VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

They provide the infrastructure, tools, and technical expertise for DoD users to successfully build and deploy their AI-accelerated projects. Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups. So first a short list of some key definitions. We’re in the Middle of a Revolution.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2019

Blockdraw wants to merge the best available technologies and still have a trustlessness, verifiability, IP protection and security as standard. Blockdraw also are devising innovative “black box” verification systems , so it would satisfy even the most skeptical users and regulators. also has inherent legal capabilities. Last Words.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Opt for a user-friendly VPN provider with a well-designed interface. And in high definition without worrying about buffering. And all its features are presented seamlessly for a better user experience. It is advisable to consider a VPN service provider who offers top-notch customer service if you encounter any problems.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I had just left Salesforce.com where I was VP, Products, after they had acquired my second startup. As I was trying to figure out the role I wanted to play in the VC world I decided I wanted to focus on businesses that were building deeply technical products to solve problems for business users. Over the past 2.5

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Ultra Light Startups®. What is an Ultra Light Startup? Name A Startup. Startup PR. Name A Startup. I’m often in the process of naming a startup. The following is a list of qualities of a good name for your startup. Engage an IP lawyer for more thorough analysis). Who We Are. Sponsorship.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

User login. ” Transitioning from partners in an informal collaboration to co-owners of an actual business may seem like a big step, but it is a necessary one that every successful startup eventually must take. 1) You and your partners have developed IP critical to your business. Boston Startup Weekend. In the Press.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. Have you tried testing user-generated content? Do you plan to regularly refresh your marketing collateral?

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. I had taken classes on IP, first-mover advantage, etc. If we werent careful about this, our IP claims would be worthless. flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy. Check out my newest company.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. I love startups. Ask your existing users this question via a survey. Is that true ?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Some of our most passionate early adopters were using IMVU’s user-generated content capabilities to create illicit content. It's a great illustration about how policy changes can have unintended conequences amongst different user segments - and how easily their views can slip through the cracks. Thanks for sharing that Eric.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Hacker News new | comments | ask | jobs | submit login Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. I work for a stealth startup. While this may be the case for many startups, this is not true at least in our case. True for (A), definitely NOT for (B). humbledmba.com) 279 points by jaf12duke 216 days ago | comments.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Over the years, we’ve seen enough startups come and go (and rebrand and merge) to fill a volume with how and how not to develop and execute a logo for a web company. Learn more here. Apps are for adults, right?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Over the years, we’ve seen enough startups come and go (and rebrand and merge) to fill a volume with how and how not to develop and execute a logo for a web company. Learn more here. Apps are for adults, right?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The site had been live and we had hundreds of users at that point, so we posted a story on the site asking for name suggestions. We started with a platform that could help create snackable content modules and users would go through these modules by playing small games, finishing challenges and levelling up. Photo Credit: Sydney Liu.

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

While keywords, links and content will have the biggest weight when it comes to cleaning up your site, you should by all means avoid these tactics if you want to bypass Penguin: Cloaking: Serving up a different version of your website to search engines and users in order to improve rankings. Latest Startups News. This isn’t rewriting.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

But is personalization really the key to a better user experience? The hypothesis is that the more personalized the site / user experience, the more likely visitors are to convert. Customization is the visitor’s conscious decision to alert the user experience. One thing Netflix could do to improve the user experience (vs.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

I’ve been on both sides of the table: I’ve done a startup while working and I’ve employed people who either were or are very capable of having their own startup on the side. A startup already generates an infinite amount of work. This story originally appeared on his blog.) Uh, although I see your points.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections.   However, I assume that the proposed business solves a real problem that people are willing to pay for and that it may be lest costly, more efficient, and IP-protected. [5]

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Over the next 5-6 posts I’ll outline the process which I’ve now followed at several corporates and which I’ve honed to work with my own startup, Aroxo. Also think pointedly about how you are going to get the word out to your potential users, where they are online and how you’ll approach them. Test that your idea makes sense.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

10 a month, $50 a month, whatever, and then they get the user name and password to access their membership site; Then they get access to all the content that you allow them access to based on how long they’ve been a member. I think there’s definitely places. Dan: There’s a difference. Jason: OK. Dan: Interesting.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2020

Along the way, from investors to suppliers to manufacturers, ANA Therapeutics had the unique experience of being a startup to which "no one said no, and everyone said yes." 15:46) All three on why a startup is doing this work instead of a big company, including issues of speed and decision-making. (17:43) I have a Ph.D

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Everyone has their own definition of momentum (user numbers, revenue, channel partners, biz dev deals, whatever). If you save the punch line that you’re from the industry, did CS at MIT, worked for 3 startups, whatever, then they don’t have that powerful knowledge as part of their evaluation set. It’s a P.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

The Mobile World Congress , possibly the largest International technology conference and definitely the most important mobile conference of the year is taking place in Barcelona this February 14-17. Our solutions provide peace of mind, improve quality of life and save costs to users and service providers. Allot Communications.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I’m going to do a new blog series on “Startup Jargon”. I’m not claiming any original IP, but hopefully will be able to pull together some good thinking on these subjects and add some precision to these words. Not all innovations are “disruptive innovations” by this definition. You hear people say “This is truly disruptive!”,

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

In part one, How To Bootstrap Your Startup , we outlined the process of bootstrapping your company into existence. Its objective is to help your developers understand what information the system should capture, when it should be displayed and what it should do when the user "does stuff" on your site.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen. Two things: If you ever want to work in a startup, avoid.NET. But what they do is very, very rarely startups. So what’s the moral of this whole story?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

And I certainly don't feel the same as folks that are on my team, but I definitely am disturbed by the world around me at the moment. He was our IP attorney. So the site takes in a little bit of information about the user, their identity, their preferred industry, their desired earnings, their education, et cetera.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The company did have some revenue and paying users, but not enough to make any judgement on the company’s future prospects. They could give me some basic figures, but couldn’t show me a chart of how numbers like user engagement were progressing over time. Four Startups in Four Weeks - Suicide by MVP (9). Me neither."

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

This is a long episode (1:20), but it’s a conversation that will resonate with a lot of early-stage startup founders. I wish more people had that attitude with their startups. Jared: Yeah, and that’s the thing is the whole idea of having multiple domains pointing to the same IP address. I love that.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

iRidium shaped the ICP for their virtual summit around system integrators, excluding another customer segment: end-users. Integrators were interested in quality and margins, a more lucrative problem than end-users searching for a solution with the lowest price. Not so for this authentication-as-a-service startup.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2017

Ryan: That’s your words but I will definitely agree. John: Yeah, well definitely. I just buy and they are definitely documented cases of that. One of the most common ways that people are trying to cross the internet is their IP address. And when you use Tunnelbear the IP address is kind of hidden or masked.

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