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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 27, 2014
I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition).
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.
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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 25, 2015
Or app companies that went viral due to spammy friend requests to download in an app store only to have a community backlash and subsequent crash. And of course it’s true in personal productivity apps, SMB apps, B2B software and so forth. So you need to really know what to measure as a definition of success.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 26, 2016
Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach. That died with waterfall software development. Ditto for enterprise software companies. portfolios.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? Sam’s enthusiasm was infectious and his plans were bold.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 22, 2007
Where I use LinkedIn: * I definitely use LinkedIn for Specific Requests - Ex. I definitely check people out using LinkedIn. However, it definitely has served as a hub. We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0
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