YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

2011 was the year where global economy shaped the life for companies everywhere. Based on 2011 I think it’s possible to make a range of predictions for 2012 that basically is an acceleration of the trends we have seen in 2011: 1. by Christian Lanng, CEO of Tradeshift. Global finance is being remade.

Spain 193

Spain Global Software Social Network 193

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2011

They are not yet as cost effective as coal-generated electricity, but costs keep declining and efficiency is increasing. The latest turbine technologies have resulted in wind-produced energy becoming more cost efficient, and more widespread. The cells create no pollution when they generate electricity. Wind power.

Green 235

Green Venture Capital Differentiation Technology 235

YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

The report also tracked maliciously registered domains and reported 22,831 — by far the most since the first half of 2011 (14,650). What about the cost to deal with these online threats? The number of targeted institutions totaled 681, second only to the first half of this year (720).

Fort Worth 133

Fort Worth Security Application Development eCommerce 133

YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2014

In 2011, Scott launched Appsbar, the first cost-free tool for anyone of any skill level with a limited budget to develop professional and personalized apps that appear in the largest online marketplaces including iTunes and Android Market. Appsbar enables anyone to create a professional, personalized app for FREE.

Management 167

Management Software Review eCommerce Entrepreneur 167

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Minimizing costs against aggressive timelines is the financial goal of the most successful labs in preclinical academic research. This reduced focus on reaching clinical phase results and low clinical trial success, yields a significantly elevated cost. Critical Components in Academic Research.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Syria Developer United States 118

View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

Interestingly, it looks like the Midas List skipped 2010 and changed methodologies considerably in 2011, so you’d need to wait until 2021 to do a true look back. One of the weaknesses of the Midas list methodology (so I’ve heard) is that it under-emphasizes the impact of one’s cost basis and ownership relative to fund size.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital China Technical Review Africa 313

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2012

2011 was a Watershed Year for Hacktivism. 2011 was described a watershed year for many organizations around the world with the rise of Hacker Activists or Hacktivism. Governments, companies and individuals are increasingly more willing to spend to safeguard their information.

Malaysia 226

Malaysia Intellectual Property Government Technical Review 226

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Wessel also summarizes the costs and potential impacts of creating and building your startup in secondary markets, usually meaning not in Silicon Valley or one of the other super-hubs: It takes longer to raise money. It’s very important. In fact, since the recent recession, startups are mushrooming up everywhere.

Silicon Valley 256

Silicon Valley Las Vegas Phoenix Montana 256

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2014

Point-and-click interfaces like the one Intuit developed for web-building or Blogger created for publishing have paved the way for mobile app development for all, making it possible for small business to get involved in something that previously was left to developers and now at an affordable cost.

Mobile 160

Mobile Application Development Syndicate Syndication 160

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

No cost, not formal strings attached. Higher cost, but great facility. Applications due Nov 20 th ! Dog Patch Labs - Free workspace run by Polaris Ventures. Startup Leadership Program – International mentorship program with over 100 startups participating. CIC - High quality, flexible office space.

Boston 56

Boston Technical Review Community CTO Hire 56

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

2011 proved a watershed year for recognition of the power of Mom Marketing. With a stagnate economy and lingering concerns about a recovery, Moms shifted long-held consumer habits in 2011. 2011 may be remembered as the year where apps – for Smartphones and tablets alike – exploded into the mainstream of Moms’ increasingly busy lives.

Social Media 150

Social Media Marketing Technical Review Social Network 150

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

The image above is taken in Takotna, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 9, 2011. More phenomenal photos from 2011 are in the Other section below. The State of Social Marketing 2011 – 2012 – [link]. SEO Pricing: 600+ Agencies Share Costs of Services & Pricing Models – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

June 5, 2011. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). Run Rate Gross Profit: $1.1B (Q1 2011 annualized). Featured merchants (may not have tipped): 56.8K (Q1 2011), 66.3K (2010), 2.7K (2009).

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 16, 2014

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, small business owner, or you just have an idea for an app, you’re first course of action should be to determine whether or not there is market demand for your app, and you can do this through your own primary research with little to no cost incurred save for the effort you devote to educating yourself.

Developer 162

Developer Application Development Syndicate Syndication 162

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011. It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. ▼ 2011. (2). McKinsey highlight #1: the art of cost cutting or. SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble? What happened? sales and marketing. (10).

Software Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Remember, it usually costs you a lot more to acquire brand new customers than to retain the ones you have. How you craft the customer experience around waiting for and receiving their purchase can make a big difference in how willing people are to shell out for shipping costs or wait longer than they’d have to if they bought from Amazon. .

Sales 92

Sales Customer Campaign Stock 92

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Explosion of mobile payment services leads to lower cost and more options. Although the volume of mobile card payments surged in 2011 to reach $86.1 In the United States, more than 70 percent of workers are employed in service-based businesses, and that number continues to grow.

United States 185

United States Social Media Mobile Technical Review 185

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

Google’s gross and operating margins improved sequentially in 4Q14, and even as they continue to be lower than when desktop search advertising was at its peak in 2011 and early 2012, TBR believes margin growth is of lesser importance to Google than consistently growing total revenue and gross profit between 10% and 15% year-to-year each quarter.

Advertising 100

Advertising Revenue Mobile Intellectual Property 100

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

For the uninitiated, Zoho introduced a CRM system that was one-tenth the price of Salesforce.com and penetrated the lower end of the market using an Indian cost structure. PDT on the following dates: Thursday, June 23, 2011: Register Here. Thursday, June 30, 2011: Register Here. Thursday, July 21, 2011: Register Here.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2016

nearly doubling between 2011 and 2015. And given that the average mobile application costs an average of $150,000 to develop and that brands primarily use paid media to promote their apps, this very expensive endeavor may appear to have a questionable return. Image Source: Pulatech.com. The average smartphone user downloads 8.8

Mobile 95

Mobile Developer Application Development Design 95

For Entrepreneurs

JUNE 6, 2012

There is some great data on topics such as growth rates, cost of customer acquisition, churn/retention, expense models, capital efficiency, etc. Pacific Crest, an investment banking firm with a strong focus on SaaS, has surveyed a 70 SaaS companies with very interesting results.

Retention 167

Retention Acquisition Cost Customer 167

Life Beyond Code

JANUARY 2, 2011

May 2011 be the best and the biggest so far. Like all of you, I am looking forward to 2011 with my eyes wide open. The dates are Jan 21 to Jan 23, 2011. Please nominate them here: Nominate for CEREBRATE Silicon Valley 2011 January Edition. First of all, Happy New Year to all of you. The time has come for the next one.

Silicon Valley 90

Silicon Valley Metrics Cost Technology 90

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2019

The sheer inefficiency cost the company an exorbitant amount of money. Founder Labs in 2011, Everett pitched an idea to make calendars more useful for executive assistants. It also ensures that company execs have more money to deploy towards iterating features, and growing market share , not fixing mistakes. At Women 2.0

Technical Cofounder 113

Technical Cofounder Burn Rate Seed Stage Cofounder 113

Version One Ventures

MAY 23, 2019

She was a data analyst and has been in People and leadership roles since 2011. I still worry about that, but the cost of a lawsuit is drastically less than the cost of our entire team working on the wrong things, or not working to the best of their abilities, so it’s not my first priority.

Part-Time VPE 136

Part-Time VPE Software Review Salary Non-Compete 136

Pascal's View

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Heesen observed in his blog post what he expects will become apparent when Q3 2011 VC investment statistics are released next week : “ you can bet the total dollars invested into start-up companies will be a multiple of the amount raised. .” In related news, Mark Heesen, NVCA President, announced today that U.S.

United States 50

United States San Francisco Venture Capital Asia 50

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Here are his small business predictions for 2012: 2011 was the “Year of the Daily Deal”; 2012 will be the “ Year of the Empowered Merchant ”. million media tablets will have shipped in 2011. Many merchants have learned from past mistakes, as random go-for-broke deals will evolve into more well thought out offers.

Cloud 213

Cloud Small Business Mobile Social Media 213

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Bryan Lee emerged second in the competition for Intraix , a low-cost home energy management system to help reduce energy bills, while Zhang Weiliang and Joshua Chao, came in third for Avetics , which aims to develop miniature UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) for non-military purposes such as land data record management.

Singapore 185

Singapore Entrepreneur Asia Aggregator 185

Up and Running

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And while spending time and resources on setting these things up may initially seem contrary to your business goals, the long-term benefits are worth the upfront cost. Editors’ Note: This article was originally written in 2011 and updated for 2020. Reward their support.

Customer 85

Customer Channel Email Programming 85

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Today, September 13, 2011 is launch day ! A Conversation with Eric Ries Thursday, September 15, 2011, 7:30 PM 1855 Main St , Santa Monica , CA ( map ) Price: $30.00 /per person Eric not only created the term "Lean Startup", he has sparked a movement that is changing the way people think about startups. I'll be signing copies as well.

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Lean Seattle Los Angeles San Francisco 155

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Q: What is going to happen to the cost of capital? Q: What is the opportunity cost of not being in tech? One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage. Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

When launching Listly in 2011, co-founder Shyam Subramanyan says that “listly.com” wasn’t available, but they were okay with choosing an alternative. Launched in New York City in 2011, joingrouper.com is a social club that sets up drinks between two groups of friends, then lets the sparks fly. Paul Graham. Opting for the often used “.ly”

Naming 166

Naming Cofounder New York Taiwan 166

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 24, 2014

I’m sensitive to the human cost of automation but it’s important to remember that it comes with many benefits in terms of reduced cost and wider access to cool services, and hence is a driver of economic growth. Services like Future Advisor use AI to offer personalised financial advice at lower cost.

Artificial Inteligence 96

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Technical Review Stock 96

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Q: What is going to happen to the cost of capital? Q: What is the opportunity cost of not being in tech? One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage. Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2011

The 7 Restaurant Industry Trends of 2011 – [link]. How Much Does it Cost a Company to Stop Blogging – ROI Revealed [link]. The 7 Restaurant Industry Trends of 2011 – [link]. Marketing 101: Branding your business in a competitive environment – [link]. Is your biz competing in a crowded field?

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Yet in expansionary periods, successful leaders spent significantly less on [selling, general, and administrative costs] than did their former peers. A focus on cost cutting—every decision is viewed through a loss-minimization lens. As the authors found, “Firms that cut costs faster and deeper than rivals don’t necessarily flourish.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011. This is where FAST enters the picture, which Founder Institute has developed in conjunction with the Orrick Law Firm and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, to standardize the process and remove the hassle, cost, and delay to the formation of these relationships. 2011 Holiday. Disrupt SF. Rip Empson.

Equity 94

Equity San Francisco Startup Silicon Valley 94

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

San Francisco, 2011: Shaker. New York, 2011: Getaround. One price covers rental cost, background checks and insurance. The company is hiring for several open positions , most of them in engineering. Still, Live Nation has signed on as a promotional partner, which could help Shaker attract the users it needs to really take off.

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San Francisco New York Audio Software Review 123