Competition Product Seed Funding Writing 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. It’s just now that we’re Seed Investors. If you’re going to play in the big leagues you need to be writing checks from a $700 million?—?$1
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2014
Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). It super charges a business that is closer to product delivery.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 15, 2010
Heck, stick around and watch me discuss the seed funding debate that is going on right now and what is happening in the VC industry overall. I give a sneak peek at a blog post I’m writing on the topic next week. I spoke about the need of the CEO, CTO and head of Products to be in the same location. Great exit. -
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
Have you looked at competition? How well financed is the competition? So to be clear I think in the overwhelming majority of cases these are diligence calls to feel out the opportunity in which price discussions exchange hands more as a by-product of the call than the intention of the call. It’s called competition.
From the Venture Trenches
APRIL 30, 2013
Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 19, 2009
I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. That changed very quickly. And covered we did.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less).
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