Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2013

I’ve been reviewing my notepad from 2013 and thought I’d share my insights into what’s changed and the big issues from my perspective in startups, business and technology. Still waiting for wearables: It feels like we are in early 2000′s phase for smart phones when it comes to wearable computing.

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Mostly, I sell software. ” What does “execute arbitrary code” mean? Literally, it means that the attacker can choose to have your server execute any code they can dream up.

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Security Software Review Ruby Startup 101

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2012

In Seoul, retailer uses 3D QR codes and the sun to deliver discounts only during its quiet times - [link]. Steve Jobs Almost Named The iMac The MacMan, Until This Guy Stopped Him - [link]. Stunning Graphic Design Styles: 1950 to 2000 Inspired Designs – [link]. Decoding Share Prices: Amazon, Apple and Facebook - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). << we then discussed the need to do trademarks on your company and your key brand names. I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. I eventually needed more money.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. Companies that produce little value today might still receive high valuations due to high growth expectations. And hence the great crash of 2000 and 2001. High valuations are fine if the underlying value is there.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Database 78

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

You can learn as much from these cautionary tales as you can from the enduring successes, plus studying a broad sample of firms helps avoid drawing false conclusions due to survivorship bias. Brentwood also had a PE/buyout group which has continued on to today, still with the Brentwood name, with notable success in consumer retail businesses.

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Not all software developers are suited to the role of startup CTO. When to Use a Consulting CTO Time is of the essence in launching a startup company. Beware, however!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. It became a huge kerfuffle with many VC partners writing to thank me for the post, which exposed those that gave their industry a bad name. And then I was mortified – Valleywag figured out which firm had treated me the worst and published their names. Folksonomy.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. Before offering some suggestions about how we might improve capital formation, I’d like to review the current state of the IPO market. 1999-2000 51.6% 1990-1998 13.3%

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SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! We were founded by a gentleman named Bob Young, who was the original co-founder of Red Hat, which is a massive software company. Scroll back to top Sign up to receive email updates Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 Don’t Hire the Perfect Candidate | Lance Haun-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Scaling Your UX Strategy | Robert Fabricant-Harvard Business Review - [link]. Logo Design: Personal Names | Abduzeedo – [link]. SEO For Facebook Graph Search?

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 17, 2023

The first edition of Bullseye Marketing was named One of the Best Marketing Plan Books of All Time by Book Authority. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! The first edition of Bullseye Marketing was named one of the best marketing plan books of all time by book Authority. Like this show?

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B2B Marketing B2C ChatGPT 83

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. Yahoo would hit $104/share in March 2000 with a market cap of $104 billion.) The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 223

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

consumer companies were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video. Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress.

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Social Network Networking Internet EC2 297

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So I kind of just like put the two and two together and created software for real estate. It was like an open house sign in software. Or you have two of those and now there's 2000 people and everyone's sending a chat. So my name is Melissa K w a N. eWebinar.com.

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Technical Review Demand Cofounder Video 85

www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. So all Fog Creek software engineers are ranked at one of several different levels, level 8 through level 15.

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Software Review Stock Options Salary Technical Review 48

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! No name for a company transforms the idea into one of the world's most admired brands. I reviewed 50,000 words that Bezos wrote in a shareholder letters over time. I analyzed all the, all of the letters, put them through software tools. Duct Tape Transcript.

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Seattle Silicon Valley Conversion Naming 63

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. We would name our sales intelligence company Vainu. It was in year 2000 and my friend and I were young and ambitious. Thanks to Emily Mazza, Mazza Virtual Assistants ! #7-

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Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2019

John Jantsch: Choosing the right domain name is critical to ensuring the success of your small business, but it’s got a little harder. and use my promo code, podcast, for my special offer. All the good names are gone. and use my promo code, podcast. That’s launchwith.us, promo code, podcast. Transcript.

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Flash Software Review Naming Los Angeles 74

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I had a little trouble with, not trouble with, but you know, kind of processing the title name and, you know, everybody talking about time is money and, and yeah, some people can say, you're suggesting money is time. So it's, it's always cool to, to see and get reconnected.

Hiring 76

Hiring Email Angel Investor Technical Review 76

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 19, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! If you do the math 2000 hours in a year, that's a hundred dollars an hour. Head over to thehoth.com and use the code WELCOME20 to get 20% off today. You can get access to 20+ free marketing tools plus 20% off any of their marketing services using the code WELCOME20 today.

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Hiring America CPA Offshore 65

ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

And sales enablement software helps arm sales teams with the information they need to close sales. Lead intelligence: Find out names and email IDs of target prospects. A 2015 global study of 2000 B2B buyers and sellers by Accenture shows that B2B buyers have high expectations for engagement. Image Source. Outbound prospecting.

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B2B Sales Technical Review Software Review 48

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. A month ago, half way through my angel funds raised from family members, I decided to review the progress I’ve made and figure out what still needs to happen to make this a viable business. You should sign up for our newsletter here. During this year they.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. But the problem is that marketing isn’t like coding. Coding is a highly constrained environment and, with most problems, a well-known path to success. Marketing Isn’t Coding. Design is a less constrained environment than coding.

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Design Software Review Marketing Software Developers 51

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! One when scale started to kick in, when we hit the, you know, 200 employees at the head office, 2000 employees system wide, it started to get complex and a little bit outside of my sandbox. Look, you've worked hard to grow your business and finding CRM software. powered by.

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CTO Cofounder Networking Operations 80

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. However, Tinker commented that perceived legibility was due to a great extent to familiarity with the typeface.

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Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Even though I’ve coded more than a dozen custom credit card integrations, have accepted payments online for 10+ years, and sell invoicing software that supports half a dozen credit card gateways, I had never been through the application process myself. So I updated the company name while we were on the phone. Afterword.

Software Review 56

Software Review Naming Email Internet 56

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Naming a Business. Business Software. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Their code base had diverged and it was extremely slow and costly for Microsoft to be implementing Word separately for each platform: Windows, DOS and Mac. It also meant that there was great pressure to get the release out so they could start to gain the efficiencies of a single code base. In 1993, Word 6.0

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

I ruffled a few feathers with my recent post The Software Product Myth. The unrest surrounded my statement that making $2500/month from your software product wouldn’t allow you to quit your day job. As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Hosting Salary 52

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So about, this was like around 2000 ish, I think, or something like that. My name milita tub was an early investor in communities and started the community fund. Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. powered by.

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Community New York Small Business New York City 69

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

And thus it is with the majority of open source software: Open source software is free if your time is worth nothing. I’m bracing my inbox for emails from disgruntled Gimp users explaining how charging for software is bad, commercial software is evil, and my mother dresses me funny. But I don’t buy it.

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Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I partnered with Stats Social, talked to 2000 American customers, ages 18 to 65, normalized to the census. And generally speaking, people expect a reply within four hours for everything except for email contact us form, and an online review. The Time To Win Research Study.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. We certainly practiced it a lot at USAA, this idea of after action reviews. Yes, we’d like that. How soon can we get it there for him? So I share that with you, Eric.

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Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

All of you people who haven’t seen my blog, please remember my name or that website address. I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. I changed the name, by the way, to MTGParadise.com. His name is Kai Budde. He’s German.

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