InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Most sophisticated investors ignore them, focusing their attention on an entrepreneur's pitch and presentation materials, financial forecast and executive summary. As such, the primary goal of your executive summary is to open the door to an in-person meeting. Entrepreneurs routinely seek my advice regarding their executive summaries.

Venture Capital 211

Venture Capital Summary Technical Review Template 211

TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

At TechEmpower, we’ve conducted more than 50 technical reviews for companies of all sizes, industries, and technical stacks. Other common scenarios that we’ve seen: Scaling and new markets: Your company and product are established, and now you’re scaling or going after new markets.

Technical Review 260

Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review TechEmpower 260

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

Web 117

Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

The real challenge is to win massive consumer preference repeatedly. As a business advisor, I have to recommend even to established companies that they review and revamp their competitive strategy now, even if it appears to be working today. You need to be part of a larger ecosystem. These tolerate negative cash flows for growth.

Competition 142

Competition Software Review Social Media Customer 142

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Bloom is a widely known expert on managing business growth, and he starts by summarizing the three key weapons of current customers, which include an instant summary of choices, prices, and features. What most companies don’t realize is that businesses don’t drive customer trends anymore, customers drive business trends.

Customer 146

Customer Custom Startup Course 146

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

If there are financial anomalies, or someone on the team doesn’t know the current strategy, or is unhappy with you or the company, the investment will be jeopardized. Call a company meeting to communicate what is happening, and why. Is it something consumers need or simply want, does it work, and is it ready to ship?

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Summary 152

Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2020

The UK finance company has garnered a lot of attention, both online and in real life, thanks to its distinctive coral-colored cards, and its intention to make the banking process easier. And what do its plans to grow its offering in the US look like, and potentially mean, for US consumers? But what is Monzo, exactly? What is Monzo?

Summary 113

Summary Startup Report Sites 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2021

Here is a summary of his five basic strategies: Always on the alert, sensing for signals and meaning of change. Watch the social scene, looking for new consumer behaviors and trends. Technically, this is known as perceptual acuity. Smart entrepreneurs compare perceptions with a diverse group of leaders and experts on a regular basis.

Entrepreneur 173

Entrepreneur Summary Patents Examples 173

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

Santa Monica 256

Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing.

Marketing 114

Marketing Invest Social Media SEM 114

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Arnie’s responses. In social media, the underlying artifact of the ecosystem is that consumers are following people. So who are the people who can help you reach the consumers you want to reach? So who are the people who can help you reach the consumers you want to reach?

Social Media 252

Social Media Platform Media Networking 252

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

He is the CEO of Hunch , company that I believe is solving a very big problem that I have been telling entrepreneurs needs to be solved for the past 2 years. I think you’ll really enjoy this video , but as always I have summary notes for those with less time. If you haven’t checked that out you really should. West Coast”).

Technical Review 281

Technical Review Venture Capital Startup Artificial Inteligence 281

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2023

Here is a summary of their key observations, with our joint specifics on what to expect, and how to overcome these obstacles: Customers don’t buy what they don’t know and understand. Many healthcare solutions, for example, may appear to have great value to patients, but require doctors to feel safe, and insurance companies to approve.

Case Study 89

Case Study Customer Custom Study 89

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

It consumes time and energy and the payoff doesn’t come for a long time. But of course great teams build great companies and great startup leaders know that they must always be recruiting. Acknowledge that recruiting doesn’t stop until the employee has joined your company. In fact, it’s worse than that.

Press 341

Press Startup Email Sales 341

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Here is a summary of their key observations, with our joint specifics on what to expect, and how to overcome these obstacles: Customers don’t buy what they don’t know and understand. Many healthcare solutions, for example, may appear to have great value to patients, but require doctors to feel safe, and insurance companies to approve.

Case Study 174

Case Study Startup Customer Custom 174

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion. ” By that we weren’t trying to demean companies building aps, games, photo sharing, etc., 6SensorLabs. 6SensorLabs.

Funding 362

Funding Technical Review Ideas Startup 362

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Other companies, including Ritz-Carlton , now incent their employees to build real relationships with guests, by authorizing them to spend up to $2,000 per guest to solve an individual concern. Apple, as an example, have consistently focused on consumer electronics, since their early days with personal computers.

Customer 133

Customer Custom Satisfaction Examples 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing.

Customer 146

Customer Custom Marketing Startup 146

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2015

We will have two well-funded companies educating the market on why this market opportunity for the $24 billion US storage market is ripe for disruption. More consumers and businesses will hear about our solutions and want to learn more. ” In summary: The competitors are the incumbents. Everybody reads the tech press.

Funding 150

Funding Competition Marketing Summary 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Every consumer out there who goes to live sports, music, and other events is used to the drill: pay lots of money to a ticketing site, pay lots of extra fees, or have to hassle with a shady ticket broker, or pay extra to get a seat to the event you want to get to. How does this work for the consumer? Those two issues are inter-related.

Entertainment 219

Entertainment Pricing Ticketmaster Startup 219

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2015

Think of the best tech company at marketing that you know. I have no criticisms with this great company that boosted the online video movement but they need to reinvent their format a bit. This is a stunning video done for our portfolio company Osmo that has been watched > 200,000 times. You can bet Osmo is happy with it.

Startup 150

Startup Summary Blogging Product 150

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Jason’s responses. We started the company (because) …if you asked the average consumer what they think of the ads they see, if they see them at all, they are largely irrelevant and in many cases annoying. 5) Most great companies have inspiring Origin Stories.

Yahoo 210

Yahoo Startup Advertising Summary 210

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

So I’ve spent the last few years checking out companies that are trying to solve for this problem. One company that I previously wrote about trying to change this industry is, Solve Media , (I am not an investor) has created an interesting ad unit designed to drive up brand “engagement&# and recall. Oh, sacred cow.

Advertising 352

Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. if you get some value out of the notes consider checking out his company or Twitter feed). TWIVC Summary – Richard de Silva. The company later sold for around $300 million. Thank you.

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Bloom is a widely known expert on managing business growth, and he starts by summarizing the three key weapons of current customers, which include an instant summary of choices, prices, and features. What most companies don’t realize is that businesses don’t drive customer trends anymore, customers drive business trends.

Customer 124

Customer Custom Startup Course 124

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

Investor in Twitter, Foursquare, DISQUS, and (by Naval’s own admission) “a lot of other companies you have never heard of”. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses. When great companies really hit, all the investors want in and there isn’t enough room. Former Founder Epinions. It (my thinking) has changed.

Startup 273

Startup Software Review Summary Technical Review 273

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

These are companies that not only have a familiar brand, but carry from five to 35 billion dollar valuations. The question that I and every investor have been asking is “What are the critical factors that are fueling the recent rapid scaling of consumer brands in today’s marketplace?”

Marketing 57

Marketing Startup Entrepreneur Social Media 57

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2012

But when misused, overused or abused they can diminish your personal brand, consume your valuable time and waste that of the relationships you value the most. Over-introducers also consume a lot of personal time in making intros. It is very time consuming doing intros the right way. They are your route to angel money.

Email 359

Email Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 359

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2015

Every company needs this focus to attract the best minds and loyalty in both categories. In summary, the transformation starts with placing leaders with a purpose at the core, hiring talent with a purpose at the frontier, and then building and extending the culture of purpose both inside and outside the organization.

Entrepreneur 117

Entrepreneur Organization Startup Pricing 117

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

“the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. In the ecommerce arena I see some great companies spending heavily on customer acquisition. __. faux·men·tum.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Customer Custom 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. 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. That notes only told part of the story. Mobile app? Bijan is right.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Or, as always, summary notes available below. But, in fact, I would rather have an executive summary than a pitch deck. And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. was starting.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

As a business and entrepreneur advisor, I have no trouble getting owners and managers to agree that change is happening faster and faster in the consumer and technology world, requiring them to keep their business more agile , just to keep up. Sustaining a will to win, with a bias toward the offense.

Competition 102

Competition Examples Startup Resource 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Or read the quick, informative summary below the image! Don’t and you might make one catastrophic mistake that leaves you in the annals of Effed Companies. He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. Here’s a summary of our interview.

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Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304