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5 Virginia Startups at Collision 2018 That Should Be on Your Radar

Tech.Co

APRIL 30, 2018

Their financial planning tool helps people track their spending, investments, and credit rating all in one mobile platform. Powered by blockchain technology, this groundbreaking fintech company is one to watch, no matter what you’re invested in. in Spring 2018. The Washington, D.C. Head of Business Development for U.S.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. That used to be called A-round investing. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier. However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. of the fund.

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7 Steps To A Winning Social Media Marketing Campaign

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI).

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Interview with Julie Novack, PartySlate

socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

He and I connected, and walked through PartySlate and what we were doing, and he immediately said he wanted to invest and become an advisor to the company. He introduced me to Wavemaker, also in LA, and also Halogen Ventures, which is led by Jessie Draper, which invests in women-run technology companies.

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8 Management Behaviors Drive Change Without Crisis

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2018

In addition to investing in internal new innovative ideas, every successful company regularly looks outside to buy innovation, and use it to change their business. Set metrics and rewards specifically for innovation. Metrics can be used to change ingrained behavior, as well as build revenue.

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10 Tips To Strategic Decisions Made Without A Crisis

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2018

Investors, for example, usually want short-term profit distribution versus re-investing for the future. Define metrics to assess roll-out progress and value. Tie your implementation to metrics that will allow you to determine whether or not your decision truly achieves your goal. Where are you on this split?

Tips

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.). No prizes for guessing what some of MakeSpace’s innovations will be in 2018 and 2019.

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6 Strategies To Build Traction and Validate Your Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2018

As a member of an angel investment group, I have to admit this is probably the most common rejection we issue. It takes real money to sustain a business, with a margin in the 50 percent range, and some realistic milestones and metrics. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/09/2018.

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8 Keys To Migration From A Consultant To A Freelancer

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Adopt a project-based revenue model with metrics. Freelancers can justify their cost based on more direct return on investment calculations at all operational levels. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/08/2018. Use social media for more visibility. Treat every business as a customer, not a client.

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What I’ve Learned About Venture Funding

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. April 30th, 2018. What do I know about venture?

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Framework Benchmarks Round 16

TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

Not just in measured results per second (several metric crap tonne), but in number of tests measured (~1830), number of framework permutations tested (~464), number of languages included (26), and total execution time of the test suite (67 hours, or 241 billion microseconds to make that sound properly enormous). It's lost in the noise.

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8 Key Elements To Make Your Social Venture Profitable

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Yet, when you are pitching to investors, this has to be balanced by generating enough profit to keep the venture thriving, growing, and providing a healthy return-on-investment (ROI) to investors. For this reason, you often hear investors talk more about investing in the team, rather than the idea.

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8 Tips For Quantifying Traction In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Unfortunately, your personal assessment that you have traction probably won’t be convincing to potential investors and partners, so it’s important that you create and track your progress against some metrics. Define metrics on customer feedback and user counts. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 10/04/2018.

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5 Market Obstacles That Kill Even Compelling Products

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The plan better include some specifics on how this will be spread across multiple digital and traditional marketing channels, and metrics to measure which are providing the best return on investment. I recommend realistic examples of cost savings and return-on-investment testimonials from early users.

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10 Ways To Build Trust And Loyalty In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2019

Annual bonuses tied to production metrics are nice, but these will not generate the long-term trust and loyalty you need to set the culture. Employees need to see career growth and investment in the people around them, and feel all have access to the training and guidance to get the same opportunities.

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5 Virginia Startups at Collision 2018 That Should Be on Your Radar

The Changing Venture Landscape

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7 Steps To A Winning Social Media Marketing Campaign

Interview with Julie Novack, PartySlate

8 Management Behaviors Drive Change Without Crisis

10 Tips To Strategic Decisions Made Without A Crisis

What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

6 Strategies To Build Traction and Validate Your Plan

8 Keys To Migration From A Consultant To A Freelancer

What I’ve Learned About Venture Funding

Framework Benchmarks Round 16

8 Key Elements To Make Your Social Venture Profitable

8 Tips For Quantifying Traction In Your New Venture

5 Market Obstacles That Kill Even Compelling Products

10 Ways To Build Trust And Loyalty In Your Business

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