Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

A recent high-profile one, Theranos , the blood-testing company, had no trouble getting customers, but promised more than their technology could deliver, Another, Shyp , an early on-demand delivery platform, blamed their demise on premature scaling. Demand continuous innovation to keep up with change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. Start by developing an “elevator pitch,” that you can deliver in thirty seconds to hook a potential customer or investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In 2019 market conditions often are such that founders retain control of the board through the A-round, usually in a 2–1 (common to investor) ratio but sometimes it’s 3–2 (common to investor). If your metric move immediate up-and-to-the-right? I’ve outlined above why I think boards are important so I won’t repeat it here.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. No prizes for guessing what some of MakeSpace’s innovations will be in 2018 and 2019. Startups are messy and development is seldom linear and up-and-to-the right. We spent a few hundred thousand dollars opening up operations in Chicago and Washington D.C.

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