mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. Kayserian sees what he calls “angel developing&# as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process. .

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Dave McClure’s AARRR metrics and Andrew Chen ‘s specifics on freemium models, viral marketing, user acquisition and engagement both offer examples of exit criteria for Customer Discovery and Validation for startups on the web. Eric and I will be working on others.

Customer Development 228

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 228

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

What I learned from raising venture capital – [link]. 30 Inspiring Examples of Textures in Web Design – [link]. 30 Beautiful Gray Web Designs for Inspiration – [link]. 20 Pure Websites with Clean White Backgrounds – [link]. 30 Awe-Inspiring Black and White Website Designs – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t Clear Books. Web Development Tools. Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents. National Venture Capital Association â?? Raising Venture Capital.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In addition, if you know any developers you should ask them where to post your project or job up and where they recommend you go to meet other developers. For the tech savvy this might include reading an intro book on programming. If they own a Mac Book Pro that may cost around $1,800 bucks (new).

Part-Time VPE 41

Part-Time VPE Sweat Equity DC Washington 41

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Popular categories include web developers, mobile developers, designers, writers, and accountants.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 10, 2011

I’ve gotten to know several of Rich’s partners over the past few years and recently had a wonderful Do More Faster book tour dinner hosted at Avalon’s San Diego office by Kevin Kinsella (a fellow MIT-grad turned VC.). In conjunction with their financing, Avalon just rolled out a new website designed by Slice of Lime.

San Diego 125

San Diego Cloud Hosting Finance 125

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Gust is great for startups that are looking for angel investment and potentially a venture capital investment. Nolo : Nolo is a fantastic, trusted resource for their free and informative legal information; their website is chock full of accurate and helpful information on everything from bankruptcy to divorce to patents.

Curation 60

Curation Finder Startup Social Media 60

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Richard Branson’s recently released book Screw Business as Usual outlines how conscious capitalism can also be good for the bottom line. Collaborative Consumption/Giving: From Zipcar to Airbnb to Couchsurfing (a B-corp, see above), the concept of collaborative consumption continued to gain steam.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

3 Points: You are pretty sure a LAMP stack is the pile of books on your coffee table, and Rails are what the Acela runs on. You probably aren’t the best person to hire and manage a developer. 4 Points: Money is no object. Don’t laugh.

Hiring 40

Hiring Technical Review Agile Software Review 40

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The timing is perfect, there is more than a little overlap with Vivek Wadhwa’s guest post on venture capital earlier today. He hasn’t read the final pages of his book yet. The books say its easy to learn/do, but there are so many variables, and they all (prog. I think I just really feared working for the Man.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

NET (and Java) experience are big bright red-flags in my book. My entry into web development (after 7 years of Unix development, 4 writing console games, and 3 writing router firmware) was helping my father-in-law’s company. I gather you assume that everyone’s a web developer? So clueless.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107