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. GeekWire Events. Dispatches from the Digital Frontier. About GeekWire. Contact Us. Advertise with GeekWire. VENTURE CAPITAL. ENTREPRENEURS. E-COMMERCE.

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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. Basically our advice is to outsource everything. 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. Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. Perceived Value.

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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. This is tough, and something I hear a lot. see a pattern?

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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. Wise Labs will help people/businesses make better use of their time by supporting them in the achievement of their goals. TaskArmy / Deleguer : I have always been attracted by the concept of outsourcing. That is how you work with TaskArmy too.

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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. Wise Labs will help people/businesses make better use of their time by supporting them in the achievement of their goals. TaskArmy / Deleguer : I have always been attracted by the concept of outsourcing. That is how you work with TaskArmy too.

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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 50 on a slice of pizza. This is inconceivable in my life today. Back then, time was abundant and money was scarce. Then I graduated and got a job. But I don’t buy it. Absolutely.

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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.

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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.

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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. A/B split testing is a new term for an old technique — controlled experimentation. Yet for all the content out there about it, people still test the wrong things and run A/B tests incorrectly.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 2, 2009

Earlier during the year, I read a book called “ Four hour work week ” from Tim Ferriss where I first learned about the concept of personal virtual assistant. I regularly reviewed my tasks to see whether I should hire a VA, but unfortunately very few tasks were delegatable to a virtual assistant. Paradoxically, time is what I cherish most.

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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. process in detail.

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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. process in detail.

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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.” Steve my name is Donald xx, and I’m the head of external affairs of the CIA’s venture capital firm and we’d like you to keynote our conference.” Do you mean the Culinary Institute of America? No, we’re the other CIA.”

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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.” I’d read less but I’d retain more. Let’s do it! 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. Convergent Technologies When I was in my 20’s I worked at Convergent Technologies , a company that was proud to be known as the “Marine Corps of Silicon Valley.”

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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.” I’d read less but I’d retain more. Let’s do it! 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.” I’d read less but I’d retain more. Let’s do it! 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. Investors Companies. Want more entrepreneurial goodness?

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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. 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.

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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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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.

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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. And this is true outside of games.

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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 The truth of the matter is that, actually, it starts with you.

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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. A part of Joel on Software. Please register for a free account. The gist: 1.

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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. AdaptiveBlue Blog Installing is easy! Here is an example from AdaptiveBlue experience.

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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. Don’t laugh.

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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. “Men have become the tools of their tools” – Henry David Thoreau. We also gave the option to view only Peep’s favorite tools as well. Simple and intuitive.

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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 and why Series Seed Documents are better than capped convertible notes “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” I’ve attached version 2.0

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

You can play with the spreadsheets in two ways. World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Grammys YouTube Google+. Trending Stories. Apple: Access to Contacts Will Require Explicit Permission. What I Really Do: The Best Examples of the Job-Themed Meme. What I Really Do: The Best Examples of the Job-Themed Meme. Copy the spreadsheet here.

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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. Rather, I didn’t have anyone around me familiar enough with startups to tell me that I was doing it all wrong. I think I just really feared working for the Man.

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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 embedded a short survey or feedback link into the page and will gather qualitative data from my users that way. Has this been through and passed some form of QA testing? Please plan for iteration.

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