View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

But we’re also very active in New York, as five of the most recent startups we’ve funded are based in Manhattan (which is 40% of this recent flurry of investments). The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. The “Internet of Things”. Empowering Content Creators.

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Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2023

Rating for an app: 10/10 Rating for software: 10/10 Rating for technology other than app or software: 8/10 #2: KillerStartups KillerStartups aims to help them both by reviewing up-and-coming internet startups right on the spot, right at their birth. Hence, their editorial mission: Better living through the Internet.

Technical Review 126

Technical Review Software Review Startup Artificial Inteligence 126

The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Amanda Foley is a writer and marketing associate at audience.io , a New York and London based audience development company. Stef Lewandowski , co-founder of Makeshift.io, which has launched apps attending.io , hiremyfriend.io io domains belong to the Internet artisans… at least that’s the vibe it has. io” as well.

Naming 166

Naming Cofounder New York Taiwan 166

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Nevertheless, we can all benefit by understanding a collective view from investors on the high-risk elements that every new business has faced historically based on the team, as well as in the marketplace. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site.

New York City 202

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 202

YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2015

Twitter, which originated as an accidental side project of a failing Internet startup, first launched into prominence in 2007 when it landed best start-up in the blog category of the technology portion of annual festival SxSW that year.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder New York 100

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 20, 2023

4- Find the right relationships Photo Credit: Mike Pio Roda “Never leave money on the table” might seem tempting, but it's not always the wisest path for founders and business owners. Thanks to Rocco Del Greco, The New York Group ! #7- Thanks to Blake Love, Vulcreate ! #4- Thanks to Dmitrii Kustov, RegexSeo ! #13-

Entrepreneur 76

Entrepreneur Cap Table Dividend Cofounder 76

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The audience size identified is encouragingly large, and the frequently used phrases and words (brick mortar, retail, founder) align directly with our target audience. Take SparkToro’s Co-founder, Rand Fishkin. Lost and Founder,” a book by SparkToro’s founder, Rand Fishkin, is readily displayed on the SparkToro site.

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Reputation Audience Management Social Media 134

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

The many crowd funding platforms on the Internet, led still by Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , and the latest stages of the Jobs Act , were expected by many to put regular people in charge of funding new opportunities, and kill the need for angel groups. I still don’t see it happening any time soon. Neither does David S.

Angel Investor 190

Angel Investor Accredited Investor IRR Angel Groups 190

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2016

by Aytekin Tank, founder & CEO of JotForm. In the realm of software and internet companies, 2006 was a whole different landscape, and it was the year that I founded JotForm. At the time, most users accessed the web through Internet Explorer. Facebook had just opened its doors to outside college campuses.

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Bootstrapping San Francisco New York City Software Developers 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Nevertheless, we can all benefit by understanding a collective view from investors on the high-risk elements that every new business has faced historically based on the team, as well as in the marketplace. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site.

New York City 254

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 254

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2016

By Dan Bochichio, co-founder of Bocain Designs. It’s 2016, and just about everyone either does business online or uses the internet as a tool to discover, rate and engage with businesses they rely upon. Just keep in mind that effectively managing your business is just as important as your design skills.

Web 100

Web Design Technical Review Cofounder 100

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 9, 2010 Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# theory of management At any given time, something like four percent of the US population is engaged in some form of new-company-creation. Are we solving the right problem? Are we solving the right problem?

San Francisco 161

San Francisco Management Founder Lean 161

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. I just don’t see it happening any time soon. All startups always need more money.

Angel Investor 278

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor IRR 278

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 120

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 20, 2013

The newest accelerator, based in New York City, is called the R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator. The Internet has rapidly expanded beyond desktop, server, laptop, and mobile computers and connected itself to many of the different devices in our everyday life. They are the force behind the opening title sequence for 1978?s

New York City 134

New York City Cofounder Technical Review New York 134

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 20, 2016

I think this is the big opportunity right now that much of the pure play internet opportunities are behind and explains why many of Forward Partners’ investments are pushing the internet out into the four corners of the commerce.

New York 60

New York Internet Finance Media 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2017

Present were: Darlene Pope who was instrumental in adding Internet connectivity to thousands of commercial buildings in New York City. Mark Parr who was the technical architect (CTO) on a project to bring Internet to the New York City Subway along with many other wireless smart building and city wide wireless network projects.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review New York City Due Diligence Bandwidth 48

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The "Roaring Twenties" was a boom period in new construction, new infrastructure, deferred spending, and new forms of art. 2021 will see a boom in retail redevelopment, high speed internet and commerce adoption, deferred spending, and creator-driven dynamism. "Années Paige Briscoe, founder of ReRoot.

eCommerce 155

eCommerce Cofounder Community Channel 155

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Nevertheless, we can all benefit by understanding a collective view from investors on the high-risk elements that every new business has faced historically based on the team, as well as in the marketplace. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site.

New York City 120

New York City Silicon Valley Startup Bootstrapping 120

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. Among the sites we have found most helpful with practical guides for founders: Biztree , First Search , Foundersuite , Goodwin Founders Workbench , Guides.co , Inc.com , and StartupRocket. . – Go public.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2021

So much so, that the internet is already filled with articles such as “ 5 money lessons millennials can learn from Gen Z ”, explaining how those who were born after 1995 are improving the ways in which they make a profit. The New York Times.) Vanity Fair. it is still very much so the golden age of influencer marketing.

Social Media 99

Social Media Media Technical Review Stock 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

An older but still relevant study, published by CB Insights, Venture Capital Human Capital Report , summarizes a variety of characteristics for private early-stage Internet ventures funded in the US. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. More founders generally means more money.

Silicon Valley 271

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Massachusetts California 271

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 14, 2010

In it, he mocks New York for being a “content town”. On top of that, he writes for the company who took it’s latest conference, Disrupt, to a town trying to “stay relevant” as he puts it as the west coast internet companies are “bleeding it try”. “…The Want to meet New York tech? Oh, that’s right… he’s a writer.

New York 87

New York Venture Capital China Media 87

View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

We’ve also proven that giving new, underrepresented, and geographically diverse founders a dedicated, hands-on chance leads to follow-on funding and additional accelerator success across the board. We chatted with some NextView founders to get a sense of how this distilled design worked for their teams.

San Diego 156

San Diego San Francisco Alabama Valuation 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. I just don’t see it happening any time soon. Neither does David S. They will need more money.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor IRR 120

Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

And we did, until the internet came on the scene a couple of years later and left us holding our floppy disks in our hands. “I realized in the early 1990s that there was no appropriate yoga for fitness professionals,” says YogaFit® founder, Beth Shaw. says HourlyNerd co-founder and co-CEO, Rob Biederman. “So Feed a need.

Detroit 156

Detroit Technical Review Cofounder North America 156

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

New Rules for China. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. Internet penetration in Beijing is greater than 70% while it’s less than 25% in Yunnan, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other provinces. The slide below from the Zhen Fund shows the breadth of business coverage of each of the Chinese Internet incumbents.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

mashable.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We asked 10 founders to share what they think the future of personalized shopping holds (ecommerce entrepreneurs, listen up!). As Internet shopping became prominent in the 90s, there was a distinct line drawn between brick-and-mortar and Internet retailers. See also: 5 Surprising Places Where Ecommerce Is Taking Off.

eCommerce 108

eCommerce Technical Review San Francisco New York City 108

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

Endeavor recognizes that although entrepreneurial activity already exists in Miami, it remains difficult for founders to reach scale. Miami doesn’t yet have the venture capital and level of depth in all the entrepreneurial disciplines (internet marketing, venture law, etc.) that cities such as San Francisco and New York have built.

Miami 114

Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

To have a positive impact in the field of parenting, one of the biggest niches on the Internet, we needed a catchy and welcoming name. We picked up this name because I, as the founder, consider myself a nerd. When we were searching for business ideas, my co-founder had an idea to use a Google translator.

Naming 91

Naming SEO Entrepreneur CPA 91

mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

Because there is often a lot at stake for a new company, its wise to ask where you will fit in among founders and first hires — and how you can make a direct impact on the companys success. Brett Farmiloe , Internet Marketing Company. What are your founders goals? Bobby Grajewski , Edison Nation Medical.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Software Review Exit Strategy San Francisco 103

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

From my vantage point as a business lawyer for entrepreneurs, one of the greatest frustrations for a well-intentioned company or founder comes in attempting to comply with all applicable laws and regulations without necessarily even knowing what they are. Perhaps most importantly, IT and Internet business are simply a breed of their own.

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

An older study, published by CB Insights, Venture Capital Human Capital Report , summarizes a variety of characteristics for private early-stage Internet ventures funded in the US. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. More founders generally means more money.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley Massachusetts California 238

ConversionXL

MAY 6, 2021

First launched in 2003, WordPress is the leading CMS by which 35% of the entire internet is powered. Global brands such as BBC, Sony, MTV, and the New York Times use WordPress as their go-to platform to host and display their content. A brief history of WordPress. Image source ). Image source ).

Software Review 91

Software Review Technical Review Hosting SEO 91

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona. Read Gotham: The History of New York City to 1898.) Gene Kim laughed at my prediction.

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Bandwidth Software Review 182

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. Seattle, Portland, Austin, New York City and Chicago have come up in the U.S. It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. About Sramana Mitra.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Ireland India Entrepreneur 124

The Next Web

APRIL 11, 2013

Michael Mothner is the Founder & CEO of Wpromote, one of the world’s leading online marketing firms with 90+ employees and 2,000+ clients including Wine.com, TOMS, Zenni Optical, Behr, Charles&Colvard, Bayer and Toyota. Got a question for Michael? Use the chat feature to get it answered live. Wpromote is a six-time Inc.

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Video Los Angeles Founder New York 114