Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2013

I’ve been reviewing my notepad from 2013 and thought I’d share my insights into what’s changed and the big issues from my perspective in startups, business and technology. Technology is no longer a thing: It’s almost not worth mentioning now it is so ensconced in human life. A way of communicating.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. I always remind this to journalists who ask me about public stocks. Revenue is Not Revenue is Not Revenue.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2023

Thanks to Abdul Saboor, The Stock Dork ! #2- Reassess all the differentials based on demand, always prioritizing products and services with greater profitability and better cash generation. To prepare for a bad economic outburst start leveraging the power of technology to cut down on labor costs. 2- Create an emergency fund.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 22, 2015

So, investors look for businesses that will grow fast and sell out to a bigger business, or register their stock for trading on one of the public stock markets, which is when the early investors cash out. And it gets worse—a lot of angels, in a lot of tech business markets, prefer high growth and deficit spending to profits.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 12, 2011

On the other hand, if during the interview she asks how often you do performance reviews, that means she doesn’t understand the startup culture. stock, performance bonuses) are preferred to guaranteed earnings (e.g. You already live by this Code of Turmoil because you’re the entrepreneur; you have no choice.

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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’. Even pre-launch, there’s work you can do here to differentiate yourself. How will you take advantage of SEO and SEM?

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. The value of mutual fund investments in private tech companies was estimated at just north of $7 billion in 2016, or about.05% 05% of total US mutual fund assets.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2021

These come from speaking and listening to your audience , and successfully differentiating your brand. Millions of businesses of all sizes – from startups to large enterprises – use Stripe’s software and APIs to accept payments, send payouts, and manage their businesses online.”. Tech you actually need. Premium fabrics.

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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. Second, I’ve learned a lot in the years since I first wrote about this. In 1993, Word 6.0

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2022

[16:52] How do you use scarcity as a differentiator without turning off your true fans? [20:01] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Of tech tactics of scarcity. I mean, so like how many software companies launch? 20:01] Where can people connect with you and grab a copy of The Power of Scarcity?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? might have been a lot less differentiated. MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. No prizes for guessing … there’s ALWAYS a second act in technology.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

And to top it all off, Snap isn’t offering voting rights to public market investors, which should discount the stock price further. Additionally, our products often use new technologies and require people to change their behavior, such as using a camera to talk with their friends. How can one justify a $20B valuation for Snap?

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. However, Tinker commented that perceived legibility was due to a great extent to familiarity with the typeface.

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Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

But if you want to be technically correct in your terminology, go ahead and call your financial statements “pro forma.”. Consider this: What happens when you send out an invoice to a client, but they don’t pay it by the due date? That might sound like sales, expenses, and profits, but it’s not.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 17, 2024

Prior to starting MarketMuse in 2015, Jeff was a marketing consultant in Atlanta and led the Traffic, Search and Engagement team for seven years at TechTarget, a leader in B2B technology publishing and lead generation. 03:49] What are the differences between some of the more robust technologies and the pedestrian types such as Chat GPT? [07:44]

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Apparently not if you trust the stock market. To make it successful, Apple will need to upgrade the quality of its content and start differentiating mobile and home video content.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

That not only signifies the missed opportunity that BlackBerry is desperately trying to make up for now — following its botched weekend launch of BBM for iOS and Android — but it sees Livingston’s own startup over take the company that gave him his start in the technology world. “I I went to university in Waterloo in 2005 for engineering.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

His main scientific goal, whether it's addressing cancer, SARS-CoV-2, or something else, is "to bridge this gap between all the new really exciting technologies that I could see emerging and the actual practical applications of treating patients." And then co-founded Helix Nano Technologies, or HelixNano, which I am now the CEO of.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 23, 2011

Most of my content on my site is about investing either via stocks , mutual funds , bonds , or ETF’s. Become An Authority One thing that I quickly learned is that you can differentiate yourself from large and small sites by showing your authority in your blogging area. My blog would not do this. That is why a blog is so important.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 27, 2019

Start with specific goals and make sure your web analytics software is tracking those goals. If you use cheesy stock photography —like customer service people with headsets or suits shaking hands—the rest of your site probably sucks, too. Research says 50% of purchases are not completed due to lack of information. Get a new one.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 25, 2011

At first I stocked the website with my own cards, and eventually added retail “sealed&# (unopened packs of cards) by buying product at wholesale from a company in Sydney. I didn’t use any software and most of the payments I received back then was via check or money order in the mail. in the mail to pay for their purchase.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 14, 2012

So start with specific goals and make sure your web analytics software is tracking those goals. RightNow Technologies increased their conversions 4x by building a persona focused site. Research says 50% of purchases are not completed due to lack of information. This could be the most boring technical video of all times.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

He serves clients across a range of industries on growth strategy, performance improvement, and value creation by harnessing the power of data and analytics, digital culture and capabilities, and modernized core technology. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Like this show? That's right.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In this episode, CEO and co-founder of Olark, Ben Congleton, talks about the building of Olark and how they’ve differentiated themself in such a competitive industry. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! We were early, we're back when it was technically hard to do. 23:09] Where can people connect with you?

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The unique thing about these efforts is not only that they will be for YouTube primarily (though you can syndicate them all over the place), the differentiator will be that you'll create them with your specific YouTube audience in mind. For example, on other platforms your audience could be 18 yr old technology lovers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

2:53] How do you hope to differentiate WriteSonic, particularly in the AI writing space? [4:12] 7:44] What mistakes do you see people making when it comes to using AI technology? [9:04] 12:07] What technology is driving all of the image creation? [13:22] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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