2016 Course Marketing Technical Review 
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. I suspect those days will end soon, and 61% of LPs polled said they felt VCs were coming back to market too quickly.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 21, 2016
Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force longer, and according to a USNews article, will likely dominate the labor market by 2024. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 12/20/2016.
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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
Reviewing financial & operational performance. You may have raised money across multiple rounds of investors from 3-4 different VCs and of course most of them would like board seats or at a minimum board observer rights. how to market our products and company. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Market Size. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Of course, customers love free, but investors hate it. Terms “paradigm shift” or “disruptive technology” used more than once. In reality, fundamental changes in technology frighten away more customers than they attract, and take longer and more money to come to fruition than any investors wants to commit. Skip the hype.
Xconomy
AUGUST 12, 2016
government’s Precision Medicine Initiative is an ambitious effort to collect the genomic data of 1 million Americans, and tech giant Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG ) is deeply involved. And Pfizer’s is already on the market, and generated $514 million in the last quarter alone. That story and the rest of the week’s biotech headlines below.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 20, 2016
Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. Fundable entrepreneurs have to feel comfortable talking and listening to engineers, financial people, marketing and especially customers. Fill in gaps with expert advisors to make it whole.
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