Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

If engineers want more time to spend making their old code more pretty, they are invited to do so on the weekends. The idea is that once we move to the new system (or coding standard, or API, or.) The current code is spaghetti, but the new code will be elegant. Its become "legacy code" and part of the problem.

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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. New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). Software 2.0: Cracking the SMB code.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

As dollars flowed into the industry, cooperation was replaced by competition, to the detriment of deal flow, due diligence, ability to add value and, of course, returns. The remainder failed as a result of the phenomenon of investing in the best deals in their region which typically were not competitive on a national or global scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. That doesn’t mean it’s not a bubble.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% I wonder, though, how much of that is emerging market and how much of the industrialized nation growth is due to stimulus money, which in turn either dries up or forced inflation? Bad stock markets mean less IPO’s and lower prices for M&A.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

At the beginning of Coremetrics, there was no such thing as “the end of software” (a term that Salesforce.com popularized and now they are the largest Software as a Service company in the history of the world, with a market cap as of this writing of $132.7 Software as a Service. Eventually the term ASP came along?—?Application

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

In 20 years we will look back at the first few elections of the global Internet age the way we remember the smoky backrooms of elections past. As in where to build that electric car plant, where to put that server farm, where to assemble that team of software engineers. As in I can’t believe we actually did things like that once.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). And obviously all the liq prefs went away in the IPO when pref stock converted to common. I’m the founder, ex Hewlett-Packard Director of Advertising and former SVP at Millward Brown (global brand/ad research firm owned by WPP). link] Terence Donnelly.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

We also made sure to look at the financial profile of other Software as a Service (SaaS) companies. If we couldn’t sell our first product for that, which was Bazaarvoice Ratings & Reviews, then it probably wasn’t worth selling in the first place because we could have never built into a SaaS company that had a viable financial profile.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

But there is more to technical debt than just the interest payments that come due. In particular, try these three things: Invest in technical debts that may never come due. Yet there is one silver lining when it does happen: we wind up throwing out working code , debt-riddled and elegantly designed alike.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. of the global population. a leading provider of procurement intelligence, the global business intelligence market is estimated to reach $30.9

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). Software 2.0: Global warming: a plague for humanity? Cracking the SMB code. Global Warning! Add RSS feed.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

It boggles the mind that Washington would enact new policies sure to prolong this (IPO) drought and strike at the heart of American innovation.” IPO drought testifies to a systemic liquidity crisis for emerging growth companies that is putting at risk an entire generation of innovative American companies. from the WSJ editorial).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

And a special thanks is due to all of our presenters, panelists, and mentors. Kent Beck is deservedly famous for his many contributions in the software industry. Unfortunately, the video of our sllconf conversation is not online (due to technical problems), but we have a physical tape backup which we are endeavoring to get online soon.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The cover story of the September 7 issue of Business Week reports on the “ Radical Future of R&D “, focusing on the internationalization of research and development led by global corporations such as IBM and Hewlett Packard. business model that drives job growth in emerging growth companies is IPOs. More on this below.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

As a result, local universities here churn out thousands of new graduates each year who can spell Microsoft but understand nothing about proper software engineering. Silicon Valley is a great place for technology startups in no small part due to its culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. Culture creation is not easy.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 1, 2012

Mary Meeker's periodic review of the Internet industry is always a must-read presentation. There is a theme that Mary espoused that I have become a big fan of ever since I read Marc Andresseen's article in the Wall Street Journal " Why software is eating the world ". She framed it as the "re-imagination of nearly everything".

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. The cloud IPO market has also been very active with 32 IPOs vs. 17 in 2020.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

See Paul Grahams Why Nerds are Unpopular to learn more) Take a look at this article on a programming Q&A site: How old are you, and how old were you when you started coding? We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. Can I send you a review copy?

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

Don’t use company property or Internet, ever - Another clause in most employment agreements is that anything you do physically at work, or on software and equipment owned by the company (e.g. This story originally appeared on his blog.) Most people start their first company while they still have a day job. This clause is fair.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. — Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. A pre-IPO board usually had two founders, two VCs and one “independent” member.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. ipo process. Free Software Download. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). Tuesday, May 25, 2010. "10 pretty nice site and unique content for people.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 1, 2004

I was with a banker today talking about the influx of new IPO filings and the end result of our discussion was the following: 1. In this quarter, we failed to close several transactions due to customers’ merger and acquisition activities. What this also shows is the enterprise software business is a tough game.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. 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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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

The story struck me as significant for three reasons – firstly, because Freelancer founder Matt Barrie had been very public leading up to the IPO about wanting to list in Australia over both London and NASDAQ. Finally, that this was not the first highly successful tech IPO in Australia in 2013 with OzForex raising AUD $439.4

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Board Effect

JULY 22, 2021

Pre-IPO shares. Donor-advised funds can be given to most tax-exempt public charities that meet the definition of the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization (and classified as public charities under IRS code 509), including international charities. Donors may contribute funds in the following currencies: Cash. Securities. Cryptocurrency.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 13, 2016

Potential for instant global distribution (mobile app stores, Facebook, etc). A pure software company might have 80-90%+ gross profit margins, but a commerce company might at best be 30-50% and service marketplaces might be far lower when measured on a gross revenue / GMV basis. and Groupon’s is $1.6B.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Our code pushes take another six minutes. Since these two steps are pipelined that means at peak we’re pushing a new revision of the code to the website every nine minutes. On average we deploy new code fifty times a day. Code reviews and pairing Great practices. Throwing out a lot of code.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

T aking a company through an initial public offering (IPO) is not an easy task. It’s also an uncertain exit for the entrepreneurs, as they are typically restricted to sell any of their stock in the first 180 days following the IPO, and even then they can sell no more than 1% of stock a month. million last year, from $6.2

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As of January 20, 2016, based on the “CrunchBase Unicorn Leaderboard,” there are 157 unicorns (companies with $1 billion+ valuations) which have not IPOed or been acquired—and more start-ups reaching unicorn status every day. Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton). as ranked by U.S. Red Ventures (HBS, Wharton). Shazam (GSB, Haas).

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

One company with an astonishingly high rake is recently IPOed Shutterstock, a photo-purchasing marketplace where the content owner receives only 30% of gross receipts. This way no one leaves the network due to excessive fees, yet you end up with a higher average rake over time due to the competitive dynamic.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

I made very few edits to the original post, mostly in the area of readability and grammar (not in substance of content): Spurred on by my recent Lucky7 post on how capital efficient Bazaarvoice was on its path to IPO , two friends sent me great posts this week on entrepreneurship and risk. First, a little bias here?—?I’m

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. So where does Salesforces profitability stands today compared to the most successful on premise public software companies? traditional software is like cocaine--youre hooked.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!, He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002.

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