Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Depth in a specific business area, such as marketing or accounting, is important in understanding the internal and external processes of a business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. ” Therefore one goal of Y Combinator appears to be “get the highest price and best terms.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Depth in a specific business area, such as marketing or accounting, is important in understanding the internal and external processes of a business.

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Writing Coach Incubator Entrepreneur 111

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

I’ve started writing up some of those sales & marketing lessons and I plan to continue to build that section out over time. So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. Features don’t win or lose sales – especially in nascent markets. People are buying YOU.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2019

Based on my own experience in business over the years, and current coaching efforts, I recommend a focus on the following strategies and attributes: Make your customer the center of everything you do. Now customers judge you by your visibility to them at public forums, your writing, videos, and what other public figures say.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. ” Therefore one goal of Y Combinator appears to be “get the highest price and best terms.”

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

My very first investment as a professional angel was in a small startup where the entrepreneur’s vision fueled my imagination in the audio market niche where I had run a business in an earlier life. I was so enthusiastic that I coached the entrepreneur to approach his mother, who invested $50,000 under the same terms as my investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. There are always flavors-of-the-month strategies or markets that are in favor in the tech startup world. This is something I try to coach against.

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MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb. ” I know it sounds obvious.

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Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. And for my own good I vowed to have relationships in China and knowledge of the local markets. This company is back on the market raising money again. Write things down. I will embrace my losses. Be gracious.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. And for my own good I vowed to have relationships in China and knowledge of the local markets. This company is back on the market raising money again. Write things down. I will embrace my losses. Be gracious.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

We had the final terms of our agreement fairly well boxed in within a range of about 5-7% on price and within 30 days on move-in date. I obviously preferred the lowest price and I wanted the latest move-in date. She told me, “start with the price you want but the move in date he wants.&#. I told my agent. She way annoyed.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Our marketplace is organized like a used item marketplace, like Amazon or eBay, or Craiglist, in that a seller lists an item, picks a cause, and sets a price. Jonathan Lehmann: I was awarded the Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at UCLA, after getting amazing coaching from Matt Ridenour in our business plan development class.

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MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. It’s a market, after all. And Coach Campbell. I’ve heard directly from top executives that Jeff Bezos (in my opinion the most talented person in the tech industry) has received his fair share of VC coaching in the early years. The industry isn’t dying.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

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APRIL 6, 2014

Plus, if she does have areas where we could coach her on improvement it would help to know that coming in.” CFOs often know the other CFOs and same for heads of sales, marketing, tech, etc. You expected no less. You can ask VCs, customers, competitors or somebody who had a similar job function in the same general community.

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Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Report 302

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge. Can you talk about the pricing and how the business model works? Milo Sindell: There are three broad markets. But, it didn't seem scalable. We have patents filed on this process.

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

This is to drive marketing and any IT or infrastructure spend can be seen as such. How did you determine the right price points for your product? How did you determine the right price points for your product? Like many companies they experimented with many pricing models. When they increased price from $9.99

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