View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

I recently chatted with Saurya about how he approaches hiring engineers at Google and what founders can learn. We also talked about how he’d want to be interviewed if approached by a non-technical startup founder. (I’ve ” to the more complex, “Can you design Google?”

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You know the ecosystem and have a network that is additive to the rest of the team. You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. A Final Note.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have 5-10 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, and/or investor. You have a deep desire to hone your skills as a venture capitalist and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. You resonate with the NextView mission to “design the future that we want to live in.”. A Final Note.

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View from Seed

MARCH 1, 2016

Generating excitement in others solely rests on you and the power of your story. Well, the un-adapted/un-adaptable industry fights the only way they can (litigating) while the rest of us cheaply and happily zip from place to place, and the tech-Kudzu that is Uber is valued in the tens of billions. Be the Kudzu.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Last week I had a chance to interview Kyle Stalzer, President at Tackk (a portfolio company of my firm, ff Venture Capital ), about an issue that’s top of mind for a lot of our companies: How to Recruit an A-Quality Designer for Your Company. It’s become a truism of the modern internet that design matters.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Aside from needing to be conveniently located for your employees to get to (and potential clients to visit for meetings), Ori Goshen, co-founder and vice president of research and development at Tawkon , says staying close to good bars and restaurant options also give employees a sense of life outside the work space.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

But when it comes to core technical skills, more and more entrepreneurs are opting to partner with technical co-founders rather than hiring someone for an in-house position. I really believe that what’s most important for a founder is the ability to have a vision for the company, make sales and hire well. Laura Roeder , LKR.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 14, 2022

It is what separates successful entrepreneurs from the rest. The key to successful marketing is attracting customers and investors to your business through a variety of means, including print ads, website design, public relations efforts, and many other techniques that can attract customers to your business. Do market research.

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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! Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life – [link]. – [link]. Kin – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For the rest of us, we need a business plan, as well as a product plan. As a hardware designer, I’m sure you do the same thing as you document your product specifications and pass them on to other members of your team for implementation. Marty Zwilling First published on Predictable Designs on 06/10/2020.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At this point, you probably have a solid understanding of your target audience and who you want to do business with, but what about the rest of your team? However, your brand must be consistent , so it’s essential to establish the feeling you want to evoke in the customer and use that to inform the rest of your brand assets.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2023

We’ll be sharing lots more about the content of this conference and the perspectives that our investor and founder speakers shared over the next few weeks. However, if you throw them, you need to design the event around the fact that a lot of people in the room are going to be newbies or somewhat aspirational in their pursuits.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

What makes an individual a great startup founder (versus an employee) has been something I had been thinking about since I retired. These damn models weren’t designed right so we’re fixing them on the line.” Great founders live for these moments. It’s our hood alignment station,” the plant manager said proudly.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

You can read the rest of the posts in the series by clicking here *. This is sometimes business-model dependent, e.g.: Product/Design/Engineering headcount – need to bring on a full-time PM and/or designer with X product milestones; rough estimates of engineering headcount by stage. Now it’s time to discuss the “where”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One ”. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Founders almost never have a real strategy. Founders explain failures with things like “our two main competitors did [thing] to us” or “customers didn’t understand [our point of view].” The 10,000th biggest company in the world is a very successful company, as is the two-person company where the founders each take home $300k/year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Whether you are setting up shop or rebranding, designing your logo is just as important as getting things right on other aspects of your business. With today’s logo design crowdsourcing services, you still have lots of options for good small business logo design. The logo design crowdsourcing process.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

But when it comes to core technical skills, more and more entrepreneurs are opting to partner with technical co-founders rather than hiring someone for an in-house position. You Need To Know Tech Basics I really believe that what’s most important for a founder is the ability to have a vision for the company, make sales and hire well.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Posted on June 11, 2009 by steveblank When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask them to take a walk around the block and ask themselves: Are you comfortable with: Chaos – startups are disorganized Uncertainty – startups never go per plan Are you: Resilient – at times you will fail – badly.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 14, 2011

” The current top rated answer is from Siqi Chen , one of the co-founders of Serious Business. We ended up with two part-time product managers/designers (Alex and I) supporting (at one point) 3 separate live products with multiple millions of users each. founders mistakes' We funded Siqi and Alex Le at Serious Business.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2017

Security is often not given the consideration it should get early in the design or development process and it tends to be costlier to implement later on. In this phase, we will be designing the architecture and depending on the development framework you are using, high level designs of the data models and methods. Last words.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Five Designs Small Businesses and Startups Should Crowdsource – [link]. Five Designs Small Businesses and Startups Should Crowdsource – [link]. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! From Prototype to Community: Forrst Founder Kyle Bragger Shares His Startup Journey – [link]. Absolutely Stunning Promotional Poster and Flyer Designs – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

You’re a builder, a creator — whether a back-end programmer, a Linux hacker, a Javascript ninja, a UX magician, a designer. As much as you’re a minor deity when it comes to TextMate or Balsamiq, so are almost all the technical founders of all high-tech startups. You make stuff. Essays Uncategorized'

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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Web Design. Design Patterns. UI Design. UX Study The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012. A year ago we published an article on 11 fundamental guidelines for e-commerce checkout design here at Smashing Magazine. JavaScript. Techniques. Typography. Inspiration. Responsive. iPhone & iPad. Illustrator.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2021

Zach is the Founder & CEO of The Show Producers, Small Business Expo, eComCon, ShowBiz Expo, and Small Business University. In this episode, I talk with the Founder of the event Zach Lezberg about how he’s built such a strong small business community and the state of small businesses in 2021.

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America Small Business Software Review Entrepreneur 93

Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In the past eight years, I have been designing for eCommerce brands and I’ve learned some handy tricks along the way. These 9 tips are also handy if you’ve just started to design your next business website. This has been said time and time again by numerous designers — but I’ll reiterate it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations. Creative products, like chip design programs, architectural rendering, or consumer games are not easily outsourced. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind. Creative or operational.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

Solve the rest later. Entrepreneurs have to get really comfortable with rejection, especially as a first-time founder. This is what most founders do. More often than not, whatever it is you are building will require a complementary skill set, whether that’s business/finance, sales/marketing, or design/engineering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2022

Maybe only you and a co-founder comprise the team at first, to provide key skills, back you up, and test your ideas. The responsibility for leadership rests on you as the founder or CEO, and your leadership style. Jointly design next steps. Yes, it takes a leader (entrepreneur), but you can’t do it alone, without a team.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2019

by Neil Sheth, founder of Your Brand Found. Create a great design. . Your website needs a good design which helps you to stand out from the competition, while delivering a smooth user experience. Ultimately, your web design will dictate whether people buy from your site or not.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 16, 2012

The concept is hardly to news to countless startup founders who find themselves facing intense pressuresto survive and grow their companies in extraordinarily challenging conditions. Amanda Aitken , The Girl’s Guide to Web Design. The ends justify the means, according to Machiavelli in The Prince back in the early 16th Century.

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View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

Doing Reference Checks on VCs “Try to speak to at least one founder that the investor has worked with in a failed investment. For the rest of the partnership, their focus would be to quickly form an opinion about the team and probing on the areas of their hesitation.” This is not always easy to do. ” (Rob Go).

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Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 3, 2018

Over the last decade, crowdspring and our 210,000+ designers have helped entrepreneurs, small businesses, agencies and Brands around the world with website design. Design matters. Good design is good business. It might seem obvious, but it’s important not to underestimate how important good visual design is.

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