Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2016

As a startup investor, I view any evidence of a victim mentality as the kiss of death. In reality, the picture is a bit larger than this, as outlined in a recent book “ Leading with GRIT ,” by Laurie Sudbrink, a well-known business leadership coach and speaker. Use blame and complain in lieu of accepting accountability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. Of course they pretend that they are trying to avoid alerting competitors prior to launch, but too often it becomes an excuse to move slowly in a world that’s all about getting to market fast. Get concept feedback early.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Find any common ground between you and them as the basis for building rapport but be careful to not come across as a kiss ass. photo courtesy of Atlanta Braves. This is part of my ongoing series “ Pitching a VC.&#. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. It’s a fine line. It’s a fine line. Let them guide you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2012

Within this section, investors look for footnotes referencing external sources, or quotes from notable domain experts. Absence of these raises a big red flag. Yet most startup teams have no idea where to start, and what kinds of data to look for, in building this key section of their business plan. Visit your local university library.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Even one task done with mediocrity can be the kiss of death for any business, or any career. In reality, leadership is best demonstrated while not in a position of authority, and is a skill that must be sharpened every day of your life. Darryl Rosen, in his new book “Table for Three?” Worry and fret about everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2011

Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. Of course they pretend that they are trying to avoid alerting competitors prior to launch, but too often it becomes an excuse to move slowly in a world that’s all about getting to market fast. Get concept feedback early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

The kiss of death is for investors to find unanticipated competition you neglected to mention. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. For no good reason, this process seems shrouded in mystery, when in fact it is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Kiss of Death ConTraps.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Within this section, investors look for footnotes referencing external sources, or quotes from notable domain experts. Absence of these raises a big red flag. Yet most startup teams have no idea where to start, and what kinds of data to look for, in building this key section of their business plan. Visit your local university library.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The kiss of death is for investors to find unanticipated competition you neglected to mention. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. For no good reason, this process seems shrouded in mystery, when in fact it is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2010

Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. Of course they pretend that they are trying to avoid alerting competitors prior to launch, but too often it becomes an excuse to move slowly in a world that’s all about getting to market fast. Find your real competitors. Tune your website.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Kiss of Death ConTraps.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). We discussed: 1.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

“You are cordially invited to join New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors Marie Lu, Tahereh Mafi, Ransom Riggs, Adam Silvera, David Yoon, and Nicola Yoon in Realms of Ruin, a collaborative fantasy epic filled with dark magic, intrigue, and unique characters — launched online in a thrilling new way.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. That notes only told part of the story. It’s subtle.

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Xconomy

JULY 15, 2016

Senate’s kiss-off of the “Cures” vote—the package of bills that was approved in the House of Representatives last year. After last week’s revelation of three patient deaths in its leading cancer immunotherapy trial, the FDA suspended the study. The week started on a reflective note.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2010

Nominees: Angel of Death Compulsions OzGirl The Bannen Way Valemont. Before I start writing this review, I want to say how much I appreciate the web series' nominated for Streamy Awards. This review is not a reflection on the talents and abilities of those who pour so many hours and dollars into their passion projects. It was professional.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

As made clear in Kiss Of Death Contract Provisions , entrepreneurs can control the tempo of the contract process while ensuring that the agreement properly reflects the spirit of the respective parties’ discussions when they write the initial iteration of the contract and do not delegate the drafting process to dispassionate and uniformed lawyers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Running up big losses or trying to grow extraordinarily fast through paid marketing initiatives that have long payback periods will be the kiss of death for you. In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This duality of Bro relationships results in circumstances in which your Bro is also your Bro Foe, as discussed at great length in Kiss of Death. This is a reposting of a ‘classic’ popular post. Bro – abbreviation of “Brother&# , meaning friend or dude. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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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. Conventional wisdom is wrong. The CEO weighs in with his perspectives, the head of product management disputes his conclusions and the marketing VP has a different take.

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