Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2017

Many entrepreneurs think that adapting to the new technologies, like smart phones and Internet commerce, are the key to attracting new customers. In fact, businesses need to adapt even more completely to the changes in the buying and social behavior of consumers. Startups earn relationships and resulting stature the same way.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This is not about running a startup badly, it’s about not doing the things that are not core to your business. The world has changed a lot lately and just about every aspect of a technology company – and especially a web-based company – can be “moved out” to a web-based application provider at a lower cost than doing it yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2012

With another list of the Top 10 Internet Scams and more identity theft , there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups. The opportunity is to take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet.

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Technical Review Startup Social Network Software Review 214

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

I must be the only one who believes that most of the “watching” in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups.

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Technical Review Startup Social Network Software Review 235

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

“ Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East “, written by seasoned U.S. internet executive and venture investor Christopher M. Books & Reviews Arab Spring book book review Entrepreneurship Middle East startup startup ecosystem technology'

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2011

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. Here’s the latest technology. That doesn’t address social networks and other lists you may have. The solution is simple to define. Shareware.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Social Network 209

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

I must be the only one who believes that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups.

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Security Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Network 251

ReadWriteStart

JULY 2, 2022

Since most startups in 2022 are going online, you need to think about starting your business on the Internet. Thanks to the Internet, anyone can become a business owner. A startup on online platforms is an excellent idea for those who like flexible working hours and complete control over their income. Investments.If

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Cost Software Review Technical Review Cloud 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

I must be the only one who believes that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Network Software Review 136

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The Internet has a problem. I like his tagline a lot, “Hunch personalized the Internet.&# Our social networks are filled with our friends, sure. We’ve only met once but I love tracking what he’s into politically as well as his startup views. Recommendation Slicing. It’s one you know well.

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Internet Iran Vertical Technical Review 309

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Many entrepreneurs think that adapting to the new technologies, like smart phones and Internet commerce, are the key to attracting new customers. In fact, businesses need to adapt even more completely to the changes in the buying and social behavior of consumers. Startups earn relationships and resulting stature the same way.

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Customer Technical Review Social Media Social Network 213

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Many entrepreneurs think that adapting to the new technologies, like smart phones and Internet commerce, are the key to attracting new customers. In fact, businesses need to adapt just as completely to the changes in the buying and social behavior of consumers. Startups earn relationships and resulting stature the same way.

Customer 251

Customer Technical Review Startup Social Media 251

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Some observations from Bipul Sinha about the internet and media industry in 2011. Year of Social Utilities. With over half a billion users and open graph integration, Facebook is the Internet with social graph at its core. Startups to watch in this space are Legolas Media , Krux Digital , and BrightTag , among others.

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Internet Media Social Media Advertising 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. I’m sure you can find some gaps, niches, or extensions for each of these technologies: Internet of Things. Social Media. I wish it was that easy. Mobile Computing.

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Technology Social Media Cloud Retention 216

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. And, with that warning, I offer to you, the big stories in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2018, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

This is one of the many challenges that you’ll have to take head-on as the founder of a tech startup. Let’s face it – you’re probably an excellent salesperson, a great networker and a capable businessman, but software development is a whole other story. Running a startup can be tough. Consider Your Team.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

box office of over $84 million “ The Social Network ,” – the movie about Mark Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook – is just another example of the public’s fascination with social networking and young billionaires, not necessarily in that order. At a current U.S. Most of them are duds, but a few are world-beaters.

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Social Network Networking Technical Review Flash 72

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2010

My plea to entrepreneurs and startups is to recognize it as an opportunity, and go the extra mile to make people comfortable rather than paranoid. Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street. In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups.

Technical Review 212

Technical Review Entrepreneur Internet Social Network 212

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This left an open playing field for Chinese software startups as they “copy to China” existing U.S. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. All the usual caveats apply. business models.

China 324

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 324

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

1) has escaped the attention of the major Internet companies, which are better run than ever before; (2) is capable of being launched and proven out for ~$5M, the typical seed plus series A investment; and. (3) We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. billion less than 5 years after it was created.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Early Stage Cofounder 299

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Many entrepreneurs think that adapting to the new technologies, like smart phones and Internet commerce, are the key to attracting new customers. In fact, businesses need to adapt just as completely to the changes in the buying and social behavior of consumers. Startups earn relationships and resulting stature the same way.

Technical Review 252

Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media Social Network 252

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time. One of the original classics, “ How to Make Money with Social Media ” by Jamie Turner and Reshma Shah, Ph.D.,

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Social Media Media Startup Analytics 315

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. Is your audience out walking in the park without technology or are they technology lovers who never parted with their BlackBerry or iPhone? But simply jumping in is not enough.

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Social Media Media Lead Generation Startup 233

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

The move to remote work forced quick adoption of cloud technology and tools that were once having difficulties selling to large corporates, saw explosive growth – from Zoom to Hopin, new unicorns were born in record time. According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S.

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Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2010

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. I found dozens of software packages available on the Internet for free download, or a nominal price. Maybe there’s an opportunity for new startups, as well.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Technology Software Review Social Network 120

View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like? But we’re also very active in New York, as five of the most recent startups we’ve funded are based in Manhattan (which is 40% of this recent flurry of investments).

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Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2011

With the advent of social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, Internet usage has totally morphed, from a serious business medium, to a social and fun medium that still means business. Regular people now build business applications with “mashup” technology, rather than hiring programmers.

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Social Network Networking Naming California 239

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The top line is available storage (S), the middle line represents processing power (following Moore’s law) or (P) and the bottom line is the Network (N). In it he asserts that the web is dying and in its ashes will see the rise of the “App Internet.” The web is dying and will be replaced by “the App Internet.”

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Web AJAX Distribution HTML 355

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. Is your audience out walking in the park without technology or are they technology lovers who never parted with their BlackBerry or iPhone? But simply jumping in is not enough.

Social Media 212

Social Media Media Startup Curation 212

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

Social Media 289

Social Media Small Business Media Technical Review 289

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. See my Forbes article on “ Get A Domain Name Without Bankrupting Your Startup ” Michael Fertik and David Thompson outline this issue and others in their book “ Wild West 2.0. The Internet has been a powerful and disruptive technology. Marty Zwilling.

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Reputation Affiliate Technical Review Social Network 248

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

If you’re a startup, in bad times there is less over-funding of your competitors and therefore less pressure to give everything away for free. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. It is also a result of pent-up demand. You have less wage pressure and less staff turnover.

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Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. 50x more Internet users (2.4 The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009? From a technology perspective our journey is nowhere near over.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This left an open playing field for Chinese software startups as they “copy to China” existing U.S. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. All the usual caveats apply. business models.

China 216

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 216

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Is there an early mover advantage for being early on a technology trend? think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. Here we go! Epic Games. Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Epic is a long term visionary of our online future and the Metaverse.

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Since its founding in 2006, online social network and microblogging service Twitter has pretty much become a permanent part of the Internet as we know it. For aspiring startup technology entrepreneurs, “ Things a Little Bird Told Me ” provides a great insight into what it is like to live and breathe a startup.

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Technical Review United States Cofounder Social Network 160

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

In today’s startup landscape, practically everything can be outsourced. To find the best way to integrate core technical skills into a start up, we asked eight successful young entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) whether startups need tech-oriented founders. How Innovative Is Your Technology?

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Technical Review Cofounder Founder Software Review 131