Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

Finance 320

Finance Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 320

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

For some reason, I haven’t heard much about the next generation of the Internet ( Web 3.0 ) lately, which probably means it isn’t happening as fast as everyone predicted. I suspect the real challenge is not the semantic web technology , but new attractive business models from smart entrepreneurs. People on the Web now include everyone.

Web 239

Web Semantic Entrepreneur Mobile 239

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Personalize a simple web site. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers, or a mobile smartphone app. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars.

Startup 252

Startup eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping 252

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Wikipedia started this, but it is also used for technical support, software, and product reviews. This is an Internet website that allows the easy creation and editing of interlinked web pages via a web browser text editor.

Internet 239

Internet SEM Wiki Viral 239

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Personalize a simple web site. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

eCommerce 196

eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping .Net 196

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

Intellectual Property 219

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 219

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This is the current dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who invented the (first) World Wide Web. He calls his dream ‘Web 3.0’ or the ‘Semantic Web,’ meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Web 3.0 As you search the Web, the browser records your interests in your local storage.

Web 230

Web Semantic Artificial Inteligence Startup 230

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

Can you believe all the talk these days about Web 3.0? I’ve been doing some research to assess how much of it is reality, since I have to admit that I seem to have missed the clues to the transition to Web 2.0, After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0 People on the Web now include everyone.

Web 221

Web Semantic Mobile Social Network 221

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Personalize a simple web site. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

Hosting 248

Hosting Bootstrapping .Net Social Network 248

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Wikipedia started this, but it is also used for technical support, software, and product reviews. This is an Internet website that allows the easy creation and editing of interlinked web pages via a web browser text editor.

Internet 224

Internet SEM Wiki Entrepreneur 224

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 283

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

Product Development 177

Product Development Cost Developer Product 177

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo.

Business Model 294

Business Model Startup Cloud Curation 294

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Personalize a simple web site. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

Cost 220

Cost Startup Hosting Bootstrapping 220

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollars, with one of the many web building tools available, like Shopify or Weebly. Gone are the days of required $50K computer servers onsite, with big software license fees up-front. A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars.

Cost 405

Cost Entrepreneur Burn Rate Social Media 405

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

Intellectual Property 309

Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. For example, a web-based startup should be able to operate for a year if they raise $500,000 from the founders or angels. Great strategy. Do it yourself and barter for services.

Burn Rate 232

Burn Rate Startup Salary Equity 232

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2011

The simple answer is that if you want to be found and remembered on the Web, the perfect domain name can easily be worth several thousand dollars. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire of over 300,000 domain names. Early on, he wrote software to snag expiring names on the cheap.

Naming 202

Naming Cameroon Niger Oman 202

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

Angel Investor 342

Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Portfolio 342

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo.

Revenue 420

Revenue Cloud Curation B2B 420

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Today’s smartphones are more attractive than a separate phone, camera, computer, and software packages. Home computers have long been offered in unbundled as well as bundled hardware and software, to allow for a lower entry cost and flexible configuring versus simplicity. The Internet is a business for transporting web services.

Startup 280

Startup Green Social Media Audience 280

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Plus lead-generation strategies can be updated by the flood of new technologies and software, including use of near-field and Bluetooth communications, QR codes, social check-in promotions, mobile search, mobile web, text, SMS, MMS and geolocation.

Lead Generation 285

Lead Generation SEM Viral Marketing 285

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. For example, a web-based startup should be able to operate for a year if they raise $500,000 from the founders or angels. Great strategy. Do it yourself and barter for services.

Burn Rate 231

Burn Rate Startup Salary Equity 231

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Plus lead-generation strategies can be updated by the flood of new technologies and software, including use of near-field and Bluetooth communications, QR codes, social check-in promotions, mobile search, mobile web, text, SMS, MMS and geolocation.

Lead Generation 365

Lead Generation Customer SEM Marketing 365

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2010

The simple answer is that if you want to be found and remembered on the Web, a great domain name will be well worth several thousand dollars. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire of over 300,000 domain names. Early on, he wrote software to snag expiring names on the cheap.

Naming 122

Naming Cameroon Niger Oman 122

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Optimize your web history and presence. With most other classes of startups today, including smartphone apps, web services, and social media applications, early customer feedback is critical, and time to market is of the essence, so secrecy is more of an excuse than an advantage.

Stealth 263

Stealth Marketing Startup Early Stage 263

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

Angel Investor 314

Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Startup 314

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2019

Today’s smartphones are more attractive than a separate phone, camera, computer, and software packages. Home computers have long been offered in unbundled as well as bundled hardware and software, to allow for a lower entry cost and flexible configuring versus simplicity. The Internet is a business for transporting web services.

Startup 226

Startup Green Social Media Audience 226

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. For example, a web-based startup should be able to operate for a year if they raise $500,000 from the founders or angels. Great strategy. Do it yourself and barter for services.

Burn Rate 120

Burn Rate Startup Salary Equity 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

Cost 255

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollars, with one of the many web building tools available, like Shopify or Weebly Store. Gone are the days of required $50K computer servers onsite, with big software license fees up-front. A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars.

Entrepreneur 260

Entrepreneur Burn Rate Social Media LLC 260

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. NewCo has filed a patent on one of their software tool algorithms, which is very positive, and puts them several steps ahead of others who may be venturing into the same area. Assign real value to intellectual property.

Valuation 270

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2017

Today’s smartphones are more attractive than a separate phone, camera, computer, and software packages. Home computers have long been offered in unbundled as well as bundled hardware and software, to allow for a lower entry cost and flexible configuring versus simplicity. The Internet is a business for transporting web services.

Green 148

Green Social Media Audience Internet 148

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2011

We come across web sites and applications like this all time. In your business, make it a priority to have the right technology, even if it’s just your web site. Don’t let this happen to your business. ###### Bob La Loggia is the founder and CEO of StormSource Software , maker of Appointment-Plus online scheduling software.

Technology 237

Technology Green Startup Web 237

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2010

Later came a flood of software packages that stored an encrypted version of your userids and passwords on your hard file. Secure Services Corporation has a software implementation that uses biometrics. takes over the consumer world, and Software as a Service (SaaS) finds a place in the enterprise, this problem gets easier.

Startup 199

Startup Non-Compete Aggregator Security 199