K9 Ventures
AUGUST 13, 2010
We really were doing the i-thing before Apple came out with its first iMac in 1998. I tell these stories to lay the groundwork for what I am going to call Revenue Development. But I’m going to contend that we’re still missing one leg of the stool, and that leg is Revenue Development. The product worked.
Start Up Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Prior to the industrial revolution the vast majority of people worked directly in agriculture, and now it is less than 5% in developed economies. Company must then decide where to distribute cost savings – options include; Increase profit margins. Reinvest funds for growth (New Product / Distribution / Promotion / R &D).
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YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
This is because these days it’s a trendy word, conjuring up images of youthful exuberance, all-night coding parties, and developing revolutionary apps that transform into mind-boggling IPOs. The coolest thing you can say to anyone todat seem to be when you announce that you’re launching a startup. Facts: Only a few new companies are startups.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 1, 2019
I came to the United States in 1998 as a Turkish immigrant with my husband Serhat Pala. As the Chief Executive Officer of Confirm BioSciences, she pioneers the development of proprietary labels for widescale retail and corporate distribution. Perhaps some of my focus on diversity comes from my own background.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
Startups built every possible feature the founding team envisioned (using “Waterfall development,”) into a monolithic “release” of the product taking months or years to build a first product release. Customer Development , Agile Engineering and the Lean methodology enforced a process of incremental and iterative development.
The Equity Kicker
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Andrew Chen responded to that with a thoughtful post about how the ‘funding goalposts continue to move’ Here’s the money quote: It’s been widely noted that investing milestones have evolved quickly over time: In 1998, you’d raise $5M Series A with an idea and not much else. In 2004, you’d raise $500k with just an idea.
Ben's Blog
JUNE 18, 2011
Secondly, developers are more productive. In 1998, I was working at Netscape, which owned well over half of the browser market. Music distribution—the largest music distributor in the world is a technology company, Apple; its largest potential threat, Spotify, is a software company. Thirdly, the market is far bigger.
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