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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2002 I became exposed to the idea of “agile software development&# and subsequently was a first round investor in Rally Software which is now the market leader in Agile application lifecycle management software. Weve got slides , video , audio and twitter commentary. Read the rest. Expo SF (May. Want to learn more about me?

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9 Big Businesses That Began In College

YoungUpstarts

The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. The phrase “reddit” came to RedditM co-founder Alexis Ohanian while in the library of the University of Virginia in 2005.

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. It was a disaster.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice).

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Getting Serious: The next billion-dollar market in games

VC Cafe

Using the toolset of video games, anyone with access to a computer could play cognitive games without having to use other expensive equipment or trained professionals. The Internet made it easy to distribute cognitive games, and mobile devices meant they could be played anywhere. The rise of the information industry changed all that.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. He created Wallstrip, and more than 400 original web video shows, which was purchased by CBS Corp. Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!,

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Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Sean Parker

Scott Edward Walker

Each week, we share a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Sean Parker, a brilliant entrepreneur and visionary; the co-founder of Napster and Plaxo ; and the former President of Facebook. There was no identity layer for the internet.