Coach Customer Mobile SaaS 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2014
VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS. I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. Over time you start to figure out who you customers are and how to sell to them or how to get them to adopt your products if you’re a consumer-oriented startup.
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InfoChachkie
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
Value Prop Twitter Style : SocialStay is: "An easy to set up & manage mobile platform designed for the hospitality industry. Month by month, the hospitality business is sorting out how mobile plays a role in increasing revenue and driving loyalty. Seth attended UCSB but dropped out to start a denim company. .
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 23, 2015
So part of playing an effective coach is helping the team to see the answer for themselves. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.” This works brilliantly.”
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 22, 2009
And you can always bring on a senior person as a mentor / coach to help guide you personally to become a better sales leader until you’re ready for somebody more senior on your team. SaaS was hot so I was able to land a very impressive guy. In LA I know that people like Vince Thompson do a great job with this. WTF!! ?? !!
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