Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. The signs to me are all too obvious from our conversations. The appeal of promoting entrepreneurship is obvious. It is not a victimless pursuit for all and sundry.

Entrepreneur 82

Entrepreneur Technical Review Silicon Valley Lean 82

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. These include: ·       Vesting of Founder Stock. This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “I million in revenue a year. . Qualified.io

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here.

Seattle 317

Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

ConversionXL

AUGUST 26, 2014

The sad part is, the same study found that in almost every revenue group – with the exception the $0-10k group – companies that test changes based on extensive historical data were proportionally the most likely to be more successful. . G o for at least 250 conversions per variation. Don’t convert very well.

Framework 109

Framework Conversion Analytics eCommerce 109

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue.

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “I million in revenue a year. . Qualified.io

Sweat Equity 50

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

The macro reason: that’s the way most of the great technology companies have been built. At Andreessen Horowitz, our primary goal is to invest in the great technology franchises. VMware—Diane Greene. (*) While not technically cofounders, Andy Grove and Thomas Watson, Sr. Oracle—Larry Ellison. Peoplesoft—Dave Duffield.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 78

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Philosophical] I have the idea. No, I have many ideas.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 10, 2017

First, some examples: A buddy of mine had done the hard work of finding two excellent tech cofounders. Another friend was thrown for a loop when his cofounder not only quit, but then actively poached the entire tech team to work for his new agency. A solution at the end. Suppliers can fail to deliver. Easy to say, I know.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review Vesting Ratchet 20

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. .”).

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

In the first part of our conversation, we talk about the chronology of what has happened to Airbnb, the impacts the pandemic has had on their business and the emergency measures the company was required to take. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. I am Eric Ries.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

But if we were unique in a different dimension, that would turn the conversation into feature X versus Y. This is mathematically inevitable, due to having many dimensions of value; naturally any given item will hit on a at least a few of those dimensions. But we’re losing business today because we don’t have feature Y.

Differentiation 120

Differentiation Framework Restful Software Review 120