SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? .

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Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Recently several entrepreneurs in New York City got together to do just that, holding the inaugural Startup Funeral to honor the memory of three dead technology companies. Every startup has a launch party, but what happens when a startup dies?” No one is around to commemorate the life of that startup.

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Technical Cofounder Video Cofounder New York City 60

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

If your startup is looking for an Angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of Angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. More than 200,000 startups have already used the platform to connect with 45,000 investors. Connecting with one of these would be a real coup for your startup.

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North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Salesforce.com is a startup with 76,000 subscribers (over 2.1M As I’m fond of saying, startup fundraising isn’t about convincing skeptics but rather finding true believers.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 17 Simple Tips On Working At A Startup | LinkedIn – [link]. Startup UX and Design Demystified | 500 Startups – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups.

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Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2019

But for small businesses, like startups, carrying out an effective marketing strategy is critical to their very survival. It is a sobering truth that nine out of ten startups will fail , and marketing success can often be the key element for any startup’s viability. Marketing: startup style. Quiz me this.

Marketing 147

Marketing Startup Burn Rate Advertising 147

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship , small business , leadership, social media , marketing, and more! Twitter claims it’s not a social network – [link]. 2000 Absolutely Free Textures – [link]. image credit: Coletivo Mambembe.

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

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). Mike Stern (wasn’t sure which one so leave a comment if it’s you): Q: “is it possible to sell your startup without venture investment if the company has big traction and a large user base?&#

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2017

Brand building at-scale can be different than brand building for a startup or small business. The 2017 Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands report offers important branding lessons for startups and small business. Sometimes called “Gen Y”, millennials are the much sought after generation born between 1980 and 2000.

Small Business 53

Small Business Startup Global Design 53

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. It’s addicting. 8 beers that night.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time. Update – As a followup, we analyzed all of these startup failure post-mortems to identify the top 20 reasons for startup failure. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Post-Mortem Title : How My Startup Failed.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

What are they, how do they differ and what can startup do to take advantage of them? Paths to Liquidity: a quick history of the four waves of startup investing. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

If not, let me share with you the results of recent research about E-Commerce Startups. “90% 90% of the E-Commerce Startups fail within their initial four years.” Are the reasons for startup failure the same as they’ve always been? Why do so many startups fail? E-Commerce Business Stats: The reality check.

Startup 124

Startup eCommerce Audience Widget 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

If your startup is looking for an Angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of Angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. It boasts more than 1,000 member-managed groups and VCs, with 40,000 investors, and over 1,800 startups funded in the last 12 months. Or does it? and Dave McClure.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Urbanization of Startups. I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). Also all the big anchor companies that a startup might want to partner with at that time (eBay, Google, Oracle, Yahoo!, April 13, 2012.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups. .&# I’ll list other consultants I know about, as well.

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

It is with that in mind that each year the World Economic Forum selects a group of startups to honor as Technology Pioneers. The startups selected are rated in terms of innovation, impact, growth, proof of concept, and leadership. Many of the startups address energy, environmental and health issues. World Economic Forum.

Technology 128

Technology Warrant Social Network Startup 128

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Looking to launch your startup, raise money, and learn about starting a company? This three day conference has become the “must-attend” event for anyone who is active or new to the startup-community. Others Alon Alroy Bizzabo conference event startup technology United States' Tech-savvy minds, this is the conference for you.

Las Vegas 165

Las Vegas North America Silicon Valley New York City 165

Brandanew

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Other than these platform led initiatives, videos and real time content curation by consumers using brand hashtags is moving forward with a gusto on all social networks. #2 seconds in 2015 compared to 12 seconds in 2000. 2 Transmedia Storytelling will continue on the mobile ( Short, responsive, fun!).

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Curation Mobile New York Advertising 100

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. FACEBOOK BUYS ISRAELI FEATURE PHONE MAKER SNAPTU.

Java 79

Java Database Argentina 79

Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2017

Silicon Valley is on a tear, so it might seem like the US is teeming with startups. But, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research , the number of high-growth startups has been declining since the 90’s. After the turn of the century, startups created fewer jobs than they did before the year 2000.

Green 84

Green Angel Investor Startup Alabama 84

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. The number of startups being created has increased by an order of magnitude. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The Funding Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. It’s addicting. 8 beers that night.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Their firm, Andreessen/Horowtiz , has been prescient enough to invest in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud long before others. They understood the ubiquity, pervasiveness and ultimate profitability of these startups and doubled-down on their investments. My closing arguments are below.

Internet 297

Internet Silicon Valley United States .Net 297

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. When you’re an early-stage startup that hasn’t raised any institutional money you end up doing almost every job function of the company yourself. When I founded my first company along with Brian Moran (whose idea it was) I had no real experience running startups.

Founder 299

Founder Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 299

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2013

In 2000, when Interbrand first started issuing its Best Global Brands report, Apple ranked #36 and had a brand value of $6.6 billion– a nearly 15 times increase over its value in 2000. Over the past few years, I’ve shared lessons that entrepreneurs and small businesses can learn from the world’s best brands.

Small Business 108

Small Business Global Entrepreneur Social Media 108

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. I love startups. Here’s my high-level approach for startups. No, I have many ideas.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Dec 26, 2009).

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Ximdesk – Collaboration and social networking platform for enterprise. GroupSwim – Social collaboration and community tools to bring your employees, customers, and partners together. Xing XING – A global networking and contact management site for business professionals. Awsome post btw. some real gems.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

. “Given the strong strategic fit between the two companies, joining forces will allow us to further accelerate the industry’s transition to IP-based networks,&# Kobi Ben-Zvi, founder and chief executive officer of Wintegra, said. Wireless communications chip developer Qualcomm Inc. is acquiring iSkoot Technologies Inc.,

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2011

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Many of the students had heard phrases that fall under Customer Relationships before; “customer acquisition, SEO/SEM, public relations, Social Network, Advertising, Loyalty programs, cross-sell and up-sell” etc.,

Customer 252

Customer Cloud EC2 Channel 252

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The Future of Startups 2013-2017, beginning of a series. Marc Andreesen gave a great interview about a year agi about “The Future of the Enterprise” and where the next startups will be playing – Hadoop, Big Data, BYOD, etc. Some of these next big startups are in L.A., You mean startups?

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 24, 2017

When Julisa Salas told me she wanted to join a startup, I was worried. Capable, smart and personable, she was also the type of candidate that most startups shy away from — no technical background, zero startup experience, and a young woman of color trying to break into an industry dominated by white men.

Startup 20

Startup Boston Vertical Community 20

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 24, 2017

When Julisa Salas told me she wanted to join a startup, I was worried. Capable, smart and personable, she was also the type of candidate that most startups shy away from — no technical background, zero startup experience, and a young woman of color trying to break into an industry dominated by white men.

Startup 20

Startup Boston Vertical Community 20