YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Green ketchup, bottled water for pets, airport security “action figures”, yogurt shampoo – there have been some pretty epic product failures over the years. However the reality is that a significant majority of products don’t succeed. An estimated 75 to 95 percent of new products fail in the marketplace. Google Chromebook.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2019

In 2013, I left a CTO job overseeing a 50-person product engineering team for the same job at a four-person startup. This learning experience left me with one seemingly obvious takeaway: The two trickiest variables of early product management are the “product” and the “management.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

To succeed in today’s crowded market, you need to harmonize product marketing and brand marketing. In this article, you’ll learn the difference between brand marketing and product marketing, and how to balance both to stand out above the crowd. Brand vs product marketing: Friends or foe? They rely on each other for success.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 21, 2013

This past spring we stumbled on a genius idea – in order to make our publisher products work, we were scanning millions of articles and categorizing them by politicians, issues and popularity, among other dimensions. ha) take all that data and package it up for politicians, in a product to help them monitor their earned media.We

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. Until we weren’t.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

These are with no doubt worthwhile goals, but I’d like to pose an important challenge for founders: Make learning and development your key resolution in 2013. How to identify and engage the first customers for your product, and how to gather, evaluate and use their feedback to make your product, marketing and business model far stronger.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year. Real companies making real products that real people, you know, spend real money on. That’s what ReadWrite predicted would be the hottest of hot startups in 2013 and, for the most part, we were right. Time will tell.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Now is the time to review your 2013 budget, strategies, and tactics as you consider whether you did as well as you might of and how you should adjust your approach for next year. Count everything your business possesses, not just the products in your stockroom and on the shelves, but all assets physical, virtual, and human.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2013

Vinod Khosla Founder Dave McClure Founding Partner Eric Ries Author Steve Blank Serial Entrepreneur & Professor Todd Park CTO Travis Kalanick CEO & Co-Founder Joe Zadeh Director of Product Sam Shank Co-Founder & CEO NEW! Seth Sternberg Co-Founder & CEO Scott Chacon CIO Kevin Hale Senior Product Manager NEW!

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Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2013

2013 is the year to kick business planning into high gear and start your own company. More opportunities than ever exist for innovative entrepreneurs to offer specialized services and products to meet niche market needs, and in many cases the cost of entry is low. No more excuses — follow these five tips to take action now: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

On top of this, 2013 saw a rapid increase in Bitcoin’s value making it a much more attractive asset to hold for average investors around the world. From 2011 until 2013 Bitcoin’s value went from $1-$20 USD per Bitcoin. Since then, Bitcoin’s price has increased exponentially, recently reaching $1,120 (Dowling 2013).

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

So I thought I might pull all these thoughts together in a new edition of Soundbites from the Future – The 2013 edition. The revolution is about access and the democratization of the factors of production. Who gets to own the digital products we have purchased in good faith? It’s the next phase of D.I.Y:

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deal architect

DECEMBER 30, 2013

I have been running a series on New Florence of best of 2013 and things to look forward to in 2014.from from a scan of over 50 magazine issues Here are the 2013 entries: Popular Mechanics – Breakthrough products Fortune –. Industry Commentary'

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www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

7 Social Media Tactics Your 2013 Budget Needs to Succeed [Research]. To get your 2013 marketing plans on track to increase revenues, here are seven social media tactics based on solid research that you need now. Answer their questions, show them how to use your products, and provide customer reviews. How will 2013 compare?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

That was a 65% drop from the year-earlier quarter and the lowest fourth-quarter amount since 2013 Fundraising slowdown: LPs invested in 226 VC funds in Q4. Supporting innovators in bringing cutting edge products, powered by technology, to solve society’s biggest needs.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you’re raising money for a product or project (like an expansion)…. You must offer a product in exchange for the donations you receive ( a popular choice is to offer the product you are raising money to produce ), and you can’t keep the money you raise unless you reach your fundraising goal on-time.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 15, 2015

This chart (which I saw on Broadstuff and was originally published in the Harvard Business Review ) is from audited company accounts following mergers and acquisitions: …we looked at the value of brands and customer relationships as revealed by M&A data covering over 6,000 mergers and acquisitions worldwide between 2003 and 2013.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 31, 2024

Currently, it feels like every sharp technologist is pouring their effort into generative AI models or embedding them into their products—a movement too significant to overlook. Self Driving Cars When Cruise automation was founded back in 2013, I remember that the thought of fully autonomous vehicles seemed like a science-fiction moonshot.

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Up and Running

JUNE 7, 2021

In 2013, India became the first country in the world to require corporate social responsibility. So obsessing over revenue rather than investing in a happy and productive work culture is actually a false economy. Because today’s customers tend to show greater loyalty to companies that do good in society.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

Echelon is back for its 2013 edition – it takes place on 17 and 18 June this year – and it’s currently on the hunt for more of Asia’s most promising startups. Registration ends 31 Jan 2013.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2013

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2013. Earlier this year, a new study “ 2013 Business Outlook Survey: A New Reality Of Cautious Optimism ” was published by EKS&H. Another approach is to diversify and broaden the product lines and services. Increase operating efficiencies.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Today they announced the mobile version of their product – I’d be grateful if you would download it and give it a spin. We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. That is what we set out to solve at MyTime.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). He hit me from two very trusted sources.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

In its Global Phishing Survey 2H2013 , the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) said there were a minimum of 115,565 unique phishing attacks worldwide between July 1 and December 31, 2013: “This is nearly a 60% increase over the 72,758 seen (in) the first half of 2013.”. Jay Hamilton is CEO of Fort Worth-based Presage Solutions, Inc. ,

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

Tech Angels Cross The $1Billion Mark In 2013 | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1fehao1. To Raise Productivity, Let More Employees Work from Home | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/19TzMWd. A Look Back at the Popular Web Design Trends from 2013 – crowdspring.co/1cCcfto. 1cJfDOO.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2019

I became the CEO of Vanbex Group where my responsibilities range from client and project management (business development, framing of key approaches, high-quality client delivery, written products) to administration (information technology, reporting, facilities), and human capital (HR/recruiting, mentoring, career progression).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2013

Welcome to the New Year 2013! While entrepreneurs often have to make pivots and react to unforeseen challenges, constantly thinking about the worst case scenario will place undue stress on your body and drain your mind of resources that are better used in more productive ways. Keep expectations realistic. Keep your expectations low.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 22, 2023

In 2013 I discovered the photo Fenton chemistry responsible for hydroxyl radical formation in Manuka honey. At a glance Founder: Dr Keryn Johnson – PhD MSc BSc Business: Quantum Technologies HQ: Wellington Can you tell us a bit about your business? Manufacturing apitherapy regenerative technology made from Manuka honey.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The “Shopping Days Til Christmas” countdown is in single digits, and the busiest shopping season of 2013 will soon be a memory. If you own a retail store, now is the time to evaluate the 2013 holiday season and start thinking about how you can prepare your business in the months ahead for an even more successful holiday 2014.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

According to the latest 2013 Norton Report by Symantec, the number of online adults who have experienced cybercrime has decreased from 48 percent in 2012 to 37 percent this year, but the average loss per victim has skyrocketed by 75% at S$1,448 from S$826 in 2012. .

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2013

Last week its organizers, tech media and events platform e27 , finally announced its full speaker lineup, agenda and the participating startups pitching for the title of Echelon 2013′s Most Promising Startup. Young Upstarts is a media partner of Echelon 2013. Conference. You can find the full agenda here.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2013

After last year’s successful Startup Asia Jakarta held in Bandung Jakarta, organizer and one of Asia’s most influential startup and technology blogs TechinAsia.com has announced that its signature conference Startup Asia will be returning to Jakarta on November 21 and 22, 2013 at Plaza Bapindo.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 12, 2022

Bitcoin has become increasingly popular since its creation, with the total number of Bitcoin users around the world growing to more than 5 million today from 500,000 in 2013. Bitcoin is the first of hundreds of “cryptocurrencies,” which are forms of currency that exist digitally through encryption. Bitcoin is here to stay.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 17, 2022

Since then, Kylie has launched a separate swimwear line, a skincare brand, and a company for baby products. She founded The Body Shop with only fifteen products with greener, natural alternatives, and with a lot of hard work, her business took off and she turned into a successful entrepreneur.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2013

This entire package runs on Windows 8 and makes use of advanced macro programming in Microsoft Office Excel 2013 to generate visual analytics of an individual soldier’s performance. Petersburg, Russia, from 8 – 11 July, 2013. In the News 2013 competition Imagine Cup innovation Microsoft Nanyang Polytechnic'

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