YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2014

Magentooffers flexible, scalable eCommerce solutions, it’s Community Edition is free and includes a number of key features such as: an admin panel, user profiles, installation wizard, email notifications, product catalog toolkit, sales reports, themes, SSL support and more.

Management 167

Management Software Review eCommerce Entrepreneur 167

Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

We quickly realized that getting the right furniture to maximize productivity was harder than it should be. Rather than pursue a career in fine art, gallery art, or the commercial art industry my fascination with functional art and design pushed me to create the product illustrate offers today. 17- For better product performance.

Technical Review 142

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Jordan 142

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Syndicate Funding on AngelList – A Company’s Perspective – crowdspring.co/Sl0HEA. Product lessons we can learn from Google+ | Inside Intercom – crowdspring.co/1o6ZpYG. Why Products Created By Ad Agencies Fail | Co.Create – crowdspring.co/1lDryD6. Do Entrepreneurs Get Better With Age? |

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

To be fair Apple designs products in a holistic fashion… iStuff is remarkable not just for the physical product design but for the software user interface. Windows Mobile has been a disappointment to date but Azure (an outgrowth of the.NET framework) is growing as a force on the cloud/server side.

Java 170

Java Flash Software Azure 170

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

But some professional groups often have special characteristics that can best be served via a distinct community with SaaS products that extend deeper into their daily worklives. All of us at NextView are psyched to support the company into it’s next phases of growth along with the rest of the investor syndicate. million times.

Community 100

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

Your site isn’t responsive or mobile-friendly. Yet it turns out this form was preventing customers from purchasing products from a major e-commerce site, to the tune of $300,000,000 a year. Another example of misguided site design is ones that prioritize company information over the products or services you sell.

Mobile 48

Mobile Design Technical Review RSS 48

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened. Mobile payments are the trillion dollar industry that everybody’s been waiting for but has never materialized. But nearly everyone has wrongly placed emphasis on the mobile technology part and not on the payments aspect. June 12, 2012.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Unusual or Commoditized Products. These products compete on individuality and aesthetics more than price. Lifeproof , a line of waterproof and shock-resistant iPhone cases, aligned itself with Best Buy for this very reason, and it was able to penetrate the mainstream audience, whereas before it was simply a niche product.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

Srivastava leads Verizon’s innovation outpost (their Silicon Valley R&D center) in Palo Alto focusing on building products and services powered by big data and analytics. Today Evangelos invests in early- and growth-stage companies focusing on the enterprise in the areas of data and analytics, SaaS applications, and mobility.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Fractional CTO Analytics 120

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The classic delineations of web products for business and consumer (“enterprise” direct selling, on premise vs cloud, etc) are only getting blurrier. But in the next 5 years the web and mobile app stores will increasingly be a force in selling and customer acquisition for busines software. Author howerl.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. It will be important that your CTO can execute on big projects, too, hacking away to build an amazing product that is agile. Have an account? Danny Wong , Blank Label Group, Inc.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# Have an account?

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. It enables merchants to sell their products anywhere by syndicating goods to multiple marketplaces. Ixtens ( [link] ) raised $4.6

Azure 74

Azure Venture Capital Software Review Syndicate 74

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved. Publisher Platform (P3). startupcto

San Francisco 99

San Francisco New York City Social Media Entrepreneur 99

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The product is the star of the show.” And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? In November 2009 Google acquired mobile ad company AdMob for $750 million. The company helped Google improve its mobile advertising solutions. Motorola Mobility.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2010

They also couldn’t have asked for a better syndicate of investors. They showed me a very lightweight HTML5 mobile site that enabled you to start a group chat that fell back to just text messages when you logged off the web. I wouldn’t negotiate weekend plans via Twitter, or debate a feature with a product team.

Part-Time VPE 109

Part-Time VPE New York City SMS Syndicate 109

mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

David Schoenbach is vice president of product management at Exadel Inc. There he heads product definition, marketing, and sales of the Tiggzi , a platform for mobile development. As businesses ask “What’s our mobile strategy?” Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Top Stories. Jobs Lists.

API 68

API Cloud Web Social Media 68

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, I presented an initial map of Austin’s mobile scene and wrote about how mobile tech has fast become the hottest area in the industry. In his post, Weintraub talks about how both the cost and price of mobile devices have the potential to be dramatically lower a year from now. The apps are the economy.

Mobile 74

Mobile Syndicate Syndication Austin 74

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. This is particularly true for mobile devices. Have an account?

Developer 93

Developer HTML API Ruby 93

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

It’s based largely on my personal experience naming several tech products as well as the themes I’ve noticed in great startup names. Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! More subscription options » Mashable News In Your Inbox. Top Stories.

Naming 84

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

For the majority of the naming process, you’ll be iterating on two steps: creating a list of words that are related to your product or service, as well as creating permutations of these words to determine the final name. Example : Pinterest, Etsy product search, Google image search. Today in Mobile. Generating the Root Word.

Naming 104

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 104

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. With that in mind, here are four tips for entrepreneurs looking to expand globally.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Lack of Any Market Validation It’s no exaggeration that most applicants have not found a single person willing to pay money for this product. One-Sided Competitive “Analysis&# Most competitive analysis charts look like the one at left, with your product winning every category. That means we were in your shoes!

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round. But keep in mind at this point Reid’s a first-time CEO. link] leehower. It was a pretty good valuation for the time.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Since the 90s, Toronto-based entrepreneur Eldon Mascoll has been making his mark in the media industry, working in areas that include television production, film, marketing and advertising. Games On Wheels is the largest mobile video game truck business in the country. Taking what he learned at HBO, Mascoll formed EME Inc.,

Media 113

Media Los Angeles Artificial Inteligence New York City 113

David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

See How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit coinvestors for more on this. To make this manual process more efficient, I’ve met with companies working to productize sharing deals with other investors, e.g., Totem * and Signal by NFX. – Drop Technologies *: The fastest-growing mobile rewards program.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Elevator Pitch Syndicate Syndication 60

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

And often, businesses suffer from a “set it and forget” mentality, in which a product manager will slap a Facebook Like button on his sites and declare the business’s website now social. Today in Mobile. Glamour Print Ads to Feature Mobile E-Commerce. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Top Stories. All Stories.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. For example, search for investors who are interested in mobile and also are willing to invest in Austin, Texas. Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Focus on traction. Top Stories.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

Genuine VC

JULY 1, 2014

This closeness of the entire team allowed for the company to rapidly react (see next point) in fast moving ad-tech space, empowering them to hone on product-market fit and begin scaling much more quickly than I’d ever seen before. Within a matter of months, a retention marketing service, namely mobile retargeting, was launched.

Founder 142

Founder Syndicate Syndication Mobile 142

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

SEO, as relevant as MySpace and Google Buzz in the 2nd decade of the 21st Century mobile marketing era. Today in Mobile. ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Has a Not-So-Amazing Bing Product Placement. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! Top Stories.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. If your startup is in that boat, it’s really not a matter of figuring out how to pitch your company — instead, you may want to consider improving your product before hitting the pavement. Screenshots of the product.

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

Today in Mobile. How to Promote and Advertise Your Mobile App. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. More subscription options » Mashable News In Your Inbox. Top Stories. My Stories (Personalized). All Stories. Activity From People I Follow. Latest Social Media News. Tech & Gadgets Highlights. Web Video Roundup.

LLC 68

LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Birchbox didn’t discover the subscription product model when it launched in 2010, but it did make subscription service sexy. dog products ? This year, mobile phones, GPS and services like Craigslist combined to make real-time and location-based history. Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists.

New York City 83

New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79