A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

They wanted to control Internet telephony, and Skype was the clear winner. Sometimes it ends up improving the big company — Whole Foods in particular is known for incorporating good ideas from the stores they purchase, and in fact sometimes don’t change the names and branding of the existing stores. Control equals money.

Sales 260

Sales Channel Cofounder Valuation 260

Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Get your Internet domain name and website. In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings. Finalize your financial model.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 179

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

In this post, I want to lay out the details involved in how I first realized the opportunity, the formation of the business idea, the search for my supplier, the establishment and growth of the business, problems encountered and lessons learned, as well as the exit strategy that resulted in the $250,000 sale of the business.

SEO 86

SEO PPC America Design 86

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was. Perhaps in direct proportion to the number of “freemium” and “eyeballs” web deals funded.)

Silicon Valley 233

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 233

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I had a lot of fun learning what the internet could do for me. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. It was a little bit geeky, but I really enjoyed it. In 2004 I began blogging.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Talented entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient in the face of change: Market forces, competitive threats, technological shifts, you name it. As I write this, Congress is teetering on the brink of passing the most disastrously ill-conceived law in the 18-year history of the commercial Internet, SOPA.

IPO 110

IPO Prospectus SEC Intellectual Property 110

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Jason Tugman • Dec 14, 2010 Why make web design and UX separate? Jeremy Marques , Social Media and Web 2.0 Philip Wilkinson • 12:53pm on Thursday You re absolutely right Philip and in fact he is already in this list but I didn't knew about his name in English. The original name being Abraraccourcix.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51