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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 5, 2023
It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined a long time ago from a funding perspective. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Funding or rollout stage.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 28, 2018
It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined some time ago from a funding perspective. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Funding or rollout stage.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans take too much time, are inaccurate, and rarely add value. Most of these scenarios involve attracting outside investors, strategic partners, or key team members: You are the team and you don’t need outside funding.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 12, 2020
It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined a long time ago from a funding perspective. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Funding or rollout stage.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 1, 2020
It goes without saying that if you find yourself in a really negative headspace PLEASE reach out to any trusted mentor, friend or family member. In the words of my friend and a CEO with whom I work, “Yeah, I know I need to make some cuts because our demand has changed, but I want to do this with a scalpel and not with an axe.”
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 21, 2020
Other companies have only seen a slight decline and may be expecting demand to return to normalcy later in the year. The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse. Seed deals, for example, are easier to get funded than a late-stage deal for obvious reasons. That may happen. But I doubt it.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 19, 2022
Then there are the additional challenges of balancing the demands of family and friends. But with the pressures of the economy, and limited access to outside funding, we all know this isn’t always possible or appropriate. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less. Keep a written to-do list.
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