Startup
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Startup is a general term used to describe a new entrant (company) into a given marketplace (industry sector, geographic region, country, city, etc). Startups which survive tend to be new, young and innovative companies with both help their users and aren't too concerned about making large amounts of money (at least in the beginning).
It is often stated that roughly 90% of new business startups fail.[1]
EXAMPLES
Examples of some new business startups that have not only succeeded but become extremely large reputable companies (whether through acquisition or their own self-sufficiency) include:
| Startup | Expertise | Merger/Acquisition? |
|---|---|---|
| AdMob | Advertising (mobile devices) | (acquired by Google) |
| Powerset | Semantic Search (NLP) | (acquired by Microsoft) |
| Twine | Semantic Web | (acquired by Evri) |
| IM, Social Media & Search Engine | ||
| GrandCentral | VoIP | (acquired by Google) |
| Dodgeball | Geo-Location | (acquired by Google) |
| Skype | VoIP, TeleConference, Videoconferencing | (acquired by Ebay) |
| DoubleClick | Advertising (websites/search results) | (acquired by Google) |
| SNS and Career/Job hunting | ||
| FriendFeed | SNS & Social Media | (acquired by Facebook) |
| SNS & Advertising | (15% of Ad Network acquired by Microsoft, valuing company at ~$15 Billion USD) | |
| MySpace | SNS & Advertising | (acquired by FOX media parent company News corp.) |
| Blogger | Blogs | (acquired by Google) |
| Grouper | Online Video | (acquired by SONY) |
| JumpCut | Online Video & Video Editing | (acquired by Yahoo!) |
| Flickr | Image & Photos hosting, Search Engine | (acquired by Yahoo!) |
| YouTube | Online Video hosting, Search Engine | (acquired by Google) |
| PayPal | E-Payments | (acquired by Ebay) |
| Wikipedia | Online Encylopedia & Knowledge Management tools | (spin-off Wikia acquired by Amazon) |
| IMDB | World's largest Movie database & Social Media | (acquired by Amazon) |
| Monster | Human Resources, Career/Job hunting | |
| Salesforce | Human Resources, Project Management & CRM | |
| Craig's List | Online Classifieds | (25% stake acquired by Ebay) |
| Amazon | Online Re-seller & Retail | |
| Ebay | Online Auction | |
| Search Engine, Media & Advertising | ||
| Yahoo! | Search Engine, Media & Advertising | (Microsoft tried to acquire multiple times) |
| AOL | Search Engine, Media & "Productivity Software" | (merged with Time-Warner, only to later un-merge) |
| Apple | Operating System & Browser developer, Hardware & Mobile Device manufacturer | |
| Microsoft | Operating System, Browser, "Productivity Software" & Search Engine developer, Mobile Device manufacturer |
Tools
- Canadian Startup index: http://www.techvibes.com/blog/the-canadian-startup-index-2013-02-06
- Company Share-Dilution Estimator: http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7kUZ82LSG7eV0YxOE5BOVZUdVE/view[2]
Resources
- Startup class -- Sam Altman & Dustin Moskovitz - How to start a Startup: http://startupclass.samaltman.com
- Startup jobs: http://startuply.com
- StartupWeekend: http://startupweekend.org/
- How to make money - the STARTUP way: http://www.entrepreneur.com/dbimages/article/1397168889-formula-startups-use-make-billions-infographic.jpg (simple formula)
- TechStars Startup fund results: http://www.techstars.org/results/
- Analyzing Y Combinator: http://blog.awesomezombie.com/2009/12/analyzing-y-combinator.html
- The Ascent of America’s High-Growth Companies: http://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/the-ascent-of-americas-high-growth-companies.aspx (Interactive Data Visualization: Mapping Fast-Growing Companies)
- YoungStartup conference: http://www.youngstartup.com/
- Starting a Business in Japan – Tokyo Start-up Guide (Important Links): https://cotoacademy.com/starting-business-japan-tokyo-start-guide-important-links/
- Startup Metrics for Pirates: https://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version[3]
Tutorials
- If you build it, they won't come: http://jasonlbaptiste.com/featured-articles/if-you-build-it-they-wont-come/
- Fletcher's angry list of startup rules: http://www.skrenta.com/2007/07/fletchers_angry_list_of_startu.html
- Before naming your startup, read this: http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2012/04/22/before-naming-your-startup-read-this/
- Lean Startup 101 - The Essential Ideas: http://2015.leanstartup.co/lean-startup-101-the-essential-ideas/
- The Five Whys: http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2008/11/five-whys.html
External Links
- wikipedia: Startup company
- wikipedia: Hype cycle
- 5 Masterminds That Have Redefined Startup Life: http://mashable.com/2010/04/22/startup-masterminds/
- Fail Factors – Why Startups Die – The Zealot: http://www.thebiggertruth.com/2009/12/fail-factors-why-startups-die-the-zealot/
- Why so many start-ups fail: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7759207.stm
- The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups (by Paul Graham at Y-Combinator): http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html
- What's Behind High Small-Biz Failure Rates? : http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/news/coladvice/ask/sa990930.htm
- Google Answers - What % of new businesses fail: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/418119.html
- When Failure Is a Good Thing: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/business/12offline.html?ex=1336622400&en=a9d4ca6132503bb7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
- Why Do Most Business Startups Fail?: http://hubpages.com/hub/why-startups-fail
- Why Your Startup Will Fail: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-your-startup-will-fail.html
- MySpace Case Study -- Not a purely viral start: http://www.startup-review.com/blog/myspace-case-study-not-a-purely-viral-start.php
- YCombinator - Startup School 08: http://omnisio.com/startupschool08
- Hackers and Hustlers: http://learntoduck.com/micah/hackers-hustlers
- 25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time: http://www.chubbybrain.com/blog/startup-failure-post-mortem/
- A bunch of presentations on scaling websites - twitter, Flickr, Bloglines, Vox and more.: http://web.archive.org/web/20080607065929/http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2007/04/29/3616/the-top-10-presentation-on-scaling-websites-twitter-flickr-bloglines-vox-and-more
- VoSnap - an overnight delivery of fail: http://web.archive.org/web/20080517011040/http://www.uncov.com/2007/7/10/vosnap-an-overnight-delivery-of-fail
- A startup founder should be able to...: http://apassant.net/2012/07/03/a-startup-founder-should/
- The Bootstrapper’s Guide to Internet Startups: http://www.techvibes.com/blog/the-bootstrappers-guide-to-internet-startups
- The Master List Of Tech Internship Salaries Revealed (Startups lead the way in generosity/perks over big tech giants): http://betabeat.com/2014/12/the-master-list-of-tech-internship-salaries-revealed/
- What chance do you have at a legacy if Google can just create a clone of your business if you won't sell to them?: http://www.quora.com/What-chance-do-you-have-at-a-legacy-if-Google-can-just-create-a-clone-of-your-business-if-you-wont-sell-to-them
- Saying No to Sales: http://zachholman.com/posts/saying-no-to-sales/ (customer bluffs, chasing dreams & when to not make promises you can't keep in meeting client needs/wants and balancing real product requirements)
- The Tyranny of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP): http://medium.com/user-experience-design-1/the-tyranny-of-the-minimum-viable-product-fb25e2e57e6e
- So long MVP. Hello Minimum Loveable Product (MLP): https://medium.com/the-happy-startup-school/beyond-mvp-10-steps-to-make-your-product-minimum-loveable-51800164ae0c
- 85% of Tech Startups fail; Here's the Top 20 reasons why: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/09/25/top-20-reasons-startups-fail-report/ (85% being only marginally better than the general saying "90% of new businesses fail" which is not industry specific, or, scientific for that matter)
- The Kyoto startup hero: http://www.japantoday.com/category/executive-impact/view/the-kyoto-startup-hero
- "Disruption" Is How Silicon Valley Eats Its Young: https://www.wired.com/story/disruption-is-how-silicon-valley-eats-its-young/
- Which famous startups failed many times?: https://www.quora.com/Which-famous-startups-failed-many-times
- Discover your next favorite thing: https://www.producthunt.com
- Start-Ups Are Pummeled in the ‘Great Unwinding’ (of COVID-19): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/technology/virus-start-ups-pummeled-layoffs-unwinding.html
- How to Get Startup Ideas: https://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html
- "Kung Fu" startup strategy: https://blog.asmartbear.com/kung-fu.html
References
- ↑ Startup Failure Rates — The REAL Numbers: http://smallbiztrends.com/2008/04/startup-failure-rates.html
- ↑ What percent of the company do the founders own after 1, 2 or 3 stages of VC funding?: http://www.quora.com/What-percent-of-the-company-do-the-founders-own-after-1-2-or-3-stages-of-VC-funding
- ↑ Dave McClure's "Pirate Metrics" AARRR https://startitup.co/guides/374/aarrr-startup-metrics
