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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers.

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10 Steps To Second Stage Success For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Hire more help than helpers. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Marketing shapes the concept, branding, packaging, pricing, and positioning.

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10 Keys To Surviving From A Startup To An Enterprise

Startup Professionals Musings

Hire more help than helpers. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Marketing shapes the concept, branding, packaging, pricing, and positioning.

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5 Steps To Get You From Your First Idea To A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Create a written plan, with target milestones and metrics. Expand your own learning and knowledge by helping others. For example, I have a friend with a Ph.D. I have tried to convince him the general idea alone does not make a business.

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10 Keys To Evolution From A Startup To An Enterprise

Startup Professionals Musings

Hire more help than helpers. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Marketing shapes the concept, branding, packaging, pricing, and positioning.

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10 Steps To Scaling Your Startup Toward A Fortune 500

Startup Professionals Musings

Hire more help than helpers. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Marketing shapes the concept, branding, packaging, pricing, and positioning.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders. Assigns tasks. Assign away.

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