Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 219

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I asked Tsutsumi-san to write a guest post for my blog to describe his experience with Customer Development in Japan. After waiting for a week or so for the book to make it to Japan, I was very much shocked how impressed I was by the Customer Development Model detailed in the book. Evangelizing Customer Development in Japan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 404

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

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Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 283

ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Next, Douglas Villalobos from Costa Rica pitched GeoInvenio, a mobile application development platform. Douglas has identified about 50 software companies in Costa Rica that may be willing to develop apps on top of the GeoInvenio platform. This is an interesting trend we're seeing as we connect with incubators around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

Typical incentives give percentages of quarterly revenues and contribution as rewards for success. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require. Encourage an entrepreneurial culture. Provide bonuses for volumes, not milestones.

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Stock Options Incubator Framework Stock 277

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Bootstrapping 134

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

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Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

EMS also allows faculty to interact with students, and integrates curriculum development with class content. The software generates instant dynamic reports, such as financial revenue, gender ratio, and more. Any brick and mortar school can use EMS to offer online courses.

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Technical Review CTO Hire Silicon Valley Software Review 115

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2023

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). The incubator organization can help you find them or show you how to apply for a government grant. This normally means more than 30 employees, and more than $1 million in revenue.

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Startup Incubator Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 305

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Typical incentives give percentages of quarterly revenues and contribution as rewards for success. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require. Encourage an entrepreneurial culture. Provide bonuses for volumes, not milestones.

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Stock Options Incubator Framework Stock 236

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. Related sources include local business development agencies. Startup incubators. A related company may see the value of your product as complementary to theirs, and be willing to advance funding, which can be repaid when you develop your revenue stream.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 257

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

The primary source of your funds should be your paying customers, i.e., your business should generate enough revenues and profits to fund the growth and expansion. Reasons for funding. ? Once the order is fulfilled and paid for, the funds can be paid back. ? Research and development. Incubators and Accelerators.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

I’ve been very blessed to have had a 22-year career at Intuit where I held various product roles from software developer on QuickBooks for DOS to offering leader on QuickBooks Connected Services. When I left Intuit in 2015, I was VP of Innovation and led Intuit Labs, Intuit’s internal incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Quick low-cost design and fabrication alternatives are extremely valuable.

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Technical Cofounder Intellectual Property Wiki Cofounder 153

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. This normally means more than 30 employees, and more than $1 million in revenue.

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Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 429

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

It is necessary to cover the early stages of product development, thorough market research, and other processes during the initial step. The concept of “seed funding” originates from the metaphor of growing a tree, in which the seed represents the initial component required to move forward with developing a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. Related sources include local business development agencies. Startup incubators. A related company may see the value of your product as complementary to theirs, and be willing to advance funding, which can be repaid when you develop your revenue stream.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 233

Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

When I hear the word ‘startup’, my mind immediately begins playing a reel of a bunch of twenty-something year old web developers, huddled together in a retro office somewhere in the SF Bay Area. This is especially true for those teams or individuals that become a part of an accelerator or incubator program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In today’s fast moving market, the basic product development cost and time are critical to survival. They come at the early stage while a startup has no revenue or valuation, so professional investors are hard to find. Here are some key positives from an entrepreneur perspective: Shorten the time and cost from idea to prototype.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. Some CTO’s swear that it is a huge improvement in development timeframes and doesn’t cause performance issues.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2012

AppDirect , the cloud-based services marketplace company, has set up a Developer Incubator program in order to help it staff up, but also to give engineers an opportunity to get some entrepreneurial experience without risking their paycheck. ” Dare to take the risk, but with a bit of comfort? To date, AppDirect has raised $11.75

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Registrations close on Friday, September 14.

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Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. Related sources include local business development agencies. Startup incubators. A related company may see the value of your product as complementary to theirs, and be willing to advance funding, which can be repaid when you develop your revenue stream.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 164

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2011

As you may recall from previous roundtable posts, that 1M/1M works closely with many incubators around the world. We simply offer our services as an extension of the incubators' existing programming. In other words, 123ContactForm offers web forms of all kinds that are used by web developers, small businesses, etc.,

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Romania Web Incubator Entrepreneur 123

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Typical incentives give percentages of quarterly revenues and contribution as rewards for success. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require. Encourage an entrepreneurial culture. Provide bonuses for volumes, not milestones.

Stock Options 141

Stock Options Incubator Framework Stock 141

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging. The cost of social media done well is low.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 120

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

You can read more about Freshdesk on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today. Guttula, Bizosys' CEO, and Karana founded the company with the goal to "simplify software development." You can also read more about Bizosys on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today. The company already has paying customers and a validated business model.

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India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. Related sources include local business development agencies. Startup incubators. Find a customer who would benefit greatly from getting your product first, and be willing to advance you the cost of development. Friends and family.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 149

ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. The same applies to Malaysia, where our partner, the MAD Incubator, is in search of 10 good deals to put through the 1M/1M program. Incubator photo from Geograph. Discuss.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. And there’s this other thing called “gross margin,” which shows the quality of your revenue. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

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Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

In the go-to-product phase, you can get help from a plethora of incubators, accelerators and angel investors. As you develop your product, you must concurrently invest in market-engineering tasks. The value inflection points include: Minimum Viable Category (MVC). Minimum Viable Traction (MVT).

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Cleveland Framework Marketing Early Stage 127

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

It also showcases how getting it right can transform startups into players: Pokemon Go caused software startup Niantic’s revenues to skyrocket by $600 million within just three months of its mid-2016 launch. Helping clients in all stages, sizes and sectors do just that is exactly how Bo has developed his career.

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United Kingdom Technical Review Design Operations 104

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Corporations running internal incubators face many of the same selection issues as startup investors, plus they must grapple with the issues of integrating new ideas into existing P&L-driven functions or business units. data that investors, accelerators and incubators can use to inform selection. Therapeutics. Digital Health.

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