Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A winning USP example is the FedEx lead “When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.” This statement leaves no confusion in the minds of investors, or customers, of what the company does and how it is different (and better) than the competition. The net value of this solution from the customer’s perspective.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

I was happy to see quantified evidence of this in a new book, “ Winning on Purpose ,” by Fred Reichhheld, creator of the Net Promoter system of management, in concert with Darci Darnell and Maureen Burns. Everyone in your community has a desire to live a life of purpose, and will return the favor if you provide that opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

To refresh your memory, angel investors are typically high net worth individuals, accredited by the SEC and willing to invest their own money in a high-potential startup for a share of the ownership. For example, many of you remember the Pebble 'Smartwatch' , which raised over $20 million and made crowdfunding real.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

Summarizing income statements with a line for revenues, cost of revenue, general and administrative expenses, sales and other direct costs – all leading to net income, would satisfy the legal requirement for statement of income and expense.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

With those two funding rounds all equity-based, to buy up property itself and provide $10,000 cash advances to all sellers, Sundae previously also raised a debt fund from high net worth individuals, and it has a “very large” debt facility from Goldman Sachs that it also non-dilutive, Stech said.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). And assuming they both had the same net profit margins (profit / revenue) then the former company would be much better off at the end of the year. For example, look at the following graph. The example chart is not actually atypical.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

For example, make configuring your new office solution a transformational experience , rather than a technical installation challenge. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Satisfied but unenthusiastic customers who can be easily wooed by the competition. Demonstrate your personal commitment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

entrepreneurs consistently claim to be happier , and have a higher net worth than employees. For example, if you are in marketing, forget the number of features, and highlight the value of the whole compared to the cost. Know your peers and build your competitive advantage. Both want personal satisfaction and financial success.

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Entrepreneur Satisfaction Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because everyone wants to be “green, or because their goal is to reduce world hunger. Competition. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage. What is the need you fill or problem you solve?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Thus, cast your research net beyond VC-backed companies to fully understand a school’s ability to foster viable businesses. Also, be sure to evaluate the veracity of the startup alumni network – look for examples in which alumni assisted startups as advisors, investors, etc. Is there a venture competition with cash prizes?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because everyone wants to be “green, or because their goal is to reduce world hunger. Competition. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage. What is the need you fill or problem you solve?

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Sales Customer Custom Outsource 98

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

As an employee of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets from 1999-2003 and of the Indianapolis Pacers from 2003-2008, I learned first-hand from the likes of Rod Thorn, Byron Scott, Jason Kidd and Larry Bird about the importance of leading by example and keys to assembling a championship-caliber team. Any competition in LA?

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Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. He provides several examples of how he used this approach to advantage in his own career.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Ria Consulting is hosting its 3rd annual Dallas Day of Dot Net on February 8-9, 2013 at Sheraton Market Center in Dallas, Texas. Leveraging these techniques should put you on an even playing field or ahead of the native app competition. In addition, world renowned speakers are invited to discuss the latest trends in technology.

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Training Technical Review Technology Software Review 65

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. He provides several examples of how he used this approach to advantage in his own career.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

For example, we support promotions for Sony movies, a combination of database and telecom work for interactive TV shows like the Price is Right, Deal or No Deal, the Game Show Network, and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. We think Asterisk is an entirely different marketplace, and therefore not a competitive threat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Prime examples include Uber, Airbnb and Snapchat. People are even talking about “decacorns" -- investable companies with net worth now exceeding $10 billion -- like Dropbox and Pinterest. The new entrepreneurial age is here, but you can’t be competitive if you don’t speak the language. Could your startup be the next one?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2010

You need to be plugged in to be career competitive with hyper-networked peers, and keep ahead of competitors. The net is that most companies do dare to put restrictions on social networks “at work.” Consider these examples: Employee works at home with company computer equipment. Flexible, easily customizable productivity tools.

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Social Network Networking Tool Sites 87

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. The cost approach attempts to measure the net value of the business today by calculating how much it could cost for a new effort to replace key assets. If you have no better info, use 5x as the multiple.

Startup 108

Startup Invest Patents Outsource Development 108

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

LP’s who invest in funds are typically university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, large corporations and very high net worth individuals called “family offices.&# To give you an indication of how bad, for example, university endowments are suffering check out this chart.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2011

As with most negotiations, competition is the only way you will obtain an optimal result. Mr. Mojo Rising – Real-world Example. Then take your “greatest hits” term sheet and communicate to each debtor, “I like this rate, that fee, this covenant, this drawdown schedule and that interest-only period. Do we have a deal?”

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Equity Startup Invest Funding 235

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. The cost approach attempts to measure the net value of the business today by calculating how much it could cost for a new effort to replace key assets. If you have no better info, use 5x as the multiple.

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Funding Startup Patents Outsource Development 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. The cost approach attempts to measure the net value of the business today by calculating how much it could cost for a new effort to replace key assets. If you have no better info, use 5x as the multiple.

Startup 93

Startup Patents Outsource Development Web 93

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

It really doesn't suit a publisher well to have exclusive representation, except in some instances--for example, if a site has an outsourced sales agency. Fortunately, the net effect of the economy for Hydra is good, because more advertisers are talking to customers through Hydra, and we're creating relationships successfully.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

It really doesn't suit a publisher well to have exclusive representation, except in some instances--for example, if a site has an outsourced sales agency. Fortunately, the net effect of the economy for Hydra is good, because more advertisers are talking to customers through Hydra, and we're creating relationships successfully.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Doing nothing was the most realistic and potent competition faced by Citrix. In this example, agreement is achievable between $145M and $185M. Such companies, if they are able to complete a transaction, often sell at a discount. We avoided the risk of the deal becoming shopworn by not initiating a bidding process. . Do Nothing.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town. What is a net loss for us, is when Sequoia or Benchmark flies down on their corporate jet, meets with a company, and tells them to relocate to Northern California. Today, there's only two models--software-as-a-service, and open source.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Be sure to net out the opportunity and the solution in the first thirty seconds. For details and examples, check out these directions and suggestions. Review some examples to assure you have all the proper legal disclosures and content. Make it light, but factual. Validate your financial assumptions with a model.

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Ideas Slides Sample Examples 126

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Because its just not that hyper-competitive, Im-hiring-all-your-staff, because-Im-Google environment. Likely if you look at places like New York one would also be able to find examples of starts ups also doing well. You dont have the same levels of fast turnover as a starting point, right? then in Silicon Valley.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Some companies use lawsuits as an arrow in their competitive quiver. If you make it clear that you plan to force them to spend as much time as possible on your case, then they will be more likely to move onto a company that will pay them off early in the process and thus net them a better return on their time.

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Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. The iPhone is a great example of simplicity and clarity. Don’t obsess over your competition because most times competition will implode on their own, pivot in a different direction, or you’ll learn to coexist.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

The net result of my posts plus the comments forms a tighter view of my evolving belief system. But I think it’s fair to point out when I believe that the profit motive is a net negative for startups or for our industry. Think it’s purely evil to fend off competition? The answer is obviously neither or both.

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Blogging Social Media Writing Startup 250

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2016

They can point to the many examples of innovative technologies that have failed in the marketplace. While struggling to net out what they are looking for, I found help in a new book, “ Wicked Strategies ,” by John C. In fact, most investors avoid disruptive technologies as extremely risky, with long waits for a payback.

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Technology Competition Customer Custom 57

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

For example, you need to know if a transaction was completed, you need to know the parties involved, you need to ensure that they actually own the money that they are transferring and that they haven’t previously pledged it to somebody else. It’s Hobbesian economics 101. Enter the decentralized Internet.

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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 poured myself into planning and I won the class-wide competition. I believe in capitalism but I also believe in a safety net. Please go see the film. We goofed off.

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