YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The program provides entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills. Law firms that focus on emerging technology companies understand their legal issues from multiple perspectives and offer excellent advice. Debt also has a due date and interest rate to negotiate.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2020

They own the IP. Esports as a sponsorship asset, a recent report by McKinsey , asserts that it’s now clear that Esports is an attractive target for reaching a specific demographic group : Young (on average 26 years of age) male (over 70 percent) tech-savvy highly educated group. Esports enabling tech. They sell the game.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. “COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you. .

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I’m putting myself in the same boat now with the solution I’m developing so could you tell me: 1. How you convinced them to pay up when code review at that stage was nonexistent? The contract says you retain the IP and are allowed to sell a product like this to other companies. I think you meant this ? I had a $39.95

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

The best way to explain the “gap” in the Traction Gap Framework is to review the three phases that every startup must pass through in order to succeed. The reason is that as you reach each one, you dramatically increase the value of your startup by reducing market, technical, execution, and team risk. Mind the Traction Gap?

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. which they co-developed with Fenwick & West. . Typically stable, high margins; repeatable sales model; clear path to profitability; and high growth potential.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A four-time tech entrepreneur, his most recent company Immersion Neuroscience is a software platform that allows anyone to measure what the brain loves in real-time to improve outcomes in entertainment, education and training, advertising, and live events. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Like this show?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Customer Development We were starting Epiphany, my last company. The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. This time it was serious.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. If you shoot from the hip, you’ll be shooting your own foot most of the time.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Could you talk a bit about the diligence you did during the acquisition? How long into the discussion before you commenced diligence? Due diligence is the most important part of the process because it dictates whether you should move forward with the acquisition, and at what price. Number of new paid accounts per month.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Once I developed the fabric I wanted it to have a name that was memorable, and that described it in one word. Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. While developing the app and starting the company, I was stuck for a name. Buttercloth was born. It was just natural.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

For example, a summer sale or a holiday coupon. Primarily, they’re designed to encourage sales from potential or previous customers. While transactional emails can be designed to encourage sales, they can also be designed to encourage engagement. Set expectations about how long the review or survey will take.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 12, 2016

Is the office IP address filtered out? Are the IP addresses of your affiliates filtered out (agencies, freelancers, etc.)? Is your home IP address filtered out? Are the IP addresses of remote employees filtered out? If you’re especially tech-savvy, you can handle this server-side. Filter Creation.

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Scalable Startup

MARCH 7, 2012

Investor groups are cutting out the management, bus dev, sales, and marketing professionals, trying to get raw, young engineering teams that have never negotiated a term sheet to give away their IP rights and equity for next to nothing. Many investors now advertise that want only developers, they will cover all business/marketing/etc.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

View Comments Watch Facebook, Groupon and Quora’s Founders Speak at Startup School [VIDEO] View Comments Mashable Weekend Recap: 19 Stories You Might Have Missed View Comments Groupon’s Founder on How to Get Super Rich View Comments PHP, MySQL & AJAX Developer at Comentum Corp. Visit [link] / for more information.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Paired with our rapid incubation system for small cap private companies on their way to becoming public, as a FIRST step for growth funding, rather than as a last step for exit ROI, it's easy to see why the system we initially developed for Angel Investors is fast becoming a viable option for Venture Capital firms, as well.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

They are also limiting in a fast-moving industry like tech, where what you do now might not be what you’ll be doing in a few years. “A A tech Startup OTOH may find themselves having to pivot as new players and innovation come into their market. The downside? Take AT&T. I have a couple of points and resources to add. And Good luck!

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

The mailing list works in two ways: Every two weeks the 10 most interesting listings are e-mailed to more than 40,000 startups on the “Help a Startup Out Digest” listserv, and every week the best technical listings are sent to the “Hackers Digest” listserv. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. Work from Anywhere: 9 Handy Portable.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft.

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ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Our Technology Platform. Finding a Technical Co-Founder. Engage an IP lawyer for more thorough analysis). Develop a 2×2 grid with Evocative-Descriptive along one axis and Memorable-Forgettable along the other. Name / Brand Development. Ultra Light Startups®. What is an Ultra Light Startup? Who We Are.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The reason feedback - specifically from actual customers - is usually chosen is because it is more on the science side than the art side, but I surely cant knock those people and teams that can deliver product excellence due to vision, luck or art. -- arrel 215 days ago | link. The technical side is fairly easy, and many people could do it.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. In reviewing these documents on the term sheet, last item, how is the term "double trigger" defined. Technical issues are fixed for Firefox users (thanks Rob for the comment).

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Some see it as a sales tactic, while others view it as a content marketing strategy. Account-based marketing is an approach where marketing and sales work together to nurture target accounts and convert or retain customers. It needs perfect alignment from sales, marketing, and executive leaders across the organization.

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Its great that were in such a fertile phase for the tech industry that lots of people have new ideas, and Im very flattered that people value my input or ideas enough to want to share their projects with me. I have to pay a lawyer to review a document without having any idea why Im making that investment. But signing an NDA ?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

During the down market they were able to double down on recruiting, sales, outsourcing, new market entries and marketing (yes, with Tiger ads ). Investment in training, adherence to process, global knowledge sharing systems, quality control / partner reviews and campus recruitment programs that attracted the right talent.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

You can’t afford to hire three developers to add features and bugs. You want to sneak in some tech support emails during the day, so you use a cocktail of Anonymizer plus GMail-over-SSL to confound the network admin. You can’t answer emails during normal business hours. You have to work in fits and spurts.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 3, 2008

I’ll probably never know… Update: An awesome DreamHost tech support rep named Mike M. And if you’re doing any kind of LAMP development they are hands-down the place to host. Hard to explain in a short comment but developer-friendly would be an insulting understatement. #3 DreamHost? 3 Rob on 12.08.08

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

If a consultant claims they can enhance your marketing efforts, pay them based on their direct impact on your incremental sales. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Pyramid Power. The larger the firm, the larger the pyramid. Consultant.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. Even worse, DVD sales were starting to lag, and a Hollywood backlash further muddied the situation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

His first book, How to Get a Meeting with Anyone, introduced the concept of Contact Marketing and was named one of the top 64 sales books of all time. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Stu is a bestselling business author, marketer, and Wall Street Journal cartoonist. StuHeinecke.com. Like this show?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. These events mean that technology is advancing fast enough to make better decisions than humans in order to accomplish a given task. Chris Rust, Clear Ventures).

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. Bloggers are especially valuable in the early days when consumers are looking for actual reviews that are searchable.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1 I learned how to establish sales targets and how to manage a sales pipeline. I learned how to better run a product management process.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

[21:01] What are some places you like to turn to to get personal development and business development? [22:35] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I was in sales and marketing, and Andrea was in operations and dementia care. And we are not a tremendously innovative and technology savvy industry.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

Most people I think at least in the technology community know you as the inventor of Soylent and the company by the same name. I was developing a mesh network that I envisioned being useful in the developing world and for the internet of things. How did you get into food science and what were you doing before that?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Philosophical] I have the idea.

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