Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Unlike code where version control of text is relatively straightforward, product and design IP is locked up in inaccessible file formats (binary). This leads to a lack of visibility and inefficiencies in the design process and the product development lifecycle.

Design 60

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

And when we do make bets, they’re small bets on incremental products or acquisitions that simply add to the bottom line.”. Startups have finite time and resources to find product/market fit before they run out of money. They’ve found product/market fit (what products customers want to buy). and how to price the product.

Widget 120

Widget Lean Business Model Metrics 120

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

You want to see your product or service performing in the hands of real users. Your Product Plan must fit into context of your overall business mission. I’m never surprised when I see product development driven by engineers proceeding at top speed developing the next cool thing. How about your Marketing Plan ?

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2010

New product development process. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Make sure all team members have some connection with the product – has either used it, or sold it, or assembled it. Value creation. Accountability.

Intellectual Property 122

Intellectual Property IP Valuation .Net 122

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Rate limiters govern the frequency or quantity of user or IP requests, which helps to prevent distributed denial of service attacks. Assurance of Quality The testing stage of the software product development process is vital. DDoS A DDoS attack occurs when hackers attempt to flood a website or application with traffic.

Artificial Inteligence 88

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Web API 88

K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

The fund focuses on investing in companies that meet the following necessary but not sufficient criteria: Technical Founders : The founding team needs to be capable of building its own product and have the technical chops to make it happen. Technical Product : The product must have some technical depth.

Seed Stage 61

Seed Stage San Francisco IP Portfolio 61

NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 12, 2020

This includes new methods, products, expressions of ideas, trade secrets, brands and logos. As soon as you have a business or product idea and you’ve spent some time planning what this may look like in reality, start looking into intellectual property protection. What is intellectual property?

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Intellectual Property New Zealand Startup Early Stage 91

Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

A fair amount of your FFF funding will likely go towards product development. Depending on the complexity of your product you may or may not be able to complete a working prototype or beta version with your FFF capital. If not, at the bare minimum you will need an interactable wireframe mockup that demonstrates the product.

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Intellectual Property Advisory Board Startup Seed Capital 55

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Product Development. Depending on the complexity of your product you may or may not be able to complete a working prototype or beta version with just your pre-seed, FFF capital. You will also need proposals for the cost to develop the minimum viable product (the features that allow the product to be deployed).

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Seed Capital Advisory Board 55

Rob Go

MARCH 29, 2015

These experiments stemmed not from my dissatisfaction with my current product (a Gillette Fusion pro-glide), but my general interest in disruptive innovation. I have tremendous appreciation for the level of science and innovation that have gone into the best-of-breed Gillette products. So, what did I think of these experiences?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I learned how to better run a product management process. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. I wrote a large check to one of them for a startup with no product and no real plan. They seed funded my second company and even let me buy some IP in exchange for debt to get started.

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Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Performance-based deals can effectively mitigate your monetary risk of entering into a non-productive consulting relationship. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Their story, market positioning, products, etc. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup.

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Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2004

While the number of coders may go down in an IT department, there will be ample opportunity for developers to move up the value chain into design, architecture, and product management. This is definitely what many of my companies that outsource development have experienced (see an earlier post ).

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Offshore Coder IP Architecture 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

And if your app is designed to drive traffic to some off-network site or product, the cost is usually prohibitive, because the traffic in your app doesnt convert any better than a traditional CPM or CPC-based ad anywhere else on the network. Other than that, you know their IP address, maybe their browser version or what country they are in.

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San Francisco Social Network Lean Continuous Deployment 68

www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I remember calling up my best friend to tell her I was starting a company but refused to tell her how the product would work. I had taken classes on IP, first-mover advantage, etc. If we werent careful about this, our IP claims would be worthless. Most companies miss the mark on the first product. 3 of the marathon.

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aweissman.com

APRIL 16, 2008

Instead of providing a common office space, HR, marketing, PR functions, we provide a common development team and common values for product development excellence. — a little less George Clintoneque. Basically, we do exactly what you describe.

Incubator 20

Incubator IP PR Analytics 20

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy………… 65. Customer Development Manifesto. The Leading Cause of Startup Death: The Product Development Diagram. Rabbits Out of the Hat – Product Line Extensions……… 189. The Press is Our Best Product……… 216.

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Silicon Valley Customer Development IP Developer 209

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

These corporate Innovation Outposts monitor Silicon Valley for new innovative technologies and/or companies (as emerging threats or potential tools for disruption) and then take advantage of these innovations by creating new products or investing in startups. Startups are developing IP relevant to the disruption.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Building Product 2. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Would it be a good idea clubbing all the other products / services under 1 venture, because some of them are totally unrelated. I just didn’t stop.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

IT team members working on the core product, sales and customer support, marketing, etc. Paying above the local market rate, transferring lots of small payments that lead to the same IP address, etc. Here’s what investors will see if no round-tripping is involved: USD 60 000 asset (partially developed e-commerce platform).

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Bangladesh Philippines Salary Cofounder 98

Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

Every product marketer thought they should help define the product feature set, etc. All the strategic thinking in the world won’t make up for a missed revenue plan. In an early stage startup, instead of sales being up front, the point departments are likely to be product development and customer development.

Silicon Valley 127

Silicon Valley RSS Non-Compete California 127

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Product leaders often believe it’s cheaper to buy software than build it. You don’t need a large development team or outside capital to build your own software from scratch. This is especially true if you’ve found a better way of solving it than existing products in the market. But that’s not always the case. Integrations.

Software Review 96

Software Review Technical Review Software Acquisition 96

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Nand changed the culture of the JAIC, bringing in Silicon Valley tools for product development, product management and for the first time a culture that focused on UI/UX, MVPs and continuous integration and deployment. One product at a time wasn’t going to change the trajectory of the DOD. Nand Mulchandani.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

IP Location Tools. Great for visualizing work of product development. agile product management. agile product management and Scrum tool. agile product management and Scrum tool. Agile project management tool collaborative product life-cycle. Automates Agile / Scrum development. Xtranormal.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. It took me a long time to understand that benefit of our product. This probably sounds illogical.

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