Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Most commonly, that’s uncertainty about whether you can build the product at all (what MBAs call “technical risk”) or whether anybody will use or buy it (“market risk”). For example, when your company adds ano ther blade to its disposal razors , the product’s technical development, marketing and sales will follow relatively predictable paths.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. However, this primarily applies to businesses within China and India, where these big firms reside, as they rarely invest in startups outside of those two countries. As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities.

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 19, 2019

Once you have reviewed this framework for deciding what you’re looking for, below you will find a list of over 600 companies to research and approach. This year, I added companies from India and China with the help of a number of friends from those communities?—?a Are You Suited For A StartUp?

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

7 Companies in China have raised more than $1 billion in an IPO this year. And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings. Action Point: Core to every strategic session for any company of ambition should include these simple questions: • What is your China strategy? In the U.S. This is HARD.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

The decision on which industry one should venture in is often determined by factors such as advancement in technology and availability of capital. There is no doubt that technology has impacted it in a large way in current times, and this pandemic as only accelerated it’s progress. Is your industry ready for a change?

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

As the check size increases, investors tend to look for more traction, established revenue models, proven unit-economics, and other metrics that were previously associated with later stage companies. So if the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started?

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

They use different technologies of course, and different distribution mechanisms. They will need two different implementations, it is quite likely that you will end up with two sets of metrics (more people focused for mobile apps, more visit focused for sites). Mobile content consumption, behavior along key metrics (time, bounces etc.)

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Newell ran the U.S.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

In this posts I review the potential risks for the Israeli tech ecosystem and the mitigating factors that counter some of them. According to the 2021 Tech Review report by IVC , Israeli tech startups attracted a record of $25.6 Israeli tech investments 2015-2021 (source: IVC ). China: $104.4

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

SaaS will give them access to technologies that were accessible only to larger companies in the past, giving them a new edge to compete. china tour beijing tour beijing travel china tour tibet tour tibet travel computer monitoring software employee monitoring. In search of Europe's next tech stars. Post a Comment.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. Bloggers are especially valuable in the early days when consumers are looking for actual reviews that are searchable.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Published on: July 13, 2011 Posted By Angie Tags: Elizabeth Knopf , Finding A Co-Founder , FounderDating , Sorced , Technical Co-Founder , Tips & Tricks. Consequently, I either needed a tech co-founder or to pay someone to develop the product. Thus, I embarked on the journey to find a technical co-founder.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Example: wechat in China. Work hard to define meaningful product metrics – enabler of team success. There’s no single metric to track, there are many: Leads. The reasons were all technical (bugs). Tech helping us monitor behavior. Messenger will become the biggest channel over the near years.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

It would take an article in itself to fully compare the benefits of these (and other popular ecommerce site providers), but suffice it to say they both offer options for businesses that do not wish to manage the technical aspects of their ecommerce storefront. Tech & Gadgets Highlights. The “Mom and Pop” Effect. Remarketing.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The Write A Review call to action (the more reviews there are on credit cards, the more valuable the site is for comparison shoppers the more people will come and do business with them). Here's my process for doing that… ~ Visit www.google.com (or Baidu in China, Yandex in Russia etc). Good context. Great question.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

29:24) We talk about the social and economic impact of all the technology we've all been using to make our lives possible these last weeks. (35:09) Sam was one of the first people I saw in the tech world jumping up and taking the leadership position related to COVID-19. There's a good enough vaccine to get the virality rate below one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more. Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

10:44) The moment the company went below 1x growth for the first time since it was founded as the pandemic hit China and then Europe. (11:50) 10:44) The moment the company went below 1x growth for the first time since it was founded as the pandemic hit China and then Europe. (11:50) People, not just metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more. Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 4, 2020

They had an incredibly effective pressure campaign that helped ordinary citizens write their Mayor, write their governor with simple metrics like, "If we don't shut down, this many people will die." And my family there had to essentially drive through a border control that technically wasn't letting anybody across state lines, right?

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

china tour beijing tour beijing travel china tour tibet tour tibet travel computer monitoring software employee monitoring. In search of Europe's next tech stars. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Yes, you could see in the table that the US was bigger than China, but the Treemap really brings the comparison home. You can hover over each box to get a sense of the key metrics. It shows the low and high estimates of infections of Ebola due to this terrible disease. The few dominating countries (USA! Yes, it was in the table.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

The last 40 years have seen an explosive adoption of new technologies (social media, telecom, life sciences, etc.) Not only are the number of new technologies and entrants growing, but also increasing is the rate at which technology is disrupting existing companies. Figure 1 : Five technology revolutions source: Carlota Perez.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Fundraising is always difficult for all founders; the median PE/VC fund sources and reviews 87 companies before investing in 1. Technically yes. Admit you have biases, like we all do, then recognize you need to put steps in place to overcome that – like start an NBA development league in China.” . Prove more through metrics.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

When is our society going to start treating nurses with the respect they're due? Sydney Gressel : I've got to say, I've been like, "Oh, so this is how the tech world is, huh, guys?" And Frank and I having come from tech said, "Oh, why don't we just open source this and we'll make it available for everyone?" I am Eric Ries.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

in 2008 as illustrated below: Parker Harris, EVP Technology and co-founder of Salesforce.com was our keynote on the 23rd and Gary Griffith, president of Webex, spoke later in the day as well. What metrics should I be using to drive a saas business? If you want to learn more on SaaS metrics, you can read my previous blog post.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The decision on which industry one should venture in is often determined by factors such as advancement in technology and availability of capital. The automobile industry's technologies have advanced at a breakneck pace. There is no doubt that technology has had a significant influence. Is your industry ready for a change?

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

automatic links to generated images Rietveld - asynchronous code reviews on changesets Tech*if*er0*urs – blog on roadmap for learning rails Best free programming books Project Management Basecamp - web-based project management and collaboration tool. WebSequenceDiagrams - sketch sequence diagrams.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Girls in Tech. Ad Serving Technology. Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? Analytics review â?? Tech*if*er0*urs â??

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

It turned him instantly from an education technology expert--his day job is as VP of Growth at Course Hero--into a leading voice for how to move forward. So you learn to really look at the data and also in tech, you also know this, it's very, very hard to figure out the truth from the information you get, the signal from the noise.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 25, 2022

When you hear a member of Congress talking about the tech industry these days, there’s a good chance it’s in a negative context. A member of the House of Representatives (D – CA) since 2016, Khanna is one of just a handful of current Congresspeople who has experience working in the tech industry.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As 2020 began, most Americans thought the coronavirus--if we thought of it at all--was something that was going to be a problem in China only. I'm able to do my work from home effectively, and all the technology, everything works. Ron delivered the opposite message loud and clear. I think it's a challenge, right? I'm working from home.

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