Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Probably not and 10x (May 2022) seems more in line with the historical trend (actually 10x is still high). Of course our execution against the strategy has had to change but the strategy has remained constant. IRRs work really well in a 12-year bull market but VCs have to make money in good markets and bad. Except the music stopped.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

Of course, Jeff Bezos no longer needs investors, but he worked hard in his early days courting potential investors, building relationships and credibility that allowed him to get the money he needed to scale his company quickly. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/25/2022. Brand recognition and market influencer support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

Of course, you as the business leader have a key role in making all this happen. It is your responsibility to facilitate regular communication between team members and all constituents via all channels, including social media, email, and video. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 4/1/2022. Social interactions.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

— Sophia Amoruso (@sophiaamoruso) June 1, 2022. It’s more of a mockery,” said Isa Watson , founder and CEO of social media app Squad. And of course, those startups are by no means innocent when it comes to bad management. “If Years later, even Amoruso herself has expressed discomfort with the phrase. It’s not a compliment.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

Now the two women are co-founders of Angel City, leading a gaggle of venture capital, sports, and celebrity investors, alongside Angel City co-founder and President Julie Uhrman, in bringing a National Women’s Soccer League team to Los Angeles by the Spring of 2022. “We’re venture capitalists.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

Of course, listening alone isn't enough. Even in today’s remote environments, you can use video sessions, social media, and email to keep up with team efforts informally and share updates, both positive and negative. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/9/2022. The potential for both you and the business is huge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Of course, you can be overly confident or unrealistic in your expectations, without the skills or plans to run a business. Resist the hype, rumor, and gossip that our media-saturated world provides on competitors and reluctant customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/3/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

It encompasses your marketing strategy used to attract, engage, and retain customers by creating and sharing relevant articles, videos, podcasts, and other media. Of course, you need work with partners and channel to quantity their costs and contributions and normalize total results. Don’t forget it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

Of course, even the best talent needs communication, training, and support to create the culture you need. With the Internet and social media, your culture is no longer just an internal thing, but extends broadly to customers, investors, and vendors. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 4/5/2022.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. The first phase was the rise of the media platforms: YouTube, Instagram, etcetera, that allowed creatives to build audiences. With new followers — today her account, @weworewhat , has 2.2

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It’s obvious that we can be too late to these decisions of course. If — and it’s a big if of course — they can do that on the cheap, then why should an LP care at all? You allow us to get off the ad-laden media churn conveyor belt and spend quality time on amazing ideas, people, and companies. billion it has already coughed up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2022

Of course, don’t forget to continually interact with your best existing customers, to find areas where you can increase customer value and squeeze out additional growth for your business. Stepping into unknown territories takes real customer acquisition marketing and new costs through social media, public relations, and advertising campaigns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Successful entrepreneurs are always analyzing market feedback, remain agile, and are quick to make corrections or change course if things aren’t working. A legendary pivot example in social media was the transformation of Odeo into Twitter. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/22/2022.

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