Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. Your challenge will be to break down silos, manage diverse and inclusive perspectives, and capitalize on cross-functional insights. Take accountability for execution by enabling success through resources, attention, and care. Define realistic metrics to keep track of progress.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Set milestones and manage to those targets. Professional investors now look for startups through popular online platforms, including Gust and InvestorHunt. Non-professional investors now use crowdfunding sites, like Indiegogo and Kickstarter , for similar access.

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Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

This is where incubators come in. Incubators were designed to fill the gap between knowledge and connections. Incubators provide that very important sense of community. Incubators versus accelerators: What’s the difference? Today, incubators and accelerators are both popular topics, especially for technology startups.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2020

These companies produce software that simplifies the way companies manage their sales processes and contracts, collaborate on litigation, and handle important documents. . The legal technology allows lawyers to focus on their cases and reduce their time in document review and management. . What Is a Legal Tech Incubator?

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 29, 2024

Uniswap announced its first program, Uniswap Hook Incubator, an 8-week program to help devs build hooks (v4’s flagship feature). Dinari launched its B2B API and managed account services. The program starts April 8. You can apply here. Qvin ’s Q-Pad received FDA Approval as a diagnostic menstrual pad.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

—– Lean Innovation Management. Each horizon requires different focus, different management, different tools and different goals. Management in this Horizon 1 works by building repeatable and scalable processes, procedures, incentives and KPI’s to execute and measure the business model. A 50x speedup kind of fast.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Set expectations accordingly. Solicit funds from friends and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

Escalate all problems upward to senior management. Avoid the macho concept that only top management can solve problems or address strategic challenges. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Set milestones and manage to those targets. Professional investors now look for startups through popular online platforms, including Gust and InvestorHunt. Non-professional investors now use crowdfunding sites, like Indiegogo and Kickstarter , for similar access.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. I was in charge of all product management and marketing for the first year-and-a-half, that was a great learning experience with a very talented team of folks.

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2021

They then incubated and delivered a solution that will help get large vessels back to sea faster, potentially saving the Navy $20M-$30M a year. —– Next up we’ll dig into how the innovation pipeline serves a parallel process for managing innovation. Enterprise Innovation for the 21st Century.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Set expectations accordingly. Solicit funds from friends and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Set expectations accordingly. Solicit funds from friends and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

Don’t look for formal venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage Kaufmann grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups. Early-stage funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Set expectations accordingly. Solicit funds from friends and family.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2018

As a report last year by BMO Wealth Management noted: “This lack of financial expertise may have an impact on the ability of millennials to attain the financial success they desire.”. As SkyCap Financial explains, everybody should be a master at managing their finances. Business incubators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Set expectations accordingly. Get a loan or line-of-credit.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Plans for more Singapore-based technology incubators. The NRF just announced that it will be opening up the application process for its Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS) to allow more investors to set up technology incubators under the scheme. ” Global Money Flow – From the West to Asia.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

However, after watching innovators in large companies try to use the lean start-up methodology, I’m embarrassed to say that it has mostly devolved into standalone innovation activities (corporate incubators, accelerators, and so on) resulting in “innovation theater,” with nice coffee mugs and posters but little impact on the top or bottom line.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Escalate all problems upward to senior management. Avoid the macho concept that only top management can solve problems, or address strategic challenges. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

Thrilled to be working within the university system, he became immersed in the back-end of education, managing and streamlining the ways student and curriculum data got integrated into the existing applications. In 2013, ITU funded Kranthi’s proposal for what is now known as the Education Management System (EMS).

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

With hindsight we should have had “proof of concepts” tested in a corporate center (think ‘pop-up incubator’) where they would do extensive Customer Discovery. Eventually Qualcomm did create a corporate incubator to handle projects beyond the scope of traditional R&D, yet too early to hand-off to existing business unit).

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Startups scheme – as well as provide support such as funding (either direct investment or facilitating third-party funding), incubation and mentorship for the first year of a new startup’s journey. These partners will be evaluating applications under the ACE Startups funding initiative – which replaced the original YES!

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Incubators and Accelerators. Then we have startup platforms like incubators and accelerators. Accelerators and incubators support the startups with a small amount of funding, mentorship, networking opportunities, resources, and workspaces. ? Options for initial setup. ? The third source of funding is from equity investors.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2016

So you’ve decided to enlist a technology incubator to help your new business get off the ground. You have a great idea and a strong business plan, and an incubator is just the partner you need at this stage. Luckily, there are a good number of incubators now available to burgeoning entrepreneurs. Not all incubators are the same.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

Microsoft General Manager Dave Mendlen is in Palo Alto today to participate in a rare fireside chat with the CEO of Lifograph, Dea Wilson. Dave Mendlen is a General Manager at Microsoft and he is one of those gifted speakers who have the magic to capture entire audiences and inspire everyone with his vision and stories.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

A breadth of understanding of common business principles, such as management, personnel and finance, is more important than a depth of knowledge in a technical area. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Don’t forget business writing and communication. Get real experience early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Set expectations accordingly. Get a loan or line-of-credit.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2018

He then manages to persuade three of his friends to join him in quitting their safe, well-paid jobs for the risk and uncertainty of self-employment and entrepreneurship to work on an idea for a software business that they have been toying with for a few months. TVF Pitchers. Undercover Boss. Tech Stars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur''s Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Marty Zwilling.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

If these are the kinds of questions you have, the book “ Start-Up Guide for the Technopreneur, + Website: Financial Planning, Decision Making and Negotiating from Incubation to Exit ” is likely to be of help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Startup incubators. A startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources for equity to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. Bartering services for equity. Partner with distributor or beneficiary.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2018

And true to their word, senior management promoted Matt amidst great fanfare. The crash took a year to incubate. Soon production managers picked up on the insular mentality and it spread. Matt’s branch shot to the top. Profitability soared. Banter replaced camaraderie. After all, Matt was their rising star.

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