YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Note: When I say “seed stage startup,” I’m specifically referring to software/app startups that are eitherpre-product or early product. It is the traditional way seed stage startups get funded in Silicon Valley and it remains difficult and out of reach for most entrepreneurs. and wonder to themselves, “Why can’t I do that?”

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, February 11, 2009 The free software hiring advantage This is one of those startup tips Im a little reluctant to share, because its been such a powerful source of competitive advantage in the companies Ive worked with. Especially for a startup, not taking maximum advantage of free software is crazy.

Software Review 68

Software Review Software Hiring San Francisco 68

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

You can learn as much from these cautionary tales as you can from the enduring successes, plus studying a broad sample of firms helps avoid drawing false conclusions due to survivorship bias. Technology Venture Investors [Silicon Valley] –> Claim to fame… sole VC investor in Microsoft, which turned out ok.

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Silicon Valley Frontlines. Compensation-wise the biggest challenge is insuring people are respectful of my time and skills (when they don't write real checks for hourly or project work they don't tend to be quite as diligent on this as one would like!). Cloud Computing. Life in the Valley. Communications.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Equity Technical Review Recapitalization 40

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. Move over Bangalore, there’s a new Indian metropolis evolving with its finger on the pulse of cloud, mobile and digital technologies.

North Carolina 168

North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

A new bit of code contained an infinite loop! why did that code get written? Hes a new employee, and he was not properly trained in TDD So far, this isnt much different from the kind of analysis any competent operations team would conduct for a site outage. Most engineers would ship code to production on their first day.

Software Review 167

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 167

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Reviewing financial & operational performance. when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. Selling tons of “shelfware” (customers who buy but don’t use your software) and thus having bad customer references. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions.

Technical Review 325

Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The emergence of a “personal learning cloud” makes it convenient and affordable for people to access new ways to learn. The leaders and disrupters we meet in Silicon Valley and around the world are distinguished by the speed at which they zip up the learning curve. You [will] learn very different and important things.”.

Japan 78

Japan Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley Houston 78

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Then Kristen Becker presented Kir Devries , an e-commerce site that offers a well-edited collection of unique goods for practical everyday living that have been sourced due to their impeccable craftsmanship, unique design and style, and their "good factor" in the moderate price range. Kir Devries. InnovizeTech. Very encouraging!

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Growth hacking and growth teams are so commonplace today, at least inside Silicon Valley, that it’s easy to forget that “growth” (as we know it now) is a relatively new phenomenon. Many companies try to spark virality – with promo codes or gamification – but these artificial strategies don’t scale well.

Software Review 60

Software Review South Africa Hockey Stick Viral 60

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I remember reading many years ago about how devices being connected in the cloud would be far more pervasive and have a much bigger impact on our lives than the simple PC’s that we operate. Your measurements are automatically sent via wi-fi to the cloud and stored in a password protected portal viewed on the web or on your iPhone.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Alabama Silicon Valley 278

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Technology innovation outpacing governments’ and regulatory bodies’ ability to adapt isn’t a new tale; we’ve seen it play out across many different industries in Silicon Valley. And it requires an exceptionally thoughtful, committed team working diligently to close this gap.

Web 48

Web Silicon Valley Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. software. (10).

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

50 Useful Coding Techniques (CSS Layouts, Visual Effects and Forms) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Startup Tip: Simplify Software Features and Iterate More Often – [link]. Designing Websites for the iPad – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Official SXSW Panels and Speakers SXSW Badge Required Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene MAR 8, 2019 | 12:30PM?—?1:30PM Startups are leveraging the cutting edge in terms of technology, offering solutions build with AI, block chain, and cloud computing.

Silicon Valley 50

Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2014

It promises to revolutionize the way developers and operation teams work, aiming to make application development for the cloud less of a nightmare. A rival company has launched a competing version based on its underlying open-source code. Quip has redesigned office-productivity software for the mobile age. MyFitnessPal.

API 60

API Software Review Technical Review Startup 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live, the call-in show with Jason Cohen, sponsored by Software Promotions. SyncBloc is a place that takes incredibly large files that are all stuck on your offline non-cloud service and helps you sync it with the cloud. You need traction is code word for no. I was in a 10-year company.

Silicon Valley 204

Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

Computer Vision AI has typically needed vast quantities of well-annotated images to use as data to train the software. That’s easily 5G, which is going to be a major catalyst in the adoption of computer vision, as it unlocks the ability to run very complex AI models in the cloud, which was never before possible.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Los Angeles Cofounder Silicon Valley 63

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, December 7, 2008 The hackers lament One of the thrilling parts of working and writing in Silicon Valley is the incredible variety of people Ive had the chance to meet. Hes just as comfortable writing code as racking servers, debugging windows drivers, or devising new interview questions.

Software Review 94

Software Review Technical Review Part-Time VPE San Francisco 94

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. VentureCast : Bi-weekly anecdotes on the Silicon Valley venture world.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Technology San Francisco 48

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 21, 2019

We argued extensively in our book, Blitzscaling , that these strategies and tactics describe why Silicon Valley Bay Area – which has a population of less than 4 million – generates such a massively disproportionate number of global technology companies. What makes a company Blitzscale-able? Network Effects (or other competitive moats).

Silicon Valley 53

Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review United Kingdom 53

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. The theme was "the future of software".

Software Review 48

Software Review Silicon Valley Technical Review Software 48

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. We're trying to bring the lessons we have learned in Silicon Valley to a million entrepreneurs. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! Code Igniter. Code Hosting and Version Control. code spaces (svn). WorkingPoint.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 2, 2008 Paul Graham on fundraising I have found no better primer on the current realities of starting a new technology company in a startup hub like Silicon Valley than Paul Grahams essays. Your natural tendency when an investor says yes will be to relax and go back to writing code.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Software Review Technical Review Continuous Deployment 125

Diego Basch

JUNE 10, 2013

If you write code for a living, when was the last time you released something as open source? Assuming you take pride in your work (if you don’t… well), open-source code is an incentive to: Make sure the code is not horrendously embarrassing. Explain to others why (and maybe how) your code works. ship it good!)

Open Source 59

Open Source Coder Software Review API 59

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Four Ways to Market Like a Startup | Brian Gregg and Vivian Weng-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Seven Rules for Managing Creative People | Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Four Ways to Market Like a Startup | Brian Gregg and Vivian Weng-Harvard Business Review – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Each year LinkedIn measures the most in-demand Silicon Valley startups , a window into the employers that engineers think can do more than help them pay their mortgage. Egnyte (“Provides Enterprise File Sharing built from the Cloud down”). But does the expectation match up with reality? And, After The Honeymoon.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup Engineer 60

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile : "Google is an exceptionally disciplined company, from a software-engineering perspective. They take things like unit testing, design documents and code reviews more seriously than any other company Ive even heard about. Three concepts I found particularly helpful: Process = discipline.

Agile 76

Agile San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment 76

Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The emergence of a “personal learning cloud” makes it convenient and affordable for people to access new ways to learn. The leaders and disrupters we meet in Silicon Valley and around the world are distinguished by the speed at which they zip up the learning curve. You [will] learn very different and important things.”.

Japan 28

Japan Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley Houston 28

Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

I started Rising Star Reviews because I’ve always had a passion for helping small businesses. Every day I get to see how my company helps so many small businesses get the appreciation they deserve from online reviews from their own hard-earned happy customers. Thanks to Chas Cooper, Rising Star Reviews ! #9-

Entrepreneur 117

Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Atlanta 117

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Its easy to take Silicon Valley for granted. Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. Im also excited to share two long-form reviews from actual attendees.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Id like to call special attention to Kurt Carr s perspective (lets hope he finishes his five-part series): Now that I’m back in Ohio (I was one of the token foreigners in a room full of Silicon Valley residents), I have found myself reliving and rethinking much of what I saw there. And then you can buy a t-shirt. We all owe you.

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 133

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. “There are so many companies in Silicon Valley that have raised $30 million and done absolutely nothing with it.” Source App Annie ]. -

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Walter Frick - Harvard Business Review. Belmont Technologies – CAD in the Cloud (backed by Northbridge and NEA). Stackdriver – Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring (backed by Bain). Dan Allred – Silicon Valley Bank (@dgallred). Places to Hang.

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Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71