Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Even startups that are dominated by technical risk have the customer validation risk of finding positive ROI distribution in a large market. Slightly off-topic, there’s a good example of an entrepreneur going through the “Discovery/Validation&# process for a web business that charges for its product here. Examples here.

Customer Development 226

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 226

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs. And what do entrepreneurs do? If you are an entrepreneur looking for an open problem to solve, look no further. Social Contacts.

Greece 116

Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

Next → Why Content Favors the Old (Entrepreneur). And getting to know entrepreneurs for fifteen years– seeing what worked or didn’t for them– has certainly been helpful too. It’s funny: Many people argue young entrepreneurs are so effective because they can blow up industries. Get Tickets.

Entrepreneur 45

Entrepreneur San Francisco Silicon Valley Technical Review 45

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

I used to meet a high profile entrepreneur or investor moving here every month and now it seems it’s one or two a week. Andy is a global thought leader in remote work, telecommuting, and distributed workforces having served as CEO of Crossover and Sococo and on the board of Texas Central, our new bullet train.

Austin 110

Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Winding Tree drives the development of open source protocols for the travel industry, starting with ORG.ID, a global registry of business entities that streamlines access to APIs in an automated and secure way without the need for third parties.

United Arab Emirates 63

United Arab Emirates Switzerland Cofounder France 63

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

We had a chance to chat with Nicolas Franchet, Facebook ‘s Head of Retail & e-Commerce on its Global Vertical Marketing team, as well as Maz Sharafi, Head of Local Advertising Sales and Partnerships, on how small business owners, especially retailers, build an effective online strategy for Facebook.

Advertising 150

Advertising Japan Mobile Social Network 150

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The Governor of Colorado was there promoting Colorado as a hub for blockchain and distributed ledger technology. It’s estimated that 20 to 25 percent of funds are lost to corruption globally at the government level, so this is a really important issue. ETHDenver , which took place Feb.

San Francisco 97

San Francisco Cofounder Colorado Security 97

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Influencer collaborations: Clients will contract an influencer to leverage their social expertise in creating a piece of content but will also have them distribute it to their organic following. January 2015 – #paid opens the doors to all SMBs globally. Influencers do not post the content.

Software 49

Software Marketing Entrepreneur North America 49

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 29, 2012

Innovate radically to invent new ways to distribute consumer goods. Brands that have a share of voice in the new media landscape will be ready to participate in emerging distribution channels when they arrive. To the boring area of distribution – the area that has been ignored for the past 20 years… Who they sell to.

Australia 93

Australia Distribution Asia Channel 93

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. Furthermore, the steady cashflow in the Western market also comes about because of one key factor: the distribution model. The relatively straightforward distribution model in the US for mobile app developers is contrasted by a landscape in China that is simply put, a maze.

China 122

China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Enterprises that have gotten past this reflexive response are struggling with how to integrate all of this new, distributed stuff with their existing stuff. Think of it as a compute supply chain, with the CIO managing the vertical integration of this chain. Entrepreneur Insider Analysis and Opinion'

Cloud 128

Cloud API Vertical Cofounder 128

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

No matter the tale, the background behind each and every business is what fuels each entrepreneur and brand. business #entrepreneur #startup #story #why #ceo #ceoblognation #CEOs #hearpreneur. As the son of entrepreneurs, it’s in my blood to create a business for myself. Start our FREE Business Blogging Course!

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). When evaluating new marketplace investments, we are naturally biased towards entrepreneurs who understand the strategic rationale behind the argument for a lower rake.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the global economy. If you’re an entrepreneur you might be interested to know that when Sloan took over General Motors in 1923, it was already a $700 million dollar company (about $8.5 Durant was an amazing entrepreneur. It has happened to many entrepreneurs.

Silicon Valley 170

Silicon Valley United States RSS Customer Development 170

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. The time has come for the Texas startup community to band together to change the world once again.

Texas 97

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 97

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. 2) Market . 11) Exit .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

The global trend for software powered innovations to permanently impacting every part of our lives and every part of our work is unstoppable and just at the beginning. From the outside, they are vertically integrated challengers to decades if not hundred-years old incumbents. E-commerce is the canary in the coal mine.

Software 107

Software Silicon Valley Los Angeles Columbus 107

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We’d like to thank KeyBank and G2 for providing some of the data used in the report - * It’s an amazing time to be a cloud entrepreneur in Europe. UiPath broke that milestone this summer, in just nine months, establishing Europe as a major global center for software innovation. Big milestones for the old continent!

Europe 71

Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

and concentrated on a single part of the supply chain – importing, distribution, wholesale, retail. These growing national companies were challenged to figure out how to organize an organization of increased complexity that resulted from their large size, and geographic scale as well as their horizontal and vertical integration.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas. Carolyn was recognized by Inc.

Technical Cofounder 48

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 48

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. We now live in an anarconomy where entrepreneurs are making counter moves to disrupt the status quo so they can redefine commercial landscapes. The top down era of one size fits all. And now it is over.

Uruguay 123

Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

They are not only a cool thing to be involved in, but as like pop stardom in the 1980s, the promise of potential riches and global fame are part of the attraction. The challenge for entrepreneurs will be to create places to teach non-techies of its value, show them how to wrestle control of it and provide platforms to commercialise it.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

They are not only a cool thing to be involved in, but as like pop stardom in the 1980s, the promise of potential riches and global fame are part of the attraction. The challenge for entrepreneurs will be to create places to teach non-techies of its value, show them how to wrestle control of it and provide platforms to commercialise it.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

To get a sense of the breadth of opportunities that can be attractive for gaming (content and infrastructure) entrepreneurs and metaverse startups, just take a look at the A16Z list below. I love landscapes as they help organise the categories needed to define the vertical. Where do we go from here in Metaverse and Web3 investing.

Cloud 200

Cloud Venture Capital Cofounder Non-Compete 200