Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Many believe that entrepreneurs are born, not made. While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. Of course, there's no law saying you have to go to college to start a business. Supplement course work with practical experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2017

I know entrepreneurs who have suffered from premature execution often associated with the ready-fire-aim quick-to-market approach. The ready-aim-fire traditional approach works best in more mature markets, where your strategy is to add features and value to competitive products, or address an underserved new segment of the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2022

I know entrepreneurs who have suffered from premature execution often associated with the ready-fire-aim quick-to-market approach. The ready-aim-fire traditional approach works best in more mature markets, where your strategy is to add features and value to competitive products, or address an underserved new segment of the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Expand core competency and solidify strengths. Both partners must not forget they are still competitors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

The best entrepreneurs in our industry focus on it year-round as opposed to just once every 18 months. But if there is nothing wrong with you then please don’t let early rejections alter your course. Of course you need to have answers to all of the hard questions that you know you can anticipate about your business?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2014

His research indicates that they don’t have any old-fashioned customer loyalty, and they want precisely what appeals to them at the moment, preferably customized just for them. As an entrepreneur and startup, you should love this environment and cater to it. buying moments customer entrepreneur Robert H. Marty Zwilling.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

In fact, for the past 27-years, he has specialized in bringing exotic travel destinations to those of us who are healthy and active but whose competitive sporting days are long behind us. My research led me to Wildland Adventures, one of the pioneering companies in the ecotravel space. Ever fantasized about climbing Mt.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Reverse due diligence on the investor is a comparable process whereby the entrepreneur seeks to validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of every potential partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Of course, every new direction has some challenges, so the super angel model isn’t perfect. Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

A few months ago I wrote about an entrepreneur, Sam Rosen, whom we brought on as an EIR at Upfront Ventures. His ideas to date hadn’t totally resonated and of course ideas matter, too. Now remember that Sam is an entrepreneur. They researched storage solutions and logistics. Of course there is competition!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2013

Most of the entrepreneurs I have met are smart, but many are not always wise. Of course, experience is the ultimate teacher of the differences between smart and wise. Wise entrepreneurs are sensitive to the context they operate in and fine-tune their actions accordingly, while continuing to serve their higher purpose.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Of course, a real entrepreneur always takes a failure as a milestone on the road to success. How can you improve your odds?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2019

Most of the entrepreneurs I have met are smart, but many are not always wise. Of course, experience is the ultimate teacher of the differences between smart and wise. Wise entrepreneurs are sensitive to the context they operate in and fine-tune their actions accordingly, while continuing to serve their higher purpose.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I know entrepreneurs who have suffered from the dreaded premature execution syndrome often associated with the ready-fire-aim approach. The ready-aim-fire traditional approach works best in more mature markets, where your strategy is to add features and value to competitive products, or address an underserved new segment of the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

His research indicates that they don’t have any old-fashioned customer loyalty, and they want precisely what appeals to them at the moment, preferably customized just for them. As an entrepreneur and startup, you should love this environment and cater to it. Capitalize on the multiplier moment.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Of course, we are speaking of increased valuation of your company when we speak of “wealth.” Especially if you are in the early stage of growing a business, these five risks can and often do derail entrepreneurs before realizing the riches of a great exit. And fifth: Competitive risk. . So, let’s examine them and mitigate them.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

over the course of 2020 (and their combined estimated price tag of nearly $100 billion), it’s not surprising that the Biden plan begins with a focus on resiliency. Another $30 billion is designed to be targeted toward rural development; and finally the $40 billion in upgrading research infrastructure. ” Climate resiliency

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2019

Image via Flickr by Shawn Wolfe I know entrepreneurs who have suffered from premature execution often associated with the ready-fire-aim quick-to-market approach. Some entrepreneurs don’t believe in the “minimum viable product (MVP)” approach, and they keep thinking they need to get the vision absolutely perfect before launching it.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

As the school year kicks off for college students, one of the big tasks of the year is buying books for their courses. You've got to find each one, and research them online. It seems like all that course information would be difficult to pull, how do you do that? Had you thought you'd be an entrepreneur when you were in college?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Of course, every new direction has some challenges, so the super angel model isn’t perfect. Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

Of course there’s no exact number of VCs you should meet?—?these The A’s are the firms you’re going to work hardest to research, hardest to find high-quality introductions to and make the most effort to engage with. Remember, I was an entrepreneur for 10 years before a VC). How Many Investors Should You Speak With? Same with VC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Many believe that entrepreneurs are born, not made. While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. Of course, there's no law saying you have to go to college to start a business. Supplement course work with practical experience.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

At the Technovation Challenge LA Pitch Night hosted by Iridescent , we saw six teams of high school girls from various Los Angeles City Schools pitch a number of mobile app ideas to a panel of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Seek out similar academic competitions and programs. Don’t take no for an answer. Find a hero.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2017

Most of the entrepreneurs I have met are smart, but many are not always wise. Of course, experience is the ultimate teacher of the differences between smart and wise. Wise entrepreneurs are sensitive to the context they operate in and fine-tune their actions accordingly, while continuing to serve their higher purpose.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Expand core competency and solidify strengths. Both partners must not forget they are still competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Most of the entrepreneurs I have met are smart, but many are not always wise. Of course, experience is the ultimate teacher of the differences between smart and wise. Wise entrepreneurs are sensitive to the context they operate in and fine-tune their actions accordingly, while continuing to serve their higher purpose.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Reverse due diligence on the investor is a comparable process whereby the entrepreneur seeks to validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of every potential partner.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2019

Those airport drone incursions shut down Gatwick over the course of three days, which caused major delays at Heathrow and Newark. We had been exploring some of the worlds tallest trees, and we were starting to use drones for that research. What were doing in 2019, is scaling the company.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Do your research. You can also do some competitive analysis at this point, researching similar companies to find out their gross margins, profit, and overhead, and use these findings as a guidepost. Of course if your team has a successful track record and/or experience in the industry, you’re a step ahead in the game.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

And I am often approached by entrepreneurs in cities which don’t have a vibrant VC community. Thus, a desire to invest more locally where I think I have a competitive advantage. Of course if it’s a company on fire I would travel to any 2-hop city from LA. I travel the country a lot. Local knowledge runs deep.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. entrepreneurs startup strategic partners tough competitors' Willing to learn from each other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over 60 times as many companies, according the Center for Venture Research. Of course, every new direction has some challenges, so the Super Angel model isn’t perfect.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

First, I would say that most entrepreneurs do almost no reference checks or at least do them very informally. For some reason most entrepreneurs do. I always tell entrepreneurs, “in good times of course everybody loves their VC. Do research and find some CEO’s who were fired by the VC. After Sept 11th?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2010

Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research in the basic principles. Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. Tags: entrepreneur startup delegate authority business. Trust those to whom you delegate. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2012

If you are an entrepreneur starting a business for the first time, I recommend that you find a product concept that is already accepted and improve on it, rather than tackling that ultimate disruptive technology. Of course, the first one gets the patent. Of course, you still have to do your homework and market research.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. Then you can do a little bit of research and find out that very few companies ever achieve this valuation in a trade sale so you’re clearly gunning for an IPO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Expand core competency and solidify strengths. Both partners must not forget they are still competitors.

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