Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2010

As a result of this, my intended first product, was to be an ebook called “ The Definitive Guide To SEO For Bloggers “, which as you can guess, was designed as a guide to help bloggers improve their search engine rankings and attract traffic from Google and the other search engines. The rest is history.

SEO 76

SEO Engineer Search Software Review 76

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. Investors will demand clear channel definitions. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution. Customer relationships.

Business Model 334

Business Model Intellectual Property Angel Investor Channel 334

Jeff Hilimire

MAY 27, 2020

On the video we discussed how we founded the company, the 10 years we spent growing it, and how/why we sold the company in 2008. You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel to receive updates when I post more videos. (If If you’re into that kind of thing.).

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2022

Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright and the number of entrepreneurs will increase but others argue these changes are meant to work against budding or would-be entrepreneurs. This definition of. In 2008, the number of new businesses registered reduced by 5% compared to the previous year.

Entrepreneur 128

Entrepreneur Technical Review Global UAE 128

Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. “The definition [of success] has expanded to include contributing something to the world.”

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Rhode Island North Dakota Louisiana Vermont 107

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

This is a simple question to answer because Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have introduced restrictions and a definition of what it means to be self-employed. The 2008 housing crisis had already made it more difficult for self-employed loans to be completed by all potential applicants. Who is Self-Employed?

Security 246

Security Networking Marketing 246

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! *The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

Software Review 95

Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

Software Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. In 2008, people weren't sure if we were heading into a complete financial collapse. After that, we were pretty much back on track, growing every year. International and non-Valley startup communities are developing at a rapid pace.

Venture Capital 130

Venture Capital Marketing Term Sheet Software Review 130

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The name On Site Opera was definitely derived from a mission-drive place. I found Dilate and loved the definition; Dilate comes from the Latin word ‘Dilatare’ meaning to grow, to expand, to enlarge and elaborate. In 2008, while growing my employee benefits business, my mom took a fall at work that required shoulder surgery.

Naming 149

Naming CPA Entrepreneur Software Review 149

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. Katina Stefanova : Investors lost a lot of money in the 2008 crisis and became far more concerned about the risk profile of their portfolio.

Management 114

Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Kabam, the mobile gaming company, hit a major stumbling block in its early days when its financing was lost due to the 2008 financial collapse. This kind of testing, done right, is definitive for creating growth. It not only survived but was sold nine years later for $1Billion.

Lean 103

Lean Las Vegas Cofounder Startup 103

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? We lack a consistent and clear definition of the job. With multiple people trying to work to the same standard, we had to be a lot crisper in our definitions. October 1, 2008 2:13 AM archenland said. Great post, very educational.

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! *The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

Software Review 67

Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The seeds of cheap cloud computing, social networking & mobile were planted and then the 2008 financial crisis brought a hurricane that swept much of the old, dead brush from the venture capital industry and ushered in a new phase perhaps best punctuated by Sequoia’s famous and now ironic presentation “ RIP Good Times.”.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Along with Omar Shamir (Product Indexing), they founded Ineze in 2008. Ineze is due to be launched by the end of April, and in the future, Gil hopes it will be the ‘definitive place for people to find product information and make purchasing decisions’. energy efficiency or speed) to products.

Search 84

Search Product Technical Review Software Review 84

ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

What I like about the dynamics of 1M/1M today is that we're starting to see entrepreneurs make definitive progress. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Further validation is, obviously, required, but the movement is in the right direction. The recording of today's roundtable can be found here.

India 115

India Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Affiliate 115

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

I’ve definitely been wrong on market value. They sold 2 years later for $16 million In the financial crisis of 2008 we had a company that had jointly hired lawyers to consider a bankruptcy and also pursued (and achieved!) Being too late and you back an “also ran” You also need to be right about the team.

Bankruptcy 294

Bankruptcy Bridge Financing Portfolio Angel Investor 294

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks.

LP 311

LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! *The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

Software Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Europe Cloud 59

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. Choose one.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company.

Software 70

Software Technology Agile SCRUM 70

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. Investors will demand clear channel definitions. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution. Customer relationships.

Intellectual Property 250

Intellectual Property Business Model Angel Investor Channel 250

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. There is no such thing as a uniform price. And of course there are always outliers. That’s fine.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

I am working on a post-mortem of the SaaS 13 Index for 2008, but before getting into these gloomy numbers, I thought I would start the year with something more refreshing. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). ► 2008. (11). at 2:28 PM.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. October 20, 2008 9:34 PM Nivi said. October 20, 2008 10:36 PM Nathan said.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. I havent had to work this model under those conditions, so I cant say anything definitive.

Customer Development 131

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Growthink Blog

MARCH 28, 2011

Try this on for size – an analysis of over 300 patents acquired between 2002-2008 found an average price per patent of $383,000 ! Companies rich in intellectual property in all its forms – patents, processes, and people – attain purchase offers on factors other than last year’s earnings.

Intellectual Property 109

Intellectual Property Technical Review Forecast Global 109

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! *The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

Software Review 54

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 54

VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

For example, take the latest remarks by Sundar Pichai, Alphabet’s CEO : “Well, definitely I see it as an extraordinary platform shift. But the number of apps kept multiplying (there are 500-600 new games introduced to the app store every day vs. a few dozen in 2008 or so when the iPhone came out). What else do we know?

Generative AI 165

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT API 165

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Though I’ve already promised my first iOS app download to these guys , Juicy Bits definitely has laid claim to second and third app purchase. I first heard about crowdSPRING in a 2008 TechCrunch article , and I thought it was such a great idea, that I bookmarked the site for future use. That was definitely crazy cool to see.

Small Business 73

Small Business Software Review Design Web 73

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! *The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

It all started on March 31, 2008. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Started on Jan.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review RSS Europe 63

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

on January 1st 2008. 2008 after flirting with the lows in March 09 at -65%. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review IPO Cloud 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

And that narrow definition of entrepreneurship doesn’t count all of the managers inside established companies who are effectively engaged in the same process of building an internal startup (see What is a startup? for my more expansive definition). for my more expansive definition). What motivates all these entrepreneurs?

San Francisco 161

San Francisco Management Founder Lean 161