Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Patent offices can’t keep up with software technology.

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Software Review Intellectual Property Software Technical Review 120

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

In addition to providing customer care and assistance, a virtual assistant may also develop web pages or compose blog entries, administer email newsletters, carry out sales and marketing chores, generate sales leads, and conduct a variety of other jobs. Thanks to Oliver Goodwin, Synthesys.io ! #7-

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 112

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Web site development contracts can be legal minefields, as many web site developers learn the hard way. What happens if the web site goes down? A business can grind to a halt when its web site goes down, particularly if e-commerce is involved. But don’t pat yourself too hard on the back. When will I get paid?

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Web Development Web Intellectual Property Developer 193

The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2022

Multiple organizations are now offering work on real-world projects to build your portfolio and gain experience. Even though conventional marketing still has significance worldwide, digital marketing is taking over traditional marketing due to its price and analytics. 2- Digital Marketing Management. 2- Digital Marketing Management.

Technical Review 136

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Cloud Software Review 136

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

AWS or Amazon Web Services is a revolutionary, ultra-secure, cloud services platform. Your AWS journey begins in the AWS Marketplace, which is essentially an online store where you can pick and choose which web services you need. Web hosting. Database software and solutions, and more. Data storage and backup.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Database Software Review Startup 113

Austin Startup

JUNE 2, 2018

Using HelloFund, organizations can swiftly and effectively create custom pages for crowdfunding, event tickets, recurring payments, membership dues, etc., Mike Lacourse, HelloFund’s web developer guru, worked with Phil on their first venture, ATX Giving?—?a Most importantly, code writing not required!”

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Portfolio Austin Software Review Cofounder 48

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2019

by Rick Mac Gillis , founder and CEO of Dragon Cloud , author of “ The New Frontier In Web Api Programming “ Startups, more than any other type of business, are sensitive to change. The work history, clients, portfolio and reviews are gone, just like that? Because startups are fragile and fledgling. Too big to fail.

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Hiring Software Review Startup API 113

Version One Ventures

APRIL 19, 2016

If you’re not already familiar with the startups and founders making up the V1 portfolio, here’s a summary of some of this quarter’s news clippings. Portfolio companies in the news. Beyond funding announcements, several portfolio companies made the news this quarter. Funding and Follow-ons.

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Portfolio San Francisco API Software Review 60

View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. We opportunistically invest in other geographies across the country as well. Step-Function Ad Tech.

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Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

ConversionXL

MAY 6, 2021

On the other hand, if your team is familiar and comfortable using no-code tools, Webflow might be a great option. Launched nearly a decade after WordPress, Webflow continues to grow in popularity due to its focus on visual design and development without the use of code. Image source ). A brief overview of Webflow.

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Software Review Technical Review Hosting SEO 91

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 20, 2021

And if you haven’t seen it already, you can read our Year in Review post, where we reflect on the incredible pace of the start-up market in 2021. . For all these reasons, we are very excited about the many opportunities for software to solve our planet’s climate crisis. . 3/ Visions of Web 3.0. Read the post: Visions of Web 3.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review IPO 60

Occam's Razor

JULY 5, 2021

Every decent web analytics tool now includes built-in attribution analysis across owned, earned, and paid across digital platforms. When you create a full view of your total marketing budget, for most companies the reality of your marketing efforts looks like this… So what do you do with your Google or Adobe web analytics tool?

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Analytics Marketing Channel Software Review 148

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Gox track down hundreds of thousands of Bitcoins to the Dutch police crediting the company with helping them find Hansa, one of the world’s biggest dark web drug marketplaces , to the company’s more recent Crypto Crime Series published earlier this year, much of the work that they do remains behind-the-scenes, but is no less critical.

Web 48

Web Silicon Valley Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 48

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

It’s present in many consumer products today, such as Google Translate, Amazon Alexa devices, GPS systems, dictation software, chatbots, digital assistants, and many other software products that are designed to bring convenience to consumers. It even powers programs that can summarize a lot of text very quickly.

Algorithm 88

Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Marketing Technical Review 88

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

While you may be able to offer a price & terms for your service and not ever negotiate (especially if you’re an Internet company that sells cheaply to small businesses over the web and without onsite support & service) – you’ll still likely have to negotiate on business development deals. Your IT Reviewer.

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Development Team Review Software Review Demand Software 293

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 18, 2012

“Traction is the new IP ” sums up perfectly how the technology space has evolved over the past decade due to the nature of the web. In today’s web landscape, word of mouth drives adoption and can lead to “winner takes all” (or almost all) in both B2C and B2B markets. Let’s take my own portfolio as an example.

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IP Technical Review B2C Social Network 163

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Game streaming continues to grow in 2021 – According to StreamElements 2020 year in review , game streaming broke new records in 2020. Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). billion hours were watched on Twitch in December 2020 alone (17B total in 2020, oor 83% growth YoY).

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Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0 portfolios.

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Business Plan AJAX Venture Capital Technical Review 334

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: SaaS , software , Venture Capital. He thinks as far as he offers an ERP on a monthly basis with a web interface, then he's offering cloud computing. Portfolio. (3).

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Software Review Cloud Technical Review Venture Capital 48

Agile VC

MAY 13, 2013

While our portfolio at NextView is roughly equally weighted to consumer facing and B2B companies, it seems that for consumer companies in particular being first mover confers little benefit and the drawbacks probably outweigh whatever weak advantage might exist.

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Cloud B2B Software Review Technical Review 205

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Good reminder from Fred Wilson that your instincts should sometimes guide you when due diligence does not – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Technical Review 94

BeyondVC

MARCH 18, 2018

We are thrilled to announce our investment in Snyk, which is a developer-first security solution that helps companies use open source code and stay secure. in open source world where much of it is third party code. He eventually became CTO of the Web Experience Unit at Akamai. Snyk investor deck late 2015 short from Ed Sim.

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Open Source Security Cofounder Software Review 60

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 30, 2018

Krasnow, author of “ The Success Code: A Guide For Achieving Your Personal Best In Business And Life “. Are you surfing the web too often? Review your goals each morning before you start the day. The jobs with the highest earning potential often come with a lot of freedom. You can start and stop work when you want.

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Cost Software Review Bankruptcy Portfolio 124

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. was starting.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Happy New Year to you, Cracking-the-code reader! Overall, I spent about 1/3 of my time looking at Web 2.0 Intego is the leading Security Software Suite for Mac.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Some appeared to be brand new to Elance, while others had complete portfolios, feedback from previous Elance clients, and earnings in the six-figure range. then I will send you last full source code. Developer: Apple will review app for many days. Right now, we just reviewed a list of bugs. Pretty clear, methinks.

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Software Review Developer Hiring Massachusetts 167

Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. In addition, Cardo got a lot of press for this initiative - so, overall great PR at minimal cost and this shows how web 2.0 Cracking The Code on Facebook. Portfolio. (3).

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 They failed due to: the dearth of deals in the region that have IPO potential and. With a portfolio of at least 20 investments, or you are at risk of the adverse selection problem.) Late stage large regionally based funds that invest in late stage or mezzanine deals.

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Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 286

Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

Not only are they amplifying the data behind why this is a smart business move, but also driving that forward with their portfolio. She’s a voice for inclusion especially to coding communities specifically, and general hustle toward what you want. Her writing appear in VICE, Techcrunch and I’m a big fan of her Twitter/Medium articles.

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Austin Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 57

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

While TBR expects margin growth to be uneven through 2015, revenue and gross profit will continue to increase, due to the ability of its advertising business to monetize the proliferation of mobile devices and maintain its dominance in desktop search.

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Advertising Revenue Mobile Intellectual Property 100

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Web Design Trend Showcase: Splash Screen Revival – crowdspring.co/1pttgcA.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

ithacaVC

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The underlying tech was developed at Cornell (like many of the companies in the CVF portfolio). For more than a decade Harold van Es, Cornell Professor and Chair of CALS Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, has lead a team of researchers and analytical software developers to create a modelling tool which would help address these issues.

Technical Review 65

Technical Review Technology Software Review IP 65

Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well.

Software Review 48

Software Review Viral Media Marketing 48

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc.

Management 85

Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Foo Casts: Podcasts from OReilly & Friends : A 30mn peak into the Web 2.0 Sandhill.com Podcast : 40mn podcasts on Enterprise software. Cracking The Code on Facebook.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Technology San Francisco 48

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

So, you’re a small or medium-sized business, and you want to build a Facebook, mobile or web app. Here’s a quick overview of the ins and outs of getting web work done as an SMB — as always, with tight budgets in mind. Do a web search to find platform-specific tools.

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Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

In fact, by using analytics software that relies on a different way of measuring risk, the San Diego firm is becoming known in some circles as “the Moneyball of venture capital,” according to David Coats, a co-founder and managing partner. The firm, Correlation Ventures, is using predictive analytics technology to tilt the odds in its favor.

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