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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

On the other hand, the biggest winners will turn out to be much larger than the prices people paid for them and this will happen faster than at any time in human history. However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. Ten years on much has changed.

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How Much Traction is Enough for Investors?

Startup Professionals Musings

Obviously this definition is generic, so my first recommendation is that you take the lead in defining traction metrics for your startup, and then selling your results convincingly to investors. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 02/18/2013. Start early to work these relationships.

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8 Keys to Award Winning Startup Customer Service

Startup Professionals Musings

It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. In the past, competitive advantage was all about economies of scale, advertising power, and service versus price. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 06/13/2013.

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TechZulu Recaps: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

Some quick numbers: In 2013, $100M was invested into Bitcoin-related ventures. He mentions double and triple bottom-lined companies and tells us investors are starting to require metrics to see measurable social and global value. . To him, those impliciations are huge as we start to see more technologies built on top of this idea.

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Let’s Get Weird, a SXSW Interactive Recap (2014)

Tech Zulu Event

As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works. Erin Chase – Favado , combining price comparisons with grocery shopping.