Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Good-cause crowd funding. Pre-order crowd funding. Rewards-based crowd funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

For example, Bill Gates founded and grew Microsoft, and Michael Dell built a great technology company, both with no outside funding until they went successful enough to go public years later and sell shares to common stockholders. Very few entrepreneurs I know have the patience and time to communicate to the satisfaction of all investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

In fact, Conscious Capitalism companies, for example, historically have outperformed the S&P 500 index by a factor of ten. Shared risks (open capital). If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Shared knowledge packaging (shareability). Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2016

According to HomeHero and Cedars-Sinai, the new program will help transition patients from the hospital to home, with the goal of reducing inpatient readmissions, raising patient satisfaction and improving health outcomes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs these days is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. This new model will allow large numbers of “regular” people to invest small amounts each online to fund early startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. Even when orders are clearly on the upswing, you need more funding to cover inventory and lagging accounts receivable. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Product pre-order model. Interest on debt model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2016

For example, Bill Gates founded and grew Microsoft, and Michael Dell built a great technology company, both with no outside funding until they went successful enough to go public years later and sell shares to common stockholders. Very few entrepreneurs I know have the patience and time to communicate to the satisfaction of all investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Billionaire entrepreneur and "Shark Tank" co-host Mark Cuban is an outspoken proponent of the all-in early approach in a video interview, and made it clear that he gives no credibility and low odds to founders seeking funding who have not fully committed their time and efforts to their cause.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy news pertaining to startups and venture capital. Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. billion in a round led by the private equity firm GPI Capital this week.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Thiel is providing his mentees with capital to make their startups a reality. When you don't accept capital from someone else, you aren't beholden to anyone else's input. When you don't accept capital from someone else, you aren't beholden to anyone else's input. You get to call the shots. Become a compelling story yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2011

I’ve written about this before, but I was surprised again recently at a conference for startups when a couple of entrepreneurs started berating investors for their low rate of funding for early-stage startups. That’s the way capitalism works. But success itself, or even funding for your startup, is not an entitlement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

Secure outside expansion funding through investors. You need to evaluate the tradeoffs of getting investment capital from angel investors and crowdsourcing. You need to use every digital channel available for marketing and visibility, no matter how dedicated you and your team are to customer service and satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Product pre-order model. Interest on debt model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

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. You go all over the country, the world, and the Web searching for “best practices” in marketing, finance, planning, and funding. Internal forces (your startup team).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In fact, Conscious Capitalism companies, for example, historically have outperformed the S&P 500 index by a factor of ten. Shared risks (open capital). If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Shared knowledge packaging (shareability). Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2020

A good way to start is to create and communicate bite-sized milestones toward your end objective, including product development stages, customer threshold targets, and funding achievements. There is increasing evidence that employee happiness and job satisfaction, including yours, does not scale up with your success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. Even when orders are clearly on the upswing, you need more funding to cover inventory and lagging accounts receivable. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

Shared risks (open capital). If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you. Adjust accordingly. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Shared risks (open capital). If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you. Adjust accordingly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

With a strategic partnership, they can combine their product strengths with minimal cost and time, rather than each funding new development. Both then capitalize on new strengths and bundling for growth. Why not improve your customer satisfaction by referring customers you can’t satisfy to someone who can?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2016

Billionaire entrepreneur and "Shark Tank" co-host Mark Cuban is an outspoken proponent of the all-in early approach, and has made it clear that he gives no credibility and low odds to founders seeking funding who have not fully committed their time and efforts to their cause.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

Shared risks (open capital). If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you. Adjust accordingly. Marty Zwilling.

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Organization Social Media Custom Customer 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2013

I’ve written about this before, but I was surprised again recently at a conference for startups when a couple of entrepreneurs started berating investors for their low rate of funding for early-stage startups. It sounded to investors like me that they expected a funding entitlement for their startup idea. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked also netted in new customers such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and Equity Partners, NextView Ventures and crowd-funding service AI Verified which will take advantage of its iPad compatibility, bulk uploading, and reporting tools. According to Eric M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2016

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. Even when orders are clearly on the upswing, you need more funding to cover inventory and lagging accounts receivable. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2014

I’ve written about this before, but I was reminded again a while back at a conference for startups when an entrepreneur started berating investors for not funding early-stage startups. It sounded to investors like me that they felt a funding entitlement for their startup idea. That’s the way capitalism works.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. Greathouse: Did you decide to bootstrap the business from the start or did you initially plan to take in investor capital? I’ve been there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

He gets to return his focus and energy back to what got him so passionate in the first place – product – while now having a seasoned leader and enough capital to fulfill his vision. I funded Jonathan’s first $500,000. We had VCs show interest in funding awe.sm Founder” is a state of mind, not a job description.”

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Creating a new product or startup is no longer limited to those who have access to government grants or venture capital funding, the tech industry has become democratized and VentureRadar wants to further facilitate new entrepreneurs by giving them exposure and contacts.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out. Just over a year later, Jurvetson led the Series A round of venture funding for Nervana Systems.

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