Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 1, 2011

LawPivot is lead and developed by real world lawyers who worked at top national firms like cofounder Nitin Gupta, and cofounder Jay Mandel a former lead mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Apple. Users can also read profiles and detailed information about the attorneys that appear in their search results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

My best advice is to stick to the middle ground. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. The key theme for a successful due diligence is full disclosure and no surprises before or after the commitment.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Their primary intended reader is a “first-time entrepreneur”, but clearly other stakeholders within the startup universe can also benefit from the book’s hands-on advice. In contrast, Venture Deals focuses on pragmatic, tactical advice. This chapter provides spot-on, tough-love advice. Things I Liked.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Writing Guide 205

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, The COGS (costs of goods sold) tells me about how big your customer acquisition costs will be. portfolios. How much will you pay?

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Product managers have challenges with getting the right information at the right level to the right people. When I was considering doing something, I reached out to Greg for advice. Metrics related to customer acquisition, lifetime value and churn. What advice you can offer entrepreneurs validating their new products?

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2020

Our interview today is with Greg Martin , co-founder of LiquidStock (www.liquidstock.com), an investment fund which offers up a way for employees of private companies to exercise their stock options before an IPO or acquisition. My first piece of advice to everybody, is survival is paramount. How are people going to act after this?

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Startup Paramount Invest Capital 113

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

It’s true that many VCs over promise how helpful they’ll be with introductions / strategic advice / recruiting, etc. They see you as an extension of their competitor and that all information will flow to the corporate parent. Most VCs aren’t either? What’s the difference? Great question. But this is benign.

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Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur Framework 279

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Although the article is informative, it is the accompanying sidebar that has remained with me over the succeeding years. Under the heading, “The Book On Bezos,” the callout lists ten actionable and impactful nuggets of startup advice. Get Good Advice — And Ignore It (aka: Know When To Throw Away The Rule Book).

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Tips Startup Framework Customer 279

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In addition, every business has operating costs, like customer acquisition, fulfillment, inventory, and customer service. The site must have more and better content (information presented) than your competitor. Search engines like Google are still the primary method for finding information on the Internet.

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Social Media Content Startup Web 93

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

The New York-based company was founded last year by Gina Bartasi, a fertility industry vet who previously launched Progyny, a fertility benefit solution for employers, and FertilityAuthority.com, an information platform and social network for people struggling with fertility.

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Mobile Pricing Social Network Los Angeles 167

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

As I’ve highlighted I believe we’re in a unique period similar to 2005-08 where the biggest tech firms of Silicon Valley (and some media companies) are scooping up small software companies as “talent acquisitions&# versus accretive revenue / profit generators. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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Invest Angel Startup Marketing 283

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

You have to make sure your cost of acquisition, retention rates, and conversion metrics are all in place. That person would take your information, and either accept it and get back to you, and then place a bunch of phone calls to suppliers to see if could or couldn't be done. You cannot grow your problems.

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Startup Metrics Customer Custom 174

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). But be willing to have an informed view about your industry.

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. One of his biggest accomplishments there was championing the acquisition of StubHub. I love learning so this is a great process.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2012

That seems like a lot of information to collect. How did you go about getting all that information together? We now have a team of researchers at Docstoc, who are going through the process of looking business-by-business, city-by-city, to pull this information. Jason Nazar: We're still going through that process.

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Southern California Startup Content Sites 229

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Today, we have perfect data and information about the new and used car marketplace, both at the wholesale and retail level. We have to finance that acquisition every time. What's your biggest piece of advice to other entrepreneurs? TrueCar was a real pioneer, but being a pioneer is always tough. READ MORE>>.

Startup 124

Startup Truecar Pricing Entrepreneur 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

In addition, every business has operating costs, like customer acquisition, fulfillment, inventory, and customer service. The site must have more and better content (information presented) than your competitor. are still the primary method for finding information on the Internet. Content is king of the road. Search engines.

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Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. And I certainly didn’t want him having to trapse up-and-down Sand Hill Road informing every VC of his next idea. Nice sweep! When he left I called him immediately.

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CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

They can elect directors for their class of stock, approve mergers and acquisitions; approve increases or changes to the capital structure of the company and other more minor actions. Each corporation when chartered becomes a live person in the eyes of the law, independent and subject to the care of its board of directors.

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Class Coach Invest Sales 179

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

My advice to people thinking about getting an MBA is to think about the five C’s. I’m sure it will be fun and informative. Colleagues – For young people who ask me for advice on whether to get an MBA this is the ‘C’ that I emphasize the most. Tags: Start-up Advice. THE FIVE C’S.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Rather than blindly follow this advice, consider measuring your NPS after unpleasant customer interactions, via a web form. In the course of your follow-up, politely ask them for the contact information of the person they referred to you so you can ensure that the prospective customer receives your highest level of service.

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.Net Satisfaction Entrepreneur Customer 182

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2009

As shown at left, pour your money into a customer acquisition funnel, apply a bit of gentle stirring to generate a steady flow of mo money, mo money, mo money. Although the P&S formula is clear-cut, it presupposes that you have insight into your customer acquisition costs, as well the revenue generated by each customer.

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Customer Custom Acquisition Entrepreneur 153

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Do you have any advice for emerging entrepreneurs regarding how they can be frugal without compromising their company’s value prop? Do you believe non-native Internet users (ages 35 and up) will migrate toward such a tradeoff, or do you think the unwillingness of older users to share private information is relatively intractable? “I

Startup 233

Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Cost of customer acquisition. Customer acquisition cost is calculated by dividing total acquisition expenses by total new customers over a given period. Over time, you cost of acquisition should go down as growth and your brand image go up. Operating productivity. annual review business entrepreneur metrics startup'

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Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

My best advice is to stick to the middle ground. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. The key theme for a successful due diligence is full disclosure and no surprises before or after the commitment.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 108

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

How has this reality impacted your customer acquisition strategies? Today, we''re in the fourth version of Wildland.com and we always try to bring the right balance of destination information and multimedia to our prospective travelers. Greathouse : Yes, it always seems to get harder to launch a startup when a market begins maturing.

Entrepreneur 187

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Resource 187

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2013

It does not stop their, Matt has big plans, which include a recent joint partnership between Appcelerator and ROAR to form a company called ChariTi, and if all goes right with future funding, Matt has his eyes on a couple acquisition targets. They need to communicate information, create community, and cultivate giving.

Mobile 92

Mobile Social Media Startup Media 92

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

In light of the recent success, we sat down with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson to talk about the recent exit, where they are with their fund nowadays, and what advice they have for entrepreneurs. We had our fourth anniversary in May, and we passed out checks from the Helixis acquisition to our LPs, which was a pleasant delight.

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. If you are unsure of the fairness of their initial proposal, you can then seek additional information to determine where it falls within the expected range.

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Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Rather than blindly follow this advice, consider measuring your NPS after unpleasant customer interactions, via a web form. In the course of your follow-up, politely ask them for the contact information of the person they referred to you so you can ensure that the prospective customer receives your highest level of service.

.Net 168

.Net Satisfaction Customer Custom 168

InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

Share No Sensitive Information – You will gain tremendous industry insights by listening and learning from your members. If you share sensitive information learned from an alliance member, you risk losing your position as a trusted arms dealer, which could jeopardize the very existence of your alliance. from the Wharton School.

Entrepreneur 168

Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Startup Conference 168

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

Direct points of contact with appointed 500 Startups partners or EIRs and Pager-carrying-surgeon levels of attention for advice and mentorship. For more information on 500 Startups, be sure to visit their website. Updates could be as exciting as closing investment deals, or harrowing as the news of losing a co-founder.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

The ‘considered purchase’ market is massive and we will be the trusted provider of unbiased, objective information for the consumer. Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. “The one really cool think about a consumer site is running into people that actually used FindTheBest to make a big decision.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

For instance, if a Donor makes a potential partnership introduction on your behalf, you should inform the Donor when the deal is either consummated or abandoned. Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Even favors that do not net positive results should be acknowledged and verbally appreciated.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Help Networking Startup 210

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 24, 2010

Record companies evaluated songs based upon a variety of informal means, such as the Old Gray Whistle Test. Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. In the early 1960s, conventional wisdom in the music industry did not lend itself to a systematic manner of evaluating creative content. from the Wharton School.

Ideas 187

Ideas Resource Technical Review Startup 187

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

The ‘considered purchase’ market is massive and we will be the trusted provider of unbiased, objective information for the consumer. “The one really cool think about a consumer site is running into people that actually used FindTheBest to make a big decision. I try hard to find that balance.”. 1) The economy sucks, but you guys are hiring.

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Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

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 today’s world without our solution they have to enter this information in 3 separate places, which is both time-consuming and leads to errors. Mobile app? Bijan is right.

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Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299