Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. In Singapore, the government has been extremely supportive, and there is entrepreneurial activity, although we have not yet seen very significant companies emerge.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. First, my students are confused about who to talk to and how to think about funding their consumer internet startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

The government has already given them millions in grants so it’s a good start. Still, I think that to succeed they really need to focus on vertical niches where they can differentiate and have more focus on content quality and user acquisition. I for one will be routing for them, though.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

OK, so what can you do to rise above the cacophony that is the Internet? Does Twitter get press when it helps Iranians fight an illegitimate government or when it creates a new internal IT process to increase up-time? Yes, you're going to do those things, but since millions of other people are doing that too, you're still invisible.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The Internet — which spawned social media — has changed the way we work and communicate. If your company already has general policies about the disclosure of information assets, make sure they become part of the official set of rules that govern employees’ use of social media. Do scenarios like these keep you up at night?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Image via Pixabay After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

They wanted to employ our entire team post acquisition. It seemed that back then the US government recognized the importance of attracting the best and brightest from around the world. So BuildOnline kept the employees on their books and they did subcontracting work for our company, Koral. In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 27, 2014

Due to market forces and government regulations, banks abandoned the lower end of the consumer market. ING - soon to be renamed Voya Financial - demonstrated that a bank could be constructed that serviced consumers over the Internet without traditional branches. . But when the credit crisis hit, everything changed.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Today these potential adversaries are able to harness the power of social networks, encryption, GPS, low-cost drones, 3D printers, simpler design and manufacturing processes, agile and lean methodologies, ubiquitous Internet and smartphones. Terrorists today live on the ‘net and they are all early adopters. We’re Our Own Worst Enemy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 18, 2018

As technology takes on a bigger role in businesses of all types, tech acquisitions become both short- and long-term investments. That means the next year or two will likely bring some blockbuster mergers and acquisitions as companies determine how they can mesh their services and products with others’.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7 Out of that total, they funded 268 Internet deals with $3.2 To compare the two, in 2011 U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 16, 2020

Data is drawn from various sectors, platforms, and channels including social media, cell phones, healthcare surveys, internet searches, and e-commerce sites. Data collection or acquisition is the first step in a Data Science project. It is full of rules and models that govern what data should be collected. Defining Data Science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Government bail-outs do not promote innovation. They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

However, her take on the NYC innovation economy during her recent State of the City Address confirmed my thinking: Most of what the NYC government should be doing to support technology entrepreneurship in NYC is to try and stay out of the way. It's painfully obvious that, like many other folks in NYC government, Ms. Hey everyone!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Remember, we’re on the Internet right now, and the Internet is owned by cats. The company provides management consulting services to small to mid-sized businesses, as well as government agencies – I wanted clients to know that the company’s values include balance, perspective, integrity, stability, and practicality.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 6, 2014

Patent trolls are an easy one, but heavy handed regulatory activity by incumbents and random lawsuits around acquisitions are also part for the course. But that’s just one category of bad activity that falls in the “incumbents trying to use government regulation to control their industry and suppress innovation.”

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. Some entrepreneurs ask me whether we have a business plan for an “internet business”, as if there’s a secret recipe they could use.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

Someone would put a radio next to it in Bloomington and we were like, "This internet thing has got to have a better way." The customer acquisition costs are going down. ER : A lot of folks I've been talking to about this, they're not accustomed to asking the government to help and it feels a little weird. I'm like, "Yes."

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7 Out of that total, they funded 268 Internet deals with $3.2 To compare the two, in 2011 U.S.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

Governance/Control – Founder/CEO Mark Pincus has sold a good amount of his stock and owns <20% of shares outstanding, but now essentially has unilateral voting control of the company. 71% gross margins are not exceptional for a software/internet company, but they’re not terrible either.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Offers two products: Palantir Government and Palantir Finance. And it carries no inventory.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

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Venture Chronicles

MARCH 17, 2010

I don’t believe it is surprising to assert that growth in China to date has come independent of any investments in technology made by the government or business. Given my background in IT, a natural area of interest for me was the build out of IT in China businesses that are not directly aligned with U.S.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Fast forward to 2021, six in 10 people around the world now use the internet, 332 million people came online for the first time in 2021, and 4.66 billion actively use the internet worldwide – 59.5% McLaren Technology Acquisition Corp, the SPAC focused on fintech recently closed a $ 201 million IPO at NASDAQ. More than 5.22

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Government bail-outs do not promote innovation. They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Patents are nice but… in a consumer Internet business, it’s most likely that you aren’t re-inventing the wheel. It’s nice to have protected IP, but that will mostly matter later on in the event of an acquisition. Patented Technology? there are many sources of money and the fit once again depends on the context.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2019

Cybersecurity is one of our biggest concerns in the legal industry (the regulations and laws governing client-lawyer confidentiality, for example), and blockchain’s ability to store files across a network of computers is one of the most promising advancements in the field. The world of learning is powered by the internet. Robinson ! #5-

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Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

There is no organisation in the history of the planet who nows more about individuals including every partner and government in the history of the planet. Likewise, governments the world over are quickly regulating against these privacy incursions which are the fuel which powers Facebook. Zuckerberg really needs this to work.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

The real truth is, since the "Internet bubble" burst in 2001, initial public offerings have not resumed the vitality levels of the late 1980s, let alone the boom years of the '90s. Over 85% of CEOs said that going public was not as attractive of an option as it was in 1995.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Work for a “Recession-Proof&# Company Granted, no company is completely recession-proof, but sectors like health care, pharmaceuticals, defense, government, and consumer staples do well in good or bad times. It would be a good idea to plan out your career or business by considering government contracting. Boring programming jobs?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Government bail-outs do not promote innovation. They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Government bail-outs do not promote innovation. They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2012

Entrepreneurship in Britain continues to remain very much in vogue, ably assisted by heavy backing from most quarters (not least the media and government). Internet entrepreneurs in the UK need to push managing metrics right to the front of their to-do lists. In this guest post, Alan Gleeson, General Manager of Palo Alto Software, Ltd.,

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