Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The details of these considerations are outlined in a classic book, “ The Board Book ,” by Board expert and founder of The Board Institute, Susan F. It’s a resource that you can’t afford to ignore if you intend to stay competitive today. How much are you willing to spend on your board? Marty Zwilling.

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Allegis Startup Acquisition Entrepreneur 139

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Dave’s book and ebook on raising money available on Amazon.com. More on raising money in BERKONOMICS book, also available on Amazon.com. In return, the accelerator often invests $25,000 to $100,000 in the young enterprise and takes from five to ten percent of the equity in return. months from introduction to investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2023

I was reminded of a number of these by a classic book, “ The Thing About Work: Showing Up and Other Important Matters ,” by Richard A. Anything less makes you non-competitive. Work-life balance is not about equity, but about escape. Yet peers and customers notice phone calls and e-mails not returned in twenty-four hours or less.

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Startup Writing Entrepreneur Screening 106

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Being the leader doesn’t mean more equity, nor does it mean the leader will necessarily be CEO. The industry veteran.

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Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 123

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Pro tip: take on the mantle of book editor for a major tech publication, and the publishers will mail you books for free. And so we get book ordering problems and expensive lunches and weirdly angry LPs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

I was reminded of a number of these by a classic book, “ The Thing About Work: Showing Up and Other Important Matters ,” by Richard A. Anything less makes you non-competitive. Work-life balance is not about equity, but about escape. Yet peers and customers notice phone calls and e-mails not returned in twenty-four hours or less.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2020

In the same way, great entrepreneurs and company leaders should no longer rely on faceless and nameless processes to drive business strategy and innovation to stay competitive. The new principles of engagement, as well as the dysfunctions of the old, are well illustrated in the insightful classic book, “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami?

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Social Media Metrics Customer Custom 128

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ian Chen is the co-founder and CEO of Discotech , a startup that offers up bottle service booking, discounted tickets and more to clubs and nightspots. Ian Chen: In my previous life, I was working in private equity in LA. It's quite a difference between running a startup and private equity, we imagine?

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

He has written numerous books and articles for entrepreneurs and investors, and was the publisher and editor-in-chief of Venture Magazine. In the case of technology and Internet-related companies, competitive advantage will have only a relatively short lifespan and that therefore the window of opportunity is not infinite.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2012

Here are five good reasons for setting the strategy early, as summarized by Mark Thompson and Brian Tracy in their recent book “ Now, Build a Great Business! Although their book is written for businesses of all sizes, I believe the principles apply especially to startups as follows: Increase return on equity invested.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

He also wrote this excellent book on the Venture Capital industry that I highly recommend ? that broadly covers decentralized applications and possibly even decentralized autonomous organizations (which could imply that in the future VCs need to be more focused on token value and monetization than equity ownership models?—?we’ll

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

If you haven’t read Adam Lashinsky’s awesome new book about Apple , you should. My list of excuses includes: product, pricing, competition and lack of sales support. This includes presentations, ROI calculators, competitive analyses and so forth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2019

The details of these considerations are outlined in a classic book, “ The Board Book ,” by Board expert and founder of The Board Institute, Susan F. It’s a resource that you can’t afford to ignore if you intend to stay competitive today. How much are you willing to spend on your board? Marty Zwilling.

Startup 98

Startup Allegis Entrepreneur Acquisition 98

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2011

I have discussed in this series a number of books and games parents can share with their children which will cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. Amarillo’s advice is consistent with my comments in the Startup Competition ; get to know your competitors on a personal basis, while appearing as innocuous as possible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Being the leader doesn’t mean more equity, nor does it mean the leader will necessarily be CEO. The industry veteran. The financial suit.

Technical Advisors 105

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 105

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Here are five good reasons for setting the strategy early, as summarized by Mark Thompson and Brian Tracy in their new book “ Now, Build a Great Business! Although their book is written for businesses of all sizes, I believe the principles apply especially to startups as follows: To increase return on equity invested.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Let me be quick to say that a plan doesn’t have be a book, and probably should start as a “pitch deck” of maybe a dozen slides which cover all the right bases. Opportunity segmentation and competitive environment. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive. The details can be added later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2018

In the same way, great entrepreneurs and company leaders should no longer rely on faceless and nameless processes to drive business strategy and innovation to stay competitive. The new principles of engagement, as well as the dysfunctions of the old, are well illustrated in the insightful classic book, “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami?

Social Media 96

Social Media Metrics Customer Custom 96

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Being the leader doesn’t mean more equity, nor does it mean the leader will necessarily be CEO. The industry veteran.

Technical Advisors 57

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 57

Berkonomics

JULY 3, 2010

If you are lucky enough to create competition among investors for your company, you can select the investor or group with an individual who has experience in your niche and identifies with your vision. Email readers continue here.] There must be many more creative ways to pay a coach, especially for early stage businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Thus I was happy to see a new book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Being the leader doesn’t mean more equity, nor does it mean the leader will necessarily be CEO. The industry veteran. The financial suit.

Technical Advisors 98

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. Competition and sustainable advantage. List and position your competition, or alternatives available to the customer. Highlight your sustainable competitive advantages, and barriers to entry. What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment?

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

What our technology does, is it offers up an exit ad unit, so if a user hasn''t booked on a publisher they have look at, that ad unit will show relevant ads. our primary competition is Intent Media, which has raised $51M in venture money. What''s the story behind the company? How did you guys start the company? Ross Weber: In the U.S.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In the same way, great entrepreneurs and company leaders should no longer rely on faceless and nameless processes to drive business strategy and innovation to stay competitive. The new principles of engagement, as well as the dysfunctions of the old, are well illustrated in a new book, “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? by Steven D.

Social Media 99

Social Media Metrics Customer Custom 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

Investors all know that the startup road is long and hard, so they look for people who have put and will continue to put “skin in the game” -- time, sweat equity, and money. Startup leaders have to be relentlessly resourceful in overcoming obstacles and competition. Executives exude confidence and energy. Not afraid to make a decision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. Competition and sustainable advantage. List and position your competition, or alternatives available to the customer. Highlight your sustainable competitive advantages, and barriers to entry. What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment?

Slides 93

Slides Competition Sample Sales 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2017

The details of these considerations are outlined in a classic book, “ The Board Book ,” by Board expert and founder of The Board Institute, Susan F. It’s a resource that you can’t afford to ignore if you intend to stay competitive today. How much are you willing to spend on your board?

Allegis 69

Allegis Startup Entrepreneur Acquisition 69

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

I was reminded of a number of these by a recent book, “ The Thing About Work: Showing Up and Other Important Matters ,” by Richard A. Anything less makes you non-competitive. Work-life balance is not about equity, but about escape. Yet peers and customers notice phone calls and e-mails not returned in twenty-four hours or less.

Startup 93

Startup Writing Entrepreneur Screening 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

These are required to show that you have a defensible competitive advantage or at least a barrier to entry. Angel investors expect to review a short executive summary before booking time to hear an investor presentation or taking the time to analyze a full business plan. Investors are not interested in “me too” businesses.

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Angel Startup Technical Review Social Media 65

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

In this space you don’t have a pre-assigned space but rather book space like a hotel. These are not to be confused with incubators like YCombinator or IdeaLab which look to invest in your company and take equity positions. But I now want something more industrial scale – the next size up.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

I booked a one-way ticket to LA to visit my only friend in the city and crash on his couch. Unlike Hollywood, which is all about sharp elbows, about "my script", "my talent", "my private equity", "my deal", venture is all about community. It just worked from day one.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

By ownership I don’t mean equity, I mean the feeling of ownership when you become one of a few people to help something real get made and used. While in more established companies you need to learn all the company policies and standard procedures, with startups you and your teammates will write the book yourselves. Startups are hiring.

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From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

Yet despite his ability to raise over $1 billion of private equity and to build an organization that is worth $5 billion as of this writing, Mason was shown the door. Groupon raised seven series of private equity before going public. Money raised from friends and family typically come with few constraints and very simple terms.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

How did what was a staid publisher of phone books become a hotbed of online talent? We also know we''re not a startup, and don''t have equity to offer. On the other side, we had incredible high ranking search results when we were baked off against the competition. We''ve been very aggressive on the technology front.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Think DropBox, Airbnb, Uber, Maker Studios.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

How did what was a staid publisher of phone books become a hotbed of online talent? We also know we''re not a startup, and don''t have equity to offer. ON the other side, we had incredible high ranking search results when we were baked off against the competition. We''ve been very aggressive on the technology front.

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. Like anything in life, if you want a fair deal on the deferred fee and warrant percentage you need to talk to a few lawyers to make it competitive. But make it competitive. Sure, they’ll take you on.

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