Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

Describe technology and features, not competitiveness. For investors, an executive summary of your plan is appropriate. It should be imbedded in the home page of your web site, the introduction section of your business plan, the heart of your executive summary, and the first slide of your investor pitch.

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Sample Summary Startup Slides 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. Scott, published a classic book that I recommend, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media.

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Customer Custom Marketing Startup 146

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with ecommerce, your latest invention, or personal services. But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. like Google.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

Chris runs a popular web interview series on TechCrunch so is used to being the guy asking the questions. I think you’ll really enjoy this video , but as always I have summary notes for those with less time. If you like the quick summary notes, please check out Adam’s blog on tech, entrepreneurship & VC as a thank you.

Technical Review 281

Technical Review Venture Capital Startup Artificial Inteligence 281

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2014

We feel pressure to hit milestones for a variety of reasons: Investor presentations, conference demos, customer sales meetings, competitive pressures, a need to drive revenue, business development commitments – whatever. In summary – I have been involved with software development for 25 years.

Software 344

Software Startup Design Course 344

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings. Build an investor presentation and summary. Define some intellectual property.

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Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

To set the stage for all the cultural issues and timing, the authors start with a summary that I like of the five lifecycle phases every company is likely to experience over the long-term or short-term, regardless of culture: Innovation. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0

Startup 89

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 89

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce, your latest invention, or personal services. But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Do them all.

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Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2012

The elevator pitch should be the first few paragraphs of your business plan, your executive summary, your investor presentation, and the first page of your web site. Unlike [competition], we [differentiation].” Present a sustainable competitive advantage. A different message everywhere is no message.

Startup 113

Startup Patents Template Competition 113

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings. Build an investor presentation and summary. Define some intellectual property.

Invest 99

Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

If you’re just a content company your advantages are too small to win on the web. Summary : YouTube as a customer acquisition tool to building great online businesses is unrivaled today. I believe that the high revenue share YouTube takes encourages platform competition. You must invest in technology. post-script.

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SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Mark’s responses. Both companies (were) high-volume, scalable web infrastructures…that (has been) applied to the technology we are building.”. A big part of our culture is to be competitive and to be at peace with your co-workers, with no politics. The number one thing is trust.

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eHarmony Media Oracle Commerce 204

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The elevator pitch should be the first few paragraphs of your business plan, your executive summary, your investor presentation, and the first page of your web site. Who is your competition? Successful competition is a positive - they are proof your business model and/or concept work. What is your competitive advantage?

Startup 93

Startup Competition Summary Patents 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings. Build an investor presentation and summary. Define some intellectual property.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2015

To set the stage for all the cultural issues and timing, the authors start with a summary that I like of the five lifecycle phases every company is likely to experience over the long-term or short-term, regardless of culture: Innovation. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0

Startup 98

Startup Marketing Web 2.0 IBM 98

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. Scott, published a classic book that I recommend, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media.

Social Media 55

Social Media SEM Startup Advertising 55

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

To set the stage for all the cultural issues and timing, the authors start with a summary that I like of the five lifecycle phases every company is likely to experience over the long-term or short-term, regardless of culture: Innovation. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0

Startup 53

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 53

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Clark’s responses. However, from my understanding you might actually be the largest consumer website using "semantic web" technology – can you explain how that works? “In Do you see crowd-ranked lists as ultimately competitive or complimentary to traditional and curated search?

Google 264

Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he recommends today: Search-engine marketing. Scott, just published a new book that I like,” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media SEM Advertising 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. Scott, published a book a while back that I like, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media.

Customer 60

Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 60

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). Think of web vs. mobile. Summary: Team Leadership skills, operating knowhow and industry knowledge are all tremendously important. Most VCs are book smart.

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Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

To set the stage for all the cultural issues and timing, the authors start with a summary of the five lifecycle phases that every company is likely to experience over the long-term or short-term, regardless of culture: Innovation. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0

Company 75

Company Companies Startup Web 2.0 75

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

The 30-minute interview of Jonah Peretti is here but my summary in the notes below. I would see this many times of the next decade where I learned that nearly every part of the web that involved monetization was immediately gamed and arms races emerged between platforms to combat abuse and people looking for a quick buck.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I don’t intend either, Burstly has respectable and strong competition. He’s a natural leader, appropriately competitive, very customer focused and a pleasure to work with. The first big wave of this change came from the introduction of the iPhone, which was the first well built mobile device for using the web.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Executive Summary. If you want to watch the video version summary of my advice on fund raising it’s here. It’s tempting to want to stay in your offices and fund raise via email or web conferencing. But the summary for you is: - get an intro. This is the fund raising perspective from both sides of the table.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2010

It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs. In addition, special offers and competition prizes may be required. In summary, the objective of viral marketing is that hopefully it will “spread through the Internet like a cold in a kindergarten.”

Marketing 56

Marketing SEM Blogging Design 56

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

Skype is an amazing web company. Expect big competition in the group messaging market. We estimate that this messaging volume is more than 30x larger than Skype’s mobile messaging. Again, focus. We’re a mobile first company. BBM will have another major push and we expect an inevitable Google rebuttal to iMessage. We’re focused.

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Google Press Marketing Content 325

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

As a VC I of course want you to come see only me because that means I have no competition and have time to properly get to know you. even if it’s just a web conference call walk through. Summary Fund-raising is a sales & marketing process in which the buyer is a VC and the product is equity in your company.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

If you’re a startup and you haven’t read my summary of Clay Christensen’s seminal work please do. In the simplest form, new startups have a product that is INFERIOR to that offered by the competition but at a dramatically lower price with the seller opting for a very thin margin on their product. Why Deflationary Business Win.

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Startup Pricing Marketing Product 386

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

So riffing off the famous Andy Grove statement that “only the paranoid survive” and believing that “only the most exceptionally talented startup teams survive” — most get washed out by the constant cycle of change and competition. Why Invest? Tact stated with a user-centric approach from Day 1.

Software 105

Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Summary Version. They help find talented film makers globally, enter them into competitions and advance the best of them toward winners that get to produce full-length films. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ 200 million views. Suck it traditional TV.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. In Silicon Valley, people are much more competitive, have more focus/experience in software backgrounds and often focus more attention on the methods first, then the results. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40