2011 Entrepreneur Product Summary 
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. In any case, an entrepreneur in one who likes to build new products or services, and works ON their company, while a public business executive works IN the company.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 25, 2011
There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. But it might not.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2014
and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. So we went for it.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 19, 2010
Startups and entrepreneurs need to be realists. Unless you know a VC personally, the chance of getting them on the phone and pitching them, before they have had a chance to look over some kind of summary, is zero. Hone your executive summary. Once introduced, your best entre is hitting the VC with a well-honed executive summary.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 3, 2012
Here is a summary of indicative facts from the earlier study referenced, an update published last year, and others. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs. They are becoming the new early adopters.
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 23, 2013
Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. After the session, Andy posts a summary to Jenna’s profile with the details of their workout and a few words of advice.
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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