Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. “There’s something going on in LA.”

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors. And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 17, 2014

Entrepreneurs who can raise funds in more traditional ways from knowledgeable investors should still lean toward doing just that. These are the more likely candidate companies and investors. Share price and methodology for determining the price. Crowdfunding is not for everyone. What are the disadvantages?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on product direct costs, and underestimate marketing and sales costs, overhead costs, and support costs. Revenue model.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

Many entrepreneurs encounter a similar dilemma. Thus, entrepreneurs must decide when to stop listening to the Sirens’ song of a quick buck and position their company to take advantage of long-term, sustainable business models. WebEx’s predatory pricing made it vulnerable to a new entrant. Bad Profits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model. How far behind is your startup?

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2019

Though she was the de facto leader of the company, America of the last century was not ready to accept a female led company. Matson resigned and sold his shares to Ruth and Elliott less than two years after the company’s founding, due to health issues. In 1955, the company’s net work was $500,000 ($4.6

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay. However, in many cases, acquiring companies behave in a less rational manner than Mr. Jackson. Citrix politely approached us, told us they had an interest in acquiring our company and then asked us, “How much?”. What is that price?”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2017

VCs don’t expect any serious corrections to valuations in 2017 and they seem to be taking financial discipline in later-stage companies more seriously valuing unit economics over “growth at any cost.” Again, I suspect they would be more concerned today about net neutrality, cyber security, immigration and trade more broadly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

In the old days, every entrepreneur planned on taking their startup public, and making it big. Smart entrepreneurs are now starting to look at this option again, as well as the challenges of running a public company. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Twitter showed no focus on revenue in the first five years, but was able to parlay 500 million users into a $22 billion public company, now growing revenue. The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. entrepreneur revenue startup user count'

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs who experience promising initial success also play a similar game. A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs who experience promising initial success also play a similar game. A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

Steve Blank via Flickr by jdlasica I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham and Marcia Brown’s Stone Soup , the seemingly innocuous board game Monopoly has played a pivotal role in the edification of several generations of entrepreneurs. This conveys the healthy message that business success is not binary – a company can thrive without driving its competitors into bankruptcy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2011

I’m sure you have all been frustrated at least once at not being able to get the Internet domain name you want for your company. Today there is big money in this aftermarket, where these valuable names are driving prices to new heights. Review my previous article on this challenge – “ Ten Keys to a Killer Name For Your Company.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Smart entrepreneurs are just now starting to look at this option again, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. Public companies are always at risk for takeovers.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Richard White, author of The Entrepreneur’s Manual , surveyed a number of venture capitalists, asking them to identify the characteristics of successful, serial entrepreneurs. In fact, several of the venture capitalists pointed out that successful entrepreneurs often have to be encouraged to spend more aggressively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2020

As an advisor to entrepreneurs, I find that I often have to remind them that the world of customers has changed since they started their last business. Pushing yourself on customers by touting features and price doesn’t work anymore. Supplement this feedback with more formal modern satisfaction surveys, like the Net Promoter Score.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2015

Entrepreneur of the Year” finalist. This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Legendary companies like Amazon and Costco operate with an NPS between 50 to 80 percent. Detractors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Dal LaMagna, in his humorous classic “ Raising Eyebrows: A Failed Entrepreneur Finally Gets It Right ,” leads with the foundational principle of micro-businesses, which is to start small. This allowed him to learn enough from all his early mistakes to hit it big ($10 million revenue) with a global beauty tools company called Tweezerman.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Ajax was the new buzzword and many companies went overboard. and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo! and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, Ditto for enterprise software companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I even prefer to fund entrepreneurs who have experience some level of set-backs in their careers or startups because I think it brings a humility to decision-making that I find healthy. So founders took fewer risks and at the societal level with fewer companies taking fewer expansion risks job creation is weaker.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

70–80% of the costs of most startups are employee costs so what you’re really talking about when a company is unprofitable is that they are growing their staff ahead of their revenue. I often ask entrepreneurs to consider, “What’s your objective? I often ask entrepreneurs to consider, “What’s your objective?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model.

Startup 64

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 64

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Smart entrepreneurs are just now starting to look at this option again, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. Public companies are always at risk for takeovers.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Report Entrepreneur 87

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Dal LaMagna, in his humorous classic “ Raising Eyebrows: A Failed Entrepreneur Finally Gets It Right ,” leads with the foundational principle of micro-businesses, which is to start small. This allowed him to learn enough from all his early mistakes to hit it big ($10 million revenue) with a global beauty tools company called Tweezerman.

Writing 96

Writing .Net Commerce Entrepreneur 96

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors. And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Invest Class Entrepreneur 174

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model.

Startup 118

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 118

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Smart entrepreneurs now avoid this option like the plague, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. Public companies are always at risk for takeovers. Increased liability risk exposure.

Startup 98

Startup Technical Review Report Entrepreneur 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2014

Entrepreneur of the Year” finalist. This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One new metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Legendary companies like Amazon and Costco operate with an NPS between 50 to 80 percent. Detractors. Marty Zwilling.

Customer 98

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2015

Our interview this morning is with serial entrepreneur Tony Farwell , the Executive Chairman and co-founder of GovX (www.govx.com), a San Diego-based online marketplace aimed at current members of the military, veterans, and government employees, including first responders, police, and others. We are close to 2 million members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

Entrepreneur of the Year” finalist. This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Legendary companies like Amazon and Costco operate with an NPS between 50 to 80 percent. Detractors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 114

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

According to earlier studies from Forbes Insights , many entrepreneurs and small businesses not only feel the lessons learned during the past few years have helped them survive, but the recession also exposed flaws in their business strategies that they were able to fix. 2015 business optimism entrepreneur strategy' Marty Zwilling.

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