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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

SoCal CTO

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. It’s a weekly email we send to AngelList, with 3 high-quality startups who want intros.

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6 Steps To Raising Venture Capital – Hint: Preparation Matters More Than Your Pitch

InfoChachkie

The steps outlined below represent an ideal approach to raising capital from sophisticated investors. Step 4: Reconnaissance Mission, Under Promise – An effective technique for acquiring investment capital is to initially not ask for money. Unfortunately, your fundraising efforts will be less linear. Stay Limber.

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Interview with Scott Cannon, CEO of BigRentz

socalTECH

Cloud Capital--has managed to coax those equipment rental yards into the digital age, and how the company has tackled other challenges in focusing its business. Cloud Capital. One of the mistakes that most startups make, is they get impatient, and throw lots of capital at something. Scott tells us how the company--backed by St.

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The Four Main Things that Investors Look for in a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

This post was prompted by an email exchange I had with a young entrepreneur. Not everybody agrees that entrepreneurs should take investor meetings outside of “funding season&# when they’re raising capital. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. It’s a conversation that creeps up from time-to-time.

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Pull Investors to Your Business Plan With a Summary

Startup Professionals Musings

Who is your customer, what is the price, and how much does it cost you to build one? You need to think through what points are most important in your particular case, and capitalize on your strengths. That’s your metric to see if you have their attention. At minimum, you compete with the way things get done currently.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. That is how great businesses are built.

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Give Investors an Executive Summary That Rocks

Startup Professionals Musings

Who is your customer, what is the price, and how much does it cost you to build one? You need to think through what points are most important in your particular case, and capitalize on your strengths. That’s your metric to see if you have their attention. At minimum, you compete with the way things get done currently.

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