Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

It’s a natural part of learning about your customers and business model.) No tools to transition your customers data to the new and improved but incompatible product(s)? The company now needs to acquire new customers rather than upgrade it’s existing ones. Steve Blank: Let’s fire our customers [.]

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Though it’s incredibly valuable to be an early adopter of 2012′s tech trends, it won’t hurt your company to be right on time with everyone else who is just discovering them now. It’s crazy how much web traffic is being served to mobile phones now. However, as always, new tech trends are on the horizon.

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API Social Media Mobile Valuation 157

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2018

The days of outsourcing your professional development and financial stability to an employer are quickly coming to a close. With constant downsizing, mergers, and business pivots, today’s workers must be able to create a stable income. Many workers transition to gigs because they enjoy the flexible work schedule and location.

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Merger Software Review Technical Review Developer 100

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Groupon’s S-1: From Zero to Like… Billions in 30 Months. So Groupon obviously filed their S-1 the other day to formally being the IPO process. Groupon’s become a juggernaut in the immense local marketing space. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. June 5, 2011.

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Gust

JULY 23, 2014

If it would, then it’s to both of our advantages for us to meet, with no untoward persuasion required. In this case, it’s not a lack of interest, just a lack of time and efficiency. In practice, this means you should create an investor relations site on Gust.com (hey, it’s free!),

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Angel Investor Elevator Pitch Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review 153

deal architect

APRIL 3, 2024

As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series. One of our major research focus areas is Applications Modernization and Migrations. As I wrote here.

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Management Video 170

The Next Web

MARCH 26, 2014

Entrepreneur Social Media How-To''s' In an attempt to eradicate the mystery, it was recently reported that European scientists are developing a “social. This story continues at The Next Web.

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Social Media Software Review Cofounder Management 140

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion How-To''s' A process that used to take months to set up can now only take you one day, and the technology and features are only getting better. Top image credit: LDprod / Shutterstock.

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Software Review Technical Review HTML Hosting 131

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

The Entrepreneur’s Guide is an easy read. While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups. That’s great, more power to you; we applaud your skepticism. Here’s hoping they soon tackle Customer Validation.

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Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion How-To''s' The Internet of Things is an emerging market with many opportunities left untapped, making it a tempting path for entrepreneurs. Just make sure you’re ready to take the plunge first. Image credit: Kostenko Maxim / Shutterstock.

Internet 132

Internet New York City Technical Review Software Review 132

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Postcron : helps schedule a user’s Facebook and Twitter posts to maximize their social media presence. Ideedock : a Q&A platform for employees in enterprises. imgZine : a platform for publishing real-time social magazines on mobile devices. Owlin : a real-time news analysis and intelligence tool for traders.

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Silicon Valley CTO Hire Continuous Deployment Cofounder 123

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Cost and time are effectively absolutes (The Caretaker's high finance schenanigans and 20th century Physics aside). Actually, "the market" and "commodities" are just a way of saying "shared context", but that's just semantics. That's value-creating, it's why they get to wear bow ties.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 4, 2022

The post 2022’s Hottest Color Trends And How To Incorporate These Hues For Your Brand appeared first on Young Upstarts. Shayen Tilley of 99 designs shares a few of the biggest color trends you’re likely to see everywhere this year in 2022.

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Design 241

The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

Timo Rein is the cofounder & CEO of Pipedrive , and was previously the cofounder of Vain & Partners - the leading Sales Training company in the Baltics. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re an American, and that means you don’t know how good you have it.

Estonia 143

Estonia Software Review Europe San Francisco 143

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

The long-term overall impact of Apple’s Passbook has been a hot topic over the last two months since it was launched with iOS 6 on the iPhone and iPod Touch. For each of these Passes, you can also set date/time and location alerts that push to a user’s home/lock screen at the appropriate place and time. DIY Passes.

Technical Review 135

Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review Mobile 135

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 15, 2018

Located in our company’s Headquarters (London Heathrow or Gatwick), but all global startups welcome. Following successful participation in IAG’s global accelerator programme Hangar 51, IAG invested in US-based startup Volantio. Wildcard : any new disruptive ideas that have the potential to reshape the travel industry.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Analytics 60

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Management Software Review Product 158

The Next Web

JULY 18, 2013

If you think about the UK tech startup scene, London’s Tech City in the east of town will probably jump to mind. But look a little closer and you’d realize that while most focus goes on the Silicon Roundabout area of the city, there are other parts of the capital, and country, with a burgeoning startup scene.

Government 121

Government New York Software Developers Software Development 121

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

The long-term overall impact of Apple’s Passbook has been a hot topic over the last two months since it was launched with iOS 6 on the iPhone and iPod Touch. For each of these Passes, you can also set date/time and location alerts that push to a user’s home/lock screen at the appropriate place and time. DIY Passes.

Technical Review 129

Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review Mobile 129

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2020

Some of the most common b *s I’ve seen over the years are the people who unjustly claim involvement and ownership in things that they have little-to-nothing to do with. They’ve Previously Worked Closely With Known B *s. The post 10 Ways To Identify Opportunists, Time Wasters, & B *s appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Las Vegas Nevada Harvest Flash 230

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

K&S Ranch has been memorialized on the poster! I thought it was a fun poster given its unique vantage point from the Pacific Ocean looking towards San Francisco Bay. I was wondering where our ranch would be on the map until I looked closer. Filed under: Uncategorized'

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San Francisco California 232

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion How-To''s' Hopefully this method helps you find a solution to driving your revenue while benefiting customers who would otherwise never have found your company on their own. Image credit: JMiks / Shutterstock.

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Affiliate Revenue Internet Marketing 134

The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2014

Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion How-To''s' But sometimes you’ve just gotta do it. What have you done to prepare for a crowdfunding campaign? Would you recommend it for IoT startups?

Campaign 142

Campaign Technical Review Social Media PR 142

Start Up Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

– There’s an App for that? The real opportunity with AI, ChatGPT and friends, isn’t doing what you’ve been doing ‘more efficiently’ It’s not about AI absorbing tasks. It’s an imagination game… we’ve been handed a platform, it’s time to experiment.

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Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Vertical Social Media 62

The Next Web

MAY 4, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Stefano Bernardi, who is on the founding team of Betable , where he heads Customer Development. Previously, he worked in venture capital in Europe. He is a part-time hacker, angel investor, and product advisor, and was selected from more than 300 people to “shadow” Dave McClure at 500 Startups.

San Francisco 159

San Francisco Europe Technical Review Due Diligence 159

Up and Running

MAY 18, 2016

Below, you will find a list of books recommended by serial entrepreneur David S. Reading lists are dime a dozen, but reading lists that focus on rapid-growth startup businesses? Not so much. If you’re planning to start and build a scalable, high-growth business, get ready to fill your bookshelves.

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Startup Venture Capital Angel Investor Lean 80

The Next Web

JUNE 7, 2013

Today is the day that eight hopeful startups got to pitch their ideas to investors at startup accelerator Springboard’s Internet of Things (IoT) demo day in Cambridge, England.

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Internet Bulgaria Portugal Stealth 120

deal architect

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I also read a ComputerWorld article about migrating custom code as SAP rolls out S/4HANA. The German SAP user group, DSAG morning emailed this morning the results of its 2016 investment survey. The DSAG report says “DSAG asked for assurance.

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Email Customer Cloud Software 150

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 3, 2024

I’ve known Matt for, gosh, 15 or more years, and although I don’t see him as much as I’d like, I do admire what he’s built here and the spirit with which he lives.

Open Source 69

Open Source Vertical Equity Distribution 69

The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2014

Ryan Hoover is the co-creator of Product Hunt and EIR at Tradecraft. Visit his blog to read more about startups and product design. Twitter is confusing. Early on, skeptics questioned, “What problem does it solve?” Even its founders couldn’t quite describe it, let alone foresee what it would become. It wasn’t clear what [Twitter] was.

Silicon Valley 151

Silicon Valley Cofounder Stock Options Mobile 151

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

You’ve put years of work into your website or blog, but now you’ve decided that it’s time to sell. Maybe you’re not getting the satisfaction you used to from the pursuit. Maybe it’s not making as much money as you had hoped and you want to get something out of all that effort.

Technical Review 122

Technical Review Hosting Social Media Sales 122

Up and Running

MAY 30, 2022

There’s no question that starting and running a business is hard work. But it’s also incredibly rewarding. It’s a living, breathing guide for existing businesses. For your plan to function in this way, your business plan should first outline your company’s short- and long-term goals.

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Business Plan Balance Sheet Revenue Metrics 150

View from Seed

MAY 16, 2019

Slack dropped their S-1 a couple weeks ago. In their S-1 they disclose total active users (>10M DAUs) and total paid organizations (88K), but not the number of users in these paid customers. The post Slack S-1: Will ARPU Drive Long Term Value? appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 168

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Your business structure determines your taxes, personal liability, operations, and fundraising. Learn the pros and cons of 11 structures.

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Operations Small Business Startup 138

deal architect

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Director of SAP Product, Nir Paikowsky, on the truth, complexity and trends behind S/4HANA. Pleased to be part of a joint webinar with Panaya Sr. Register here for the session on Tuesday, September 29 at 1 pm US est. Panaya.

Product 150

Product Software 150

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, June 5, 2009 It’s a startup, not a spreadsheet Some people, when they start to realize the power of using data to inform their decisions, become obsessed with optimization. Other times, it’s just an indicator that further iteration is needed. So far, so good.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Airbnb’s public S-1 dropped Monday afternoon. One of the most highly anticipated startup IPOs of recent years, we now get a peek inside Airbnb’s business. Source: Airbnb S-1. Airbnb’s Secret Sauce. So How Profitable Could Airbnb Really Be?

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