Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

We made clear that this class wasn’t an incubator. BlinkTraffic will empower mobile users in developing markets (Jakarta, Sao Paolo, Delhi, etc.) JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites.

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View from Seed

APRIL 24, 2019

Couple that noise with the flurry of AI/messaging startups from a few years back (set off by Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition), in conjunction with app developers’ notification euphoria… all of which have resulted in a state on our mobile phones where “ our brains being overloaded with push notifications about nothing.”. They don’t.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. After former CEO Steve Jobs departed the business in 1985, Apple entered a ten-year downward spiral as competitors' lower-priced products notably Microsoft Windows, dominated the personal computer market.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! BTW, if you're a marketing all-star keen on startups. View more jobs » garycash Another really good site is startupers.com. Fun, easy to use. Why didn't I think of that idea?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Cotter bucks the flavor-of-the-day entrepreneurial stereotype: the college dropout popularized by both our own Michael Dell and recently Mark Zuckerberg and the great movie The Social Network. billion, or $100 billion more than Exxon Mobil, making it the most valuable company in the world. it was a target market pivot.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Be inspired by the tech world’s latest web, mobile and social breakthroughs to create simple, life-improving technologies and viable businesses among a rich and diverse community of cutting edge developers. VentureBeat Mobile Summit. Social Media Marketing World. Google I/O. TechCrunch Disrupt NYC.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

Last week I had the pleasure of giving a keynote in La Red Innova conference, speaking about mobile search and its impact on ecommerce. Spain is growing also in terms of online and mobile penetration, albeit slowly: Following a surge in 2009, growth is continuing at less than 5% per year. billion invested in 2010 and 1.13

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Based on my experience as the co-founder of StartupDigest , I believe that the startup investing industry is quickly being organized more like the public investing market, and what we are seeing now is a battle of two major investment theses: the index approach and the concentrated investment approach. s 500, and the Nasdaq composite Index.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising.

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 23, 2012

Pinterest can hire, Square can hire, Dropbox can hire - these companies have a clear demand for their products and are becoming market leaders," explains Naval Ravikant, founder of startup advice site Venture Hacks. You must treat early hires like late founders, or you wont be able to hire until you get market traction," Ravikant warns. "If

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 21, 2011

Next, Tanuj More pitched Food ka Mood , a waiters-on-wheels-type-concept for the Indian corporate market. Sameer wants to work with hotels and create special deals for his audience and wanted to know if the Indian online travel market has room for a deal site. Food ka Mood. Fragrochem. Stopwaitin.com. Out Of The Box.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. 3 comments: Marketing Services. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2013

At hibu, we work every day with small businesses who are navigating a crowded market place. Make sure your website is optimized for mobile. It’s common knowledge by now that social networking is an important way to connect with customers. The fact is that most small business websites—about 85 percent–are not.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Instead, Silicon Beach, a roughly 3-mile stretch of sand from Venice to Santa Monica , is home to Viddy and a host of other young tech companies with an entertainment, celebrity or mobile edge. Theres a creative energy to Venice," says James Citron, CEO of Venice-based Mogreet, a mobile entertainment marketing company. "A

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I'm doing a new academic experiment now - an incubator at Menlo College where we are bringing the start-ups to campus and giving the students an opportunity to see how they develop and work as interns. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Ludi, Thanks for sharing your experience.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The app obviously geolocalizes every info and integrates with Facebook and other social networks. They are competing in a very crowded and fragmented market but I’d say that for $10k, they’re off to a good start. this article: Dario Fornarelli: Tipsandtrip, un Taccuino Per i Viaggi Via Web e Mobile [.]

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

The Bing Fund, Microsoft’s newest incubator, to be headed by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood. Social media. Social networking. Social games. After playing coy and dropping hints for weeks, Microsoft has finally announced its newest incubator, the Bing Fund. 3 days ago. 3 days ago. 4 days ago. From $1.5B

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Start by searching AngelList by market and geography. For example, search for investors who are interested in mobile and also are willing to invest in Austin, Texas. Mobile Lists.

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

In addition to the first prize, he was also given office space at the Plug and Play incubator for the summer and get to spend his days with other entrepreneurs and investors. With $10K, certainly cant have a marketing budget to do anything but guerrilla marketing. Steve Bennet. at 11:09 AM. Email This BlogThis! 2 comments: Dave.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Waze’s free mobile application provides a social network where drivers interact, reporting on road conditions. HADASIT LAUNCHES JEWISH-ARAB BIOMED INCUBATOR IN GALILEE. million shekel investment by Hadasit, several million dollars have been pledged to Ways from social organizations as well.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival. Certainly.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Why do I do it?

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

We wrote about the VentureGeeks incubator on VC Cafe a few months ago, and its plans to set up a $2 million early stage fund making pre-seed investments. The cost is only $10 per month, and they hope to attract the SMB market which currently isn’t served by Cisco or Juniper. Veradata – creators of a mobile coupons app.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Craig’s investment portfolio includes Graphic.ly , Klout , Postling, Mobile Roadie and MogoTix. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Thinking of applying to one (or all) of the summer accelerator/incubator/angel/mentoring programs like TechStars , Joystick Labs , or any of those found on this comprehensive list ? Building for Yourself Instead of a Market “Scratching your own itch&# is how many great ideas begin, but it’s not a business strategy.

Programming 86

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Professor VC

MARCH 11, 2013

While the rest of Silicon Valley is slamming drinks at SXSW in Austin and trying out the mobile app Bang with Friends , I'm sitting in my office thinking about last week's Launch Festival. In 2005, incubators were thought of as either bubble era disasters or university science projects. Seriously, Bang with Friends??

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley San Francisco Social Network SEC 28

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Cezary Pietrzak is a New York-based creative marketer and growth strategist. He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. You can read his thoughts on startup marketing at www.cezary.co. The name of my company came from “market research.”

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Naming Startup Social Media RSS 104

VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Matomy - provider of alternative payment solutions for social network applications, online and freemium games, MMOs and other players in the online marketplace. Israeli incubators are predicted to increase their investment volume (but not size) in 2010. In 2009 incubators invested in 81 new ventures. via TheMarker ).

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South Africa Product Incubator 89

sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Do not rely on SEO to market your product It sounds contradictory, but its true. A year or so ago, I noticed a marketing campaign by a company that involved offering bloggers a “plant a tree&# widget for their site – if you placed the banner on your site, they’d plant a tree.

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Bootstrapping SEO Startup Widget 49

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Yeah, you should get out more Just Because Google Exists Doesn’t Mean You Should Stop Asking People Things Skype Demands Mobile App Nimbuzz Remove Support, Effective October 31st Shunned By Apple, Adobe Embraces Android With AIR 2.5 Take facebook – it was not the 1st social n/w but now is the biggest. Ideas are important.

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Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 66

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Cezary Pietrzak is a New York-based creative marketer and growth strategist. He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. You can read his thoughts on startup marketing at www.cezary.co. Latest Social Media News. Today in Mobile. Business & Marketing.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Home Books for Startups Guide Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Tools Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Email Subscription Get Steve Blank via your RSS Feed RSS - Posts RSS - Comments Categories Air Force (12) Ardent (10) Audubon (1) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (39) Business Model versus Business Plan (..)

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Barrett said hes seen apps become smaller, simpler, and more streamlined - perhaps to be more mobile browser-friendly. Simplicity is key so that the design can either work on both web and mobile devices or at least be consistent with the simple design of the mobile version." An animated section of Vimeo.com.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Inbound Marketing vs Interruption marketing. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Email marketing.

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