Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2015
Few investors these days have the time or patience to read a full business plan, so a better way to catch their eye is with a tightly written and well formatted two-page executive summary. I see too many executive summaries that are simply heavy-duty customer pitches, or lightweight visions of the future.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 15, 2010
You can watch this week’s TWiVC episode by clicking on the link and my summary notes are below. {if plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. I think everybody heard about this acquisition. if you missed Episode 1 it is here }. High Profile Deal of the Week: 1. billion to Yahoo!
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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2020
To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.” You need both to survive.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 11, 2011
Summary notes, as always, provide below. IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. We talked about patents. To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC.
Frank Addante
JUNE 4, 2006
Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. 6 startups = 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure, millions in venture capital $, hundreds of employees in cities worldwide and the building of my latest venture, the Rubicon Project - one of the fastest growing advertising companies in history. . Zondigo, Inc.
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