Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

As a startup investor in this age of the entrepreneur, I see many more startups, but innovation is still hard to find. Whether we are talking about startups or corporations, innovation requires a leader who can inspire others to step into the unknown. An entrepreneur looking for a sure thing will never innovate. Accountability.

Entrepreneur 64

Entrepreneur Coach Metrics Competition 64

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Danielle goes through some commentary from Bill Gurley, Fred Wilson and Marc Andreessen about burn rate and then goes on to discuss her own burn rate and others publicly weigh in. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month.

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Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on product direct costs, and underestimate marketing and sales costs, overhead costs, and support costs. Competition.

Sales 102

Sales Custom Customer Outsource 102

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 22, 2015

Their stated purpose is to further a policy of net neutrality by preventing Internet Service Providers from engaging in certain practices deemed anti-competitive by the agency. The FCC’s new rules prevent companies from engaging in these practices, so Internet users outside the US will not have to worry about paying extra for access.

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.Net Examples Training Services 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn. We have all known entrepreneurs whose egos are so large that they can’t be bothered listening to any advice from friends or experts, and they insist on doing things their way. After that, it’s all about learning and execution.

Startup 170

Startup Study Journal Sample 170

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

So, you’ve been thinking about starting your own firm for the past ten years. An entrepreneur utilizes online communities to solicit pledges of small amounts of money from individuals who are typically not professional financiers. Research the Net for guidance in this arena, which is changing as laws enabling this are evolving.

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Funding Entrepreneur Startup Invest 192

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2014

Every smart entrepreneur needs to realize that trying to treat every customer the same, with limited resources, may mean that you are treating them all poorly, or at least limiting your own growth. Then you can focus your energy on the core client group, and keep these folks so happy that they will never leave you for the competition.

Custom 95

Custom Customer Entrepreneur Pricing 95

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

There is a lot to say about retaining control. However, most often, these funds are solicited by a well-meaning entrepreneur from investors who are not qualified as accredited investors under the law (currently requiring a proved income of $200,000 a year or $1 million in net worth for an individual investor).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Most are still confused about the right priority. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50 percent and a net margin in the 20 percent range. Understanding competitive early-mover requirements. entrepreneur revenue startup user count' Traditionally, it was simple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Every smart entrepreneur needs to realize that trying to treat every customer the same, with limited resources, may mean that you are treating them all poorly, or at least limiting your own growth. Then you can focus your energy on the core client group, and keep these folks so happy that they will never leave you for the competition.

Custom 150

Custom Customer Startup Pricing 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2015

Now all we hear about is providing the best “customer experience.” Exactly what is that customer experience that every modern marketer is talking about, and how do you measure it? Entrepreneur of the Year” finalist. Give them the respect and results they deserve and they will tell others about your good work and your business.

Custom 100

Custom Customer .Net Competition 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout. 0:28:00) & (0:31:27).

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Geographically our strategy is to fund about 50% of our deals in Southern California (from San Diego to Santa Barbara) and 50% of our deals on a national basis. As I like to say when asked, “For entrepreneurs you generally need to go to 2-3 cities max and probably pitch 5-15 investors. Was it hard to raise the fund? Foundations.

Venture Capital 396

Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 It has also brought about my favorite new term – Ramen Profitable. So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach. I care about your assumptions going in.

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

With the advent and popularity of crowdfunding platforms, including Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as a winning alternative for funding your new venture, I find that many aspiring entrepreneurs are confused about the need to ever seek a professional angel investor. Early visibility can be a curse or a blessing.

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Funding Startup Platform Examples 119

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

Now all we hear about is providing the best “customer experience.” Exactly what is that customer experience that every modern marketer is talking about, and how do you measure it? Entrepreneur of the Year” finalist. Give them the respect and results they deserve and they will tell others about your good work and your business.

Custom 85

Custom Customer Product Marketing 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2014

Now all we hear about is providing the best “customer experience.” Exactly what is that customer experience that every modern marketer is talking about, and how do you measure it? Entrepreneur of the Year” finalist. Give them the respect and results they deserve and they will tell others about your good work and your business.

Custom 98

Custom Customer .Net Competition 98

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

As I thought about the characteristics that comprise a great program, I identified five criteria that a prospective entrepreneurial student can use to evaluate the efficacy of a collegiate entrepreneur curriculum. Ask: What percentage of the startup-oriented classes are taught by accomplished entrepreneurs?

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Class Patents 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Many startups and mature businesses have not yet accepted the fact that customer satisfaction and loyalty in this “always connected” age are about more than product and service quality. They are all about how customers broadcast their pleasure or unhappiness to others. business customer loyalty entrepreneur startup'

Custom 100

Custom Customer Satisfaction Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

As a startup investor in this age of the entrepreneur, I see many more startups, but innovation is still hard to find. Whether we are talking about startups or corporations, innovation requires a leader who can inspire others to step into the unknown. An entrepreneur looking for a sure thing will never innovate. Accountability.

Coach 64

Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 64

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!” I know this seems obvious but I promise you that even smart people forget this when talking about profitability. ” The Details.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2016

All too often as a startup investor, I hear the term “disruptive technology” from an entrepreneur, played like a trump card that should override any other potential business qualms. While struggling to net out what they are looking for, I found help in a new book, “ Wicked Strategies ,” by John C.

Technology 57

Technology Competition Custom Customer 57

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views. It’s Hobbesian economics 101.

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Course Startup Framework Marketing 280

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s an important film and the most important topic of our generation if we as a country want to remain competitive in a world that has globalized. I’m not talking about the overwhelming weight of responsibility of thinking about extreme global poverty. and villan of the film.

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Class Education Technical Review Writing 340

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

I started blogging in 2005 and then re-started blogging about a year ago. I love learning first hand about the differences in analytics platforms, social media conversion, the effectively of copy, how to cultivate an audience, etc. Several times a week I offer conjecture and get instant feedback about how others feel.

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Blogging Social Media Writing Startup 250

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2013

It’s more about which customers broadcast their pleasure or unhappiness to others. Most existing metrics and analytics for measuring customer satisfaction and loyalty, including the popular Net Promoter Score (NPS), don’t distinguish between recommend messages to others (word-of-mouth), detract messages, or no message. Marty Zwilling.

Custom 97

Custom Customer Satisfaction Social Media 97

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2011

Ever since the huge success of Monrovia-based Green Dot in its IPO last year, netting a huge return for local angels, investors here have taken a second look at financial startups. We spoke with founder Jonathan Cooper about what the company is all about. That's a huge competitive advantage in money remittance.

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Class Monrovia .Net Custom 168

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Al is a repeat entrepreneur, who last founded Integrien, and was SVP and GM at LowerMyBills. We caught up with Al recently to hear about his latest startup. What is IconApps all about? What's special about the application? So I said, I can do something about this. I figured out--oh my gosh, she does a lot.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2013

Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn. We have all known entrepreneurs whose egos are so large that they can’t be bothered listening to any advice from friends or experts, and they insist on doing things their way. After that, it’s all about learning and execution. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 102

Startup Study Journal Sample 102

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of someday taking their startup public, and making it a multi-national powerhouse. According to an Ernst & Young report , the number of startups that have gone public in the US over the past decade is down about 75% from the previous decade, to about 10% of startup exits.

Startup 97

Startup Report Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on product direct costs, and underestimate marketing and sales costs, overhead costs, and support costs. Competition.

Sales 97

Sales Custom Customer Outsource 97

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2012

After struggling to create your business plan for months, every entrepreneur likes to think that their document is inspirational and will reach someone who is smart enough to see the brilliance of the idea, intuitive enough to recognize their business acumen, and enthusiastic enough to offer the money required to make it happen.

Summary 97

Summary Technical Review .Net Ideas 97

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

TechZulu speaks with Natalia about Pipeline Foundation and her goals to change the face of business and investment. What is Pipeline Fellowship about? We like to give women a chance to see and learn all about investing and what it takes to become an angel investor. Entrepreneurs are everywhere and capital isn’t.

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Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on product direct costs, and underestimate marketing and sales costs, overhead costs, and support costs. Competition.

Sales 98

Sales Custom Customer Outsource 98

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

There is a lot to say about retaining control. However, most often, these funds are solicited by a well-meaning entrepreneur from investors who are not qualified as accredited investors under the law (currently requiring a proved income of $200,000 a year or $1 million in net worth for an individual investor).

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Invest Class Entrepreneur 174

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

VC's love to talk about their successes. We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. spoke with Jeff for about 40-minutes. Tech Diligence - Consider The Source.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

After struggling to create your business plan for months, every entrepreneur likes to think that their document is inspirational and will reach someone who is smart enough to see the brilliance of the idea, intuitive enough to recognize their business acumen, and enthusiastic enough to offer the money required to make it happen.

Summary 97

Summary Technical Review .Net Ideas 97