In the past few weeks, there’s been a real blow up over “scammy” Facebook game techniques from companies like Zynga. There was also a very honest run-down of scam-related revenue techniques by Dennis Yu, who I had the chance to meet and work with very briefly at the first Startup Weekend. Essentially, the idea is
Sub-venture companies can utilize open source software to quickly and cheaply build their sites and systems – saving money to be used for traffic and branding.
Funding requirements for sub-ventures may be just 10% of typical venture capital rounds, lowering pressure on the entrepreneur.
Lower your people count in a new venture and you’ll lower your execution risks.
It was 10 years ago yesterday that I incorporated one of my most successful businesses, Stilman Adanced Strategies. Unfortunately, it didn’t end up going so well for me, but the other founders and employees are enjoying some of the fruits of my labors there, and I’m glad for them…mostly! 🙂 That includes contracts that should
A lot of software/online venture activity these days is going “small time”. Instead of investing millions in startups, some venture firms are placing multiple small bets with small teams. Sub-ventures, which we’ll discuss soon more in depth after setting the tone here, differ slightly from the small bets placed by venture capital firms, and they