Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I know Mike Lincoln in Washington DC does. In Silicon Valley the name I hear mentioned most often for very early stage deals is Joey Tran from Fortis. I never met a person who didn’t talk about Mike Lincoln of Cooley Godward in DC. I already mentioned DLA Piper. I worked with Sam Angus at Fenwick & West.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Digital Undivided does this by offering workshops and resources in cities with predominantly black populations: Philadelphia, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Detroit, Oakland and the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Some major names in tech will be speaking, including Adria Richards and Anil Dash.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Names have, of course, been changed to protect the innocent: Hope youre well; I thought Id relay a recent experience and thank you. Another question that always comes up when talking about customer development, is whether VCs and other financial backers are embracing this way of building companies. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 19, 2016

For a long time I’ve ranted against naming your startup community “Silicon Whatever.” ” Instead, I believe every startup community already has a name. The Washington DC startup community is called Washington DC. The Boulder startup community is called Boulder. The LA startup community is called LA.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

First, there’s a sudden movement (AB), then a corrective movement (BC), and ultimately another impulsive motion (DC) in the same manner as AB. The BAT pattern, which got its name from the bat-shaped product, was first identified by Scott Carney in 2001 and is made up of exact features that identify PRZs. The BAT Pattern.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Of the techniques he mentioned, I think four are fundamental and critical for any lean startup: TDD (or the even more politely named TATFT ) Continuous integration Automate your deployments Collect statistics The tools to help you do these things are getting better and better every day, but dont confuse tools with process.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

It’s easy to overestimate the impact of this kind of traffic because it just feels good to have your name and company featured. It strokes your ego. You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

She has been named one of Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women every year since the list’s inception. We didn't have the big name. Basically we set out quarterly goals for when we're going to open offices, and we said, okay, Q one, San Francisco, Q two Atlanta, Q three, Washington, DC Q four Chicago. powered by

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

If she is, return the name of the hypothesis she was exposed to before. Return the name of the hypothesis chosen or assigned. From the point of view of the caller of the function, they just pass in the name of the experiment and its various hypotheses. Check if the currently logged-in user is part of this experiment already.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

I think Jim Murphys confusion comes where many peoples did, with the XP term "Customer", which was XPs name for the product management role. That naming issue aside, I think its probably good that Scrum and XP didnt really say much about how to manage products. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

How did you come up with your business name? The name Sagoon was derived from the Sanskrit word “Shakuna” which means “an auspicious moment” or “good luck.”. According to recent research, e-commerce and use-to-user commerce are what Asian users are most interested in. Tell us about your products and services. How do you help users?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I want to thank Techstars for putting this event together and giving me a chance to experience the scene, even if it lacks a name. Traveling to new startup hubs is one of my favorite things about being able to do this full-time. For what its worth, I like Silicon Mountain. Brad Feld also had some thoughts on this event on his blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. Our founder, Yves Sisteron, himself was an entrepreneur earlier in his career and has been a mentor to us all at VC having backed too many billion dollar exits to name. And he followed through.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuous deployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. Of all of the insights Ive contributed to the companies Ive worked at over the years, the one I am most proud of is the importance of working in small batches.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Accept that many successful companies are going to want to be backed by big-name firms in other cities. Then, create an encouraging environment for early-stage companies. You dont need massive amounts of capital available for VC investment - modest amounts will do. Instead, focus on getting them ready for that stage.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

The book takes its name from Steves theory of the four stages of growth any startup goes through. Or, you might start to iterate the concept, each time testing it against the set of facts that youve been collecting about potential customers. You dont have to wait to iterate until after the splashy high-burn launch.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

And then there are smatterings (Dallas 2x, DC 3x, Philly 3x, Austin, Boulder, Seattle not to mention San Diego 8x, Santa Barbara 8x – where I invested in RingRevenue). So … Am I looking to add 8 trips / year to [name your location not already on my annual itinerary]. Every year I’m in the SF Bay Area 12-14 times.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

In previous posts, I’ve mentioned quite a few of these, including these most important ones: having engineers post on the forums in their own name when they make a change routinely split-testing new changes routinely conducting in-person usability tests and interviews Net Promoter Score Each of these techniques is fundamentally bottoms-up.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Then, after four years at UT and four years working in DC, Austin called me back with relative ease because entrepreneurship was always the city’s main draw for me, even more so thanSXSW or tech or Barton Springs Pool. I can make things happen here that I would have never been able to pull off in DC as a non-native or 30-something there.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Much of what I have found effective is counter-intuitive, because it requires investing more effort in each hire - all in the name of efficiency. Its one of the hardest things to see while its happening, and its one of the hardest mistakes to undo, because of the human and emotional costs of layoffs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Now, in some situations, this over-selling would lead to a secondary problem, namely, that customers would realize they had been duped and refuse to re-subscribe. This is the magic of sales: by learning about each customer in-depth, they can convince each of them that this product would solve serious problems.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Thus the concept for Hera Hub was born (named after the Greek Goddess of women). The company now has additional communities Phoenix, AZ, Washington, DC, and Sweden, with several other cities in the works. What is Hera Hub? Hera Hub is a spa-inspired, shared workspace and business accelerator for female entrepreneurs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

We're starting our new business, fanminder.com, to help small merchants instantly communicate with their customers, and I'm increasingly hearing your name and reading your keen insights. I also think you're spot-on with the solution - viewing spreadsheets as big holes to fill in with early learnings.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 29, 2022

I think the people that have done this kind of thing, there's another organization that I profiled the book called cadre, which is in the Washington, uh, DC area. Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. And it was the same thing. You can find it @ marketingassessment.co powered by.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Momentum currently has a graduate base of 30,000+ and growing with offices in NYC, DC, Seattle and Los Angeles. How did you come up with your business name? We have tens of thousands of graduates who have gone through our programming, but very few know where the name Momentum Education comes from. That is a great question.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 22, 2020

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. For me, the name for Moonshine Lamp Company came pretty quickly and was set in stone after about fifteen minutes of brainstorming. Dinnocenzo.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2022

He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. He lives in DC with his family. Let's not talk about your book then let's just talk about politics in DC right now for the whole show. DC is a lovely place to live. I li as you mentioned, I live here in Washington, DC. So welcome to the show, Dan, I should say.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Momentum currently has a graduate base of 30,000+ and growing with offices in NYC, DC, Seattle and Los Angeles. How did you come up with your business name? We have tens of thousands of graduates who have gone through our programming, but very few know where the name Momentum Education comes from. That is a great question.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

And advisors include some notable names in education and education technology, including eduFire 's Jon Bischke (eduFire), Grockit 's Farbhood Nivi (Grockit), and Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the DC Public Schools). The emphasis of the program is training and mentorship. The application deadline is September 20, 2010.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 17, 2011

In The Startup Game , Draper talks about the early days of venture capital, the creation and evolution of the industry, and many of the early players whose names are well known to any VC insider. Yup – lots of Drapers, but they’ve all collectively accomplished some amazing things.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

Ive previously named his post Achieving Flow in a Lean Startup as one of my favorite blog posts of 2009. Ive previously named his post Achieving Flow in a Lean Startup as one of my favorite blog posts of 2009. What follows is his own account of the challenges he faced as well as the solutions he adopted, lightly edited for style.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

But we were cutting corners in the development methodology as well as in the code, in the name of increased speed. a is name, b is address, and c is tax percentage. Even worse, agile wasnt really helping me ship higher quality software. We were using it to get features to market faster, and that was working well.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I’m hoping to speak later this year in Philly, for example, where I’ll likely be in November and/or December (also in Annapolis so maybe Washington DC and/or Baltimore?). I don’t really proactively ask often to speak at events but I’m always open to it provided it’s somewhere that I already need / want to be.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 23, 2013

Bill and Andrea have a super cool company called Thinkfun (it used to be called “Binary Arts” – a name I really loved) and are a great example of a husband and wife entrepreneurial team. I remember dinner at their house near DC many years ago with their son Sam.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

As I ran, I pondered over two very critical leadership requisites, namely; professional competencies and personal behaviors. Nick Haffenreffer, a Washington DC native, led the way and finished the marathon first. Competencies. To get my finisher’s shirt, I had to run, walk or crawl 26.2 These are things we cannot change.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

It was my mother's birthday and I was seeing her before I was supposed to go down to DC for the Code for America summit. There was a guy in New Jersey government named Ross Dakin. We onboarded a guy named Mike Flowers. Eric Ries : Please name some names. I'm forgetting Dylan's last name.

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