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Alex's News Picks: November 6th

Get Venture  Nov 06 09

How to Create a Budget Network Effects And Scale Economies (aka Spolsky vs. Heinemeier) Who’s Your Who’s Who? Getting the right people involved in your startup It's not even 80/20 - 8% of Internet users account for 85% of clicks... Full story...

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SBA Loans

Get Venture  5 days ago

The Small Business Administration is a government organization charged with stimulating small business activity in the United States.

Key Types Of IT Company Data

Get Venture  Feb 02 10

Tech-lite companies often rely on data to create value and barriers as they scale. Being able to structurally think about what data your company is and is not leveraging may enable you to deliver more value and create additional barriers.

Types Of Barriers: Static Advantages

Get Venture  Jan 27 10

There are some barriers that arguably don’t change in their ability to deter competition as the relative scale of competitors changes.

Types Of Barriers: Scale Advantages

Get Venture  Jan 25 10

While barriers that erode as your competitors scale usually relate to the process of a company entering a market, there is a category of barriers that can play an important role in determining the relative success of competitors after they.

Types Of Barriers: Deterrents

Get Venture  Jan 21 10

I’m defining a deterrent as a significant initial investment of capital or time that can discourage new entrants.

How To Evaluate Barriers

Get Venture  Jan 20 10

Image Provided by Shutterstock I have written about the role of barriers in scaling IT companies. I think it’s worthwhile to explore the different types of barriers that you might have or look to create in your business.

SeedStart: NY’s New Accelerator Program

Get Venture  Jan 19 10

The NY venture ecosystem continues to grow stronger. Owen Davis and NYCSeed recently led the charge in creating a new venture accelerator program called SeedStart.

Drop.io Makes Press Easier To Release

Get Venture  Jan 11 10

One of DFJ Gotham’s portfolio companies Drop.io (run by my friend Sam Lessin) just launched Presslift, another service that leverages their core technology platform.

Snag Fims: Hulu Of Documentaries

Get Venture  Jan 07 10

We all live in silos. Most of us only interact in the relatively small semi-isolated circles in which we have landed.

Option Pools Are Not Always Dilutive

Get Venture  Jan 04 10

VCs often require that portfolio companies maintain a certain amount of unallocated options (an option pool) for future distribution to existing or new hires.



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