Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2010

This is sad, since “how to write a business plan” is a frequent topic found in every business journal, and a common title in the business section of every book store. Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually understand it yourself. What is the definition of a good business plan?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

You may have already found several articles, web pages, or books about writing the perfect executive summary. They all offer a list of requirements that might take 50 pages to address, but of course they ask you to write concisely. Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the disruptive technology behind your solution.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Many MBA programs still cater too much to the needs of large, corporate management jobs or prepare students to enter big consulting companies or investments banks. Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is. And that leads me to today’s post.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

I’m writing this post to make sure you’re all on that same playing field. But all of the data projections were so different so I decided to call some of the research companies and ask how they derived their data. They got the data feed either from the research company or from the investment bank. How is it skewed?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

You may have already found several articles, web pages, or books about writing the perfect executive summary. They all offer a list of requirements that might take 50 pages to address, but of course they ask you to write concisely. Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the disruptive technology behind your solution.

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Summary Writing Competition Sample 90

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

The company also made quite an impression with its viral video --which you have to watch to appreciate--of CEO Michael Dubin extolling the virtues of the company's products, and panning overpriced, expensive razor brands. We talked with Dubin earlier about the company. What's your background, and how did the company start?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Most advisors will tell you to write the business plan first (20-30 pages), then distill the key points into a set of Microsoft PowerPoint slides for standup presentations to potential investors. What is the current valuation of the company? What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment?

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 3, 2012

Did you just meet the shy boy who spent his High School years writing in his journal or the boisterous verbal bully who used her wit to hide her insecurities? Sample Personal Questions. The vitriol generated in unhealthy relationships can seep into your organization and negatively impact your company’s morale and culture.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

The two companies are in the early stages of integrating Pathbrite’s next-generation digital portfolio platform with McGraw-Hill Campus™ , which will greatly benefit students and faculty. Pathbrite’s latest announcement is their agreement with the largest educational publisher in the world, McGraw-Hill. Entrepreneur Nuggets.

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CEO Flow

MARCH 21, 2009

I’ve included a sample here of his last post (“The seeeeeeriously cool way out of a downturn&# ) that’s very relevant to what CEOs are dealing with today. Layoffs can hurt a culture, or it can help it – it depends on how they’re handled, and the unique situation of the company.

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CEO Flow

MARCH 21, 2009

I’ve included a sample here of his last post (&# The seeeeeeriously cool way out of a downturn&# ) that’s very relevant to what CEOs are dealing with today. Layoffs can hurt a culture, or it can help it – it depends on how they’re handled, and the unique situation of the company.

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Layoffs Blogging Sample Organization 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 21, 2009

I’ve included a sample here of his last post (&# The seeeeeeriously cool way out of a downturn&# ) that’s very relevant to what CEOs are dealing with today. Layoffs can hurt a culture, or it can help it – it depends on how they’re handled, and the unique situation of the company.

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Layoffs Blogging Sample Organization 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 21, 2009

I’ve included a sample here of his last post (&# The seeeeeeriously cool way out of a downturn&# ) that’s very relevant to what CEOs are dealing with today. Layoffs can hurt a culture, or it can help it - it depends on how they’re handled, and the unique situation of the company.

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Layoffs Blogging Sample Organization 40

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

What you’ll also find is that of the 25 companies, our founders represent an inclusive group with 40 percent female, 52 percent minority and 12 percent veteran founders from 14 states and 5 countries. Once uploaded, the company safeguards the data in their secure cloud. AdWallet (Albuquerque, NM). That’s the concept behind AdWallet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Remember, investors or interested in acquiring a piece of your company, so keep the focus on the attractiveness of the company, rather than the product. If you are an entrepreneur who doesn’t feel comfortable writing, there are many advisors, investment attorneys, and independent contractors who are available to help, for a fee.

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Ideas Slides Sample Examples 126

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

Yet along with “authenticity” they are two of the key attributes I look for when I meet with companies I may consider funding one day. This is how Upfront Ventures came to fund Tristan Walker – one of the most talented and passionate entrepreneurs with whom we work whose new company is called Bevel.

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TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

Application performance can be directly mapped to hosting dollars, and for a start-up company in its infancy, hosting costs can be a pain point. The 1-query samples, leftmost on the line charts, should be similar (within sampling error) of the single-query test above. The tests are 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 queries per request.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

Application performance can be directly mapped to hosting dollars, and for a start-up company in its infancy, hosting costs can be a pain point. The 1-query samples, leftmost on the line charts, should be similar (within sampling error) of the single-query test above. The tests are 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 queries per request.

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Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2010

But the person you hire is hopefully going to be an important contributor to the company so making sure you’ve seen multiple candidates for each role will help you benchmark whether you’re hiring the best that you can for that job. If it’s a job that requires writing you could ask them to submit a sample in advance.

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Startup Examples Sales Pricing 301

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 5, 2018

I just returned from a week’s vacation in the mountains where I had almost no Internet access but was aware that Ronan Farrow had published a damning sexual misconduct article about Les Moonves, the Chairman & CEO of publicly traded company CBS Corporation. They owe it to shareholders and the company to investigate for themselves.

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