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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 21, 2014
For what ever reason we’re wired to have amnesia during the run up and prescient memories of how we ‘knew it all along’ as soon as the slide begins. Once you understand both sides of the cycle you start to recognize signs of behavior during each phase. Growth markets have a way of fooling us all.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 21, 2010
This is part of my ongoing series on Startup Advice. As startup entrepreneurs we all want to work with them because having their name as reference clients makes it so much easier for marketing, PR, selling to other customers, fund raising and even recruiting. million in sales. million in sales (e.g. Should You Offer Them?
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
They decide to wake up early to read the materials. In town board members also only scan it because they, too, have morning meetings before the board meeting starts. The deck itself was produced by a committee of functional team lead who were asked to do 5–7 slides each for an update. The meeting starts.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 2, 2015
I love the enthusiasm, the boundless energy and the sense of possibility that comes from having an idea that hasn’t yet been beat up in the marketplace of competing ideas, customer contracts, VC skepticism, jaded journalists or fickle consumers who are on the The New, New Thing. Great startups have budgets.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 14, 2018
There are a million ways to make graphics lighter or resize your file without a huge impact on the quality of the slides?—?after I would likely open up your deck, read it again and begin contemplating your company again. after all you aren’t presenting this at TED. What should be in your deck?
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 7, 2015
When pitching to investors, entrepreneurs always seem to start with a customer pitch, then add a slide or two about the business. In reality, they need a separate pitch about the business, carrying over only a slide or two about the solution. First to market” is not sustainable by a startup.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
Based on my experience and data from the field, over seventy-five percent of new startups fail, even with venture backing. Unfortunately, I see good startups fail simply because they don’t have the resources or intellectual property to stay ahead of copycats or big players who see the potential as soon as you step into the marketplace.
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