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Author Archives: Simeon Simeonov
Google Voice vs. Survey App
I think voice recognition, especially when combined with dynamic, data-driven systems is a Big Thing. That said, we have a long way to go as demonstrated by this slightly edited Google Voice transcript of its interaction with an automated survey … Continue reading
The next reincarnation of cloud computing
Over Memorial Day weekend I wanted to play with CrunchBase data. I wrote a quick bash script that pulled data from CrunchBase and put it in MongoDB, one of the new databases from the NoSQL movement. In the process, I … Continue reading
Posted in amazon web services, cloud computing, SaaS
Tagged amazon web services, cloud computing, Google App Engine, Heroku, IaaS, PaaS, Paul Maritz, Programming, SaaS, vCloud, virtualization, VMWare, Werner Vogels
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iPhone economics, startup economics, angel investing economics
Tomi Ahonen has collected a lot of good data about the iPhone app ecosystem and applies solid analysis to reach the conclusion that, from an economic standpoint, on average, it is a waste of developers’ time to build iPhone apps. … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPhone, Mobile, startups
Tagged angel investing, angel returns, Apple, Apple AppStore economics, AppStore economics, iPhone, Mobile, startup economics, startups
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Repurchase agreements: what you should know before you sign
This is the second guest post from Dave Broadwin, head of the Emerging Enterpise Center at Foley Hoag LLP, in the area of founding agreements. Part one is on vesting and the other related posts are on improving the performance … Continue reading
Platforms, Feds, Ads
In trying to write a focused post on the threat of government regulation Apple is facing, I didn’t mention an area I’m personally very interested in from the standpoint of Better Advertising: Apple’s restrictions regarding data collection. Section 3.3.9 of … Continue reading
Posted in Apple
Tagged Advertising, analytics, Apple, developer agreement, government regulation
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Does knowing C allow you to write more efficient programs?
In a thoughtful comment to my post analyzing Apple’s refusal to allow non-native apps–the ones built with Flash, .NET, any type of cross-compiler, etc.–on its devices, Andrew Martin argued: I would argue that knowing a “lower-level” high-level language like C … Continue reading
Apple vs. Adobe Flash
VentureBeat published an analysis I did of Steve Jobs’s Thoughts on Flash. As one would expect, the comments have been lively. Since I used to work at Macromedia, the creator of Flash, now part of Adobe, I wanted to share … Continue reading
Founder Agreements – Vesting, Vesting and more Vesting
Following my posts on improving the performance of founding teams, founder agreements and strategies for dealing with poorly performing co-founders, I continue to receive many emails at FastIgnite from entrepreneurs having difficulties with managing and formalizing the relationships with their … Continue reading
Posted in startups, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged Dave Broadwin, entrepreneurship, founder agreements, startups, VC, Venture Capital, vesting
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Picking the ideal market size for a startup
There may be some argument about this but I’ve read in a number of places that the fastest high-tech company to reach $1B in revenue was BEA Systems. How did they do it? They got big backers: a private equity … Continue reading
Posted in startups
Tagged customer development, entrepreneurship, lean startup, marketing, startups
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Ten rules for better founding teams
Previously, I highlighted the legal aspects of structuring founder agreements. These are indeed very important but it is even more important to underscore that any agreement can be modified if the parties involved agree to do so. Therefore, a non-confrontational, … Continue reading
Posted in startups
Tagged founder, founder agreements, founding teams, legal agreements, startup, startups, vesting
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