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MAY 28, 2018
Founder: “$8–10 million” VC: “What’s your current burn rate?” If you’ve only ever raised $500k, have limited revenue, have 7 people at your company and aren’t a serial entrepreneur it’s a pretty tall order to imagine going straight to $8–10 million unless your data is very compelling or you’ve otherwise become “hot.”
InfoChachkie
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
And then they said one thing that most marketers go their whole career never hearing, 'Listen Steve, price is irrelevant, it is speed that matters.' We had been pricing our graphics cards to be a low-cost provider. The first thing I did was raise our prices.". This is a real mistake many marketers make.
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MAY 13, 2018
In terms of stack ranking I recommend you force yourself to have no more than 8–10 “A’s,” 8–10 “B’s” and the balance 20–24 should be “C’s.” People who believe the former believe that you should see the market demand before too many people know you’re “in market.” Then begin your process in earnest with up to 8–10 firms.
InfoChachkie
MAY 16, 2011
“Learn from the mistakes of others. During those same 25-years, I also made innumerable mistakes. Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. 10) Grant An Investor Anti-dilution Protection. Make Your Own Mistakes. 3) Attempt To License An Idea.
InfoChachkie
AUGUST 8, 2016
I ended up really relating to the nuance and intricacies of product supply and customer demand. After Pacific Sunwear, my career covered two new ends of the retail spectrum; off price at Ross and women’s luxury at St. We have tripled our original plan and are running between an 8-10 times return on our marketing spend.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2017
In the case of MakeSpace we had huge initial successes in New York City as Rahul led the scaling of our drivers, our trucks and our warehouses and we figured out the right price points to beat the local competition. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. were more distributed.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 25, 2011
A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. This is a huge mistake. A few problems arise.
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