Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see my own insights covered in a new book, “ Why Startups Fail ,” by Tom Eisenmann, a Harvard Business School professor, who has mentored many more entrepreneurs, and authored more than a hundred HBS case studies from real-world startups. Look for validation from your mainstream customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree. This can be avoided by asking about extenuating circumstances before you extend them an offer, such as spousal objections or other pending job offers. Be patient when filling open positions.

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Training Case Study Resource Statistics 135

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund? It's all about the entrepreneur.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 1, 2009

The workshop will include case studies on how these subjects are utilized to protect actual products or services. They will join those representing the investment community and entrepreneurs on a panel discussion about 'Common mistakes entrepreneurs make regarding intellectual property'.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

I’m super excited about it — but I don’t know — I’ll let you know when I figure that out.”. We build and invest in startups with impact. We have a Startup Studio and Early Stage Investment Fund. I’m super excited about it! A number of years ago, I did a case study for Harvard Business School.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In these cases, you need testimonials, usage details, and return-on-investment examples. A good tack is to sell exclusivity, or provide case studies to show return on investment and productivity. These fears need to be offset by good marketing, education on benefits, and successful case studies.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Despite the proliferation of entrepreneurial courses within Business Administration programs, business schools are essentially vocational training grounds for consultants and investment bankers. I promise I will never tweet about MBA hating or that killer burrito I just ate. Share and Enjoy.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day. I have a few meetings with the team, perhaps about the website design, radio show structure, an event we are working on, a sponsorship (perhaps the uniforms for our youth basketball team). I recently posted about SEO for Startups.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Google is making major improvements to Android Studio, while Apple is continuing to invest in Swift and announced Playgrounds, an exciting new way to learn how to program in Swift. Two customer-focused announcements stood out: the reviews API and the customer case studies. Success of the app stores starts with developers.

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Artificial Inteligence Google Software Review Case Study 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2014

The successful ones then invest their time and money in furthering their knowledge base. I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” I say you can’t learn much if you are doing all the talking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

These industry veterans have been teaching smaller companies how to compete with digital marketing for many years, and have a wealth of case studies to show it really works. Smart companies are always looking for a return on investment. The first step is to create the perfect online marketing message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2019

Image via Max Pixel Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree. This can be avoided by asking about extenuating circumstances before you extend them an offer, such as spousal objections or other pending job offers.

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Training Case Study Resource Statistics 73

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

By focusing on culture and peace initiatives, he’s been able to secure a number of investments between the two countries, setting a prosperous foundation of peace for the future. In addition to managing $160 billion at Bridgewater Associates, Dalio has a storied past of investing in good ideas.

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Startup Google Case Study Entertainment 70

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

As an angel investor, I hear many entrepreneurs making negative comments about competitors or asserting they don’t have any competitors. Investors invest in people who take action rather than find the excuses that patents are not defensible, cost money or may be done later. Use real case studies and customer feedback.

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Capital Competition Case Study Patents 63

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The successful ones then invest their time and money in furthering their knowledge base. I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” I say you can’t learn much if you are doing all the talking.

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Entrepreneur Startup Mentor Case Study 93

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. We'll be your hosts for a three-part series about the use of MongoDB here at Etsy. In the second post, John Allspaw will talk about how well MongoDB is working out operationally.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The successful ones then invest their time and money in furthering their knowledge base. I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” I say you can’t learn much if you are doing all the talking.

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Startup Mentor Case Study Course 103

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2015

These industry veterans have been teaching smaller companies how to compete with digital marketing for many years, and have a wealth of case studies to show it really works. Smart companies are always looking for a return on investment. The first step is to create the perfect online marketing message.

Marketing 56

Marketing Case Study Resource Social Media 56

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

At RingRevenue we’ve created a call performance marketing platform that at its core is all about getting more high-value calls to advertisers who want them. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2017

Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree. This can be avoided by asking about extenuating circumstances before you extend them an offer, such as spousal objections or other pending job offers. Be patient when filling open positions.

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Training Case Study Resource Statistics 58

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2010

The successful ones then invest their time and money in furthering their knowledge base. I’m not talking about academic classes, because at best these only teach you how to learn. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” I say you can’t learn much if you are doing all the talking.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Mentor Case Study 96

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

The firm recently relocated its headquarters from Hawaii, and we talked with Rob about why someone might need the service, how it's different from the scores of social networking sites on the web, and what problem it's trying to solve. In late 2007, we had a group of guys were creating concepts about social identity. What Chi.mp

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Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

10:00am: 'State of the Industry in Mobile' Survey Results: Mojiva and DM2PRO.COM recently conducted an in-depth survey of nearly 1,000 digital media and marketing executives to find out details about their strategic and spending goals, best practices and more. Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder, Mobclix. Derek Merrill, VP Product, MoVoxx. .

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Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Affiliates invest the up-front marketing expenses required to attract customers. Cost Per Click (CPC) or Download (CPD) – As the name implies, advertisers pay only for clicks on its advertisements or when a user downloads its software, case study or whitepaper. You can learn more about his experiences at johngreathouse.com _. —

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

We'll use all the panel members' experiences to tell a "how to story" about bootstrapping to million. Most entrepreneurs fail because they start the business the only way they know how - thinking about. We're All Salesmen - The Truth About Selling. The old way of thinking tells small businesses to worry about competitors.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Grade A Entrepreneurs , September 5, 2010 Why Krispy Kreme failed in Australia - Start Up Blog , November 3, 2010 Mellow Johnny’s: Retail Stores as Community Hubs - IDDICTIVE.COM , July 14, 2010 Is crowdfunding an option for my business?

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