YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world. They need to comply with laws, create back-end processes, and build prototypes — all of which cost money. by Anish Sebastian and Juan Pablo Segura, co-founders of Babyscripts.

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David Teten

JUNE 19, 2020

Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator, wrote an insightful essay, “ Two Kinds of Moderate ”: “There are two distinct ways to be politically moderate: on purpose and by accident. Many years ago, I was Chairman of the Young Jewish Leadership PAC, the only Jewish Republican PAC in the US. . Five of the six ways cost nothing.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

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. The question is: how should they be compensated when cofounding a company? equity that belongs to departed cofounders)?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

It was all technical. You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. Technical founder. And my specialty was computer networks.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For most of my career, I’ve served startups and early-stage companies as an operating executive or advisor. This is why I encourage almost every startup founder to find a partner or a cofounder. In this post, Stephano explores this critical but often misunderstood executive role. How to Choose a COO. But the opposite is also true.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2021

Worse yet, collecting all that data comes with a cost, and it’s not cheap. As one reviewer shared: “Cost can skyrocket pretty quickly. Michael Katz the cofounder and CEO of mParticle. It’s clear, the leadership of both companies are passionate and committed to building a world-class customer data platform.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. 5 things a non-technical founder can do - [link]. What Makes People Happy?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Stop looking for cofounders and help them find you instead | The Startup Toolkit Blog - [link]. Cigarettes Should Cost $25 a Pack | Harvard Business Review – [link].

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

 Investors would like to see lowest cost - but with certainty.  Mike Markulla came with the first investments - as a cofounder -- because investors felt the company needed leadership that could attract talent to be able to grow and he brought in Scott. Growth generated by market demand and sales can be very complex.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

VMware—Diane Greene. (*) While not technically cofounders, Andy Grove and Thomas Watson, Sr. Andy Grove was Intel’s third employee (after the two cofounders Robert Noyce and Gordon E. Despite this dynamic history, modern record company executives badly missed the most sweeping technical innovation—the Internet.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Discord with a cofounder was one of the most fatal issues for a company. Bricabox cofounder advises, “When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. Contributing to the high cost structure was the new culture of working 9-5 Monday through Friday. During this year they.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

I’ve listed the most common levers that universities use below, with some live examples from Yale: Strong technical departments : Computer Science , Math , Physics. Events and Conferences : Yale Innovation Summit , Yale Cyber Leadership Forum , Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (with focus on innovation). I wrote a blog post on this.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Advisor. ); STARTUP. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Leadership. That cost him accounting fees, legal fees, and time because the financing round couldnt close until the arrangements were formalized. Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C.,

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Maybe, dear asker, you do not need a technical "co-founder" at all.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

In less than a month they designed a low-cost video-capture board that plugged into the Mac and allowed you to connect a video camera and VCR. The Cinepak codec was written by the engineer who would become my cofounder at Rocket Science Games.) I was the Senior Technical Writer for SMac from 1988-1991.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. This kind of search normally costs more than $500… Test your name [link] so you don’t end up with a name that is confusingly similar to an existing trademark. startupcto

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. The sunk costs trap. Now I have.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We have evidence that we’re en route to market leadership. The other purpose of this slide was to demonstrate market leadership by showing that important organizations were coming to talk to us. Put another way, the ideal financing partner is a financing cofounder. OpenBC had higher activity rates and revenue per user.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I knew it was an easy fix, so I really didn’t want to pay for a tow truck in addition to the cost of the repair. It struck me that had the technology existed, travelers could have taken advantage of our empty aircraft to get back to London and then the aircraft could be dropped in Oxford, with minimal additional cost.

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