The Startup Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

You no longer need to rely solely on traditional sources of finance like banks and venture capitalists. Moreover, the traditional barriers in investing are broken down since anyone with a credit card or an internet connection can become your investor.

Campaign 148

Campaign Seed Capital Social Network Global 148

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. Users were outraged. “The Internet is free, you can’t make money off it! I know that it sounds weird to those that don’t remember those days but people were pissed off that the Internet was becoming commercialized. It’s for all of us.

Technical Review 286

Technical Review Advertising Early Stage Internet 286

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The other day, I noticed an eye-catching headline: "Internet Funding Boom Ends as Fast as It Began". How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? Perhaps I need to rethink that.

Venture Capital 130

Venture Capital Marketing Term Sheet Software Review 130

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. business models. New Rules for China.

China 326

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 326

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Not only does the country have a higher percentage of homes with high-speed Internet than the U.S. plus it's faster and costs half as much ), it ranks first in the world for number of blogs per Internet user, and has a formidable market of Internet consumers who spent €5.5 billion online in the first quarter of this year.

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. True business titans deliver both invention and innovation. Find enough venturesome capital. Create a formidable and durable business model. Innovate or die.

United States 239

United States Business Model Government Differentiation 239

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. business models. New Rules for China.

China 218

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 218

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

The firm is solely focused on capital efficient business sectors, most frequently but certainly not always internet-enabled companies. In the sector of internet-enabled services where a majority of the Micro VC investment has transpired, startups can fundamentally do more with less. Structural. That’s no secret.

Seed Stage 175

Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Mail, Sports, etc.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JUNE 24, 2013

This growth hasn’t escaped the attention of other investors, and today the company announced that IVP led a new Series B financing. 2013 Consumer Internet Social Networks start-up snapchat Start-ups' As Mary Meeker recently pointed out, Snapchat is driving most of the growth in photo sharing today.

Social Network 160

Social Network Internet Finance Networking 160

Version One Ventures

JULY 9, 2020

The fusion of trade schools with creative nothing-upfront financing mechanisms like ISAs popularized by Lambda Schoo l are extremely exciting. Thanks to the Internet, you can find all of the needed resources from a variety of global experts to become world class at almost any subject or skill. The situation seems bleak.

Portfolio 133

Portfolio Curation Open Source Networking 133

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

I guess I don’t think I appreciated how being mission-driven is really important, and if you look at how you’re able to grow, attract employees, attract customers, it all comes down to mission — in our case, to build a better internet. Our class was at least a third finance and a third consultants. Prince: Business History.

Founder 120

Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7

Silicon Valley 271

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 271

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

By Issie Lapowsky | Aug 6, 2010 Share ); Getty Related Articles The New Rules of Hiring Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring? How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up: Face-to-Face Interaction No matter how small the internet has made the world, experts still recommend in-person networking as the No.

Intellectual Property 55

Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

However, it will create a big shift in the short to medium term of how many crowd-powered or user centric internet services currently operate. Last week a report was released by the bipartisan Senate Committee on Australia as a centre for finance and technology. Gigs and Big Tech. Often coined as Web 3.0,

Australia 62

Australia Distribution eCommerce Revenue 62

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Some say the Internet is a metaphor for our brains. Both are networks.

Sweat Equity 251

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 251

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. I set up my laptop, connected to the Internet, opened the compulsory 15 page PowerPoint deck and waited for my adoring fans. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Growthink Blog

MAY 24, 2012

If you've been following the crowdfunding phenomenon, you've seen the swift rise of small businesses and entrepreneurs that have been getting funded by everyday people-through specific sites on the Internet that put it all together, like Kickstarter.com.

Finance 97

Finance Campaign Social Network Stock 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. True business titans deliver both invention and innovation. Find enough venturesome capital. Create a formidable and durable business model. Innovate or die.

United States 263

United States Startup Business Model Government 263

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Some say the Internet is a metaphor for our brains. Both are networks.

Sweat Equity 256

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 256

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

We also make sure they have a reliable internet connection for skype conferences. We test english carefully, while internally we might use people that have average english skills, when they work directly with the customer we make sure they speak perfect english, as part of the whole experience of our customers.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

The Internet can be a tremendous resource in finding the right people to build your team. That’s one reason why it can be hard for small growing companies to compete for top talent with larger companies’ HR departments. One effective strategy is to recruit job seekers who already have their hearts set on working for a startup.

Coder 60

Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. True business titans deliver both invention and innovation. Find enough venturesome capital. Create a formidable and durable business model. Innovate or die.

United States 120

United States Business Model Government Differentiation 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7

Silicon Valley 163

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 163

Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The stunning reversal is one of many profound side effects of broad scale Internet adoption. In the old days (before the Internet), no technology products were free, because distribution costs made it impossible to offer anything without some commitment from the end customer. Finance, IT, Legal).

Customer 78

Customer Technical Review Silicon Valley Internet 78

YoungUpstarts

JULY 11, 2016

Link acquisition is one of the most important factors that need proper time, effort and resources like finance. Backlinks are one of the most used term on the Internet and in the field of SEO. Getting traffic from social networking profiles and blogs are one of the primary focuses of SEO; not just ranking.

SEO 100

SEO Harvest Engineer Search 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. True business titans deliver both invention and innovation. Find enough venturesome capital. Create a formidable and durable business model. Innovate or die.

United States 235

United States Business Model Government Differentiation 235

VC Adventure

OCTOBER 23, 2014

We feel we’ve found that in Ello – a social networking business that’s part Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook, but at the same time all its own. We’ve just led the Series A financing for the business along with Bullet Time Ventures and FreshTracks Capital. As part of the financing, I’ll be joining the Ello board.

Cofounder 103

Cofounder Social Network Flash Finance 103

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Categories Entrepreneurship Leadership « CSS Humor Steve Jobs’ Keynote Speeches » Pingback: How to Determine an Effective Cofounder Match - BizThoughts Mike Lee is an internet entrepreneur, web geek, talent scout & humanistic technologist.

Technical Cofounder 40

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup.

Non-disclosure Agreement 230

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Startup Social Media 230

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Some say the Internet is a metaphor for our brains. Both are networks.

Sweat Equity 222

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Salary 222

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. Instagram happens to be one of the few social networks I regularly use along with Twitter. Clichés abound about, “You know what would be cool? I will weigh in with some thoughts soon.

Valuation 316

Valuation Balance Sheet Dilution Term Sheet 316

Babbling VC

AUGUST 18, 2011

Research the fund you are applying to: read their website, review their portfolio, find some press clippings on recent deals and research the partners via LinkedIn, Xing or whatever other social network gives you access to their backgrounds. . You know how to use computers and have an affinity for the internet.

Portfolio 75

Portfolio Software Review Partner Networking 75

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion to work across 738 financing deals with U.S. Internet and healthcare deals stayed flat and funding actually dipped. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal. Overall, investors put $7.5 That represents a $1.5

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

You got it published on a popular platform, you even got an experienced writer to frame the story, you boosted on some of the social networks as well – so, what went wrong? Besides, the Internet has reduced the barriers to entry and there are multiple companies offering variations of products online and offline.

PR 100

PR Audience Social Network Finance 100

The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2014

If you’re in finance. Finance-related domain names that have become available to pre-register include.bank,loans or.ventures. They’re ever-popular for each of these categories, but especially for feel-good organizations whose Internet security policies typically aren’t high-level.

Naming 138

Naming SEO Analytics Cofounder 138

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

The internet can provide a whole host of innovative strategies for businesses of any size to break into foreign markets. Apart from the large global affiliate networks, there are many others operating solely within regional markets. The idea of selling overseas is attractive to many small and medium-sized businesses.

Affiliate 223

Affiliate Marketing Social Media Germany 223