socalTECH
MAY 30, 2019
I think, to be a great entrepreneur, you have to look at what is missing in the category that you will be playing in the industry, and figure what you can deploy with a little bit of strategy and technology to bring a better service and price. Your finance has to be world class.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 21, 2017
I was influenced heavily before my career even began because in my undergraduate work I took a ton of statistics classes that showed how easily we human brains fall prey to easy biases and slights of data and try to draw conclusions that don’t exist. I wrote about these experiences 7 years ago in a post I titled “ 73.6%
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. The best MBA class I took was an investment strategy class. The professor plotted data and showed us statistically that most people buy stocks when they are booming (e.g.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 16, 2017
Social contribution and sustainability are features that appeal to a whole new class of customers for any solution. Incents customers to pay a premium price. Sustainability and social responsibility are ways to extend your exclusivity and added value, thus lowering risk, improving profitability, and justifying a premium price.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2019
That’s an amazing statistic and reminded me of my family’s journey. But I figured the worst that could happen was they’d send me home and I’d have to eat the price of my airfare and?—?hey?—?at Congratulations, Cal Poly graduating class! My 8 tips for the crossroads you will face. My dad was an immigrant from Colombia.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 19, 2017
We are devoted to the mission of supercharging Southern California's technology ecosystem, and help it emerge as a world class technology hub by 2025. The statistics show that there is five times more venture capital in Silicon Valley than in all of Southern California combined, despite two thirds of the state being here, population-wise.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Okay, so maybe you never took statistics, microeconomics or macroeconomics. Do you really think Porter’s Five Forces is going to help you figure out what feature set to launch or how to price your product? They are all great for general knowledge but not immediately applicable to your role in a start-up. What about strategy?
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