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The Unsustainability of Hyper Growth VC Startups

The Unsustainability of Hyper Growth VC Startups

By Bob Warfield on October 25, 2012

B2C Internet plays are all about fashion trends and I’m not an arbiter of fashion. I can’t tell you whether this is the right time to make millions using sock puppets to sell pet food. I can tell you how to solve a hard problem that has valuable ROI in the Enterprise. I prefer the latter as a way to maximize the value of my career investment portfolio.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged apple, Bill Nguyen, Bubble, Charles Ponzi, IPO, Jason Cohen, Paul Graham, startups, strategy, venture, workday

How to Position a VC Startup for Acquisition:  You Can’t

How to Position a VC Startup for Acquisition: You Can’t

By Bob Warfield on October 23, 2012

How do you position and maneuver your VC-funded startup for acquisition? The short answer is, “You can’t.”   The VC’s didn’t sign up for an acquisition.  They are seeking a billion dollar revenue opportunity because that’s what it takes to move the needle on their portfolio.  If they are willing to talk about an acquisition at all, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Entrepreneurship, exit, investing, IPO, startups, strategy, vc funding, venture, Venture Capital, venture funding

There’s a Revolution in Desktop Manufacturing Underway

There’s a Revolution in Desktop Manufacturing Underway

By Bob Warfield on September 27, 2012

My day job involves running a company that makes Manufacturing Software called CNCCookbook.  It’s a bootstrapped company that I built from scratch–software, marketing, content–the whole ball of wax.  It’s been great fun and is starting to pay the bills as well.  I’ll be telling the full story of what I’ve learned over time, but right […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged venture

What is the Entrepreneur’s Social Contract with their VC’s

What is the Entrepreneur’s Social Contract with their VC’s

By Bob Warfield on September 20, 2012

Another great post from Jason Lemkin has me responding again. Jason seems to be going over all the dark thoughts entrepreneurs and founders have about VC’s and blogging about it instead of what most entrepreneurs do which is to keep quiet so as not to offend potential future investors.  Good for him, it’s about time […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Jason Lemkin, smoothspan, strategy, venture | 1 Response

You Can’t Do Cr*p with a $750K Seed Round in Enterprise SaaS, So Don’t Even Try.

You Can’t Do Cr*p with a $750K Seed Round in Enterprise SaaS, So Don’t Even Try.

By Bob Warfield on September 14, 2012

Hat tip to Jason Lemkin for sharing an article with a similar sub-title with me this morning. This has been going on a long time. I wrote about it 2 years ago and it wasn’t a new development back then: http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/contrarian-vcs-good-idea/ VC’s are addicted to finding more Googles and Facebooks. They’re addicted to placing their […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged venture | 1 Response

The Two Most Desirable Features of a Platform as a Service

The Two Most Desirable Features of a Platform as a Service

By Bob Warfield on July 5, 2011

Big Data? Multitenancy? Uber DB scaling? Mad Hadoopishness? Faster app development? Universal Social Connectivity? Not so much.  Some platform or other claims all of those things, but the two most desirable features of a PaaS appear to be revenue generation and commodity pricing, not necessarily in that order. Let me first say that I’ve come […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon, Big Data, bootstrapping, Cloud, Cloud Computing, PaaS, platforms, SaaS, venture

Square: It’s All About the Momentum, Baby!

Square: It’s All About the Momentum, Baby!

By Bob Warfield on June 29, 2011

Reading about Square’s latest $100 million in capital raised at a $1 billion valuation, it’s tempting to write another Bubble Story.   While it’s undeniable that it would be hard to do that financing in the wake of the recent Sequoia RIP Good Times era, there’s something more interesting to think about here. First, let […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Bubble, mobile payments, paradigm shift, PayPal, small business, square, venture | 2 Responses

There’s a New Sheriff in Town and His Name is “Content”

There’s a New Sheriff in Town and His Name is “Content”

By Bob Warfield on June 24, 2011

Just read a great top-level overview of Google’s Panda on SEOMoz.  If you haven’t been following Panda, or you’re not involved with marketing much, it is Google’s latest algorithmic attempt to minimize the ability to game search results.  This article is at a good level for CEO’s, Board Members, Investors, and other Interested Parties to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged bootstrapping, content, google, marketing, SEOmoz, strategy, venture | 1 Response

Quality is Part of the UX Too

Quality is Part of the UX Too

By Bob Warfield on June 20, 2011

Just had a back and forth with @dahowlett on Twitter about Dropbox’s recent breach of security.  For about 4 hours passwords didn’t matter to Dropbox–you could type in whatever you wanted and access anyone’s data.  Dennis went on a pretty good rampage about it, and I have a hard time blaming him.  Yes, accidents happen, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged dropbox, linkedin, PayPal, quality, strategy, User Experience, ux, venture

When Will Your Job Be Consumerized?

When Will Your Job Be Consumerized?

By Bob Warfield on June 2, 2011

It’s become all the rage to talk about the Consumerization of IT in the last few years.  There are a lot of definitions of what the term means.  Those who are looking to downplay it somewhat will toss out the idea that it’s copying consumer web technology into business software.  One gets the idea that […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Consumerization, strategy, user interface, venture, Web 2.0

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