Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. I bought a book and I learned how to program macros and build spreadsheets. So I did that kind of stuff.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. So mostly we just had to listen to customer feedback from founders, VCs and LPs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

These approaches allow your startup to grow more rapidly, save costs, but costly mistakes can lead to business failure. Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Entrepreneurs need to know every component of their business at a management level, or have a cofounder who does.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

Their seniors just completed the school’s first-ever 3-credit semester program in evidence-based entrepreneurship. Our students first worked with two local startups who agreed to be their clients, on real-problems. These two startups had problems they could not solve on their own due to lack of resources—time, people, money.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference The Lean Startup Conference is next week--and now that we can step back and see all the speakers and mentors, we have to say: Wow. Another way to learn more about who’s speaking is to sort the conference program by category and find people addressing specific topics.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard. Yesterday, Michael Pope posted an article titled Technical Cofounders Are a Myth. He begins by explaining how he arrived at his conclusion: I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder – a software engineer who works for no cash – to help me build my dream website.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

by Aneace Haddad, CEO & Founder, Taggo. Loyalty programs have not changed much since the first airline loyalty cards took off more than 30 years ago. Co-branded cards were invented, combining a Visa, MasterCard or American Express payment brand along with a retailer or airline brand.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. The startups ranked most highly by investors and startup enthusiasts in terms of scalability and longevity received votes on how well they connected with investors.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

But have you ever had the opportunity to pick the brains of founders who created amazingly successful startups and companies like Envato , Backblaze , Simple , or Treehouse ? Few people like talking about their mistakes, but thankfully nine founders took some time to share some of their hard-earned knowledge with you.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I realized that I enjoy interviewing startup friends about their business, but sending them a bunch of questions and having them reply didn’t allow for me to react to their answers, and honestly, if I actually interviewed them over Skype or something I think about eight people would actually watch the video.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

In comparison to traditional business ventures, startups are expected to grow rapidly, at a rate of between 5% and 7% per week in their initial stage – Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator. The term startup is also associated with a business that is typically technology oriented and has high growth potential.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea. I just need to find a technical co-founder.&# So, why should they pick you?

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Austin Startup

JUNE 5, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: June 5, 2018 Show your tech pride at the world’s only LGBTQIA-themed Startup Weekend Hackout ! Hosted at the Domain-based headquarters of Austin’s HomeAway, Techstars Startup Weekend HackOut begins Thursday evening, June 7 and runs through Sunday, June 10.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2013

You have a great idea for an app or a startup but you have have absolutely no programming skills. Part of Y Combinator ’s Summer 2013 batch of startups, The online resource for web development to date has taught more than 9,000 people Ruby on Rails, one of the most widely-used web programming technologies today.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Early stage education technology startups can now apply for Startl 's second annual accelerator program. The program offers ed-tech startups a three-month residency in New York City and an opportunity to work with the social venture Startl and the tech accelerator DreamIt Ventures. Discuss.

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Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

Do you have an early-stage startup? See Also What’s the Difference Between a Small Business Venture and a Startup? Today, incubators and accelerators are both popular topics, especially for technology startups. See Also What My Startup Accelerator Taught Me About Pitching. This is where incubators come in.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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VC Cafe

MAY 17, 2023

But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains” Steve Jobs (from Chapter 8) I got to meet Uri Levine, the founder of Waze and Moovit, through his involvement in the Zell Entrepreneurship program at Reichman University. It starts from how founders pitch their startups.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Programming Tutorials. Programming Tools. Startup Advice. Custom Programming. Home ▶ Businesses ▶ Startup Business Advice ▶ Current Page How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea. Before You Pitch To A Technical Cofounder. Design Downloads. Developers.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 7, 2020

[link] The Austin State of Entrepreneurship Hear some of Austin’s most successful entrepreneurs share their wins and challenges, plus, you’ll meet some of our accelerator programs and their companies. Thomaz - co-Founder, CEO - Diligent Robotics, Inc. Hurt - CEO and Co-founder - data.world | LinkedIn Dana M.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 7, 2015

Zach Sims: We started working together in January of 2011 after my cofounder Ryan and I saw the huge gap between education and employment. Ryan, meanwhile, had started teaching people to program through a club he started at Columbia, the Application Development Initiative. HW: Startups are about testing, learning, iterating.

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Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Develop a founders agreement. A founders’ agreement is a legal contract defining and governing the relationship between cofounders. Its importance is to outline founders’ rights, responsibilities, ownership, and roles. The whole point is to avoid business disputes that may come up between the founders.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2018

As we put the final touches on Lean Startup Conference 2018 , I wanted to take a moment to share more about some of the panels, workshops, and events. For the whole program, please take a look here. Co-founder Holly Liu will walk us through the the decisions that led to that outcome.

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nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Finding a Technical Co-Founder. My own anecdotal evidence indicates that the number of tech startups being founded is on the rise again. In the recent weeks, I have also had no less than three people email me and ask about finding a technical co-founder, which has also been a very frequent topic on the Hacker News forums.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Trouble With Non-tech Cofounders. This is a guest post by Scott Allison, CEO and founder of Teamly.com. This is a guest post by Scott Allison, CEO and founder of Teamly.com. So, should people who can’t write code do a startup? Enterprise. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Editor’s Picks. Disrupt NYC. guest author.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

” — Phil Norton, Founder of Leave Dates In today’s digital age, software subscriptions have become integral to business operations. ” — Carl Jenson, Founder of Compare Bank. Carl Jenson, the Founder of Compare Bank, emphasises the importance of cutting meeting expenses by adopting virtual meeting solutions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Best startup city rankings have reflected this truth for a long time. Boulder, CO. Austin, TX.

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Spencer Fry

JANUARY 23, 2013

The only thing without a doubt that holds true for everyone learning to program is that you must deeply want to learn. Sure, you may walk away with a better familiarity with coding syntax and general programming concepts, but that's a lot different than learning to become a programmer. Need to learn. I hope you enjoy it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2024

Despite not going to university, Ash became a serial tech founder and the first marketing director of a unicorn startup – Just Eat). Hasan built a successful startup from his bedroom with nothing more than an online course and a yearning to escape the ‘rat race’.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2018

In case you don’t know about Jason, prior to co-founding Foundry Group, Jason was a co-founder of SRS Acquiom and a Managing Director and General Counsel for Mobius Venture Capital. Most importantly, he is my co-author on our book Venture Deals and he puts up with me on a daily basis. The Motor City.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2019

New Age Meats cofounders Brian Spears and Andra Necula The Forrest Four-Cast: March 1, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Brian Spears , Cofounder and CEO, spoke about his San Francisco-based company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, February 22, 2009 Please teach kids programming, Mr. President Of course, what I really mean is: let them teach themselves. See Paul Grahams Why Nerds are Unpopular to learn more) Take a look at this article on a programming Q&A site: How old are you, and how old were you when you started coding?

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

At the front-end of these innovations are startups – organizations the Department of Defense hasn’t previously dealt with at scale. Mrinal Menon is one of my Hacking for Defense students at Stanford where he’s currently in the MBA program. And how the Department of Defense is learning to work with startups.

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Argona

JANUARY 15, 2024

Business enterprises, including startups, aim for continuous growth and development as part of their business strategy, but challenges like limited budgets, fierce competition, skill gaps, and inconsistent marketing approaches can hinder their progress. Why is Argona Partners the Best Company to Work With?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

L to R: Tiara Zolniez (Co-Founder & Sales), Dr. Roshawnna Novellus (Co-Founder & CEO), Alisha Griffey (COO) The Forrest Four-Cast: February 4, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx.

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