YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

If you can harness the knowledge, natural enthusiasm, and peer influence of your very best customers — I call them “Rock Star” customers — they’ll market, sell, and help develop breakthrough products for your firm better than your internal resources can do, and often at a fraction of the cost. Second, they’re eager to tell it.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

I mean, you don’t have to build an actual business—you can just mimic the movements and demonstrate something that looks like a startup on paper, without any of the necessary risk taking, lessons learned or even a fraction of the effort—all the stuff that investors like to see. No revenues, no costs.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Amazon’s Chief Technology Officer, Werner Vogels, summarizes the purpose of the press release: “Writing a press release up front clarifies how the world will see the product – not just how we think about it internally.”. Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré , a B2B SaaS consultant, lamented that. Write the User Manual. His solution?

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Adam MacBeth Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10 Startup Red Flags Ive worked on a number of startups: from seed-stage through IPO, as a founder, employee, advisor, and consultant, as well as evaluating a bunch from the outside, so Ive seen my share of screw-ups. Ever met a CTO/VP Engineering or CEO/CTO? Adamac Attack! Yeah me neither.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

My one feedback would be to have networking earlier in the agenda or sprinkled throughout the 6 hour agenda. For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space? Check out the twitter feed from the event.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

My one feedback would be to have networking earlier in the agenda or sprinkled throughout the 6 hour agenda. For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space? Check out the twitter feed from the event.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? Vlad is also the CEO at DarwinApps , a software development shop. However, valuing the intangibles of time saving, expertise, network, etc.

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Obviously if you target enterprise customers, you usually have a very large ACV (Annual Contract Value) and the product usually is complex. We talk about using the product complexity, your target customer size, your contract value, and whether there's individual use case–those four things--to help you decide if PLG is a fit.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. It can be difficult -- without experience building software -- to make an informed choice which is most suitable. PHP is insecure?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. He throws off volumes of code, and it works. Use pair programming and collective code ownership.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

And then there’s all of the critical information, like legal contracts and forms, you and your employees need to access. Taylor was the co-founder of Google Maps, CEO of the ill-fated social network FriendFeed, and former Facebook CTO. Business contracts are a pain for entrepreneurs and small businesses.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Voyager’s cognitive-computing, deep-insights platform assesses billions of publicly available, unstructured data points to provide insights for its clients in finance, retail and consulting. Chen Zamir is the company’s CTO and former Intelligence officer in the IDF as well as Paypal risk manager.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I plan to use the internet as my networking base, and friends as my streettalkers. I plan to use the internet as my networking base, and friends as my streettalkers. or just present your crappy, first-run code to investors then pay someone to re-write the entire thing. What did you do again? This happens a lot.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Henry , Chris Callahan , Travis Briggs , Nene Kalu , Nikolay Pohodnya , Jamin Wong , Nick Gauthier , Anon User, Andrea Narciso , Steve Shapero , Max Yankov , Christopher Wiley , Bruce Serven and Tony Karrer This question gets asked a lot on Quora, but this one strikes me due to the phrasing. Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder?

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www.collegemogul.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

To summarize My coding capabilities are almost non-existent, we don’t have an in-house expertise, we don’t have the money to pay for a developer, and have struggled to bring developers on board. Due to the delay, we started looking elsewhere for our other web development projects. On a bootstrapped budget free is great.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

They don’t bill as much as I do, and they do the work in a fraction of time. Your software may change. I’ve got to get this … It’s due on Friday. That doesn’t mean I’m out of the office the whole day. These are the days I try to find a network meeting to attend. Be very careful.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. They’ve tried everything.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. Paige Craig: Adrenaline-junkie Paige Craig is a former marine and intelligence consultant who’s now a prolific angel investor and startup advisor based out of Los Angeles.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews. The translator rejects or approves.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. In other words, the more participants that are on the Bazaarvoice network, the great the effect of that network for the benefit of all. But most of the time it is just that?—?hope,

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Paul Scharre, “ Debunking the AI Arms Race Theory ” Texas National Security Review , Summer 2021. China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on Technology, Trade, and Military-Civil Fusion: China’s Pursuit of Artificial Intelligence, New Materials, and New Energy , June 7, 2019. China’s AI Strategy.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 12, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Study: Twitter Is Not a Very Social Network – [link].

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