startupbaltimore.org

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home Events Calendar Job Board Startup Resources Archives About Contact Interested in an Open-Data Contest in Baltimore? I’m no expert on the subject, but I’m the technical cofounder of one startup that I’ve been working on for three years now, and I’ve accumulated many thoughts about this challenge.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Startup Resources. Posts Comments Startups. STARTUP SPOTLIGHT. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Filed Under: Startups , Tech Tagged With: Madrona , Startups , Tech , Venture capital. GeekWire Events. About GeekWire. Contact Us.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? If you read a lot of these though you start wondering if the only route into the world of web startups is to be a developer or computer engineer of some kind.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

We tried to provide a framework for startups to think about what activities should be outsourced and why. What kind of startup outsources everything? Well, you’re right, most don’t, but one example of a startup that does is PlentyOfFish. Even without cash you have many ways to outsource. So it can be done.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

13, 2011 13:30 in Startups. Which went a long way to simplifying the meet & greet that followed. Let’s face it; the make up of your team is absolutely critical to the success of any startup. And the kind of techie you want for a startup has got execution in spades. « A Quandry With LinkedIn.

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

If I were in Mike’s shoes, I would start by talking to people in the Philadelphia Startup community. For example, we have a mailing list in Seattle called “Seattle Tech Startups&# which is a great place to find a co-founder or developer-type. Like you said, search the startup community.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 23, 2010

I want to help people achieve their goals in a non-corny way, in a result-based approach. The more you contribute to the application’s community, the higher you level. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature. Look at all these testimonials!).

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 23, 2010

I want to help people achieve their goals in a non-corny way, in a result-based approach. The more you contribute to the application’s community, the higher you level. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature. Look at all these testimonials!).

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. I remember riding across campus, about a 15 minute ride (each way) to save $.50 August 11th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. This lasted for about three months. at 9:05 am [.]

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www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Mike Subelskys Blog Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Lean startup tools for Rails apps A few months ago I was invited to dinner with the Geeks on a Plane crew when they stopped in Washington, and had the opportunity to meet one of my heroes, Eric Ries , author of the Startup Lessons Learned blog. Email This BlogThis!

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Joseph Campbell’s insight of the repeatable patterns in mythology is equally applicable to building a successful startup. All startups (whether a new division inside a larger corporation or in the canonical garage) follow similar patterns—a series of steps which, when followed, can eliminate a lot of the early wandering in the dark.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Thirty years later we now realize that its one the causes of early startup failure. This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. It has become an integral part of startup culture. The irony is that few startups fit these criteria.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2022

You’ll see the best ways to run tests, prioritize hypotheses, analyze results, and the best tools to experiment through A/B testing. Here’s a way to prioritize work shared by Craig Sullivan. This can involve fixing, adding, or improving tag/event handling in analytics. How to archive past A/B tests.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 2, 2009

This is why I decided to create a community for Turkers to allow them to connect with each other and to share any tips or experience they want to share: Social Turker Usually, the hardest part of building up a community is the beginning. When the forum is empty, why would someone join your community?

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. He is also struggling with the pricing structure, because until he can get to volume printing, the cost per unit is way too high.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. He is also struggling with the pricing structure, because until he can get to volume printing, the cost per unit is way too high.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

And you’d like me to do my talk on Customer Development and startups?” “No, we’re the other CIA.” They were all from somewhere in the intelligence community. So, John’s point was, “I keep trying to tell officers way above me that there’s probably a ton we could learn from watching these natural systems.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JANUARY 20, 2011

Looking at their website, I ended up on the Sign Up page and the way they designed their page reminded me of this simple rule: when you want your user to do something specific, do not distract him. Anyway, I went for the “Welcome to the TaskArmy community.” Well, turns out, it is not an article per se. variation out of a gut feeling.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

I learned a lot at Convergent, going from product marketing manager in a small startup to VP of Marketing of the Unix Division as it became a public company. If you’re are a startup founder or an early employee, there may come a time in your relationship that your significant other/spouse will ask you the “ what’s more important?

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Looking at their website, I ended up on the Sign Up page and the way they designed their page reminded me of this simple rule: when you want your user to do something specific, do not distract him. Anyway, I went for the “Welcome to the TaskArmy community.” Well, turns out, it is not an article per se. variation out of a gut feeling.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Looking at their website, I ended up on the Sign Up page and the way they designed their page reminded me of this simple rule: when you want your user to do something specific, do not distract him. Anyway, I went for the “Welcome to the TaskArmy community.” Well, turns out, it is not an article per se. variation out of a gut feeling.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time. Update – As a followup, we analyzed all of these startup failure post-mortems to identify the top 20 reasons for startup failure. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Post-Mortem Title : How My Startup Failed.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 20, 2010

I had been touched by the 4 hour work week of Tim Ferriss and really believed I could decouple my time from the money I earned but I hadn’t figured out a way to do it yet. well, millions actually) Basically, it is Facebook that turned me into an entrepreneur. My first application was Chat-Bite (French game) and it is still running today.

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Altgate

JUNE 26, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← F the Banksta! It really is an amazing world…hanging out with MD / PhD types and wandering the halls of a medical research hospital is a far cry from a typical tech startup. Bookmark the permalink.

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup. in security , startups. Many startups use Ruby on Rails. Other startups don’t but, like the Rails community, may one day find themselves asking What Do We Do When Apocalyptically Bad Things Happen On Our Framework of Choice? Posted on January 31, 2013.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# A successful startup strives for this latter case.

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www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Blog Tumblr About Me NYC Events Meet with Me NYC Community Blog Tumblr About Me NYC Events Meet with Me NYC Community Top Blog Tumblr About Me NYC Events Meet with Me NYC Community Search Chat Links LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Flickr Last.fm Here are a few ways: - Get clients and customers. So, what makes you worth 50%? (Or

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

(Not logged on) | Register | Log On Home Discuss Jobs About The Business of Software A community discussing the business of software, from the smallest shareware operation to Microsoft. This community works best when people use their real names. Unethical IMO but some people make money that way. A part of Joel on Software.

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blog.adaptiveblue.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Click Allow Click Install Now After downloading, Restart Firefox 5 Infrastructure Tips for Startups by Alex on December 18, 2007 · 13 comments Even 5 years ago an approach to infrastructure in a startup would have been different. This offering from the E-Commerce giant is a must-consider piece of infrastructure for any startup.

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bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

But this often isn’t the way things turn out. In brief, startups succeed because there is strong alignment of interests among all parties, especially with the people who are actually building the product. Development shops who work for $100+/hour and take no equity are poor partners in a startup. Add all your points up.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Whether you’re a conversion optimization agency, consultant, or in-house at a startup or enterprise, investing in the right conversion optimization tool is a big decision. Part of larger Adobe Suite and can take part of other tools such as Adobe Tag Management, AEM, Analytics, and 360 profile. It’s really ideal for startups.

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www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

SeriesSeed.com Series Seed Financing Documents Blog Home Documents Blog Archives Subscribe 09/02/2010 Version 2.0 Keeping a full library of up to date form documents that comply with various state requirements is way out of scope. In conclusion, I feel very fortunate to be a part of the startup company ecosystem. Then you win.”

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

You can play with the spreadsheets in two ways. Extract and Archive Your Followers. Great way to start discussing #ROI on Social Media. As an added bonus if the archive is published the results can be visualised in a separate tool I’ve developed. Question about the Extract and Archive Followers Sheet.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Email us or call +44 (0) 844 3579899 home about services blog labs Which language should my startup use? Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. But wait Not all startups are alike.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Problem was, I seemed to suck at the whole startup thing. Rather, I didn’t have anyone around me familiar enough with startups to tell me that I was doing it all wrong. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There hasn’t been such a full list of Israeli startups coming to Europe since Barcelona’s World Mobile Congress. The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product. Applicaster - Company Website.

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usersknow.blogspot.com

APRIL 30, 2010

I have embedded a short survey or feedback link into the page and will gather qualitative data from my users that way. I have contacted my customer service/community management team and prepped them with information about the new feature and asked them to get back to me if we start to see any significant new support requests.

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