Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In the interests of helping you work smarter and last longer, I would like to offer my top ten list of key resource drains to avoid in early businesses and startups, based on my years of advising entrepreneurs and my own business experience: Expanding your product line too quickly for scaling. Outsourcing services that could be done in-house.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

There is a mythology amongst some LPs (funds that invest in VCs) and some VCs that “entry price doesn’t matter – only investing in the absolute best entrepreneurs.” Outsourcing can be cheap. Both can hurt you in an acquisition. ” That’s b t. People justify winners after the fact.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). Overcoming obstacles and learning is one of the biggest inspiration for most entrepreneurs. Note the growth of your team and your own leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services. Many entrepreneurs think about starting your own thing, did you ever think about that compared to turning around a company? How did acquisition come about?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). Overcoming obstacles and learning is one of the biggest inspiration for most entrepreneurs. Note the growth of your team and your own leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Good entrepreneurs are all about managing change, but too many forget that they have to change themselves as their dream evolves from a startup to a scalable business. Many entrepreneurs gave grown to prefer the relative quiet and isolation of their garage, and their ability to set their own schedule.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Surely a savvy, modern-day entrepreneur can utilize online tools to leverage young peoples’ collective energy and fervor. . Other entry-level experiences for budding entrepreneurs included selling items marketed in comic book ads. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Hire Entrepreneurs! Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Hire Entrepreneurs! By Frank Addante Is it safe to hire entrepreneurs? These are all prerequisites for a good entrepreneur. Zondigo, Inc.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

As an entrepreneur, I helped create companies which achieved two IPOs and two trade sales totaling $385 million. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”. Eleanor Roosevelt – US Diplomat & Wife of President Franklin Roosevelt. During those same 15-years, I made innumerable mistakes.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

That''s relevant, because of our third piece, where we have been hired by traditional media companies, to basically provide them a turnkey, outsources content acquisition team. Lee Essner: I was at Idealab as an entrepreneur in residence. We can bring in a clip, cleared in about eight hours.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. Ultimately, your overall customer acquisition costs should calculated as an average of a variety of marketing channels. Thus, include these unattributed customers in your overall calculation of customer acquisition costs. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. This next frontier lies in building enterprises as an entrepreneur, rather than waiting for innovation and opportunity from large corporations.

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Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. A BIG THANK YOU to 3,500 entrepreneurs in 50+ countries By Frank Addante May 3 was the 1 year anniversary of this blog. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Your chores can be outsourced through Porter. That’s the only thing that is outsourced. We haven’t had any capital to really test customer acquisition strategies. ML: Being an entrepreneur, especially with very little resources is like a rollercoaster. TechZulu: What is Porter? How long has Porter been around?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. This next frontier lies in building enterprises as an entrepreneur, rather than waiting for innovation and opportunity from large corporations.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

Given TimeHop’s failed experiment, I was especially intrigued when I learned that a team of a dozen remote entrepreneurs hack the typical corporate structure and creates a company that generated nearly $100 million in revenue. Dan Engel, Co-Founder and former CEO of FastSpring, is a highly successful serial entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. This next frontier lies in building your own enterprises as an entrepreneur, rather than waiting for innovation and opportunity from large corporations. Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. But there are plenty of partners and successful entrepreneurs who don’t have MBAs. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software.

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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. Entrepreneurs who are confident yet humble, are rare and thus especially charming. Entrepreneurship is best learned experientially.

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Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Build a SWAT team By Frank Addante (Part 4 of a 5 part series: " So, you need to develop a product? ") Any entrepreneur, CEO or CTO should always have a development SWAT team on hand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

But in my experience as a startup advisor, too many entrepreneurs get stuck there, and always find excuses for not really exploring mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and alliance alternatives. Evaluate outsourcing as a quick solution to break the constraint. Think outside the box.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. This next frontier lies in building enterprises as an entrepreneur, rather than waiting for innovation and opportunity from large corporations.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Hire Entrepreneurs! Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. I also have a wide network of entrepreneurs that I advise on a regular basis. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. Zondigo, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. This next frontier lies in building enterprises as an entrepreneur, rather than waiting for innovation and opportunity from large corporations.

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. By Frank Addante The purpose of this blog is to share experiences, advice and philosophies with other entrepreneurs, my team, the companies I advise and the curious. Zondigo, Inc.

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Many entrepreneurs start multiple companies and many people who go to work at a startup (becoming entrepreneurs themselves) go on to work for multiple startups in their careers.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Hire Entrepreneurs! Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location ► January (2) 2.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. They are afraid of their competition finding out about the idea, a bigger company trying to steal it or some other entrepreneur doing it first. A BIG THANK YOU. Zondigo, Inc.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world. This doesn’t make sense.

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. If I had a 95% success rate in starting companies, launching products and selling, I would be, by far, the most successful entrepreneur ever to live. A BIG THANK YOU. Zondigo, Inc.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Frank Addante

MAY 22, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. So, I did what any other opportunistic entrepreneur does when they want to quickly build a company to capitalize on an opportunity. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley?

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. “Transition from CEO&# Entrepreneurs need to ask themselves how they can best serve the company to move it forward. Additionally, entrepreneurs get tired. Be scrappy.

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