Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Yet, in the interest of full disclosure, and an honest intent to save future entrepreneurs some grief and money, I would remind you that starting any business has key dependencies on at least five major elements, including product design and delivery, the right people on the team, adequate funding, a sizable market opportunity, and marketing.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 14, 2013

The online market is a great place to launch a new fashion brand. It allows your products to be available to the international fashion market and an online launch can be done for much less money than opening a traditional brick and mortar store. All of the e-commerce setup and marketing have already been done.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

If you are a millenial entering the workforce, what would you be most comfortable with -- a tool designed to work and look like a social network, or a tool built around an old fashioned corporate enterprise software UI? She said that PromoJam is looking to "democratize enterprise social marketing" with the new turnkey system.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 30, 2018

They allow me to preview new devices and technologies before release so that I might write about and speak about them in my “Tech Trends” keynotes. Some great examples of second-to-market. It did not hurt that Apple always seemed to trump the competition in design of the product and the product’s user interface too.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. ” Therefore one goal of Y Combinator appears to be “get the highest price and best terms.”

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APRIL 25, 2013

Kara on one side of the table showing me market sizes, competitive dynamics, product roadmaps, pricing plans for physical products with COGS and gross margins. Showing me designs. She helps write press releases. She talks about creative design of websites and physical products – in our case – stickers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. ” Therefore one goal of Y Combinator appears to be “get the highest price and best terms.”

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2019

I think in this age and time, that’s not what we want to get into,” Xinjie Ma, who heads up marketing for rct, told TechCrunch. “We appreciate a lot the support and opportunities given by Baidu and during the years we have grown up dramatically,” said Ma, who previously oversaw marketing at Raven.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You likely are writing your first one of these. In fact, let me provide an important warning: If you create these documents, don't have input from a technical resource, take it to a development shop and they provide you a price. Send across any graphic designs you currently have. Don't stress over format. That's fairly uncommon.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I think this is a combination of being realists as venture capitalists that outsized returns in our funds must come from taking on bigger, more impactful projects that can move markets. Could we produce this at cost?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2011

Brandon tells us the story about how the loss of his aunt to breast cancer--his mother's participation in a charity walk to honor her--inspired him to take the technology from his firm, AudioLife (focused on music and entertainment marketing), and apply it to the nonprofit sector. What is GoodThreads all about? They said it would be amazing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 18, 2011

They allow me to preview new devices and technologies before release so that I might write about and speak about them in my “Tech Trends” keynotes. Marriott called theirs “tier pricing”. They keep me at the leading edge of new development as it is productized, even before mass production.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

when they’re advertised to survive a proverbial triumvirate of biblical-proportioned physical abuse, the advertised brushed metal design starts to sound a little more substantial with functional purpose rather than just marketing bling. Product specs and pricing are as follows: High Speed Series – Specifications.

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

Michael Dubin: My background is digital marketing, and a little bit of editorial. My first job was as a page at NBC, and after that I went and did a year and a half of writing and production at MSNBC with Keith Olbermann and Chuck Scarborough. You're going up against some giant companies, and marketing budgets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We need venture debt, factoring companies and public markets. A new group of investors have clustered around writing earlier-stage, smaller checks. Others should swing for the fences - Some companies are designed to be big, industry changing plays. Price creep hurts investors. We all know that. That’s awesome.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Our marketplace is organized like a used item marketplace, like Amazon or eBay, or Craiglist, in that a seller lists an item, picks a cause, and sets a price. There were lots of people very intent on the execution of the product, really looking into the details of design and flow. Where did the idea come from?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. Market research. Skip the acronyms, write at an eighth-grade level, and talk in terms of “benefits” rather than “features.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Even those have a price in our society … Brock Turner raped an unconscious woman and was released in 3 months. Don’t worry whether you’re “qualified enough” — most of the ideas are about building businesses in landscaping, car detailing or graphics design — all businesses designed to cashflow. Please take that small action.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

There’s one attribute (coming soon) that I need to have in order to write a check but I don’t believe is vital for success. I’ll publish the final post in this series this week and then move on to my next series – sales & marketing. It will be controversial – I know. Another example.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. Market research. Skip the acronyms, write at an eighth-grade level, and talk in terms of “benefits” rather than “features.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Consider it a sales & marketing expense for them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Now the price is closer to $100 if you are willing to do the work yourself. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. Personalize a simple web site.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2012

In the boxes he writes: 1. The goal of Ford was to create non-consumers into consumers (a task many American companies will face when looking to build in emerging markets). At the time that the India specific car was made from Ford, 90% of the population was using 2-wheelers at a price of $1500, explains Govindarajan.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

. “Over the Top&# video distribution – Apple TV comes out in November and is priced at $99. That said, Apple will remain a closed system designed to drive media consumption through a closed iTunes system and a take a toll for media distribution. The device itself will have no storage.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. We had more than 700 resumes, short-listed 65, interviewed 16 in one-hour meetings had 6 full-day interviews including a presentation by the candidate on a selected market opportunity and we did 3 finalist dinners to test cultural fit. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. Mike’s work in sales, marketing, distribution, and business development is essential to customer acquisition, growth, and scalability. What inspired you? How does it work?

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