View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

I couldn’t believe how inefficient and non-transparent the rental industry was and I knew then that I’d one day come back to take it on. But today a huge percentage of network traffic runs through us, And the reason that people trust us to pull that off is they believe we’re mission-driven — and it’s real.

Founder 120

Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Nowadays in the world of “blogging”, we have to compete amongst millions of blogs to gain readers attention. To have it designed and setup sounds easy enough, since there are thousands of blog designs to choose from across the Internet. To have a unique and welcoming blog design is a wise decision.

Philippines 89

Philippines SEO Social Bookmarking Non-Compete 89

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2012

Even though social media and internet rule, customers make purchase decisions using a combination of old media, new media, and old-fashioned conversations with friends and family. There are huge incentives in consumer markets even for competing companies to make everything the same. People gather information from mixed sources.

Social Media 129

Social Media Technical Review Arlington Clickthrough 129

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can minimize risk by performing due diligence when selecting a company or individual to work with, clearly defining the project scope, expectations and milestones in any development contracts, and allocating enough money to hire competent developers. We also make sure they have a reliable internet connection for skype conferences.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. Our application tool will be free and will immediately compete with Peterson’s, Kaplan, Princeton Review, and other smaller players. JS (for web/internet and mobile devices).

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

Hearpreneur

JULY 22, 2020

How long before we start managing our email, calendars, and messaging with our voices while engaging in non-work activities? Streaming technology continues to improve as well as the internet and digital video become the focal point of our connected society. Even in non-consumer applications, AR/VR holds astonishing potential.

Technology 136

Technology Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Social Media 136

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

Watsi - the first non-profit to receive venture backing from Y Combinator. Harness the internet to validate your business idea. Do the same thing on other social networks with advertising platforms, like LinkedIn and Facebook. Magazine calls it a “hybrid venture capital fund and business school”. You’re solving a problem!

Startup 80

Startup Silicon Valley Cofounder Non-Compete 80

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. They compete on features, price and execution. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 But this is also spreading through non-game types of businesses.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2012

These students are typically attracted to Internet and technology start-ups, given that these share favourable industry characteristics such as significant addressable markets, low barriers to entry, modest initial capital requirements and relatively low costs of customer acquisition. These entrepreneurs soon find out it is not.

Metrics 68

Metrics Nigeria Ratchet Churn Rate 68

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Fortunately, there are terrific services and apps that can help non-marketers to market their business until they can hire experienced marketers. The Display network, on the other hand, provides marketers with the option to incorporate banner ads on websites included in the Display network. Social marketing. Facebook Ads.

Social Media 51

Social Media Marketing Analytics Audience 51

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Put likable, competent and passionate people on the front line. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20).

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Fortunately, there are terrific services and apps that can help non-marketers to market their business until they can hire experienced marketers. The Display network, on the other hand, provides marketers with the option to incorporate banner ads on websites included in the Display network. Social marketing. Facebook Ads.

Social Media 48

Social Media Marketing Analytics Audience 48

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 11, 2010

Then one day I read a comment on Darren Rowse’s blog by a guy who created a point system to keep himself blogging, consistently, and motivated and I was electrified by the idea putting “actionable guides and discussions” together with “measurable progress you could see, share, and compete with in a friendly way.” Guilty! :-).

Entrepreneur 225

Entrepreneur Social Media Software Web 225

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Kawaii Illustration Calling all woodland creatures: You’re wanted on the Internet. a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. Howie at Sky Pulse Media My biggest question is this any different than non-web logo design.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media PHP 111

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Social media is about doing that online. Establishing a presence on the Internet even if you have a physical store, is critical. Create an interactive, regularly updated site or blog , or by build informative yet informal profiles on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. Are you a thought leader? Be visible!

Small Business 167

Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The strongest foundations in business are those whose cornerstones are based on non-negotiable core values. Quality of work also improves because people who become virtual assistants have previous experience working as full-time employees and have decided to focus on offering services that fall under their core competencies.

Small Business 60

Small Business Non-Compete Europe Philippines 60

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Kawaii Illustration Calling all woodland creatures: You’re wanted on the Internet. Howie at Sky Pulse Media My biggest question is this any different than non-web logo design. Playing with blending modes, opacity and overlapping shapes can also be a fun way to experiment with analogous color schemes. Thanks for the roundup!

Web 111

Web Design Social Media Software Review 111

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

from winning the Internet portal wars. While Google stopped Facebook in their tracks when they built a social networking company. And Facebook stomped out Twitter from building an open social network. In your head you know that the reality is that bigger companies simply CANNOT compete effectively on all fronts.

SMS 325

SMS Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 325

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

social network/web analysis/etc. Our value is built on the non-technical stuff, which relies on a network of people and resources that have taken years to develop. Ran if for two years before we shut it down with almost no revenue achieved. Shocking, I know. Hint: these arent real businesses.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2014

WikiJob conducted a split test where they added only three testimonials to a test page to compete against their original version. If you’re in software or e-commerce, there are plenty of “credible” competitors and non-competitors featuring faces with testimonials in prominent areas of their websites. Very useful for practice!”.

Software Review 126

Software Review Stock Video Advertising 126

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I feel like the bar has been raised so much in the last five years in the start up community and I’ve been busy working for a distinctly non-start up company. The thing we’re sort of competing with is sort of the immediate things, and the awareness. My gut always is, competing on price just doesn’t work.

Cofounder 208

Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I’ve been noodling on this post for a few months now, trying to find the best way to explain why a decentralized Internet is important and how we might get from here to there. It certainly seems that the use case and demand for a decentralized Internet has never been stronger. And manual migration is non-trivial for most users.

Web 193

Web Technical Review Software Review Social Network 193

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Importantly, your brand is not what you say it is.

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

There are five strategies, or patterns, that set apart leading internet startups – or the billion-dollar club companies – from all the rest. Duhigg asserts that the climb to the top inevitably entails identifying the habits that are non-conducive to success and changing them. This post originally appeared on Geektime.

Web 141

Web Tampa Non-Compete Search 141

Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2015

Offering great prices alone is not good enough if I want to compete with the big brands and chain stores. KonectIDY currently works with many non-profits both large and small, and individuals worldwide come to our site daily to create their own unique designs and messages. 3) Creating a Great Shopping Experience.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review Small Business 48

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I have other areas of interest & competence such as cloud computing and document management given my background. But one theme in pervasive in all my thinking about investing in Internet-based companies: Deflationary economics. And it’s something I think you ought to consider when building your Internet businesses.

Non-Compete 386

Non-Compete Startup Internet Cost 386

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Instead of spending 4 years at university, I spend 4 years starting 2 internet companies that failed. Non of this academic stuff. What is the first step in creating an internet-based business (After planning) ? Entrepreneurs always struggle with competing priorities and manage expenses very closely. The way I do it.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2011

Only several years ago, many startups and small businesses could not effectively compete against larger and better financed competitors. A strong website can also help individuals and businesses to promote their brands online, including on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Classmates, Bebo, Yelp, Foursquare and others.

Small Business 96

Small Business Design Startup Web 96

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Also, yesterday the winner of the latest Crunchies was GitHub and #2 was Palantir, both non-consumer, big data organizer companies. And now all of a sudden you have got this global market of all these early adopters that have smartphones connected to the Internet, and they can just pick up their things and run with them.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Had I known it was going to take the internet by storm I probably would have been a bit more careful with my word choice (especially referring to.NET as a language, doh!). Get a grip.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In consumer internet, that usually means one front-end user-facing developer, one back-end server-side developer, and ultimately a business person (details will come in a later post). Just make sure to not violate any non-competes, etc, in the process! Of course, do not use any of your employer’s resources. Short and sweet.

Cofounder 66

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 66

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

The 72 Israeli companies participating in the 2010 Mobile World Congress: Aerotel Medical Systems – a world leading manufacturer of modular, home and mobile telecare and telemedicine solutions designed to transfer essential data over the telephone, mobile phone and the Internet.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

[link] Matt Merriam It’s been clear for sometime that the venture model, particularly early stage venture, is not the best approach for funding tech startups, but the hangover from the Internet days still lingers. Also, similar start ups will have time to copy you, reorganize, and compete.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I believe that this is a major new area of growth & innovation for the Internet as Cloud Services start to form deeper & richer layers. Over the past 5 years the Internet Cloud has started to form into layers and this is a great thing for innovation. Let me explain. And so too will be Factual. Other Layers.

Cloud 343

Cloud Technical Review Database Semantic 343

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Sometimes non-programmers arent very good at anticipating where there might be problems, so it makes sense to give a very high-level overview of what you expect to happen after the first milestone, and the programmer will know if any follow-up is necessary. However, as the complexity grows, the pool of competent developers shrinks.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Aerotel Medical Systems is a world leading manufacturer of modular, home and mobile telecare and telemedicine solutions designed to transfer essential data over the telephone, mobile phone and the Internet. 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness. Allot Communications. Logia Group.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

There more than 35,000 engineers working on building it, and a strong level of passion/engagement in the communities being built around this ‘New Internet’ But with that, there are also challenges, which are less discussed. Opportunities for startups and investors in the Metaverse. Some might find this definition too limiting.

Cofounder 179

Cofounder Venture Capital Equity 179