Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 22, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, February 22, 2009 Please teach kids programming, Mr. President Of course, what I really mean is: let them teach themselves. Ill explain in a moment. After volunteering for the Obama campaign last year, a friend of mine insisted that I write a letter to our new President telling him what I thought he should do. This post is the result.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
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Eric Friedman
FEBRUARY 21, 2009
Image Credit: 100kr. I have learned almost everything about computers and technology by doing small projects. This may be in tandem with someone else, or something I want to figure out on my own, but usually is the result of a need to learn or understand a new technology. I can remember the deployment of Palm Pilots with dial-up modem attachments to an entire floor of private wealth management financial folks back when I worked over a summer at DLJ Asset Management.
Cracking the Code
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Friday, February 27, 2009. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. We just announced the expansion of our fund and I wanted to share with you the good news! New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., Feb. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing o
Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic
Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
Fantastic post by Christian Gammill - Startup Delta Force… From a competitive perspective (e.g. all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years. Customer Acquisition – social media, SEO, SEM, etc Economies of Scale – not as big a barrier in web world Investment – little to none required to get started Pricing – free or freemium makes trial simple Distribution – syndication and APIs make partnering easier IP – in genera
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
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Eric Friedman
FEBRUARY 22, 2009
I recently came across this credit crisis video explaining the credit crisis in plain english. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo. I thought it was a great blend of terms and explanations put together in a way that is short enough and easy enough to understand. Using a video to explain the problems going on provides a way to quickly get the knowledge out there for others to get as well.
abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
Many companies and visionaries have pontificated about the future of video ads and different techniques for monetizing online videos. A big part of this is driven by the fact that while YouTube is a huge user success, its a less proven monetization success. On a recent trip to NYC, an idea came up which I can’t get [.].
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
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Andrew Payne
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
I’m a huge GPS fan, and have wondered how I got through two decades of driving without electronic navigation help. Recently, the innovation rate in navigation applications seems slow. TomTom raised the bar a few years back, but nearly everyone’s caught up: most units are quite good. I’m wishing someone would “iphone” this market, with a great design that delivers a new level of innovation and blows everyone else away.
abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 22, 2009
While I attempted to bury this issue last week, this Sunday, Thomas Friedman again used his pulpit in the New York Times Opinion section to beg for a VC Bailout. Last week he merely suggested that the government invest along side venture firms. This week, he went even further astray and suggested that the government [.].
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
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Seeing Both Sides
FEBRUARY 22, 2009
I love Thomas Friedman. I was first exposed to him when he was the NY Times Jerusalem bureau chief and wrote a terrific book on the Middle East, From Beirut To Jerusalem. Since then, he's become more famous and influential in economic matters through his book, The World is Flat. So I was perplexed and dismayed when I read his editorial in today's NY Times: " Start Up The Risk-Takers ".
Pascal's View
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
This morning, at the fourth annual SFJCF Business Leadership Council Gala breakfast , featuring Shai Agassi of Better Place , David Spark interviewed me on topics ranging from Israeli-US VC cooperation to the state of American innovation. In the interview I also briefly preview some of the comments that I am going to make at the Department of Homeland Security’s CATCH conference on Wednesday, March 4th in Washington, D.C.
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