Dive into the archives.
- Business Engineering Tips for Startups
Over on the BlueBlog Alex has, as Duncan said, “another great post.” This time Alex has tackled Software Engineering Tips for Startups, providing eight insightful points that outline the new rules of software engineering for startups.
AdaptiveBlue practices what Alex preaches; as I mentioned in the I Write Code movement, we have rock star software […]
- Low Tech Solutions
Don’t ever discount the simplest solution. From Dave, “I remember having drinks with them 2 years ago and thinking his solution to billing sounded complex.”
Read about their solution and how they topped the 2007 Profit Hot 50 ranking of Canada’s Emerging Growth Companies. Don’t overlook simple, elegant, low tech solutions simply because they’re simple.
- The Changing Landscape of Early-Stage Investing
Fred’s quality post this morning on the Fiction of the 20% further differentiates USV as an innovative venture firm and is another data point for anyone who’s trying to understand how they’re making so many quality investments and successful exits.
When the world breaks, spoils are rewarded to those who figure out the emerging […]
- Ning, What We Can Learn (or, Commercialization Done Right)
Ning, Marc Andreessen’s new start-up, raised a (whopping) $44M on a (whopping) pre-money valuation of $170M.
Ning, launched two years ago, yields some excellent lessons. Let’s recap:
After building unfulfillable expectations as stealth start-up 24 Hour Laundry, Ning finally launches as a site that allows users to “roll their own social applications.” Umair from Bubblegen accurately […]
- Ning / Facebook
I’ve been thinking about Marc Pincus’ question re. Ning: “i do wonder, however, what marc’s strategy is given that he is one of the biggest believers in facebook becoming the new platform for social media innovation. anyone have any thoughts or insights?”
My response:
Could they be attempting to take an alternative route to becoming a […]
