This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

Emma was tracing the design I had given her--some wrap around barbed wire--onto my arm with a pen. They started flipping through some books and examining designs up on the wall. Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, product designers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. The Grand-daddy.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As we change our portfolio, it’s critical that our board really understands the risks and issues.” BoardEffect is designed with the unique needs of volunteer boards in mind. There is a need for boards to stay informed about industry changes, manage risks, and understand the implications of new ventures. ” 5.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior Great companies are almost always run by great management teams. In this post I hope to help show how to figure out which metrics matter the most, and how to design them in such a way as to drive behavior that will lead to the results that you want.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Here’s their demo day pitch. I was “rider zero” when Uber launched in Colorado and we made sure people knew about Uber at all of our demo days around the country as they grew. It was originally called Romotive, and I still remember founder Keller Rinaudo just crushing it at demo day that year. 3: Twilio (2009).

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

The need for this arrangement is partially for the synchronized culmination of the program towards a Demo Day (see next point) and the coordination of an operational machine designed to scale with more & more companies with each class. all designed to scale, it requires a logistical effort with a rigid timeline.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

One really great experience was a discussion I had with the camera rolling with my good friend Dmitry Shapiro who founded the major YouTube competitor of its time (Veoh) that was sued into oblivion by Universal and who also founded a social network designed to promote pseudonymity. And I accept that anonymity is inevitable on the Internet.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

They’re looking to diversify their portfolio from just stocks and bonds. You’ll be part of a cohort of startups that will have a big demo day for investors. Look at highly successful campaigns to know how to design yours. The requirement for accredited investors either $200,000 in annual income or over $1,000,000 net worth.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 9, 2016

While it’s hard to make universal recommendations, we’d suggest that designers use the cue that works best in its context. Designers should choose cues for scrolling based on the content, the business category and the overall design. How do visual cues integrate with existing design elements? Not necessarily.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

I mocked up the design in Photoshop, and posted on Reddit to find a developer. Some appeared to be brand new to Elance, while others had complete portfolios, feedback from previous Elance clients, and earnings in the six-figure range. The second milestone payment was made immediately upon receipt of the first working demo.

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Genuine VC

JULY 10, 2012

Sometimes the subscription approach works to include venture capital firms, but only for very “hot” company or in a competitive environment, like at a Y-combinator demo day. Of all the firm attributes, geographic preference one is the easiest to discern from a portfolio company list on a VC’s website.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

For context, last year, based on questions from our existing portfolio, we launched two board deck templates for seed-stage startups. These were well-received, so we next turned our attention to entrepreneurs outside the portfolio to ask what questions we could address in a similar fashion. The second type of pitch is more of a show.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

Carriers were designed to be most effective launching a high number of sorties (number of flights) from ~225 miles from the target. The Navy does not lack drone demos and prototypes, but it has failed to deploy Horizon 2 innovations with speed and urgency. Portfolio: In Horizon 3, the Navy is essentially incubating a startup.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Whilst many users take to platforms like WordPress to create websites from the platform’s selection of templates, the comprehensive presence of this web development firm means that the designs you choose may appear generic–with other users from across the internet using the same template. . Image: Tata Nexarc ). Keep Content in Mind.

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Web Development Software Review Audience Lead Generation 147

David Teten

MARCH 8, 2015

You can check out the demo and more information about the team at Marketmap.me. The results of this demo can be seen here: The marketplace for home cooked meal kits and ingredients is becoming increasingly competitive. They began building that product, and I’d like to share with you what they’ve built. We’d love to hear from you!

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2011

IM Creator is gaining speed on its Israeli competitor Wix.com to become a leading WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) web design website. The team of 8 web designers and coders have launched the public beta in May 2011. IM Creator is a freemium service: you can design a website and host it for free, with zero advertisements.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Adam Ghetti, founder of our portfolio company Social Fortress and an expert in security, publicly presented Social Fortress for the first time at this week’s TechCrunch Disrupt Conference. I hope you’ll join us at the next Flashpoint Demo Day this Thursday.) The beauty of Social Fortress’s design is its seamlessness.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 17, 2004

Today’s companies, Convoq , Sightspeed , and GoToMeeting (Expertcity-a portfolio company) are all designed to allow users to take advantage of the daily, ad-hoc and spontaneous meetings that are not currently captured by the incumbents. The post Demo Day 2-@Home/Collaboration appeared first on BeyondVC.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. But the short answer is that the best intro is from a portfolio company of that VC or by other entrepreneurs whom that VC respects. When I was reading the Fab.com website I noticed that the CEO refers to Fab’s “one thing” as being design.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Let’s kill the demo day and replace it with a one-year reunion – [link]. 28 Free Typefaces for Web & Graphic Designers – [link]. ” – [link].

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 5, 2010

While we certainly recommend that any small business maintain a blog , it doesnt have to be the main focus of your companys Wordpress-based Website, thanks to the multitude of themes that are designed with products and businesses in mind. » View a live demo. » View a live demo. » View a live demo.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 5, 2010

While we certainly recommend that any small business maintain a blog , it doesnt have to be the main focus of your companys Wordpress-based Website, thanks to the multitude of themes that are designed with products and businesses in mind. » View a live demo. » View a live demo. » View a live demo.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 17, 2023

The Generative AI gaming landscape Nov 2022 ( source ) In my small data sample (of Israeli gaming startups) a lot of startups in the generative AI gaming space are either missing in this map, or are choosing to remain in stealth until they have a solid demo out. The more complex the games, the more detailed design work they require.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

From expert AMAs tailored to your pre-seed needs to hands-on mentorship from relevant, established entrepreneurs within the NextView portfolio to founder-only sessions that create a safe space for sharing and supporting one another, our programming is created to meet you where you are and propel you forward in the direction we believe you can go. .

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

Go to the Analytics Help Demo Account page. Then click on this text: ––>ACCESS DEMO ACCOUNT<––. Go to the Reporting section of our Store Demo account, click on Conversions in the left nav, then Ecommerce, and now Overview. Question time for your Acquisition, Design and Merchandizing team. Let's go!

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Enter into personal competitions.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Suggestions for Angel Investors - Feld Thoughts , June 2, 2010 I’m on an Acela train between Boston and New York (listening to Boston’s More Than A Feeling – how recursive) on my way to the TechStars Boston 2010 Investor / Demo day. Why you have to design products for how your customers are , and not how you want them to be.

Cofounder 175

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Term Sheet Startup 175

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. Large Tech Meetups: Web Innovators Group : Quarterly Demo-Style meetup in Cambridge draws over 1000 members of the startup community each time. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Enter into personal competitions.

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PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 60

Up and Running

AUGUST 23, 2016

Now, Base Creative is one of Asia’s leading agencies, with a portfolio that includes Walmart, Cisco, and Hermes. To create visuals for your website, you don’t have to be a designer with Photoshop experience. Tools such as Canva, Pablo, Easel.ly, and Over are easy to use and specifically designed for this purpose.

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Agile Viral Social Media Differentiation 60

David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

Planning demo day July 22, and a Big Data day in the fall. Andy Brown , Chief Technology Officer, UBS Tim Lyons, Senior Vice President, Technology Innovation Portfolio, Bank of America. We design them grounds-up optimized for our particular needs. Leveraging our strength in financial services. Formerly MS IT department.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. Last night at the NY Tech Meetup, John Britton of our portfolio company Twilio showed how it is done. Developer.

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

K9 Ventures

JUNE 22, 2011

By building our own camera, Refocus took on the challenge of being different and really creating something new — a clean slate approach to camera design. I was honored to participate in the round and officially welcome Refocus into the K9 Ventures portfolio. All Things Digital, Ina Fried.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 9, 2015

Lots of Forward Partners portfolio companies have used lean development practices to great effect (many of them with our assistance) and all of them are pursuing big and ambitious projects (defined as targeting £100m-1bn+ exits). I wrote a little on this topic last week in The importance of intent and the danger of incremental design.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 24, 2010

The rest of the room was filled with designers, coders, and especially designers who code. I saw Marco Arment talk about building Instapaper on the side while he was CTO of our portfolio company Tumblr. And I saw a bunch of demos of beta services spliced in between the talks.” That’s kind of the point.

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hippoland.tumblr.com

AUGUST 16, 2012

500 Demo Day. We started fundraising just after our Demo Day at 500Startups — *last year*. Prior to Demo Day, I spent a few days researching investors on Angel List. I tried to find investors who had portfolio companies in the ads and email verticals. Powered by Tumblr and designed by Kcmr. The Pipeline.

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Cofounder Coder Angel Investor Portfolio 49

A Crowded Space

AUGUST 4, 2011

But on the very first sales call that I was doing, I was talking to the customer and showed them a demo of the oDesk platform, and they basically just took it away. I also really think startups are changing and they’re becoming more and more design focused. They were like, “Oh my god! This is incredible.

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