Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Product pre-order model. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Commercial open source companies – being open source is a powerful way to gain developer adoption and sell to enterprises a lot sooner. Iterating with intelligent editors – products that enable users to take an existing output and refine it (ex.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Are there exceptions in the open source world? Absolutely. Firefox rocks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Almost any startup can start with Excel, and move to open-source data analysis tools, including Python or RStudio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Product pre-order model. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Products that can be easily produced and sold via multiple channels, including the Internet, are more easily scaled world-wide. Use open-source e-commerce and website software, including web-chat software and PayPal, rather than building expensive customized solutions. Develop a product line and add alternate channels.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Until six weeks ago, my favorite software product of all time was Lotus Agenda. Agenda is the only product that augmented my brain and how I think until I started using Roam on 9/11/20. The post Roam: My New Favorite Software Product appeared first on Feld Thoughts. I have several entrepreneurial heroes. Mitch is one of them.

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VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. I’ve had a chance to record a few sessions and enjoyed the simplicity of the product. Open Source. Like in the early days of Web 2.0, Bootstrapped.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

Whether you’re building the next best home automation system, a revolutionary robotics product, or a new kind of software, the programming language you use to make it happen is the foundation of your work. Source: Pexels. Open Source Code. Therefore, using the right one can save you a great deal of time and money.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 26, 2004

It seems that SCO is making another attempt to hurt the open source movement by claiming that the GPL is unconstitutional and violates federal patent and copyright laws. Isn’t this the antithesis of what open source stands for? What Michael wants is integration from a legal perspective, not a feature perspective.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Work Less, Get More Done: Analytics for Maximizing Productivity – Patrick McKenzie is the embodiment of Micropreneurship; his focus on marketing, metrics and outsourcing is nothing short of impressive. If you’re having trouble installing an open source app, JumpBox is your answer. Check out my book Like this post?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto and published as an open-source code in January 2009. “TechSoup offers products and services to nonprofits such as yourself through TechSoup Global,” said David Mihalchik, vice president of global product management for TechSoup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

For example, I come from a software background, and back in the early PC days, it could easily cost half a million dollars for a team of professionals to produce a commercial product. Now, with powerful high-level tools and open source software, winning smartphone apps can be built by a good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

I spent a chunk of my career as a product manager in search (Shopping.com, GLG, Ask.com, AOL and Google) so I find this particularly interesting. Until now, to succeed in search companies needed two things: 1) an index of the web 2) an algorithm to organise the results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Almost any startup can start with Excel, and move to open-source data analysis tools, including Python or RStudio.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

However, a crisis can also be a golden opportunity to launch a new product or service, as long as the startup at the origin applies specific methods. As a startup, you probably don’t have much money to spend on marketing or product development. It is true that founding a startup in times of crisis may look more challenging.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Install Productive Development Tools. For example, you can use a public Go proxy , which is a centralized repository that hosts open-sourced Go modules. Absolutely, installing the best productive development tools is key to launch a custom software development startup with a high profit potential.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

It also means your employees will (in many cases) benefit form higher morale and higher productivity. Just be sure to review the condition of these products carefully to verify that you’re getting a good deal. Rely on Open Source Software. Minimize the Team. Barter With Other Entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2014

While there is a strong temptation for micro businesses, small businesses and start-ups to be distracted by the latest technology fads, business owners should be very wary because information on new technology also comprises hype from vendors trying to sell their related products. Freeware and Open source.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 12, 2021

Using any free or add supported service means you are the product. Consider using premium paid or open source software whenever possible. Avoid installing any apps you don’t absolutely need on your computers or mobile devices.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

Open Source, For-Profit Startups – “FairSoftware is the place to start and grow your online business. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. The Startup Success Podcast – After the demise of The Micro-ISV Show, Bob Walsh is back discussing issues affecting software startups.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Value Propositions and Customer Segments are covered in weeks 1 and 2, emphasizing the search for problem/solution and then product/market fit. This lecture order was embedded in the Udacity Lectures , the syllabi and educators guide I open-sourced. In this week we generally describe the business rationale of why you need these.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 4, 2024

The MAD 2024 landscape A final example, is this list of the 50 most popular consumer AI web products , recently published by A16Z. I believe they were able to capture mindshare in a crowded market of AI video startups partly because of their cool early demos (even before the product was fully ready) and partly by being early.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Many providers are open to negotiation, especially for long-term contracts or bulk subscriptions. Utilise Free Alternatives: Investigate if there are free or open-source software alternatives that can replace some of your paid subscriptions without compromising quality.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2014

The new WP Engine Labs will contribute to the Open Source community and serve as the innovation wing of WP Engine’s product suite. WP Engine, a leading SaaS content management platform for websites and applications built on WordPress, today announced the launch of the new WP Engine Labs and its first innovation, S3 Mirror.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 21, 2010

They’ve released the Polymaps source code on GitHub so any developer can quickly see how the API is used, play around with real production code, and modify the base examples for their own use. Tags: Open Source data simplegeo. When I first started program, it was 1979.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The name is quite synonymous with the big data and is an open source application. Normally, it is used for storing the data in mobile applications, product catalogs, content management and so on. It is an open-source data analytics cluster computer framework.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that was introduced as open-source software in 2009. Companies such as Microsoft, Dell, Newegg, Overstock , Tesla, and Whole Foods all accept Bitcoin as payment for products, which has only added to the Bitcoin global popularity. Conclusion.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 26, 2020

You’ll need to consider the design and build of product pages, setting up shipping and payment processing , and implementing the proper security protocols to protect customer’s data. One large advantage of WooCommerce is that it is an open-source platform, so there are hundreds of thousands of web teams who specialize in this technology.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2011

An iterative approach breaks tasks into small increments with short time-frames, with a working product emerging as the result of each iteration. Do you work predominantly with proprietary or open source software? One of the main benefits of open source software is being able to pick up where others left off.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Source: Flickr. Node JS is an open source, cross-stage JavaScript run-time application which is utilized for the improvement of both Server side and customer side applications. is a runtime foundation used for the production of server-side applications. has changed the framework by which apps were designed.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 12, 2022

Bitcoin was created by an anonymous person or group under the name Satoshi Nakamoto and released as open-source software in 2009. Companies like Bitcoin Coffee offering customers the ability to pay for their coffee in Bitcoin, and accepting Bitcoin payments for any other products they offer at their store. What is Bitcoin?

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2019

The Ecommerce Foundation reports that 88 percent of consumers research products online before making a purchase. Having a website means your product or service is in front of more eyes, leading to more potential sales. Because a CMS is open source, it’s difficult to effectively manage the code you used to build your site.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. We didnt think wed able to compete with that.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2024

Progress in generative AI technologies for video has also be moving very fast, but it’s generally less talked about than text and images, which already have products with wide consumer adoption. While Google and Meta shared they are working on AI Video generation, they’ve yet to release their products to the public.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2015

For example, you may sell a product that a customer can review and purchase directly on your site. If your product is complicated or more expensive, people may use your site to gather information and plan a visit to a physical location. How do customers use your website?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This new culture builds on hobbyist technologies, extends the open-source inventory of hardware and software, and bridges the gap into real business solutions with other advantages, as follows: Shortens the time and cost from idea to prototype. These ideas can grow quickly into real products.

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