InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. Greathouse: Did you decide to bootstrap the business from the start or did you initially plan to take in investor capital? I’ve been there.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. ” I believe firmly in capital efficiency in the early days.

Funding 150

Funding Venture Capital Startup Marketing 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2012

Bloom’s “ The New Experts ,” that today’s customers are armed with three lethal weapons – instant access to information about every potential purchase, immense choice, and real-time comparison of competitive prices. You need a reliable system of metrics to measure your performance here. Some won’t change, and they will die.

Customer 93

Customer Custom Startup Competition 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Social media is now one of the key marketing tools, but not the only one, so the challenge is to manage the resource tradeoffs effectively by constantly assessing payback versus cost. Don’t forget the metrics and analytics. Above all, don’t forget to observe your competition and their social media activity.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a new book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Tesla is not.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution.

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Bloom’s “ The New Experts ,” that today’s customers are armed with three lethal weapons – instant access to information about every potential purchase, immense choice, and real-time comparison of competitive prices. You need a reliable system of metrics to measure your performance here. Some won’t change, and they will die.

Customer 88

Customer Custom Competition Metrics 88

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I do think the way we work with companies is a little different from other programs, in that we view it much more like the wasyI personally think about investing and venture capital. Instead, you have to prepare those companies, and make them competitive with the best companies in Silicon Valley who are getting funded. READ MORE>>.

Incubator 187

Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Assess and commit the resources required. Implement metrics and analytics. Now is the time to capitalize on this fundamental shift in power to the customer, who now has real control over your brand message. But above all, don’t forget to observe your competition and their social media activity.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Blogging 95

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. It would take 2 years to catch up but believe me they have the capital to do so. Competition. That is how great businesses are built. Microeconomics.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. In the media NYC is “hot” right now yet having just spent 6 days in NY I heard many similar stories as I get in LA: not enough VC and hard to get great tech resources.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

We give visibility to the location, status, and history of resources in healthcare. We change the paradigm, and we only do an entire institution, the entire hospital or enterprise--every square foot--anywhere resources can travel. But, we're not focused on an exit--we're focused on profitability, which is a key metric for management.

Startup 113

Startup CTO Hire Resource Venture Capital 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

Put simply – you need enough users in a segment who care about what you’re doing to dictate investing further in the product or in sales & marketing resources. I see many companies these days just race to raise capital. They see capital raising at the success validator. You need product / market fit.

Startup 401

Startup Customer Custom Technical Review 401

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

In an effort to learn a bit more about this phenomenon, and how to capitalize on it rather than fight it, I just completed a new book, “ Retail’s Seismic Shift ,” by Michael Dart, with Robin Lewis. Measure your agility by putting metrics on change. Old views of change rates are no longer competitive.

Customer 52

Customer Custom Technical Review Summary 52

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2015

We all have strengths and special interests, and it always pays to capitalize on these, rather than assume all opportunities are the same. These people are the ultimate chess players in the game of startups, always looking to be two or three moves ahead of the competition. Many might say Donald Trump epitomizes this category.

Startup 106

Startup Incubator Entrepreneur Metrics 106