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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
A dysfunctional team, or even one naysayer in a critical position can stall your investment. A good investor can do a lot to help a company, but can't make customers buy products. Sustainable competitive advantage. The kiss of death is for investors to find unanticipated competition you neglected to mention.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 10, 2010
If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). Shame they didn’t like his suggested name for the company: DreamWorks SKG-MM. We discussed: 1.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
I also recently wrote a post about a company that came in for a presentation and never even got the slides out or presented a demo. Tell them about your personal background but also tell the story about how the idea for the company came about and talk about the early days. photo courtesy of Atlanta Braves. DO NOT drone on endlessly.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 22, 2010
A dysfunctional team, or even one naysayer in a critical position can stall your investment. A good investor can do a lot to help a company, but can't make customers buy products. Sustainable competitive advantage. The kiss of death is for investors to find unanticipated competition you neglected to mention.
InfoChachkie
MAY 16, 2011
As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. Rationale: My company is small, I am super busy and I am not a lawyer. No one has heard of you, your company or your solutions.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2011
Bijan Sabet – investor & board member in some small companies you might have heard of like Twitter, Tumblr, Boxee & OMGPOP – took issue with the whole notion that you even need a Powerpoint deck anymore. First, if it’s an early stage company, I don’t need to see a powerpoint deck. I funded them 8 weeks later.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. MakeSpace provides physical storage.
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