Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” I like to see at least 10,000 active users, or a user base, page-views, or mobile downloads that double every three months. Market penetration.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Startups are in fact only temporary organizations, organized to search –not execute–for a scalable and repeatable business model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Kabam, the mobile gaming company, hit a major stumbling block in its early days when its financing was lost due to the 2008 financial collapse. As is the right business model, which is the focus of the Don’t Bet on Your First Business Model workshop.

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

Organizational debt is all the people/culture compromises made to “just get it done” in the early stages of a startup. They had reinvented a traditional print media category onto web and mobile devices for a new generation of users who were no longer buying magazines but reading online. the company had.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. Yet, in my view, every early-stage entrepreneur should be exploring this new funding alternative before approaching VCs. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. Next, Douglas Villalobos from Costa Rica pitched GeoInvenio, a mobile application development platform. We can derive GeoInvenio's business model and pricing model based on that.

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

For example, Qualcomm Ventures hosts an international business plan competition called QPrize , which targets mobile technology startups. The most common tactic we’ve seen from large corporations is providing a package of benefits for startups in order to build relationships with early-stage companies. 3) Freebies.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We make a majority of our investments in those sectors and prioritize proven business models. 645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. We invest in companies that sell to both enterprise/SMB customers as well as direct to consumers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 17, 2010

The LG mobile phone design competition on crowdSPRING has started! Forms On Mobile Devices: Modern Solutions - [link]. 5 Can’t-Miss Usability Tips for Mobile Website Designs - [link]. Micropayments and Subscriptions: How Business Models for Startups are Shifting - [link]. Data Visualization Techniques - [link].

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Patent reform is high on the list of priorities for most of the tech industry, particularly in the areas of software, Internet and mobile technology. Giving privately held companies maximum room to maneuver as they raise funding from accredited investors and participate in secondary markets can only strengthen the startup ecosystem.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 7, 2019

Microsoft had one of the strongest monopolies in history on desktop software, but it couldn’t block the rise of iOS and Android on mobile phones. As an early-stage startup, your fundamental competitive advantage is speed. Once you grow beyond the Village stage, establishing a new competitive edge tends to be very difficult. (If

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. That’s simply a failure of a startup board’s fiduciary responsibility.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

Technical Cofounder 150

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. That’s simply a failure of a startup board’s fiduciary responsibility.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Commenced in July 2017, The Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides start-up loans to help young entrepreneurs fund their businesses at a very early stage. Well, there will be 2 copywriters, 1 editor, 1 blogger, 3 programmers, 1 Project/Product Manager, 1 Business/ Finance, 1 Sales/ Marketing expert.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

And, there’s a good reason why; it includes back-to-back essays on mobile, high-growth startups and technology. But, he also has great advice on growth strategies for early-stage companies. Eric Ries of The Lean Startup has called Andrew Chen’s blog “one of the best entrepreneurship blogs of all time.” A Smart Bear.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

It’s probably not too controversial to say that the median level of sophistication of early stage entrepreneurs in Los Angeles is lower than that of Bay Area. Much of this is due to the lack of venture capital – seed-stage venture capital, in particular – to get companies off the ground here in Los Angeles.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. However, in my assessment, the bigger opportunity for this business is to go to market as a mobile app.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” I like to see at least 10,000 active users, or a user base, page-views, or mobile downloads that double every three months. Market penetration.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? Im still not convinced that "gut feel" isnt a good way to invest at the early stage, but this can certainly get rid of over-thinking and provides diversification and investments in entrepreneurial teams that would be otherwise overlooked. ProfessorVC. at 2:32 PM.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. Yet, in my view, every early-stage entrepreneur should be exploring this new funding alternative before approaching VCs. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

You know, could you look at my business plan? See if the business model works, all these questions. So if you're running a small business, usually what you're doing, if it's a consulting business or any type of business, you are doing something similar to what other people have done in the past.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. event I did last fall.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 16, 2018

Earlier this year at the FUND Conference in Austin, Texas, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. Yip Yap is a mobile communication company for kids! Yip Yap is a mobile communication company connecting kids safely to the people and content they love.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made. Most of the highest ROI opportunities we see need just a little money – sometimes just a few hundred thousand dollars or less – to “ignite” their business models. social networking hype of 2006-2007.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Venture capital fundraising can be divided into three stages: seed, early stage, and later stage. According to the same report by KPMG, the median deal size is the largest for later-stage funding, at $26 million. The constant innovation thus drives development in technology throughout the region.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Keep up the good work.

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cdixon.org

AUGUST 3, 2012

Some observations: - Thousands of early-stage consumer web/mobile companies were started and funded in last 24 months. A few breakout early-stage consumer hits (Instagram, Pinterest) have reached tens of millions of users in record time. VCs are increasingly focusing on B2B for early-stage investments.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

We often tell founders that a business plan is nonsense. A business model, on the other hand, is a snapshot of your business assumptions at this moment in time. It''s that the business model is complex. Let''s say you want to know about the burgeoning market for mobile widgets.

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Up and Running

JULY 22, 2019

A telling success factor for new businesses looking to make an impact in their industries is whether they can attract investment at an early stage of development. . Well Health Technologies, for instance, was able to continue expanding through a scalable acquisition model. Do not be greedy.

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