Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. Bartering technically means exchanging goods or services as a substitute for money. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. Bartering technically means exchanging goods or services as a substitute for money. Barter your services for their services.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

David Teten

JULY 25, 2011

The opportunity in NY is clearly heating up, both literally and figuratively, as investors turned out in 100+ degree weather to hear about emerging technologies in the financial sector. The event featured 6 newly-minted FinTech Innovation grads (selected out of 90) showcasing their progress after 3 months of incubation.

Software Review 114

Software Review New York City Technical Review Due Diligence 114

Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

It got me thinking about this past year, specifically around consumer tech in Boston. And that’s true pretty much across the board – from exits, late stage financings, scaling companies, and seed activity. Zipcar: Ok, not exactly consumer web/software, but a great consumer tech company nonetheless.

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Technical Review Boston Software Review IPO 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. Bartering technically means exchanging goods or services as a substitute for money. Barter your services for their services.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

The better universities, like GA Tech and UT Austin, are leading the charge in making entrepreneurship part of the curriculum at the undergraduate level. Mentors can provide everything from very technical support to basic business skills. Residency in a quality incubator is a plus.

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Technical Review Incubator Software Review Vertical 48

Version One Ventures

APRIL 30, 2013

Despite the recent media buzz surrounding the hardware revolution and emerging maker space, the overwhelming majority of hardware startups have a hard time attracting financing today. As a result, most venture capitalists are reluctant to touch hardware projects, opting for the lower costs and smaller risks of software.

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Venture Capital Software Review Incubator Startup 128

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

– Templatize the entrepreneurial process , by providing checklists, standardized agreements and other reusable code. The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. – Launch a “ venture studio ” or “ foundry ”.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. It's now been about three years since I joined the fray as an entrepreneur and tech blogger. So what are you waiting for?

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France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. View More in Seattle ›. View More in Cleantech ›. Health IT ›.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

When Marc Cenedella first started TheLadders, he build the first version himself after investing $350 in MySQL and PHP books to teach himself to code. Undoubtedly the code sucked, but at least he got something up and running. What ever happened to “build it”? It’s a recipe for failure. No revenues, no costs.

New York 132

New York CTO Hire Technical Review New York City 132

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I will work with him on his inventory financing strategy. Next, Umakant Soni discussed Vimagino.com , a software for Web-based Q&A support to engage customers better on sites that are trying to draw people in and convert them into customers. an e-commerce storefront building software for the Indian market. JCLABoutique.com.

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India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I call it drip-financing. Most entrepreneurs have no choice but to avail of this sort of financing along with the mentoring and the contacts that could come with it (doesn't always come along, though). In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity.

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Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some interesting companies and a lot of fundraising discussions, and I will review them shortly. That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I All three of today's roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar.

Valuation 119

Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Nearly all have abandoned hope in the "sure thing" and are stepping into what has traditionally been the Angel role of incubating startups. FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Nearly all have abandoned hope in the "sure thing" and are stepping into what has traditionally been the Angel role of incubating startups. FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

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. Because there’s a fee to post jobs and resumes, there’s not much spam.

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Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

iPhone & iPod Touch Download Mashable for iPhone 152,000+ users iPad Download Mashable for iPad 104,100+ users Nexus One, Droid, Incredible Download Mashable for Android 9,400+ users show QR code The 4th annual Mashable Awards Nominate for your favorite company, person, site or gadget in the 4th Annual Mashable Awards.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. Technology Cycles Measured in Years. This seems to be occurring more and more.

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Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 274

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Innovation Clusters.

Programming 284

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 284

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Graham is the founder of Y Combinator, the leading startup incubator, and the essays on his blog providethought-leadership on topics as varied as startup funding, marketing, and life lived well. The columnists cover everything from media to finance to advertising to economics and I benefit from them all. Gossip you say?

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur Redemption New York Cofounder 91

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

His quote on the subject, "no amount of finance will cure mismanagement". We not only told everyone what we did, we posted the source code and the blueprints online. This is especially true if your idea is simple to implement technically, but not necessarily simple to implement on a whole. Nobody ever stole our ideas.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Innovation Clusters.

Programming 176

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 176

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. What’s the magic formula that helps a city to incubate innovation? But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina?

North Carolina 168

North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… Tech. Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » |. The Wall Street Journal. Welcome, Logout.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

——— I’m getting ready to go overseas to teach , and I’ve spent the last week reviewing several countries’ ambitious attempts to kick-start entrepreneurship. In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion.

Government 335

Government Silicon Valley Startup Venture Capital 335

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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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester. .

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. Pretend that you are the investor.

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

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. what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project?

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

The only science and technology-focused comprehensive university located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Harrisburg University’s academic mission is to create, to attract and to expand economic opportunities in the region. Think of it as “shared office space meets incubator meets entrepreneurial club-house.”

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Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Vesting San Diego 40

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). I’m a wild-eyed, competitive founder with totally unique-to-tech expertise in this area. So, we worked to raise capital.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Thinking of applying to one (or all) of the summer accelerator/incubator/angel/mentoring programs like TechStars , Joystick Labs , or any of those found on this comprehensive list ? I’ve reviewed hundreds of startup pitches and I can tell you that everyone makes the same types of errors. Have an account? It’s OK.

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 8, 2018

This is partly due to improvement in technology that has helped scale their online visibility and allow ease of collaboration. I see the future for women entrepreneurs blowing wide open in the next three years due in large part to investors and funding sources looking to lead in diversity. Women entrepreneurs are on the rise.

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