Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

If there are conflicts within the team, or differing views of the strategy, or evidence of missing processes and tools, the investment process will likely be terminated. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Where your competitor isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive. Benchmark your practices against a true peer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign. How integrated is your marketing, and how carefully are you measuring your marketing investment?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Where your competitor isn''t really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive. Benchmark your practices against a true peer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Where your competitor isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive. Benchmark your practices against a true peer.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

When people refer to a strategic investor they are usually talking about an investor that comes from the industry you serve as opposed to an independent venture capital investor. When times are bad many cease investment activity all together. Investing is our core business. They’ll pay up for it and promise much.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign. How integrated is your marketing, and how carefully are you measuring your marketing investment?

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Media Marketing Social Media Resource 59

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The huge importance of this is that when you have a high-level of loyal customers you get repeat purchases that are significantly more profitable because you’re not spending new acquisition dollars acquiring them. companies that have to spend too heavily on customer acquisition). I don’t use the word ‘spectacular’ lightly.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. During those same 25-years, I also made innumerable mistakes.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

He was also often referred to as a “hotdog” for his self-promotional antics and lackadaisical on-field play. Hands-on management of these teammates is a worthwhile investment, as they have the ability to eventually enhance their productivity to a high-performing level. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. They may have the finances you need and are ready to invest in a business area they know. Cross endorsement. Of course, for a strategic alliance to work, you must take precautions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. They may have the finances you need and are ready to invest in a business area they know. Cross endorsement. Of course, for a strategic alliance to work, you must take precautions.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. In Bijan’s post he references Bryce Roberts who recommends getting up and white-boarding. Use something like, “I noticed you invested in a couple of companies in the x,y,z space.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

If you are charged for every nanosecond you spend with your lawyer, consider finding one who is willing to “invest” more aggressively in your success. The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. Some companies use lawsuits as an arrow in their competitive quiver.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. Competitors can leapfrog you on features or outspend you on customer acquisitions but communities are very hard to disrupt. And it would be?—?but

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly So with DataSift I’m doubling down.

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