ReadWriteStart

JULY 15, 2022

Businesses, entrepreneurs, and startups all join in the hope that they can keep their millennial workforce engaged and happy. For you as a startup owner, this insight holds far greater significance. With their prowess and charm, millennials can change the fortunes of your startup for the better.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

A popular mistake many business people make when turning to offshore software development talent providers is paying attention to price tags only. If it seems to you that operational issues will consume much of your time, don’t worry. No matter what you choose, remember that a correct decision is halfway to success. #2

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications. VCs and angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). Chief Brand Officer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

There are a myriad of ways to make this happen in the world of startups. An approach I suggest these days is for freelancers to contract for the actual role, probably part-time, of startup CFO, VP of Sales, or President. Share the everyday life of the startup team you are working with. Then lead by example. Dress to fit in.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The main draw for companies towards hiring a fractional chief marketing officer lies within this inherent flexibility—a godsend especially for startups or smaller firms that might not have ample resources yet require top-notch talent steering their go-to-market strategy. Ever puzzled over the role of a Fractional CMO?

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. To generate growth in a startup, it is almost always necessary to raise external capital to run the necessary. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2018

Pat grew the business so successfully that by his senior year, he had moved the operations from his dorm room to an off-campus office, had a staff of 17 full- and part-time employees and over 100 business accounts. Since we’re talking about raising money, what route do you think startups should take in getting off the ground?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Creative or operational. Operational products, like process automation or reservation systems, may be large but mundane, and more easily outsourced. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

In the first part of this post I talked about how sales in a startup is often evangelical , requires as consultative sale and needs constant adjustments based on customer feedback. The next few posts are going to talk about scaling your sales operations as you move out of the evangelical phase. A’s, B’s & C’s.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2018

Business accountability is a hallmark feature of the GDPR, and one aspect that ensures compliance from all companies operating within the EU in some fashion online. Web and computer information, such as location, IP address, cookie data and RFID tags. Companies Will Need To Prove They Are Protecting Data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

My introduction to startups really came when I first worked in IBM with Philip Donald Estridge back in 1981. He went to vendors for common hardware parts, went to outside software developers for the operating system and application software, and acted as an independent business unit. mHz, now 3.0 Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

It’s a great topic, his post is well written and given that he’s going through it right now in his startup it’s worth reading his point of view on the topic. Startups often make this mistake. Like everything, I screwed this up in my first startup. I was too much Accenture, not enough Startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Mid-level or even top executives who “grew up” in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. This transfers well to startups, and should give you an advantage. Get used to dynamic budgeting.

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Startup Early Stage Technical Review .Net 238

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Here are some principles on how to do that, and help your startup to prosper and live another day: Measure it and manage it. Which would you bet on?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2010

Startups are the search to find order in chaos. At a board meeting last week I watched as the young startup CEO delivered bad news. A startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Investors bet on a startup CEO to find the repeatable and scalable business model. Steve Blank.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2017

How to spend your startup funds is the most important decision a business faces at this crucial stage. According to 2016 statistics published by the Small Business Administration (SBA) , only about 78 percent of small business startups survive the first year, and only half make it to the five year point. Create a must-have list.

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Technical Review SBA Small Business Administration Software Review 82

Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2012

Long before there was the Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas or Customer Development there was a guy in Santa Barbara California who had already figured it out. That earned us the right to ask questions of fact about their department’s mission, goals, operations, volumes, tools, methods, and success metrics. Tag data and quotes.

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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. But with mentoring and show and tell behind them, today is the day they get to pitch their ideas to investors, so, here are details of seven of the startups.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

These were installable onto hardware and operated through a combination mechanical lock. The management could operate and monitor the mechanics through a web portal. These are app-operated systems. Chief among the most reliable and cost-effective ways is using passive RFID tags. appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2014

When a new business first begins to operate, one of the most important things for it to focus on is marketing. Search engine marketing—making astute use of keywords and tags—can help to raise the profile of marketing materials, but needs to be done carefully to avoid filters designed to weed out spam. Managing a launch.

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Marketing Social Media Campaign Distribution 198

David Teten

AUGUST 29, 2012

a pitch event featuring ten early stage tech startups, Tuesday night , September 4 at Microsoft’s midtown office at 1290 Avenue of the Americas. Chalkable is a NYC based company and a proud member of of 500 startups. I’ll be a judge for IGNITE!, Presenting Companies. geekli.st. StockGaming.com. Welcome to the virtual mall.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 24, 2010

Fortunately they are driving hard toward that and we expect a Q3 product release that will start bringing Oblong’s g-speak spatial operating environment to the masses. Tags: Jobs HCI oblong. You can email me or send a note to jobs@oblong.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

At the highest level we’re looking for somebody really intelligent, digitally native, financially numerate and interested in startups. If this isn’t you, we’d probably still have a look if you did something truly exception – probably at startup or tech firm. Tags: VC Industry. Are we elitist?

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Los Angeles Technical Review Due Diligence Venture Capital 290

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Every town has firms that focus on startups – find them.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 25, 2021

While getting funded is one of the most exciting things for a startup, it still does take away some focus. However, if you are on a deadline (like most startups), you can’t afford to let that happen. Startups in their infancy often face a problem when it comes to hiring. Which often means bringing on new employees.

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Hiring Developer Social Media Mobile 84

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

My experience with crowdSPRING over the past several years has proven to me that with few exceptions, startups and established companies should strive to keep their software features simple. This is a common problem for young startups. Do you agree that startups should simplify features and iterate more often?

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

That’s what ReadWrite predicted would be the hottest of hot startups in 2013 and, for the most part, we were right. The Pebble smartwatch had its humble origins on the crowdfunding platform and so did the top startup on our list, Ouya. Startups abounded in every sector. Or it could be the next Facebook. Time will tell.

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Startup Cofounder San Francisco Software Review 60

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Here’s one you’ve almost certainly seen before: The Google Tag Manager container—and most tracking snippets—use JavaScript. That code snippet—used to implement Google Tag Manager —is in JavaScript. Bash offers clear, deep access to data servers’ operating systems. A quick, non-technical explanation of APIs is available here.).

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

3- Tag to define something. In the 90’s, there was a famous TV spot in Spain from Renault tagging the new young generation entering labor market. So we decided to create our own JASP tag to define that new generation of engineers and entrepreneurs aiming to transform the world. Thanks to Raffaele Giovine, Italist ! #3-

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup is the new book by David Cohen , founder and CEO of TechStars, and Brad Feld , managing director of Foundry Group. A common reason for startup fatalities, particularly in the early days, is some sort of conflict between co-founders.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Even people you love and respect are likely to disparage your startup ideas. Could your startup vision be as wrong as they claim? Toward that end, I’d like to offer three reasons why your startup vision probably isn’t as terrible as everyone tells you. Should you take those rejections seriously?

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Private Equity Startup Engineer Equity 182

Steve Blank

AUGUST 23, 2010

It reminded me of the differences in Customer Discovery between a scalable startup and a big company. The bad news is that the meetings become far more formal and more crowded, than one that a startup would have. Some parts of being a big company make it easier, others make being a startup even riskier. That’s the good news.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 31, 2023

You’ll also need to learn about the neighborhood’s reputation for dining, but keep in mind that a prime location often comes with a higher price tag, so you will, of course, need to balance your budget with your location choice. Calculate your startup costs, including lease or purchase of the property, equipment, licenses, and permits.

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Social Media Reputation Audience Demand 117

Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Between my experiences as a management consultant, as well as my product and marketing roles at multiple tech companies, I felt that I had enough operational experience to make that leap sooner than later. Once I considered the hefty $200K all-in price tag, skipping business school almost seemed like the obvious decision.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

These apps help the businesses to increase their productivity by improving the operational efficiency of the business owner as well his employees. After doing this, Taskworld allows you to analyze the data and turns this precious data into operable intelligence which assists in making a smarter business decision. Applications.

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Software Review Technical Review Software Management 60

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 19, 2019

In business, these days, startups and entrepreneurial setups are trending heavily. Maybe startups and entrepreneurial structures will always trend as everyone wishes to initialize a small business for their passive income. You can back up your financial information like operations, hours of work, wages, and profits.

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Small Business Marketing SEO Social Media 138

Start Up Blog

JUNE 26, 2010

He blogs about the adventures of running a startup at www.22michaels.com. 5 reasons why retail startups are rad. Prior to starting Shoes of Prey , Mike Knapp and I were working at Google and were brainstorming industries that would be good for an online startup. Ideas Innovation web lists web startups googler.

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