Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Of course you could start your own company. Of course I’m not suggesting people shouldn’t start a company. So it could be that a sale would yield you seven figures and you could move on to your next role but the CEO wants to “go big or go home” and sometimes go home is the outcome.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital IP 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I agree with YouTube (that they provide more (hosting, ad sales, etc.) If you want to be a YouTube MCN producer the problem is compounded by the fact that of course the talent needs to make money as well. Give access to music that is legal, avoiding lawsuits and ensuring revenue isn’t captured by other IP owners.

Networking 366

Networking Media Content Customer 366

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Jovian's platform allows us to process and analyze campaigns in-flight, and also provide in-flight course corrections for marketers.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. A great CFO will make sure you’re accurately measuring your CAC (along with a great marketer, of course) and your LTV. Legal threats from other IP holders? Here’s the dilemma.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Oh, they didn’t cover that in your Stanford CS course? Consider it a sales & marketing expense for them. But if you can stomach that he’s a star and contingency work / risk sharing on IP claims is key!

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

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. If you have a very low gross margin (10-30%) it can be very hard to build a large, scalable business because you need to make a lot of sales to cover your operating costs.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. But remember what you learned in your MBA course – less downside / less upside … risk vs. reward. I finally called bullshit. Not my problem.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2011

As we did not require users to sign in, we were forced to correlate IP addresses with company names, which, in 1999, was an inexact and very manual science. We then sorted these email addresses by company and initiated targeted sales campaigns wherever we identified a critical mass of users. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

Customer 162

Customer Custom Technical Support Startup 162

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2015

Valuation is one of those ubiquitous words: at least when it comes to discussions around startups — and, of course, stock market multiples. Recent equity sales i.e., comparables. But it can be confusing because there is not just one type. What impacts a company’s 409A valuation: Company milestones. The industry’s competitive dynamics.

IP 40

IP Equity Examples Guide 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

6 months afterwards they laid off 75% of their staff and are existing on fumes to protect their IP to this day. Everybody these days is fascinated by the “private sale&# concept offered by companies like Gilt, Ruelala and HauteLook. Good competitors fight to win (within the boundaries of legal practices, of course).

Competition 296

Competition Entrepreneur Startup GRP Partners 296

InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

Listing a variety of bread-and-butter IP protection tactics would not have been as compelling. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. Meredith Publishing.

Writing 150

Writing Social Network Ideas Entrepreneur 150

Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

Try to compile all the different types of questions you could be asked about your business, like technical details, financial assumptions and projections, marketing, IP, etc., This often happens with B2B or enterprise sales pitches when founders include letters of intent (LOIs) in their calculation of traction. and prepare a response.

Tips 70

Tips Help Slides Technical Review 70

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

And of course, the fines are astronomical. But who relies upon up to ten- year old census data which has no IP addresses or email addresses? Of course, CCPA protects children under 18 by strictly prohibiting the sale of any information containing data from this group. First, the limits upon companies. The good news.

Sites 149

Sites Email Google Course 149

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. Yes, this was stupid. Any deal.

Venture Capital 301

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Technical Advisors 301

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The team, of course, is just as important as the product or idea. 2) People/companies who are solving the merchant problem of managing the influx of location-based services, increasing sales and repeat business. Thomas ultimately wants to see a beautiful product (it does’t necessarily have to have traction).

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302