Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less. Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Mission-driven organizations are using technology to make good things happen. But while technology can help deliver positive outcomes, it also brings problems, like the challenge of keeping information safe and secure. Leveraging Technology for Secure Communication Your board needs to protect its sensitive discussions and documents.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It should align with the organization’s values, mission and long-term goals. Whether your organization is an early adopter of the technology or just testing the AI waters, a strong framework is essential to harnessing the power and benefits of AI. Organization staff and even volunteers will require training to use and maintain AI tools.

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View from Seed

APRIL 11, 2016

Below is a lightly edited transcript of our latest shootaround on voice technology. Apple, et al, are basically training humans to be comfortable speaking to technology. I was like, it’s so hard to consume snaps because you need audio on — but the younger demo always has audio on. I think that’s a change. That’s changed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments. Status of the solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less. Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 4, 2024

Case in point: this week was Ycombinator’s W24 demo day. Techcrunch, who covered the demo day, featured about 10… Another example is The 2024 MAD landscape (Machine Learning, AI & Data) by Matt Turck. So it’s very important that the cool twitter demo video and the actual usage of the product are closely aligned.

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David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY.

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David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY.

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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. YouTube / Vimeo – Demos of our software or website. Marketing and Communications.

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The Next Web

JUNE 7, 2013

Today is the day that eight hopeful startups got to pitch their ideas to investors at startup accelerator Springboard’s Internet of Things (IoT) demo day in Cambridge, England. The eighth is currently operating in stealth mode (yes, even on demo day) but we’re digging to find out more about them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments. Status of the solution.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 16, 2015

She recently relocated from North Carolina to Texas and she wanted to get into the technology industry. […] The post New Web Developers Debut at Codeup’s Demo Day appeared first on SiliconHills. It was totally worth it,” Farmer said. San Antonio'

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Make use of intuitive software Technology is a wonderful thing and something that many businesses have found to be a game-changer. With that being said, it’s important to make use of any tools and technology that will help keep track of your finances and find ways of helping keep your money in order at all times.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

By starting with your people, you can eliminate resistance to the acceptance of the new technology when you roll it out. It’s important to reduce your potential suppliers down to a few candidates before you start trying out demos. Once you whittle down your solution to a few TMS solutions, it’s time to test out a live demo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less. business business plan entrepreneur investor technology' Marty Zwilling.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Yoav Vilner is the co-founder and CEO of Walnut.io, a SAAS platform creating an entire new category of no-code, cloud-based, product demonstration technology. Walnut gives sales and marketing teams the ability to create stable interactive product demos and collect insights on their usage.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The technology has been adopted with astonishing speed. However, remember that this technology has only had widespread use for a year. Here are key points for board members to keep in mind: Training AI is a new technology, and everyone’s learning curve is different.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2020

Thanks to tremendous advancements in technology, it is now possible to render animated scenes that are indistinguishable from the real thing. Luckily, in this age of technology, digitally produced videos are replacing the need for traditional film-making. What about real product demos? Businesses too cannot risk oblivion.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Business disruption is not caused by technology alone. 1) A new technology + (2) A new business model If we only have one, the incumbents can usually adapt. Or, they can revert the old technology into a new business model. For example: The Music Industry had 3 new technologies before they got disrupted.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Apple is trying to push Vision Pro into their existing consumer customers All the demos and existing applications are oriented to their consumer customers Apple did not create demos for how the Vision Pro could be used in new markets where users would jump on buying a Vision Pro. So what’s the lesson for Apple?

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Board Effect

AUGUST 24, 2023

Be aware that new technology could emerge during your planning and that could also be an advantage, for example, board technology is already in existence and is an asset to nonprofit boards. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a model that works for most organizations. Request a demo today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less. Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

Also, request demos, read online reviews, and request referrals from other professionals in your field. Look for software that offers practicable features such as patient scheduling, billing, electronic records, inventory management, and electronic forms. Ensure the software is compatible with most devices and operating systems.

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Board Effect

JUNE 15, 2023

The rapid advancement in technology. Boards will need to avail themselves of help from technology including dashboards and metrics to provide up-to-date information for better decision-making while also increasing transparency. 2. Request a demo and let us share how we help more than 14,000 boards in 48 countries.

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Board Effect

JUNE 15, 2023

The rapid advancement in technology. Boards will need to avail themselves of help from technology including dashboards and metrics to provide up-to-date information for better decision-making while also increasing transparency. 2. Regulatory burdens. Competition from larger banks. Customer expectations on experience.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

I get demos every day. I don’t want to hear a description of what you do – I want to see a demo. For a number of years they were described the “Minority Report” technology (John was the science/tech advisor to Spielberg and came up with all the tech in the movie.) Multiple times a day.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 29, 2020

On Wednesday, June 3rd, a team led by the COVID Tech Task Force is putting on the first of several free public conferences on the topic of Contact Tracing and Technology. Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center, NYU’s Alliance for Public Interest Technology, TechCrunch, Betaworks Studios, and Hangar are also part of organizing the effort.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

If you loved the emerging startup vibes of the DEMO conference, Asia will be getting its very own version with DEMO Asia 2012 slated for February 29 to March 2 in Singapore next year. It will also feature several DEMO alumni companies from the United States. “We DEMO Asia Singapore Audition.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The shift from “startup scale” to “Facebook scale” can happen quickly, and you want to be sure that you choose the best technology for it. All this spells entirely different software architectures and priorities, requiring different kinds of technological expertise. Let’s call that last one “Facebook scale.”. Connection pooling?

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 30, 2018

I was talking to a friend last week about demos. She mentioned the Steve Jobs iPhone demo from 2007 and I referred to Doug Engelbart’s Mother of All Demos from 1968. She hadn’t heard of it, or him, which wasn’t that surprising since she was born at least 15 years after Englebart’s canonical demo.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “Here’s how smart I am, and isn’t this a great product, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the story of a team’s 10-week journey and hard-won learning and discovery. . – while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products. Stay tuned.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Their demo day is happening on October 30th in Denver and you can register here if you’re interested in attending. . If you want to see what actual world-changing startups look like, you’ll love this particular demo day. The post Techstars Sustainability Accelerator Demo Day on 10/30/19 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Review the budget for cybersecurity: Allocate sufficient funds to implement robust cybersecurity measures including technology and training. To learn more about how a BoardEffect board management system can serve your nonprofit healthcare organization and support your cybersecurity best practices, request a demo today.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

And they have access to some of the most talented technology entrepreneurs so this is a worthy goal for them. The other quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In an effort to support startups looking for capital and mentorship, The Startup Magazine is supporting Volvo Financial Services in its launch of its iLabX global innovation program for technology entrepreneurs. iLabX Technology Accelerator. We encourage all startups to consider applying to this rewarding startup accelerator.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: May 7, 2017 The strength of the Central Texas technology / startup scene helps SXSW thrive as an epicenter of innovation. We also advocate the fundamental right to explore, tinker, create, and innovate along the frontier of emerging technologies. These posts generally cover technology-related trends.

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