Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs who are looking to attract investors need to develop and pitch a plan -- preferably written -- that answers every potential investor question about your startup before it is asked. What are your specific marketing and sales plans? Find a comparable company to show potential sale value and return on investment (ROI).

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Xconomy

AUGUST 26, 2016

Mylan bumped up the price of the EpiPen 400 percent, presidential nominee Hillary Clinton responded with a tirade against drug price hikes, and—much like when Clinton railed against drug pricing last year—biotech indexes promptly plummeted more than 3 percent. It was the tweet heard around the biotech world, again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

If your new venture is still in the idea or development stages, don’t even think about a high valuation. When top tier investors compete for a piece of the action, the price can go up exponentially. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/29/2016. It helps to have a following of loyal advocates in the mainstream press.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2016

Prices need to be reviewed to cover total costs and margin. As any business grows, you need help to make it happen, and new employees don’t have the background knowledge, training, or the problem-solving ability you have developed. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 08/13/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

After listening to hundreds of startup pitches, and reading even more business plans, most new venture investors develop their own favorite list of “red flags” that signal the beginning of the end of their interest. Sales projections are less than one percent market penetration. Investors fear negative vibes will infect the business.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

However, this year many brands still won’t deliver a full mobile experience, which is to say that, in 2016, many retailers still won’t have apps. Despite the benefits of developing an app, there are valid reasons why retailers choose not to invest in one. MYTH: Development costs are too high. Developing an app is costly.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. billion in sales and thus controls less than 10% of the market. But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Linktree has been around since 2016 and has more funding than its up-and-coming competitors. Snipfeed is free to set up, but if you make sales, the company takes 15% — this percentage is inclusive of any transaction fees. Now, Snipfeed enters the ring with its own $5.5 We only make money if they make money,” Ramdani said.

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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

After a year in which Biogen’s share price has fallen by more than a third and one of its top drug prospects failed, Scangos, who has led the company since 2010, has announced plans to step down. It’s currently Biogen’s top-selling product, generating close to $2 billion in sales during the first half of 2016.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 19, 2016

. —The FDA last summer approved two new cholesterol fighting drugs known as PCSK9 inhibitors, but so far the market has rejected them, resulting in paltry sales. Data from the other three trials should come in late 2016 or early 2017.

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