Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The acquisition of Omniture by Adobe for $1.8B and the second SaaS public transaction in history behind the acquisition of Webex by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2B. software. (10).

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? Labels: SaaS , software , Venture Capital. software. (10).

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. But within 24 hours we were off and running, discussing a potential acquisition.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Look in the OTHER section below for an excellent review of the movie with a superb discussion of why the sequel missed an opportunity to do what the original Tron movie did – introduce innovative ideas about technology. Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! Best Illustrator Tutorials from 2010 – [link].

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. In 2010 I deconstructed the filings for GameFly and Quinstreet. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Kayak Software Corporation. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million.

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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. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 2, 2008 Paul Graham on fundraising I have found no better primer on the current realities of starting a new technology company in a startup hub like Silicon Valley than Paul Grahams essays. Its the same with acquisitions. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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venturedig.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The two major forms of this are CPC (cost per click) and CPA (cost per action or acquisition). Because social media is so new, and this model is so new, it’s much easier to setup a business model based on banner ads (all you do is sign up with an ad network and place the creative ad code on your site).

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 22, 2010

Due to technical difficulties I will be re-teaching this class at 10am PST on Tuesday May 11th. The entertainment value of me flubbing my way through an online presentation will be priceless… April 22nd, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Click here for more information or to sign up for the class.

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Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Reviews aren’t always reliable, and there is stiff competition on many gig platforms, making the prices undercut, the stakes lower and the work shoddy. Toptal , founded in 2010, aims to relieve the difficulties of hiring freelancers. How did you come up with the idea for Toptal? Focus on what to focus on.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Joel on Software is Shutting Down. The first time someone pays you for software you wrote, your head will nearly spin off its axis. Long Live the King. Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

Triumph of the Nerds on DVD – An awesome tech documentary, and I recently discovered it’s on DVD. May 24th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. 3 A-ron on 05.24.10

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Then Kristen Becker presented Kir Devries , an e-commerce site that offers a well-edited collection of unique goods for practical everyday living that have been sourced due to their impeccable craftsmanship, unique design and style, and their "good factor" in the moderate price range. Kir Devries. InnovizeTech.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There is this delusion that certification in a computer language or vendor technology (Microsoft etc) equates to mastery of the art of programming itself. As a result, local universities here churn out thousands of new graduates each year who can spell Microsoft but understand nothing about proper software engineering.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Vlad Malik from www.goodui.org gave a review of A/B Tasty: Vlad Malik : “The things I like about ABTasty I like a lot. You can add a custom goal right in the code, and it automatically shows up on the report – you don’t need to create the goal first. The dashboard is just a plain list of tests on a white background.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

As I was looking at traffic stats I noticed a huge increase in mid-November due to a number of write-ups on startup and web-2.0 January 12th, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2020

Kaggle launched in 2010. After the acquisition, it started branching out into more areas of data science and analytics. Below, I discuss five fresh and relevant features for marketers, regardless of technical ability: Kaggle datasets; Kaggle community analyses; Kaggle Notebooks; Kaggle cloud integrations; Machine learning with Kaggle.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 15, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← The Terror of Firsts Podcast Ranked #13 in iTunes: Management and Marketing → I Need Your Help! April 15th, 2010 | About this Blog , Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Instead of spending years perfecting our technology, we build a minimum viable product, an early product that is terrible, full of bugs, and crash-your-computer-yes-really stability problems. Where possible, use endorsements from industry influencers or positive reviews from customers who’ve tested your MVP. Image source.

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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. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

And after talking about this subject at length, I found myself again evangelizing it last week at the Business of Software conference. And these days with how easy it is to build an application, your code isn’t worth much, either. Ideas (and in many cases the code itself) are not worth as much as we think.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. 90 Things I’ve Learned Founding 4 Tech Companies: Find your company’s One Thing. ?? We do twice-yearly reviews of all Fab team members. Fab Culture.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 23, 2019

Price Intelligently recommends one to two price changes each year : The companies we’ve seen with the most success with revenue and adoption are reviewing pricing at least once per quarter and making tweaks or changes every 6 to 9 months. In 2010, Zendesk rolled out a price increase that tripled costs for some clients. Run the numbers.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets?

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" 24 Comments • Nov 8, 2010 I love this answer.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. These events mean that technology is advancing fast enough to make better decisions than humans in order to accomplish a given task. Chris Rust, Clear Ventures).

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

August 2010 Two years ago I wrote about what I called " a huge, unexploitedopportunity in startup funding :" the growing disconnect betweenVCs, whose current business model requires them to invest largeamounts, and a large class of startups that need less than theyused to. Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The video above (22 minutes) is a very good explanation (parts are technical) of how Bitcoin works. How To Become A Customer Acquisition Expert - buff.ly/1aWRqqY. How To Become A Customer Acquisition Expert - buff.ly/1aWRqqY. When Marketing Is Strategy | Harvard Business Review - crowdspring.co/1jtztSC. 1jtxJbZ.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 billion raised in 2010 and almost double from the $1.12 Companies have shifted from producing pure technology to producing consumer products. In 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies attracted $2.14 billion raised in 2009.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2014

Add-On sales are the extra little services – like protection plans, tech-support subscriptions, or product training – that give your customer extra piece of mind. Here’s a great example of a cross-sell interstitial by Product Upsell , an app for Shopify customers. . different pieces of content.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – [link]. Infographic on entrepreneurs’ state of mind in 2010 – [link]. Writer 2.0

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – [link]. Infographic on entrepreneurs’ state of mind in 2010 – [link]. Writer 2.0

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