Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

But not everybody has the right skills to build a highly successful and valuable startup from scratch. For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” In fact, I would argue that most people don’t.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I have some limited experience in dealing with patents though, both from my time as a VC and also back in my own startup days. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Regarding social networking, Yahoo! How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2019

Visionary ideas and dreams of startup success are what keep us inspired. Given that 2 out of 10 startups fail in the first year and just half make it to the five-year mark, you likely recognize that the risk-taking spirit can be potentially destructive. by Ken Burke, founder and CEO of The entrepreneurNOW!

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

You’ve decided to undertake a startup, now how exactly are you going to go about that? Yes, there are a few self-taught naturals, like Bubba Watson, and, uh…Sam Snead (1912–2002). Allow me to emphasize that native talent and temperament have a lot to do with how you determine your goal, whether it’s golf or creating a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year. A recent example would be Compuware’s $295 million acquisition of Gomez , a networking monitoring company.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Angel Investment Activity, 2002-2013. These companies can range from tech startups to food trucks to retail stores. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2009: Holding Steady but Changes in Seed and Startup Investments”. Villalobos & Payne: “Startup Pre-Money Valuation: The Keystone to Return on Investment” 117.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In 2002, I met Libba and Gifford Pinchot, cofounders of Bainbridge Graduate Institute , at a retreat. Gifford Pinchot used to say “early learning beats better planning”, and in some ways, this is the entire mantra of the startup movement. Enter the Craziness. Purpose: Increase kung fu and avoid procrastination. Minimum Viable Product.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? The Past (1985-2002). And so it goes with social networking.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

Id reached out to him not because I was looking for information on how to pitch an investor, but because of the nature of his investment portfolio: of the six startups Boris invested in thoughout 2014, three are led by women. ” At present, Version One Ventures portfolio includes startups from all over the United States and Canada.

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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.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 20, 2015

The startup ecosystem is often full of hyperbole, which is perfectly understandable when you think about it. Not every startup is going to “crush” their original milestones and financial projections. We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 The Power of Perception . Do No Harm.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Between 1995-2002 I visited often – especially since I founded my first company there. It was the best 5 days of networking I spent last year. I also walked the conference pit a little bit and let random people tell me about their startups. Startup Advice' Scenes from my counter-top on my last night in Dublin.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 20, 2013

1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook).

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Questions I ask Mike Evans: [1:46] Could you give us a high-level overview of the startup of Grubhub to IPO to what you’re doing now? More About Mike Evans: Hangry: A Startup Journey. Like this show?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

August 20, 2017: This is another in my series of posts all leading up to a book on Startup Decision Making. One of the most common mistakes I see in startups is making decisions that lose sight of the context , including the past, present, and future. Sooner or later everybody in a startup knows what everyone else is getting paid.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Ryan Smith co-founded Qualtrics in 2002 with his father in the family basement. But in the corporate world in 2002, no one was ready for it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Good entrepreneurs are all about managing change, but too many forget that they have to change themselves as their dream evolves from a startup to a scalable business. For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 21, 2013

1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook). Everything).

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Ryan Smith co-founded Qualtrics in 2002 with his father in the family basement. But in the corporate world in 2002, no one was ready for it.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

The startup ecosystem is often full of hyperbole, which is perfectly understandable when you think about it. Not every startup is going to “crush” their original milestones and financial projections. We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 The Power of Perception . Do No Harm.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2018

This article is part of our Business Startup Guide —a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! A brief bit of science before we dive into how to come up with ideas: Good ideas are networks. I’ll leave you with one last example: consider GoPro , t he camera company that got started in 2002.

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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.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

This is why Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining became 3M in 2002 and why Kentucky Fried Chicken adopted KFC in 1991. You’ll be able to tell if competitors’ names will be too similar on these networks. In other words: It’s probably not the best name for an online data startup,” The Wall Street Journal says. Online Research.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2012

Subsequent episodes featured Lara Miller , a designer and Executive Director of the Chicago Fashion Incubator, serial entrepreneur Howard Tullman , Redbox Founder Mark Rechler , and James Miller and Samantha Ballenger of Network After Work. What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – Network After Work.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

The startup ecosystem is often full of hyperbole, which is perfectly understandable when you think about it. Not every startup is going to “crush” their original milestones and financial projections. We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 The Power of Perception . Do No Harm.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

BMNT , a new Silicon Valley company, is combining the Lean Methods it learned in combat with the technology expertise and speed of startups. The OODA Loop was the Lean Startup philosophy before lean. In Afghanistan in 2002 U.S. In wartime it can adapt and adopt organizational change with startling speed. In World War II the U.S.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Our startup checklist can help walk you through the steps to getting your business up and running. If you’re looking for information for specific business planning or startup resources in your country, there are a few ways to do that. How to start a business anywhere in the world. Research on your target market. Is it up to date ?

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Bryce Dot VC

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Back in 2002 I was a nobody analyst at a small Salt Lake City VC firm most people had never heard of. Despite being heavily recruited by top VC funds and hot startups for CEO gigs, Bull has always been mindful of his priorities in business and family life. He would not be perceived as cooler for having me in his network.

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. Facebook wasnt the first to social networking, Google wasnt the first to search, YouTube wasnt the first to video, yada yada. If youre reading this and dont agree, youre probably just not ready to do a startup and all the rationalizing in the world wont help. humbledMBA.

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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., Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

And, as a result, they lost almost 90% of their market value in a little over three years, dropping from around $7 billion in value as of Q2–2002 (only one quarter prior to Netflix going public) to their current value of $0.73 They didn’t listen to the power of word of mouth. Check out Reed Hastings’ recent interview on 60 Minutes.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

billion Iridium was one of the largest, boldest and audacious startup bets ever made. iridium satellite network. It crashed back down to earth as one of the largest startup failures on record. The result was a classic startup failure writ large. Business plans are the leading cause of startup death. Their mistakes?

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Being smart is not enough for creating a successful startup. Two of the best recent examples include Steve Blank ’s 4 Steps to the Epiphany and Eric Ries’s The Lean Startup. If you are new to the startup game, Blank and Ries are smart guideposts on the road to becoming a technology entrepreneur. The Startup Trifecta.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Being a startup founder is hard, tough, frustrating and rewarding – possibly all within the space of a nanosecond. Faster networks meant people would be able to access information anytime, anywhere, on any device. Before I started GigaOm (the company) in June 2006, I had never really worked for a startup.

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Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Cloze is helping outbound professionals understand and utilize their professional network more comprehensively than ever before. We amass all of this information in our emails, social networks, smartphone address books, and other software tools (e.g. How To Think About The Future.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

A little startup that with less than 10 people and no VC funding was able to bootstrap its own ad server and 15 million daily ad impressions. The startup is AfterDownload , an eight month old advertising network based in Israel. Omer : I have been online since 2002. I invested in quite a few other startups.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

A little startup that with less than 10 people and no VC funding was able to bootstrap its own ad server and 15 million daily ad impressions. The startup is AfterDownload , an eight month old advertising network based in Israel. Omer : I have been online since 2002. I invested in quite a few other startups.

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