Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

When the plan is all in your head, and elements are undefined, it’s important to monitor every step of the progress, in order to make quick corrections. Now you have real customers who can quickly turn off hundreds of potential customers if you ignore their feedback. Trust your gut, and ignore naysayers.

Social Network 59

Social Network Startup Demand Entrepreneur 59

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Others are really marketers out to make money fast, and believe that they can entice customers to any offering. Many might say Donald Trump epitomizes this category. After that, it’s all about capitalizing on your strengths, shoring up your weaknesses, and building a personal plan that doesn’t work against you.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Mentor Framework Web 96

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

We started planning our fund raising as much as 14 months ago. Did he want to see whether a strategic buyers made sense in the next couple of years? Invoca is the market leader in a hot and growing category: marketing automation for telephony driven by the explosion in smart phones where a phone call is a single click of a button.

Funding 150

Funding Startup SaaS Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? What stage?

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

There seem to be a lot of market entrants in every category where it becomes hard to differentiate them all from each other. Often when I meet them the idea seems at odds with what others are doing and as long as it’s the right team with a well-thought-through plan I kinda like that.

Technical Review 302

Technical Review Marketing IP Outsource Development 302

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? What stage?

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

99.9999% of you won’t be contemplating raising capital at $500 million any time soon or selling for a billion. My friend Christin Herron of Intel Capital weighed in on the issue. At least for a couple of years until you’ve grown into your new valuation / made enough revenue / captured enough customers / etc.

Venture Capital 316

Venture Capital Pricing Social Network Acquisition 316

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2011

Poker] exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great.”. However, in cards and real-life, you can have a dramatic impact on your ultimate success by ensuring that you recognize when good fortune presents itself, and augment your luck with sound, strategic decisions. Walter Matthau, American Actor.

Startup 207

Startup Entrepreneur Competition Guide 207

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take.

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Statistics Startup Report Research 415