Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. Doug August 24, 2009 8:21 AM Hugh said. August 24, 2009 8:36 AM Erin said. Very smart stuff.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Read more » Recent Press The New York Times April 22, 2009 - A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets CNBC.com April 8, 2008 - Social Stock Picking Reuters April 6, 2009 - Bit.ly It is helping with recruiting by leveraging my networks and experience in a particular domain. Information Arbitrage by Roger Ehrenberg.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

With the sting of losses so fresh, much of the angel activity dried up in the early 2000s, but it restarted with the launch of Central Texas Angel Network in 2006 and Capital Factory opening its doors in 2009. Local funding networks have a direct impact on the amount of total funding that goes into a region.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The PR agency helps the company understand and influence key bloggers, social networks, industry analysts, luminaries, and references. Reply links for 2009-09-03 « Blarney Fellow , on September 3, 2009 at 6:09 pm Said: [.] Reply links for 2009-09-03 « Blarney Fellow , on September 3, 2009 at 6:09 pm Said: [.]

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

This “gap” first came to fruition in 2009 when retailers decided that the best way to attract mobile users was to create a mobile application. For example, according to Mona Elesseily , “conversions in the health vertical have the best ROI during work hours and into the evening on tablet devices.”. Image Source. Conclusion.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

Martin , on March 23, 2009 at 5:10 pm Said: A beautiful example of consilience. Reply Christine , on July 23, 2009 at 11:51 am Said: and how, Mr. Martin. Patrick , on March 23, 2009 at 5:19 pm Said: Great story. In exchange for helping John with his bats and bugs, I learned about the big picture ?–

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

Reply np , on August 20, 2009 at 2:06 pm Said: Rule 4: Custormer compares our product to a big comapny say BC they start to ask why should we use your product insted of BC. An Existing Market All four were trying to resegment an “Existing Market.” or posterous, but you have to pay for it&#.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts for SaaS companies planning their 2009 budget. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? ► 2009. (9). Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 1, 2021

Founded in 2009 by JoeBen Bevert, Joby Aviation has been working under the radar at a base in Santa Cruz, California to develop an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Indeed, what Joby ultimately envisions is a new human mobility network that takes short-hop transit from 2D to 3D. We have vertical liftoff!

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Steve Blank

JULY 9, 2009

Reply steveblank , on July 9, 2009 at 10:44 am Said: Tim, Some entrepreneurs can do a startup based on recognizing an opportunity and executing. steve David Needham , on July 9, 2009 at 4:26 pm Said: It may be a little late at this point, but I think it’s important to consider that gamers don’t really want to change.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 30, 2015

We would do summer vacations in Coronado to escape the heat and in 2009 thought it would be fun to try living on the island for a year. HW: In 2006 you created Wallstrip, an online video company focused on the finance vertical. We never left. No fancy story, just a fun adventure and now we call Coronado, San Diego our home.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

Ubuntu is free, after 6 hours of research and command line tricks trying to get your laptop to connect to your network. August 11th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? 11 Arjan’s World » LINKBLOG for August 11, 2009 on 08.11.09 Have you ever tried Gimp? Or the admin control panel in Zen-Cart?

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

They are already closing up shop but still a good crowd networking after a busy schedule of #atxstartupweek sessions. He has been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth from three employees to 150+, and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

The time they spend with customers is usually limited to transactional core products sales, generating lower margins – The resource allocation is not always matching the opportunity (geography, customer segment, vertical.) – The rules of engagement for technical resources (solution or product specialists) are not clear.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

scott Reply Daily Links #54 | CloudKnow , on April 20, 2009 at 11:42 pm Said: [.] Reply Jamie Varon - techVenture , on April 23, 2009 at 3:05 pm Said: Great post! Reply The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II Movie was Wrong « Steve Blank , on April 27, 2009 at 5:02 am Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

Win, lose or draw, these students have a life changing experience where they can network and get smarter as they see what good startup thinking looks like. Martin , on May 7, 2009 at 9:36 am Said: The caveat would be for undergrads at a school like Stanford or Berkeley. I hate business plan competitions.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” SHARING ECONOMY MARKETPLACES.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2010

If you have a difficult question or problem that requires deep vertical knowledge, you can post it as a brainstorm on the site, along with a reward ranging from $1000 to $5000. BountyStorms launched in early 2009. We had a wonderful opportunity to launch GuruStorms as an AlphaPitch company at DEMOFall 2009.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). A sustainable platform or marketplace is one where the value of being in the network clearly outshines the transactional costs charged for being in the network.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

But it’s probably wise to be more secretive in some vertical markets: [link]. 4:32 pm on September 3, 2009 Reply Tags: business (100) Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. § [.]. A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is: how [.]. link] Nivi. People copy success, not ideas.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We met Ryan Holmes in 2009 as he was just about to spin Hootsuite out of Invoke Media, a development agency. Anyone who has ever spent time with Apoorva knows how smart he is, but we were too focused on how how operationally tough it would be to build up such a shopping delivery network. And yeah, $12M felt kind of high :-).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 4, 2009 Sharding for startups The most important aspect of a scalable web architecture is data partitioning. This is true of most web application servers, caches like memcached, and all of the network infrastructure that connects them. January 5, 2009 9:36 AM Eric said. to store it.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2009

Reply Top Posts « WordPress.com , on April 14, 2009 at 5:12 pm Said: [.] Reply Kaan , on April 16, 2009 at 12:23 am Said: Wow, this is really amazing! Reply Jax , on July 21, 2009 at 3:38 am Said: Awesome story. Reply The End of Innocence « Steve Blank , on August 24, 2009 at 6:02 am Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 10, 2009

So at times multiple ELINT planes would fly on a mission – one to run at the Soviet border appearing to attack, the other to pick up the signals from the air defense network as it responded to the intrusion. See the Secret History bibliography for sources and supplemental reading. military. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses. So we opened the goFlow platform from surfing-only to 10 new verticals: Paddle-boarding, Diving, Fishing, Skateboarding, Cycling, Golfing, Snow sports, Boating, Kitesurfing and more to come.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2009

Reply steveblank , on April 16, 2009 at 10:36 am Said: Jerry, As Domino’s and Amazon found out this week, social networks can quickly disseminate information faster than most traditional marketing organizations can react. It may happen, but its not there yet. (As

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 6, 2009

To protect their country, the Soviets were building an air defense network to warn, track and destroy these attacking bombers. Reply steveblank , on August 7, 2009 at 6:27 pm Said: Naveen, Learning something new about something I thought I already knew. Our b ombers used jammers to confuse the Soviet air defense radars.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Reply Allen Smith , on October 26, 2009 at 12:29 pm Said: The first VC were indeed from the Boston area but they predated Doriot by more than 100 years. link] Reply Family Business Feuds; The Ideal Career Path : Floriday Properties , on October 27, 2009 at 1:50 pm Said: [.] play in the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Reply steveblank , on October 8, 2009 at 1:42 pm Said: Matt, The issue isn’t how you “frame it.&# Chris Ryland , on October 8, 2009 at 1:35 pm Said: OK, so who was the CEO? At Ardent I learned many of them with a sharp smack on the side of the head from a brilliant but abusive boss.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

3: ISP (Network) Data. In all three cases, you can compare your performance to specific vertical markets (for example, retail, apparel, software, and so on), which is much more meaningful. Google Analytics provides benchmarks for visits, bounce rates, page views, time on site, and % new visits.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

In November 2009 Google acquired mobile ad company AdMob for $750 million. In November 2009 Google acquired mobile ad company AdMob for $750 million. I created {s}hareCLOUD — Private social networks for businesses– with Google in mind. Social Network Lists. Social Networking. ITA Software. billion. .

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

We need to have a close look at the worlds two biggest social media networks of Twitter and Facebook – they run open API’s for each other to assist their customers and suppliers switch and share between each other. Since it launched in 2009 it has funded 86,000 startups and raised well over $400,000,000.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Big things, like obscuring the networking stack under so many countless layers of abstraction that it’s virtually impossible to even imagine what bytes are actually going over the wire.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The cost of money is steep, and only works in certain verticals, of which software is NOT one. The internet business is a game of scale (network externalities). I see online video, mobile location, specialized social networking, and other craps. The overwhelming success of Opensource is a game changer. Read more on TechCrunch [.]

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Reply Crystal Williams , on April 12, 2009 at 10:38 am said: Hi Steve! … Reply Avron Olshewsky , on June 10, 2009 at 11:03 am said: Hi Steve, Read your book “The four steps …&# and have enjoyed it and your blog. It is certaintly a great list to motivate me to get reading again. Keep up the great work! … Thanks!

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. Ezra Klein : Hello and welcome to the Ezra Klein Show, a podcast on Vox Media Podcast Network.

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