VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. Is there an early mover advantage for being early on a technology trend? Fortnite generated $5.8 billion revenue in 2021 for Epic Games and was played by 83.3

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

He tells us you'll get the following benefits from talking to lots of people: There are lots of benefits to talking to people. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry. You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. As Chris Dixon says in Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media. When I looked at the site, it had the term “Social Enterprise Software” written all over it. Social Media Software. Facebook Pages.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

He tells us you'll get the following benefits from talking to lots of people: There are lots of benefits to talking to people. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry. You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. As Chris Dixon says in Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 2, 2014

(We kept track of all this data by instrumenting the teams with LaunchPad Central software.). Part 3: described what we’re going to do about it. Part 4: This Will Save us Years – Customer Discovery in Medical Devices. Jason Crane - PhD UCSF Manager Scientific Software Development.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

All Good to Great companies began the process of finding a path to greatness by confronting the brutal facts about the reality of their business. The following table from Rob Go at NextView Ventures is a great start to help answer the question of what traction/milestones are needed to raise seed and series A (US focus).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. In some countries outside the US (the UK for example) employers can specify in an employment contract that ANY IP you develop while you’re employed by that company is owned by them.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

First, let’s talk about the business context. Communicating this information makes certain your new additions will have the right kind of business context about what’s essential to succeed at your company. A buddy is a person that the developer can ask any questions about the company that they might not know who or where to go.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

That is why you are going to want to employ a trustworthy accountant or invest in reliable accounting software to keep your tax affairs as tidy as possible because the IRS doesn’t have a “forgive and forget” policy, so it’s best to stay in their good books. And every kingdom needs rules to keep the peace.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Knowbella founder Jason Barkeloo answered some questions about his company. Never quit!

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Danielle goes through some commentary from Bill Gurley, Fred Wilson and Marc Andreessen about burn rate and then goes on to discuss her own burn rate and others publicly weigh in. if you have a good use for it and we’re excited about your company – fine. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company?

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Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

This is because it comes when spring brings us a new season of life therefore March signifies the beginning in life. Ash is what remains of a life once lived, used to fertilize new beginnings. I was sitting in a sauna with my brother and we were talking about our favorite podcasts. 9- Thought about one fact. It was 2016.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2022

It’s like I’ve spent the last almost 20 years of my life building social software, you know, making it so that whatever limited computation you have, you can kind of share something about your experience. Inworld AI, takes this type of technology to create game characters using text. Ready Player Me avatars ( source ).

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 4, 2022

Waking up each morning knowing you are getting to do exactly what you love is more than most people could ever say about any “job” they have had. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss” and here is what they have to say. #1- What I love about being an entrepreneur is the freedom it offers.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Cash Money Ultimately VCs are measured on sending cash back to the people who fund us and while our industry has done really well at paper markups, LPs ultimately want to see money. When you think about what makes Google so valuable?—?it’s Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—? Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—?particularly

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I didn’t mean to be so insulting and I didn’t mean for the net to be cast so wide that many people wondered whether I was talking about them when I was speaking of “job hoppers.&# I learned a lot from reading the comments. But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2016

Are you concerned about the speed of your website? You should know what kind of website you’re building, what types of applications and versions of software you need, and what your visitor volumes are likely to be. Fluctuation in traffic when the hosting location was shifted back and forth between UK and US ( Source ).

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A four-time tech entrepreneur, his most recent company Immersion Neuroscience is a software platform that allows anyone to measure what the brain loves in real-time to improve outcomes in entertainment, education and training, advertising, and live events. Creating the extraordinary used to be extraordinarily hard. Like this show?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

This is done by enriching transaction data points such as name, email address, and billing and shipping address with around 2,000 extra data points, such as an IP latency check to measure the real distance from the user, IP connection type, distance between key strokes, and email name match. the company raised a strong $3.3M

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 24, 2011

That’s what most people say about NetFlix and Zappos. Traditional businesses drenched in outdated notions of the value of intellectual property would be horrified to learn that we give away our software for free. Every time an MBA says “no&# while a customer says “yes,&# you’re increasing your lead.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

Choosing the right account-based marketing software can be a messy process. Some ABM software is an add-on to an existing tool. Some companies sell relevant software but not explicitly for ABM. Software can help with each: Identify the right accounts and targets within them. Measure how they respond. Image source ).

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

One naturally looks back to think about how things might have happened differently and why some actions worked and some did not. John Imlay of MSA occasionally took me on road shows with analysts to talk about his new acquisition Peachtree Software. Think about that. I got the message.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

If you feel uncertain about these best practices, you’re not alone — the legal landscape is a bit confusing at the moment. In addition, consider creating an Accessibility Statement or feedback page on your website where you provide information to users on how to contact your team about accessibility issues. Data security measures.

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ithacaVC

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Deb follows many Cornell companies and writes about them for various Cornell publications and media outlets. Entrepreneurship at Cornell [EaC] spoke with the founders of Agronomic Technology about the challenges of being pioneers for a new era in agriculture. For more information about Adapt-N and Agronomics Technology visit: www.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

You don’t need to worry about any Intellectual Property (IP) issues. The next week another team, working on a new type of solid oxide fuel cell, remarked, “Professor Blank, in our industry there’s a ton of patents and stuff and people tell us we shouldn’t be out there unless we start patent protecting all our IP.”

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Allot Communications -a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology. Communitake - Communitake provides advanced remote service software over mobile devices. private networks, in nearly 100 countries.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Think about the number of devices you want to protect. And in high definition without worrying about buffering. Let us discuss some of the best VPNs for windows to consider in 2021. And in high definition without worrying about buffering. Let us discuss some of the best VPNs for windows to consider in 2021.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

That thesis to us, doesn't feel controversial. In order to do that, they decided three things were crucial: teaching people to code, creating a sense of place around the tech industry, and proving it's possible to build and ship world-class software from places like Fresno. And let's do that in a way that feels genuine to us."

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 22, 2011

For his PhD thesis , Ren had done something that sounded completely impossible, especially to me, since I had limited knowledge about photography and imaging at the time (I’ve since learnt more by hanging out with Ren!). ” Ren and I started brainstorming about the potential for commercializing his technology in 2005.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 31, 2017

There are a lot of available configuration options, for example you can add multiple filters such as user IP address, localisation or cookie values. Here’s an anonymous review talking about some things they liked about Apptimize: It’s easy to set up and track tests. We sourced reviews for Apptimize from G2Crowd.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors. Big Data is not only about volume but also about the type of data. And getting bigger and bigger.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

Apocalypse , near-term science-fiction novels about realistic ways strong AI might emerge. Maybe you’re thinking about startups to invest in, or making decisions about where to place resources in your company. Maybe you just care about what things will be like in 10, 20, or 30 years.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I've been thinking a lot about what an innovation-friendly school looks like and have a few thoughts--and it doesn't just mean building labs or creating more flexible IP licensing schemes. If anything, the business school students need to figure out what their value add is to a design or software development student.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

[4:27] The big premise of using the weed metaphor is really to tap into what you’re calling a weed mindset — can you unpack that idea for us? [5:32] 7:39] Can you break down the weed model for us? [14:17] 19:27] Where can people buy your book and learn more about your work? That's not what we're talking about.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Some networks are highly sophisticated, and organisers disguise their IP addresses. If you conduct some intricate research (detailed below), you may be able to identify the IP address of competing businesses. Loads of PPC platforms ( Google Ads included) allow you to blacklist IP addresses. . Competing businesses. Some 22.9%

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 13, 2021

16:33] Can you talk about the concept of an ‘offer’ and why you introduced it as a topic in your book early on? [19:28] 19:28] Relationship building or connecting has always been a deep part of your DNA – can you talk about how that element shows up in your book? [23:10] More About Pamela Slim: Pre-order Pam’s Book.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good interview with @mike_samson about biz w/ friends – [link]. Love this post and agree 100% about need to promote intense debate among teams - [link].

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