YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

2011 was a splendid year for mobile commerce in Singapore , and 2012 promises to be an even better year as more and more Singaporeans turn to their mobile devices to shop on-the-go. Shopping Becomes Even More Social. Mobile Commerce On The Rise.

Singapore 182

Singapore Mobile Software Review Asia 182

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again The Democratization of Entrepreneurship Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 – Virtual Valley Ventures Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2 Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project Greatest Hits – The Gigaom Interview The Four Steps to the Epiphany is Now (..)

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Social networking is a very important marketing channel at some startups – [link]. How He Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code – [link]. Nearly 50% of surveyed retail shoppers use social networks – [link]. Ad Networks Next? Best of the 2011 – [link].

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There will also be a free networking reception at Campus on Monday, June 25th. Content providers and owners facing diminishing revenues from their SD sales, due to increasing demand for HD content, can now restore the full economic value of their vast archives, by transforming them to True HD. Brandsforce - Company Website.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

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. Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. 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.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

When making technical hires, we always reach out to our network of programmer friends and ask them to sit in on interviews and review resumes with us. Go Beyond the Code There are many super hackers out there (especially in the Bay Area). Jesse Davis , Entrustet. David Schnurman , Lawline. Was debating between two candidates.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. March 25, 2011 at 7:00 am. March 25, 2011 at 12:58 pm. » 510 Responses.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

Guest author Travis Sheppard is VP of Technology at BGT Partners , a 2010, 2011 and 2012 Ad Age Top 15 Best Place to Work in the U.S. Below we’ll review the steps of the typical waterfall process and explain how they can become responsive. The code also needs to be optimized to ensure that the widgets are the smallest possible unit.

Web 76

Web Design Software Review Widget 76

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Social networking. Social/Sharing. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! Code Igniter. code spaces (svn).

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

May 4, 2011 18:47:11 Reply 1 Flag this comment John Roescher Follow I went through the whole process! May 4, 2011 20:33:03 Reply 1 Flag this comment Harshal Kharod Follow Hey Sumaya, nice lending page. May 4, 2011 20:33:03 Reply 1 Flag this comment Harshal Kharod Follow Hey Sumaya, nice lending page. quiet interesting.

Pakistan 94

Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. May 23, 2011 16:24:51 Reply 0 Flag this comment Joe Ortiz Follow Interesting comparison.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Sounds like a plan :) May 3, 2011 17:18:41 Reply 0 Flag this comment B Hartsuff Follow Good idea but if you know enough people then you don’t need a startup to help you with this type of arrangement. May 3, 2011 18:24:08 Reply 0 Flag this comment LeoWid Follow Sarah, this is an interesting one. Great share anyways Sarah!

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Though the waterfall model is specifically to software development, it’s core principles resonate beyond software and into startups across the board. Most startups fail.

Customer Development 126

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

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. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. but: Something is Still Missing. call to arms.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

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. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

As an example, eBay’s 2011 marketplace revenues were approximately $6.6B 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. against GMS of approximately $68.6B for a rake percentage of just under 10%.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Entrepreneur Connect Entrepreneur Media, the parent company of Entrepreneur Magazine , hosts this online network of entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

Technical Cofounder 40

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 40

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

When trying to lose thirty pounds in 2011, I found myself thinking at length about the cookies, cake, and ice cream I was passing up, trying to rationalize whether I could have a small piece, what the effect might be, and whether I even wanted to lose weight. For my second novel, I hired someone to research Amazon’s top reviewers for me.

Technical Review 195

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Software Review Cofounder 195

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. PM OK, agree.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

October 10, 2011 by Erica Swallow. For example, a lot of press releases and pitches that I receive around key holidays try to make the enclosed news sound more relevant due to the upcoming holiday. October 10, 2011 14:07:23. October 10, 2011 14:10:15. October 10, 2011 14:18:53. Jobs Awards Welcome to Mashable!

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

I’ve reviewed hundreds of startup pitches and I can tell you that everyone makes the same types of errors. Ignoring Your Faults You might have all sorts of shortcomings — it’s your first startup, you’re inexperienced, ignorant about how “sales&# works, you have buggy software, etc. May 12th - 14th, 2011.

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

This is particularly true in the fast-paced high-tech and software world, where only a small percentage of startups mature. Additionally, closing a business the ‘right way’ ensures the network, reputation, goodwill and momentum you’ve built with the first company can be gracefully transitioned to future projects. 5 Comments.

LLC 68

LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

One of the most compelling case studies of this shift away from apps and back to websites came earlier this week from Jason Pontin , the Editor-in-Chief and publisher of Technology Review. After launching iOS and Android apps in January 2011, Technology Review ran into development, sales and other difficulties. social media.

HTML 69

HTML Technical Review Software Review Semantic 69

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. March 13th - 14th, 2011. Ars Technica used PhoneGap to build its iPad app.

Developer 93

Developer HTML API Ruby 93

ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2014

of businesses are actively seeking & collecting customer reviews on an ongoing basis. Well, for starters recent behavioral research by Granify revealed that “social proof” is often more important to online buyers than “low prices.” Reevo, a social commerce company researched this theory by analyzing 2.5 image source.

Software Review 126

Software Review Stock Video Advertising 126

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

13, 2011 13:30 in Startups. But, when a techie is in the heady throws of the neat idea/fun coding honeymoon, that kind of stuff is not really on their minds. It’s all about the code at that point, and being lost in codespace is fun and rewarding in its own right. Social Networking (22). and other activities.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40

dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

Consider how firms today confront Web 2.0 – the combination of blogs, wikis, and social networking technologies sprouting up. But if it’s wrong, the CTO has solid documentation to review. I believe that SMEs, due to financial constraints, settle for a CTO with hybrid responsbilities that also include CIO duties.

CTO 40

CTO Technical Review Technology Software Review 40

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

November 8th, 2011. For instance, with a social network, a user would fill out a registration form to inform the organization that they would like to join. Learn more on Coding: JavaScript & jQuery. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. Newsletter.

Web 102

Web Software Review Design HTML 102

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. No inquiry as to why they never installed the code.

Acquisition 63

Acquisition Software Review Fresno Algorithm 63

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. A month ago, half way through my angel funds raised from family members, I decided to review the progress I’ve made and figure out what still needs to happen to make this a viable business. You should sign up for our newsletter here. During this year they.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. You can also look for CTO consultants in the same places you’ll find a lead developer: local technology user groups or meetups, conferences, and online communities (especially open-source software communities). Why are consulting CTOs so scarce? Beware, however!

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The Nielsen Company conducted a worldwide survey and found that consumers trust word of mouth marketing the most; 90 percent of survey-takers believe recommendations from people they know while 70% put faith in reviews posted by strangers online. Even negative reviews increase your customer database. March 16, 2011.

Software Review 28

Software Review Campaign Advertising Social Media 28

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! The two most recent algorithm changes are: Panda : Officially rolled out in February 2011, but there have been about 13 data refreshes of it since then. More Stories in Apps & Software. social media = we were an advertising or public relations firm in 2010.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93