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Unless there's some huge market crash, the next couple years are going to be a good time for startups to raise money.

Investment dropped most for older startups that are close to being ready to go public or be sold to larger companies.

If the number of startups increases dramatically, then the people whose job is to judge them are going to have to get better at it.

The company raised money from investors, something that few Twitter-related startups are able to do.

Reid assembled the founding team, drawing largely from his prior startups, with a few other folks he'd known for a long time.

The main takeaway from the summit for me was that China's social gaming startups are just beginning to go into overdrive.

"Almost all the initiatives related to startups you see in the Philippines are in fact driven by a selfish ulterior motive, " he said.

The time may soon be coming when instead of startups trying to seem more corporate, corporations will try to seem more like startups.

I was saying recently to a reporter that if I could only tell startups 10 things, this would be one of them.

Early stage startups are the exact opposite of this. And yet they're probably the most productive part of the whole economy.

There used to be a horde of startups trying to enter this market but the energy is largely gone.

But thousands of startups and small businesses are trying to crack the markets developing at home and abroad.

That's the main reason we do Y Combinator: to let loose all this energy by making it easy for hackers to start their own startups.

Another was that startups had to decide in advance how much to raise.

And, remember, this is all supposed to be in an age of lean startups that can globalize on the cheap. . .

The investment climate for technology startups seems to have become friendly again, and one of the magic keywords these days is Ajax.

FJ: Yeah, the evolutionary change and also for startups and well-established companies people might have different points of view on change.

And he's been a participant in various media startups, as a founder, advisor and investor.

Most startups fail before they make something people want, and the most common form of failure is running out of money.

Startups are more likely to take a chance on a young inexperienced candidate that shows some drive and passion.

I often tell startups to "skate where the puck is going" as a metaphor for thinking about where the future lies and planning for that now.

It's definitely a challenge because Filipino startups are forced to see things in a global perspective from the get-go.

The company will rename itself Startups. com Network, but will keep the name KillerStartups for the blog.

Large firms often outsource R&D to startups, offsetting some of the effort and risk involved with arriving at the next big thing.

The process of starting startups is currently like the plumbing in an old house.

Despite what so many founders of startups think, there is no pent-up demand for their products from customers ready to pounce.

But I don't think we'll ever reach the point where most startups can do without outside funding.

The day came that everyone involved in early startups wants to see come, someone was interested in buying us.

Startups seem to go more against the grain, socially.

Do startups that want to get really big need the sort of advice andconnections only the top VCs can supply?

But one thing hasn't changed: All that cheap money is sloshing its way into unintended investments -- including red-hot tech startups.

Linda was an elegant powerbroker in Silicon Valley helping finance many high tech startups, most who became part of the Fortune 500.

Gaming-related startups need to keep the international nature of the industry in mind when building their platforms.

Horn had worked with VantagePoint-backed companies before, consulting with several solar startups that the firm had added to its portfolio.

Ask me what I see lacking most in startups in Europe and I'll say hunger, drive, and lofty goals.

The world of startups is so unpredictable that you need to be able to modify your dreams on the fly.

We don't encourage people to start startups during college, but the best founders are certainly capable of it.

The reason raising money destroys so many startups' morale is not simply that it's hard, but that it's so much harder than they expected.

NPR is partnering with several journalism startups to deliver their information out to a larger audience.

Fortunately the process of starting startups tends to select them automatically.

It's that way with most startups too. The earliest phase is usually the most productive. That's when they have the really big ideas.

Neither Yahoo nor Microsoft, nor any of the myriad of search startups, has made a dent in search advertising. AdWords reigns supreme.

In operationally excellent startups, performance measurement is an ongoing effort throughout the process chain, not just at the outcome.

She proposed that the a number of 'new entrants' will emerge, except that they won't be startups at all.

I'd noticed startups got way less done when they started raising money, but it was not till we ourselves raised money that I understood why.

But this time the result may be different. This time the number of new startups may not decrease.

It's why incubators -- the umbrella groups that give startups a network to help groom them into real companies -- have become so popular.

Hoffman is one of the Valley's most prolific angel investors, with stakes in more than 60 startups, including Facebook and Digg.

People do in startups, at least some of the time.

And because Internet startups have become so cheap to run, the threshold of profitability can be trivially low.

I was a bit confused when I read Penelope Trunk's blog telling me (and others) to stop telling women to do startups.

After all, startups and venture-funded companies often require experienced leadership to take them to the next level.

2011 is going to be a big year for payments, with more startups and mature companies getting funded in the space than almost ever before.

The problem of getting people to move in your direction (or, at least, the same direction) is not unique to startups, of course.

Since the market is so flooded with startups, incubators have become aggregators.

The big change that has occurred in China, however, is the emergence of technology startups: thousands of them, just as in India.

There's a fine line when confidence turns into arrogance and startups toe that line a lot.

And since most startups fail, I expect this commenter may be correct when he says "I predict 2007 will be the year of the deadpool. "

The path may not always be clear, but government money to support biotech startups is there for the asking.

When you read about startups in the NYT it always sounds like the founders had one good idea and immediately struck gold.

Startups do to the relationship between the founders what a dog does to a sock: if it can be pulled apart, it will be.

And it's that blend of industry, education, creativity and finance that might be the key to making Montreal a good site for startups.

We chose some of these startups due to their great features and impressive momentum.

The Internet has completely changed the landscape of entrepreneurship and perhaps the ones most affected by this are the startups.

Smaller players, mostly startups, have also developed nifty applications that aim at the office market.

Aside from small startups, too few organizations today give people a chance to do what they love in service of a meaningful mission.

Sodhani said investment in startups is inherently risky, but that the company is optimistic about China.

As investors swoon over the latest crop of hot startups, consider what happened to the last round.

As an initial matter, the biggest challenge that investors find in building Chinese startups is identifying great entrepreneurs.

Altogether, this gives startups a unique set of value drivers that allow them to compete with traditional powerhouses from a safe distance.

In a technology startup , which most startups are , the founders should include technical people .

In startups, the technical founder often wears his skills as an architect of scalable systems as a badge of honor.

And if the very concept of over-sharing continues to fade away, both startups could stand to gain a lot.

Cloud services have since lowered the barrier of entry for web startups, in terms of both cost and speed.

Beyond market knowledge, we're also looking for a real awareness of what's going on in the world of startups.

Some of the most important things in life don't come with instruction manuals: homes, spouses, kids, and startups are a few.

Startups generally need to raise some amount of external funding, and investors tend to be less willing to invest in bad times.

Some of the startups that postpone raising VC money may do so well on the angel money they raise that they never bother to raise more.

But like a phoenix, the Alley has risen again, humming with startups focused on social networking, smart phones and mobile apps.

Grad students are just the age, and just the sort of people, to start software startups.

Of course, big companies won't be able to do everything these startups do.

Getting customers to pay for your product is hard work, and it's no surprise that startups often fail due to poor budgeting and cash flow.

Still, large companies like the ones I met with last week have luxuries that startups don't.

Science requires vision, just as startups require vision.

This was not a problem for the startups; by definition a high valuation means enough investors were willing to accept it.

We also see signs of a divergence between founders and investors in the attitudes of existing startups we've funded.

In my youth I was a corporate lawyer, making a very nice salary for representing technology startups in Silicon Valley.

Free office space at AOL's Palo Alto headquarters will be given to one of the YC startups.

Most social networking sites are free for users, so startups need to be creative when it comes to finding ways to make money.

Document your joint venture agreements Startups often collaborate with other companies and individuals on technology or financial issues.

At the end of the 8 weeks, the teams presented their startups to a group of venture capitalists, tech influencers, media members and others.

Startups do not have that and it is one of the reasons why venture capitalists worry about the chasm.

At the top end is the business logic created by startups and established technology companies.

What the increasing number of startups does mean is that you won't be able to sit on a good idea.

But seeing what startups are really like will at least show other organizations what to aim for.

The next obvious step, then, is for startups to set up globally from jump.

But just like the artist needs to reinvent himself, so also do startups.

The 15 privacy policies studied encompasses both some of the biggest online portals and retailers, non-profits, and scrappy startups.

That leaves M& A transactions as the only exit for startups. And even those might not rebound until the second half of 2009.

With the new Latitude API announced earlier today, startups have a whole new slew of developer toys from Google with which to play.

Startups are innovative precisely because they avoid getting bogged down in paperwork.

Many entrepreneurs are fully brilliant leaders of startups, but they crash and burn when those companies grew beyond the startup stage.

It is also something that many startups don't seem to comprehend.

Those lists in the lobby showing suite numbers for different companies are a Who's Who of small-to-medium-sized employers and startups.

YC's three-month boot camp for startups, run twice a year in Mountain View, Calif. , attracts 1, 000 applicants for roughly 40 spots.

Two startups that make it possible to share files at home and work have ambitions to rule the cloud.

These rules are set to increase costs, especially for startups, but will not halt the wave of new funds heading to Asia.

Startups often make things cheaper, so in that respect they're better positioned to prosper in a recession than big companies.

Many startups are on a hiring tear as they receive large infusions of venture capital in the latest tech boom.

I'm in the unusual position of being able to test the essays I write about startups.

In no uncertain terms he outlines a bleak immediate future, and gives advice to his startups.

The startups view of the chasm is that it does not matter, at least for now.

I decided to launch Innovation Works to invest in Chinese startups.

Venture capitalists today are buzzing about a Wall Street Journal story about how Internet startups are facing a "cash crunch. "

It would make sense for super-angels to want low valuations if they're hoping to invest in startups that get bought early.

There's a lot of discussion about whether startups should be stealthy before they launch or not.

Angel investors typically make investment decisions regarding startups without paying others to manage their money.

We often tell startups to release a minimal version one quickly, then let the needs of the users determine what to do next.

A top candidate among Silicon Valley startups for an initial public offering, Facebook is unlikely to make its IPO until 2012, Thiel said.

Our Startups by Zip Codes post covered the United States, but a global overview is what we really want.

Are startups great for your career as a fresh graduate?

The latest crop of startups is focusing on personalization using a combination of Interest and Social Graphs.

From software startups to hedge funds to pharmaceutical giants to big media, they're all increasingly in the business of software.

Both DuckDuckGo and Blekko - as well as their partnership - demonstrate how startups can offer better customer satisfaction.

But without QE3, a good deal of liquidity that has been flowing into web startups could dry up very quickly.

Cambridge as a result feels like a town whose main industry is ideas, while New York's is finance and Silicon Valley's is startups.

Remember that startups are not in the business of creating jobs, they're in the business of creating value.

Many of the startups we fund are taking this route, and I predict that will be true of startups in general.

Back to the original question: Why aren't there more startups building applications on the . NET Framework?

It doesn't even have to be a startup (although there are plenty of startups who do that).

We improved our policy to stimulate and expand employment by encouraging business startups, and enforced the minimum wage system.

It was created as a response to Lean Startups, a movement that I think has merit too.

Startups with capital discipline use the best data currently available to direct both capital and focus.

Curiously enough, it's the same reason Google and Facebook have remained independent: money guys undervalue the most innovative startups.

Startups, those caffeine havens, are fond of stocking the refrigerator with soft drinks and offering bottomless cups of coffee.

During the two quarters before OpenTable went public, no venture-backed startups staged an IPO.

Conducted company research and analyzed profiles, indentifying a number of startups that 've yielded significant returns.

But brand advertising can be a tough thing for scrappy startups.

The startups represent the cutting edge of Semantic Web. Each has made an impact on the Internet this year, with user growth and innovation.

Another sign of how little the initial idea is worth is the number of startups that change their plan en route.

We think of the techniques we're developing for dealing with large numbers of startups as like software.

Also a lot of the so-called WebOS startups offer online storage as a key part of their package.

For most startups, Quickbooks will do in the beginning.

The founders of Google, Facebook, Twitter, and countless other startups all went the swimming-pool route eventually.

First, a quote from Marc Andreessen's "Guide to Startups, part 4: The only thing that matters"

The temptation for startups is, as Seth Godin would say, "to create average products for average people" .

Other growth areas include social media companies, startups, and companies hiring for "green" efforts.

Ditto for most of the other differences between startups and what passes for productivity in big companies.

Suddenly, there were a lot fewer startups buying servers and hiring sysadmins to run them.

And in particular, younger and more technical founders will be able to start startups than could before.

Is scrupulously telling the truth a luxury that startups can't afford?

as for investment in seed startups, the follow-up investment does not surpass 100% of paid-in cash contributions.

Wenger also cautions against joining startups as a non-co-founder if that startup doesn't have clear traction or investor backing.

Startups are undergoing the same transformation that technology does when it becomes cheaper.

Of course, Internet startups are still only a fraction of the world's economy.

Both languages have frameworks and tools that focus on rapid application development that appeal to startups.

Essentially, startups focus on breadth of knowledge, while enterprise focuses on depth of knowledge.

The report also looks at opportunities for entrepreneurs in building startups around social sharing.

So probably the limiting factor on the number of startups is the pool of potential founders.

Many founders of startups will be familiar with the Venture Capitalist question "how will your technology scale? "

You do not need to use this option for subsequent startups of Eclipse.

In H2 of the Fall Semester you will prepare by studying a set of common challenges facing global startups and teams that work with them.

Unlike their dot-com-era predecessors, today's startups aren't sloshing in venture capital, and business credit is tight.

Now as well as being produced by startups , this pattern is happening toh startups .

Do you think the game is over for startups making online productivity apps?

That WSJ article also criticizes Y Combinator for having just 14 female founders out of their 208 startups to date.

But most of the startups and their budgets are relatively small, and their finances are fragile.

This guy has wealth, loves startups, has wealth of experience, strong network, knows what works and what goes wrong.

Comparing with traditional valuation, SGVM emphasizes the significant effect of management abilities on value creation of startups.

The survival rate for startups is way less than fifty percent.

When this changes, it opens up an opportunity for small startups, new companies and young entrepreneurs.

I got my experience at tech startups, and eventually did work for both Microsoft and Google.

Tangos says M&A is rare in the China market, which makes it more difficult for China's startups to raise funding and find an exit.

Mr. Rosen's 30 year career has spanned startups, CTO roles, chief architect, and product architect for industry leading middleware products.

The large investment is the latest sign that web-based enterprise software startups are gaining clout.

So in a world of startups, elite universities will playless of a role as gatekeepers.

Dana becomes lead writer for ReadWriteStart, our channel devoted to early stage startups. She will post once or twice a day there.

A necessary side effect of all this experimentation is that most startups will ultimately fail.

Interestingly, VCs and angels partnered in about 25% of the investments in pure play iPhone and iPad startups.

Firstly, little startups or early stage companies are advised to partner with larger entities.

More than 42% of the startups that are moving more than 20% slower than the average time needed to reach the scale stage are solo founders.

What I tell most startups we fund is that if someone reputable offers you funding on reasonable terms, take it.

The venture firms aren't investing so Google has a great shelf full of snappy startups to look at.

Balanced teams perform well with all types of startups except those that require a lot of enterprise sales.

I'm "following" (subscribed to) topics on Quora like startups, journalism, food and the New York Times.

Mailgun, which offers email systems for web-service companies, boasts that almost 60 percent of this year's startups are using its product.

Once accepted into BizSpark, enrollment is free, but the startups will have to pay a nominal fee of $100 when they leave the program.

Many young entrepreneurs think startups are like sprints, when you just race from the start to the finish line.

But that's nothing new: startups always have to adapt to the whims of investors.

It's no coincidence that startups start around universities, because that's where smart people meet.

Computer scientist who has worked in several startups as strategy consultants.

Countless startups pitch themselves as "platforms" these days.

Even though everyone was using my software, the vast majority of firms using Mongrel were startups.

But social networking startups can still make an impact without becoming web behemoths.

Without giving away too much It is business related and aimed at business startups and business people.

In stories about startups, people often say well I was here then I was here, instead, you had a long chain.

The vast majority of technology startups fail because too few customers buy or use their products.

Technology from NeuroSky and other startups could make video games more mentally stimulating and realistic.

For startups, I would go a step further and say that momentum is everything.

Since quitting Wall Street in 2000 to become a venture capitalist, Buyer has been low-profile--but she's active in the world of startups.

The acquisition shows just how quickly the valuations of social game startups are soaring.

Andreessen and Opsware co-founder Ben Horowitz launched a new venture fund for web startups last month.

So yes, many of the startups who once thought they might see gold in the advertising economy now are pursuing the paid app economy.

Several turned down YC-funded startups after Demo Day because their valuations were too high.

Brick and mortar startups (retailers, for example) set up in the state where the owners live and do business.

Graham is a partner at Y Combinator, a Mountain View firm that invests in very early tech startups.

But this strain of startups is a highly inbred line that holds more risks than most people realize.

Most startups coming out of Demo Day wanted to raise around $400k.

There is another reason why cloud computing is more of a paradigm shift for startups than for bigger companies.

Startups today have unprecedented access to global labor markets.

At the same time, large companies are snapping up Web businesses before these startups ever see a second or third round of funding.

The place to look is where the spread of smallness began: in the world of startups.

We've been valuing and ranking the world's most valuable digital startups for the last 4 years.

But this will change if enough startups choose SF over the Valley.

And as the bad economy starts to cut into startups' growth, entrepreneurs will need to raise more funding at lower valuations.

But some startups have barely come up with a plan.

This ultimately means that startups in countries with nascent communities, such as the Philippines, are substantially harder to manage.

Think about that. The "supply" of startups has gone way up over the past few years.

CTO's at startups and web companies disallow the usage of products that aren't free and open source.

Since 1996 the number of construction startups has jumped 7%, and manufacturing has grown by a remarkable 43%.

Yahoo in 2010 needs to buy startups and companies to help it scale and regain footing, especially in mobile, ads and commerce areas.

Many web startups like Twitter, SmugMug, and even the New York Times had error messages on the site.

As far as startups go, this team definitely kept it small and simple - a lesson other companies should learn well.

For startups the YC experience revolves around Thursdays.

At Y Combinator we've seen dramatic changes in the funding environment for startups.

Which means many Internet startups don't need VC-scale investments anymore.

FJ: What do you think about venture capital, is that good or bad to sustainable bootstrapped startups?

Will it be? As of now, few of the startups that take money fromsuper-angels are ruling out taking VC money.

The sales growth has sparked an investment surge in genomics startups.

In contrast, at startups, executives typically spend 100% of their time executing and 0% of their time training.

The trip to the US was a big eye-opener, and he suggests other startups do the same if their customers are in the US.

But many startups find themselves stuck between those two points.

One mistake I see startups make a lot is getting too focused on what is going on around them.

Entrepreneurship has risks. Startups do fail.

Isn't entrepreneurship risky? Don't hundreds of startups fail every year?

For most startups the model should be grad student, not law firm.

That hasn't stopped startups from capitalizing on the growing trendiness of anything "green. "

This is ideal for startups, as they need to be agile and adapt to changing technology.

For budding Western startups like Groupon, China represents a lot of untapped potential.

Four out of 10 Silicon Valley startups are run by Indians.

In fact, we've never even invited them to the demo days we organize for startups to present to investors.

Big-company denizens looking to change careers often overlook smaller firms, including startups, notes Carolyn Hughes. That's a mistake.

In fact, startups are more like marathons, so pace yourself.

Most people don't understand what a social force startups can be.

It's cheaper to just buy developed molecules from private startups.

Identifying this quality also brings us closer to answering a question people often wonder about: how many startups there could be.

But with social media, what tangible benefit can startups gain from having 10, 000 more Twitter followers than their closest competitor?

Up until now, venture capital firms have been pumping millions of dollars of investment into Web 2. 0 startups.

Startups should strive to keep the cash conversion cycle as short as possible.

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