reduce costs or opens up bigger markets, then it is incurring costs that are actually reducing profits.

Technical Review 277

Technical Review Small Business Technology Software Review 277

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Agile Engineering” to have teams prototype, test, and iterate their idea while discovering if they have a profitable business model. Finally we move to the left side of the canvas to teach the supporting elements of Resources, Partners, Activities and Costs. I-Corps @ NIH Lecture Order Details. Lessons Learned.

Intellectual Property 281

Intellectual Property Lean IP Open Source 281

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Its a nice complement on the product engineering side to his customer development methodology.

Customer Development 131

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. 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.

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Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The world has changed a lot lately and just about every aspect of a technology company – and especially a web-based company – can be “moved out” to a web-based application provider at a lower cost than doing it yourself. Pivotal Tracker – Engineering planning, tracking, task assignments (+mobile).

Technology 251

Technology EC2 Mobile Startup 251

VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

More and more, established companies are leaning into generative AI by either adding generative AI features to their existing suite of tools or partnering with AI companies (mostly OpenAI or the open source HuggingFace) to launch entirely new products. The company is shutting down its consumer product in early June.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT API 165

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

That said, nothing is cost-free. More complex cost of capital calculation. This causes the cost of capital for Flexible VC, often calculated through IRR (similar to an interest rate), can be higher than that of venture debt or traditional RBI. has open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0,

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. One that is powered by three drivers, each of which is a part of a major trend: The use of platforms enabled by open source and free software. What are the characteristics of a lean startup?

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

As Flickr did for the social web and consumption models, Github uses an open, social design for all sorts collaborative models, like Docracy 's open source contact negotiation tools, GrabCAD for mechanical engineers, or K nowable for physical DIY projects.

Web 127

Web Curation Open Source Demand 127

Up and Running

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Assess The Cost. There are costs involved. Fortunately, the financial cost of starting a podcast — and all the benefits covered in the first half of this post — makes that time investment a little more bearable. Audacity is an open-source program that is widely used by both first-time showrunners and Top 100 shows.

Small Business 79

Small Business Audio Software Review Hosting 79

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles Internet 150

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Domains have to be renewed periodically but this is very low cost. One is to use an open-source content management system (like WordPress ) and organize separate hosting. The key point to remember is that your website will be scanned by a search engine before it is presented to a human.

Social Media 250

Social Media Hosting Search Naming 250

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

I was more open to it becoming a real company, but I never really expected it to be a real company from the beginning. We were on an immersion trip to Silicon Valley, and we said, “Let’s find a way to leverage [a previous open source project],” and we decided to build something around that.

Founder 120

Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering. But since I spent a long time in a hybrid CTO/VP Engineering role, I still have this nagging question. If not, whos going to insist we switch to free and open source software? I mean, have you seen other people? They might do anything ! Heres my take.

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Everything has a cost. Aidan: This may be because of the intangible quality of apps and software: when something isn’t physically manufactured and distributed, it can be difficult to see why it should cost money. Your search engine? So how does this work in the realm of technology and the ubiquitous “free” app offerings?

Technology 158

Technology Open Source California Social Media 158

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Networking Southern California Los Angeles 150

Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. 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.

Cost 139

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Version One Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2020

1) The cost of solar has fallen off a cliff . It’s been shocking to see how few people understand what’s happened with the cost of solar energy over the last decade and the impacts it will ultimately have on society. For context, the all-in cost of coal or natural gas is in the range of 6-7 cents / kWh.

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Mexico Finance Cost Balance Sheet 218

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While questions remain around the long-term legal feasibility of such a solution, the larger point is that the speed and cost benefits of Lightning can now be abstracted away for the end user’s benefit without any knowledge of bitcoin the asset. . Some early open source projects include Whatsatt and Juggernaut.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

However, for a limited liability corporation, you are not personally liable but the cost of registering one is higher than the former. If you want to minimize the cost, use free Content Management Software (CMS) such as WordPress or Joomla to quickly design a website without any programming at all.

Software Review 45

Software Review Hosting Intellectual Property Naming 45

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

The human toll a virus could inflict and the immense economic cost of the emergency response stayed with him. As a child living in Hong Kong through SARS, he saw first hand the human toll a virus could inflict, and the immense economic cost of the emergency response. As a child, Alpha Lee lived through the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong.

Artificial Inteligence 60

Artificial Inteligence Open Source Cofounder Design 60

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

In addition, the availability of cloud and open source technologies has further reduced the cost to get a technology business started as now anyone can get computing and storage capacity in the cloud or build a LAMP stack for a few hundred dollars.

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Czech Republic Russia San Jose Europe 99

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Where I use LinkedIn: * I definitely use LinkedIn for Specific Requests - Ex.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

To move innovation faster, we now have 21 st century tools — Business Model Canvas , Customer Development , Agile Engineering – all adding up to a Lean Startup. Innovation and improvement occurs in Horizon 1 on process, procedures, costs, etc. Lean is The Engine for the Ambidextrous Organization.

Lean 120

Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Your consultant, in turn, will walk the fine line of giving you the answer you want to hear while raising the scope and cost of the project, possibly even creating milestones along the way, ensuring an ongoing, gainful relationship. The cost of adding too much “scalability” up front is a more complex product, harder to test and maintain.

Technology 74

Technology Web PHP Caching 74

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2014

The main contribution of the open-source Docker software is to simplify the distribution of applications by standardizing their properties and shipping them together with their entire environment in neat containers. A rival company has launched a competing version based on its underlying open-source code.

API 60

API Software Review Technical Review Startup 60

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

They are accustomed to more frictionless buying, easier payments, smarter recommendation engines, sharper display (product images, 3D, HD), short fulfillment time, and excellent customer service. Correctly weighing opportunity costs, or staying focused, allows for broader innovation and potential for new models.

eCommerce 94

eCommerce Open Source SEM Technical Review 94

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Privacy engineering rules: We can’t go a week without a new data breach or privacy violation; Marriott, Google, Facebook and more. Balanced growth vs. growth at all costs: No conversation about 2019 will be complete without considering the uncertain economic, financial and geopolitical environment in which we are currently living.

Stealth 79

Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

However, inherent in this pursuit is the pragmatic challenge of effectively managing and curbing startup costs, a pivotal factor in ensuring the longevity and competitiveness of any emerging business. Leverage Open-Source Software In the intricate tapestry of startup operations, software solutions often play a pivotal role.

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Cost Startup Open Source Warrant 133

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. Contribute to development of primary business plan, with input on focus, costing and approach (platform, build vs. buy, resourcing, hosting strategy, time & cost).

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 40

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Rather than depending just on SEO, marketers will need to optimize picture sitemaps and employ descriptive filenames for photos that are identified by search engines. Now, open source and low code tools make it easier for developers and product teams to start experimenting and executing AI/ML into their own products and processes.

Artificial Inteligence 106

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 106

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 2, 2013

At Linden Lab, delivered the open-sourced Second Life Viewer 2.0 Kent Quirk was director of engineering at Playdom and director of engineering at Linden Labs. Cost-based Pricing versus Value-based Pricing. The Tidepool team went from cost-based pricing to value-based pricing. A Five-sided Market.

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Customer Churn Rate Customer Development Lean 323