Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 118

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Waiting until you have something to sell before bringing on a sales and operations staff. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month.

Burn Rate 223

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 223

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Waiting until you have something to sell before bringing on a sales and operations staff. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month.

Burn Rate 262

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Entrepreneur Salary 262

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business. Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader.

Partner 140

Partner Software Review CTO Hire Cofounder 140

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

For example, do you fly out to a big indus­try conference to close some sales, or do you stay home to attend your daughter’s high school graduation? Programming a piece of software, for example, is different from taking a sales meeting with the CEO of a credit union. Are you planning for growth?

Entrepreneur 205

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Silicon Valley Bandwidth 205

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 18, 2013

But, there is a serious gap in the discipline, number of developers and community around real software development here. In my career I’ve seen many times the positive effect of a rich software development discipline, full life cycle, QE vs. Drupal works at all levels of software development.

Software Developers 22

Software Developers Software Development PHP Silicon Valley 22

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2014

I was still doing consulting work and built a point-of-sale and CRM system for a local cellular retailer. Having a good job afforded me the luxury of giving the customer a heavily discounted rate in exchange for the rights to the software. Be ready to commit time to gathering funding from friends, family, banks, and angel investors.

Angel Investor 275

Angel Investor Security Cofounder Salary 275

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional. Sales Professional.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Media LLC 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Waiting until you have something to sell before bringing on a sales and operations staff. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month.

Burn Rate 120

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 120

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

Angel investors, venture capital firms, accelerators, and (maybe) the newer equity crowdfunding will look to see if you have previous experience in startups. More often than not, whatever it is you are building will require a complementary skill set, whether that’s business/finance, sales/marketing, or design/engineering.

Entrepreneur 132

Entrepreneur Lean Colorado Engineer 132

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional. Sales Professional.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Media LLC 120

Gust

APRIL 27, 2014

Software Development Process via Wikipedia. Even when your startup is a one-man show and lots of fun, a “business” needs some discipline and controls to keep it from being defined as a hobby by investors, and assure some financial return. Product development process. Funding process. Manage human resources.

Startup 187

Startup Institutional Investors Angel Investor Bootstrapping 187

ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2012

While some lucky startups attract angel investors or have access to money from friends and family, the vast majority are on their own, at least at first. So far, Herman has put about $60,000 on his credit cards, using them mostly to finance software development. Don’t Forget to Pay Off Your Cards.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Software Review Angel Investor Startup 118

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Silicon Valley 97

Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 97

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

About twenty people on Answers OnStartups have asked this question in one form or another: When I meet an angel investor, he may ask: "What if a big company copies your idea and develops the same website as yours after your website goes public?". This is Part 2 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.???

Software Review 325

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Bolivia 325

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Equity investors. Royalty based investment.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. Last weekend I caught Mashable announcing that Ebook Sales Surpass Hardcover in the U.S. Like the problem solver I had been trained as in my software development days, I parsed his issue. Investors: Sign up Entrepreneurs: Get started.

Startup 180

Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software 180

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Dysonics secured $750,000 in funding from angel investors to develop products that will reproduce three-dimensional, immersive sound in headphones. Some of the i-lab’s long-term residents include mobile app ActivePepper, baby gear rental company Baby Buggle, and software developer Rover. Harvard Innovation Lab.

Incubator 202

Incubator New York City Boston Intellectual Property 202

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Sometimes it’s because the business grows market-by-market, like Favor, or sometimes it’s that the business needs to grow its sales or programming teams in multiple cities. Epic Office Hours” is a speed dating event with dozens of entrepreneurs, mentors and investors meeting in rapid fire.

Texas 97

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 97

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Moshe joined Microsoft in 1991 as a product manager after a career as a software developer. He continues: “I am thinking of initiatives to startup hi-tech companies with annual sales turnover of over $1 billion a year. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il The base of our industry is weakening.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital New Zealand Startup 100

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Facebook Login Reduces Ecommerce Sales (Case Study) – crowdspring.co/15aPEmB. Facebook Login Reduces Ecommerce Sales (Case Study) – crowdspring.co/15aPEmB. SaaS Manifesto: Part Two – It’s Time to Build a Real Sales Team // Peter Levine – crowdspring.co/18qcZ2n. How to hire – crowdspring.co/15u6LKW.

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

We looked at several SaaS based systems for accounting, sales automation, calendaring, product management, scheduling our company airplane, travel, etc. At the time SaaS just wasn’t mature enough and people at the company weren’t comfortable enough to make the change; too many old habits of installing software.

Mobile 22

Mobile Hawaii Angel Investor Early Stage 22

ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2012

It comes down to a sales pitch. Crowdfunding] investors are not as sophisticated as professional venture and angel investors. Brian Fargo, who created Wasteland 2 and [crowdfunded] nearly $3 million, said, “Our software development company all but stopped for three weeks so we could get our ducks in a row.”

Campaign 142

Campaign Stealth Social Media Audience 142

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Silicon Valley 85

Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 85

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Im interested in sweat equity parterns, rather than raising capital and just hiring key employees, because sweat equity partners will be even more motivated to help than, say, an angel investor who invested 1/4 of 1% of his assets in my business. The sweat equity partner is a blend of employee and angel investor.

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Angel Investor Affiliate 40

davetroy.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

blog comments powered by Disqus Search About Dave Troy Im an entrepreneur, software developer, and community builder in Baltimore, Maryland. link] 1 day ago Can we just please jump directly to flash sales fatigue? Magazine - How to find angel investors? " [link] 19 hrs ago Wow. I want to meet Landry.

Cofounder 41

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Baltimore Ruby 41

Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Using the CEO to close sales no matter what size the business is, is vital to success. This piece emphasizes the importance of having an awesome, mature VP of Sales, if you can afford it; it takes a lot of pressure off and frees up the time of the CEO. You start every day working this, just like #1 above, they’re closely related.

IPO 27

IPO Revenue Employee Sales 27

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? do something else.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

2) Long Term Scalability – See #4 below – Over time, s a comapny tries to get into a rhythm of continuous growth, they need to develop a reliable growth model. To do this you need human resources beyond techo-nerds – sales, marketing, strategy, bus dev. They’re expensive , but a very large and strong group. (2)

Silicon Valley 22

Silicon Valley New York Startup Software Engineering 22

rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

A business person may have equal or more valuable skills than a software person, but they are not universally understood in the simplistic way that software people’s skills are. Ask anybody what a software developer does and they can give you the one-sentence “makes software” answer. Thoughts on.

Technical Cofounder 42

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Engineering Fractional CTO 42

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The woman in charge of sales was so tenacious that I used to feelsorry for potential customers on the phone with her. This was not uncommonduring the Bubble, especially in companies run by business types, who thought of software development as something terrifying thattherefore had to be carefully planned. Watch them.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. I also know numerous other programming languages and have worked with many software development platforms over the last 25 years. Look what happened to Gawker. March 25, 2011 at 3:23 pm.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107