YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

They connect buyers and sellers in creative new verticals, helping merchants and non-profits interact with customers or donors. As a percentage of total US employment, proprietors have steadily increased every year since 2000. During the same time, the US labor force lost over a million private wage and salary workers.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley Non-Compete API Vertical 217

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Competes with McAfee , Thawte. Total raised: $22.0mm.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

How to Compete Against Open Source As a commercial software vendor you have to focus on your key advantages over open source software: Save Your Users Time. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. How to Compete Against Open Source Competition | Software by Rob [.] #2

Open Source 62

Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

We were founded by a gentleman named Bob Young, who was the original co-founder of Red Hat, which is a massive software company. So that's the quick and dirty of our origin story is that, and Bob Young, by the way, is still the sole owner and founder of the company, and very much and involved in what we do on a day-to-day basis.

Audience 86

Audience Revenue Distribution Differentiation 86