InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

Hint: He was an entrepreneur. The same is true of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is so highly valued in the Western World that some people try to convince themselves that they are an entrepreneur, when in fact they would be better off at a Big Dumb Company (“BDC”). Entrepreneur Does Not Equal Inventor.

Entrepreneur 153

Entrepreneur Ideas Writing Startup 153

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2023

These authors speak from a wealth of experience as investors, entrepreneurs, and environmentalists. Clever leaders now cast their nets more broadly, reaching out to the crowd on the internet, as well as industry organizations, governments, and even competitors. Enlist the collective intelligence of the crowd.

Demand 84

Demand Course .Net Startup 84

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

Many entrepreneurs encounter a similar dilemma. Thus, entrepreneurs must decide when to stop listening to the Sirens’ song of a quick buck and position their company to take advantage of long-term, sustainable business models. However, in the long run, entrepreneurs always benefit from delivering Maximum Utility for a fair price.

Entrepreneur 225

Entrepreneur SaaS Pricing Cloud Computing 225

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 18, 2012

In the beginning there were few variations of domain types you purchase as you had a selection of.com,net, or.org. domain were our in force educating entrepreneurs and the like that a company should be on a.CO domain was good enough for the Brooklyn hipster, referring to the company Hipster out of Brooklyn, NY.

.Net 78

.Net Education Entrepreneur Help 78

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

Yet a critical mistake I see many entrepreneurs make is that they hand over too much control to their third-parties. That said, there are times where you need to cast a wider net. Often recruiters want to handle the final negotiations on package and/or do the reference calls. VCs often do this for reference checking.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. In that context, I offer you my latest collection of popular investor-to-entrepreneur terms and concepts. Frothy is good for entrepreneurs. Seed-round investment.

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Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Derek Norton: I just closed on a new fund, worth $5M, which I raised from a group of high net worth, high profile LPs. Our investment thesis we refer to as the connected consumer. Because of all that, I would say to entrepreneur, be thoughtful of the syndicate of investors you are taking money from. Tell us about the new fund?

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Invest Funding Capital Startup 145

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. business name entrepreneur founder startup TBD' When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Marty Zwilling.

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Google Customer Custom Sample 117

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage. Right now, equity tends to fall to the very high net worth and professional investors.

Startup 223

Startup Equity Venture Capital Ideas 223

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Below we’ll outline how to squeeze those last drops of talent out of your own social circles, how to incentivize current employees to lure in potential candidates in their networks, and how to entice “superconnectors” to recruit through their own far-reaching nets. Tap Into Your Network. Tap Into Your Employees’ Networks.

Networking 82

Networking Startup Software Review Conference 82

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

In his premier film appearance in the blaxploitation send-up “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” Chris Rock inadvertently addresses a key pricing challenge faced by most entrepreneurs. Too often, entrepreneurs attempt to widen the appeal of their solutions by dropping their prices to attract more prospects. The customer is always king.”.

Pricing 100

Pricing Product Startup Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Easy to pronounce and remember. Forget made-up words and nonsense phrases.

Startup 104

Startup Google Customer Custom 104

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Easy to pronounce and remember. Forget made-up words and nonsense phrases.

Company 108

Company Companies Google Customer 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2020

Unfortunately, many inventors I know are stuck at this stage, being great technologists, but not so great as entrepreneurs. billion net worth. I urge every inventor and entrepreneur to adopt the minimum viable product (MVP) strategy. As a result, their inventions languish and never make them a dollar.

Customer 136

Customer Custom Examples .Net 136

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

It is surprising how often entrepreneurs forget this simple fact. The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. As noted in Frugal is as Frugal Does , entrepreneurs on The Fringe only spend their cash on items that add value to their adVentures. Go Nuclear.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

In my Twitter bio is says that I’m “ looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs ,” which almost sounds like I was just looking for a cliché soundbite to describe myself. Passion is also the featured heavily in nearly every presentation I give to entrepreneurs or on college campuses or in talks with MBA students.

Startup 419

Startup Entrepreneur Design Funding 419

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I didn’t mean to be so insulting and I didn’t mean for the net to be cast so wide that many people wondered whether I was talking about them when I was speaking of “job hoppers.&# I learned a lot from reading the comments. They come in the form of personal references. I should have kept it in third person.

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The article also refers to government data showing that those 55 to 64 and older represent one of the fastest growing groups of self-employed workers. Tags: entrepreneurs startups business. In case you think that all of these are employed by big companies, listen to these statistics: According to an article in U.S. Angel Investor.

Mentor 75

Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout. 0:28:00) & (0:31:27).

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The crypto in cryptocurrency is of course referring to cryptography on the ability to encrypt your transactions so they can’t be modified after they have been written to the blockchain. But putting large sums of money in the hands of first time or even experienced entrepreneurs with absolutely no oversight is a recipe for disaster.

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