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JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. Mobile News. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Filed Under: Startups , Tech Tagged With: Madrona , Startups , Tech , Venture capital.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg.

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Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

At the time SaaS just wasn’t mature enough and people at the company weren’t comfortable enough to make the change; too many old habits of installing software. These are now done either transparently in the background, in the cloud, or done using minimally invasive mobile apps. It vastly reduces computer waste.

Mobile 22

Mobile Hawaii Angel Investor Early Stage 22

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2014

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together (you want contrasting opinions) – crowdspring.co/1o1YA2b. Google Ventures’ Bill Maris on Venture Capital in Silicon Valley | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1v00G51. 30 Free Web and Mobile Icon Sets from 2014 – crowdspring.co/UJxt3t.

Social Media 97

Social Media Small Business Design Silicon Valley 97

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Search Engineer 150

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

When I invested in enterprise software in the late 1990′s, I saw a proliferation of “best of breed” solutions. Client-server has moved to the cloud (dramatically decreasing the cost of software development and deployment), and mobile apps are everywhere. Fast forward to 2013.

Advisory Board 70

Advisory Board Cloud Venture Capital Vertical 70

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

You create something that has value and gets traction and yet youve created it in a way that the software is considered "free." There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. I understand his frustration.

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Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Networking Southern California Los Angeles 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Venture capital on pace for biggest year since dot-com era - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. 40 New Web, Mobile and Application GUI Kits – [link]. The full story in the Other section below.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Good data from @msuster on The State of Venture Capital and the Internet – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. How to Design a Mobile Responsive Website – [link]. Chess Lessons for Startups – [link].

Social Media 98

Social Media Small Business Design Media 98

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The Chicago FireStarter Venture Capital Fund – [link]. Designing for Mobile: 7 Guidelines for Startups to Follow – [link]. Designing for Mobile: 7 Guidelines for Startups to Follow – [link]. Mind boggling – Apple Makes 75% of Mobile Phone Profits, With Only 9% of the Phones – [link].

Social Media 93

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. Want Venture Capital Funding? The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. 10 Fresh Tools For Web Designers And Developers – [link]. What’s the secret to a great team?

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Central African Republic Design 100

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Venture capital remains white boys club – [link]. The Future of Advertising: Everything’s Going Mobile – [link]. Five campaigns changing the game of mobile advertising – [link]. Definitive Mobile Guide – 40+ Tools, Frameworks And Tutorials – [link]. Getting Steve Jobs Wrong – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. Fred Wilson on Why the Collapse of Venture Capital is Good – [link]. Mobile Advertising: Twitter Sales Are Double That Of Facebook In A Google-Ruled, $2.6B Staffing your startup? Pick the right kind of staffer – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link]. Native Ads In 2013: Scale, Headlines As Banners, Mobile, Samsung, And Yahoo | TechCrunch - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

Social Media 104

Social Media Small Business Design Media 104

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 2, 2011

In today’s world, one of the bottlenecks we have to innovation is the lack of software development talent. This is particularly acute in New York City, where you have several industries undergoing serious disruption, a critical mass of creativity from the cross pollination of ideas, and lots of capital.

Developer 117

Developer New York City Java Ruby 117

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Almost certainly accounting is a support service and should be outsourced (unless, perhaps, you’re selling accounting software and you need to eat your own dogfood!).

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

BPM vendor (every software vendor!) should read Steve Blank’s Manifesto for Customer Development. Steve Blank and Eric Ries writings should be mandatory for software developers in the BPM [.] Reply My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog , on January 9, 2010 at 5:28 am Said: [.]

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 238

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally.

Silicon Valley 45

Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

Jason Ball

FEBRUARY 16, 2008

Qualcomm, Inc ( NASDAQ: QCOM ) announced their European fund last May , in addition to Qualcomm Ventures in the US, China and India. As a consequence, you’ll see a shift towards these sectors in the blogging content.

Europe 28

Europe Later Stage India China 28

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. 9mm – Investor: Sequoia Capital (Michael Moritz) – Read more: TechCrunch , PaymentsViews.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Scalable Startup

APRIL 1, 2013

Simultaneously Alessio watched his father create a PayPal competitor and he wanted to make something more futuristic for mobile payments; he then saw a WIRED article “Kill The Password!” ” We compared notes and decided the timing was right for mobile payments without passwords leveraging advances in biometrics.

PHP 22

PHP Japan Portfolio Social Network 22

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

Guerilla tips for raising venture capital | VentureBeat – crowdspring.co/P6hM3O. Social, Digital & Mobile Around The World (January 2014) – crowdspring.co/1gYcVJm. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

Social Media 96

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In Stage 2, the corporation adds venture capital and/or mergers-and-acquisition teams to provide these functions. Examples of Stage 2 Outposts include: BMW’s Silicon Valley development group, working on self-driving vehicle technologies, while their venture group has been making investments in companies like ChargePoint and Nauto.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Incubator Acquisition Business Model 120

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Michael Moritz About Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1kLoGb1. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Maintaining Momentum Through Efficient Mobile Design | Smashing Magazine – crowdspring.co/1u3dtDe.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Mobile Payments Market Predicted To Reach $90B By 2017, Up From $12.8B Chicago venture picture better than U.S. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

Social Media 108

Social Media Small Business Design Media 108

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

based venture capital investors, by deal stage. Most active venture capital investors of 2013 in the US by stage – pic.twitter.com/cfCFXWmpbH. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. by Jeremiah Owyang - crowdspring.co/1dCpve7.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

. “38% of venture-backed founders are over 40 years old” - crowdspring.co/1hywYgv. Five Reasons Not To Raise Venture Capital, by Rachel Chalmers | Model View Culture - crowdspring.co/1lIlpYH. The decline of the mobile web - crowdspring.co/1lIlKL4. How Old Are Silicon Valley’s Top Founders?

Social Media 94

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

This Is Already The Third Biggest Year In The History Of Venture Capital – [link]. The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail – [link]. comScore: 4 Out Of 5 Smartphone Owners Use Device To Shop; Amazon Most Popular Mobile Retailer – [link]. If VCs Understood UX – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

How You Get Slaughtered in a Down Round: When Taking Venture Capital Doesn’t Go as Planned – crowdspring.co/MvF29W. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Great Resources For Learning Web Design And Web Development - crowdspring.co/1oIcdFP.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Some examples: AI will be the new mobile. Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Dragonera (2016) – AI based software development service.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

“So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. Q1 Venture Capital Spending & Number Of Deals Down, M&A Activity Drops 44 Percent And Pre-Money Valuations Plummet – [link]. 13 Resources And Tools For Web Developers – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

Venture capital investing hits 10-year peak, sparking bubble talk – [link]. Mobile-Ad Spending Projected to Reach $2.61B in 2012 - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. 40+ Cool and Creative Bicycle Designs - [link].

Social Media 94

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