Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Partners leave the industry. Here’s my take: 1.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Find partners or investors. Limited Liability Company (LLC) – a structure that permits owners, partners or shareholders to limit personal liability, but still includes tax and flexibility benefits associated with a partnership. Check out services like WooCommerce , Magento , and Open Cart. Find partners or investors.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 21, 2022

Open metaverse: these are the decentralized platforms built on crypto, such as Manticore Games, Sandbox or Decentraland and many others. That’s why games like Fortnite or PubG make billions selling “skins” (virtual clothes) or why users inside Animal Crossing hire real-world interior designers to help them create beautiful virtual homes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Growth entrepreneurs quickly find themselves removed from day-to-day operations, and become more and more occupied by transactions with lawyers, investors, and potential acquisition partners. If your passion is customers, you definitely will be happier as a lifestyle entrepreneur.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

A manufacturer is not just the means to an end – it’s the partner that will help you make your ideas a physical reality. In the book, Knight writes about how he found the perfect partners for manufacturing Nike shoes – and the struggles with partners who were less than perfect. Spread the Word.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

And to keep executing large organizations hire employees with a range of skills and competencies. Other smart companies are learning how to use Open Innovation pioneered by Henry Chesbrough who teaches here at EDADE. And secondly, their sole purpose is to focus resources on the executionof their business model.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We had another solid year filled with learning, growth, laughter, and new projects and partners. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. Welcome to our annual boldstart recap and enterprise predictions letter. First check to Series B?—?congrats

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

If you decided to go for an unlimited liability such as sole proprietorship or general partnership, you or all the partners in your business will be equally responsible for all liability (debts) of the business. That is a way cheaper to start than hiring a permanent staff. Open source software or clone script is also available.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As the tools are being democratised (from OpenAI’s invite-only approach to Stable Diffusion’s open source disruption), new APIs are making it possible for developers to create novel products using these technologies. ” The more complex the service, the more defensible the marketplace (Source: Andrew Chen ).

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. So assessing fit is critical. What should the firm do?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Aspiring creatives can share their work or projects on open source platforms such as Behance or Dribble. Employers want to know that potential hires have a genuine passion for technology and a ceaseless drive to learn and improve. Keep learning. This will also show employers what you’re capable of beyond just academics.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

You will get to know people that can hire you, and you could reach out to these people again in the future if you want more work. This is the best way to grow your business because everyone needs partners and friends in the industry. Go To Networking Events. You should go to networking events in the area. Keep Quality High.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# Also, working with a consulting CTO will prepare you for finding and selecting a permanent technology partner.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. Ensure staff, partners, customers, and board understand the business technological vision. Past contribution to one or more Open Source projects.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Limited Liability Company (LLC) – a structure that permits owners, partners or shareholders to limit personal liability, but still includes tax and flexibility benefits associated with a partnership. There are self-hosted open-source portfolio apps available that allow you to combine your uniquely branded website with a gallery of your work.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

And when — if ever — do you need to hire your own full- or part-time, in-house dev to work on your website and applications? If you’ve got tips for other business owners or want to share your experiences with hiring developers, please leave us a note in the comments section.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can minimize risk by performing due diligence when selecting a company or individual to work with, clearly defining the project scope, expectations and milestones in any development contracts, and allocating enough money to hire competent developers. check them out at: www.amt.in

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 6, 2017

A manufacturer is not just the means to an end – it’s the partner that will help you make your ideas a physical reality. In the book, Knight writes about how he found the perfect partners for manufacturing Nike shoes – and the struggles with partners who were less than perfect. Spread the Word.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

4 Reasons People Subscribe to — and Open — Email – [link]. Why I No Longer Advise Startups to Hire M.B.A.s | The Accelerators-WSJ – [link]. SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links | Adam Sherk – [link]. The Rise Of The Superconnector | Fast Company – [link].

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

I was able to hire phenomenal software engineers and grow a strong team culture. With all the funded startups that are unable to hire, that’s a huge ace up my sleeve. Or even contribute to an open source project. Many of us have said we’d love to work with one another again. Learn to write code yourself.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Eventually I was able to scrape up a few bucks and hired Sarah to build me a website prototype. Eventually Ill hire a software geek of my own, but right now Im doing just fine without one. Partnering with me at that stage was speculative at best. Also hire offshore devs to assist you in building your product.

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The Startup Toolkit

DECEMBER 18, 2014

But our first hire didn’t, so it wasn’t. Top-tier potential hires have slipped through our fingers simply because we didn’t have a good way to train them. So hiring is one big reason. You can also do the opposite and bring the new hire to the founders for a month or two.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas. Ive been talking to the folks at [a very good VC firm] about helping them with a new venture. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

I think the other thing that sort of made me jump pretty early on the testing is we had been setting up this clinical trial with a partner for probably about six months, with a collaborator who had typically been incredibly responsive and would jump on the phone at a moment's notice. Fred Turner : A lot of hiring. Eric Ries : Oh, wow.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Find partners or investors. Many small businesses can’t afford to hire full-time HR staff. See section 9 below to learn how to find a partner or investors.). There are self-hosted open-source e-commerce services available that allow you to use your own uniquely branded website with their e-commerce functionality.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The normal move is to put a travel freeze in place and install a review and approval process, get strategic partners, and set up a platform that everybody has to go through. It's the same as going to the gym when you hire a personal trainer. You can be so excited about it, but if you never go, you don't get six-pack abs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Ideas dont have a lot of value by themselves, they tend not to be unique, and by staying secret a startup gives up the chance to get valuable feedback from prospective customers and partners. One of the cofounders has been active on a mailing list for Asterisk , an open-source Linux-based PBX.

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nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Freenode is the network most popular with developers today, especially with open source projects (channels such as #python, #rubyonrails, ##php etc. Is there a similar product that already exists that perhaps you can partner with? (ie. it doesnt exist) and work with them to build something that they would partner with you on.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time).

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Hire someone to do a working prototype/proof-of-concept. If your presentation is compelling and detailed enough, you might be able to get them to become a full partner. Inflexibility – If you are bringing me on as a partner, I become equally interested in seeing it succeed. If it's not financially viable, abandon it.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2012

Open source collaboration. But going “open source” turned out to be just the thing for mining company GoldCorp when it was struggling to make sense of a mining site in Ontario. Most companies do not put a lot of faith in new hires and rank-and-file employees, but some management experts believe this is a mistake.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 11, 2012

When I built my first website back in the early days, I hired a kid all of 19 years of age. Now I would hire even younger: they have the skills, and they work cheap. But sometimes you want to partner with someone with more maturity, and realize when that is needed. Look at what you can get on open source sites.

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startupbaltimore.org

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Each of those ten people have great ideas and passion for their ventures but they are lacking a technical cofounder or the money to hire a programmer. But in my limited experience, the tools that get used in your business tend to be the ones favored by the first hire or by the technical cofounder. Get started on a prototype anyway.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. It’s much easier to just steal their ideas and hire their employees. In the U.S. In the U.S.

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Ben's Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

This is a guest post by Scott Weiss, general partner of Andreessen Horowitz. Hadoop then emerged from the open source community and is now used by Yahoo, Facebook, and eBay, and is spreading into leading finance and telco companies. He has hired an amazing technical team with strong domain experience in Big Data and analytics.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. The founders, LPs, and venture partners have a long history in local startup ecosystems in the Southeast including LaunchTN , The Company Lab , CoStarters , and several other regional funds and resources. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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