InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

For many entrepreneurs, college has little appeal. Academia's arbitrary, bureaucratic structure, combined with its predominant focus on theoretical issues, causes many entrepreneurs to depart college early. Despite the relative dominance of product-oriented innovations, they seldom create sustainable competitive advantages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. milestones entrepreneur startup funding business'

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business Running a small business as an entrepreneur is a never-ending challenge of new products, customers, competitors, and an unpredictable economy. Too many entrepreneurs never find the time to reflect on the positives of their lifestyle, or even take a break. Beat the competition. High level of excitement.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

If I’m covering a company can I get evidence of what the competition is doing so the story is balanced? ” Of course not. Now of course there’s a lot more that goes into building a brand like the fact that the founders of Luma have long reputations in our industry and people respect them. I am a VC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. Tags: entrepreneur traction startup investors business. Marty Zwilling.

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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. If you don’t live in a major VC zone, I have some tips for how to make it easier to raise Venture Capital. Thus, a desire to invest more locally where I think I have a competitive advantage. I travel the country a lot.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

So when we come across an entrepreneur who cannot resist using 20 words when 10 would suffice, it’s painful, really painful. For instance, we ask what makes your solution special and, in another question, ask you to specifically drill down into your competition and how you are better. Q: Tell us about your customers/users ….

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

As an advisor to entrepreneurs for many years, I strongly disagree, and still see the value of at least combining intuition with logical analysis, as we face customers and markets driven by relationships, emotions, and unpredictable social trends. Repetition increases skill and defeats the critic.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). Just see the growth of Dropcam, GoPro and Nest for the tip of the iceberg in what is to come. Of course strongest industry players don’t stand still. We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. It’s a lot more fun to do it right the first time, making it easier for you, and tougher on your competition. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. This benefits you, the entrepreneur. It takes options off of the table.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Marketing your startup can be one of the most daunting tasks an entrepreneur faces on their journey to world domination. Pro tip: If you don’t have a developer and need to hack a template, be sure that the functionality is up to par. Go here for a free crash-course on design for non-designers. Website design: Less is more!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2013

It takes much the same preparation to make you the best entrepreneur, or the best job candidate. Of course experience is the best teacher, but you need to get the job to get the experience. entrepreneur startup employment career business' According to Ford R. Invest in career coaching. Actively work the network. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I have published many of these PR Tips before. This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. I, of course, knew nothing about business. When I started my second company I was a serial entrepreneur. I was a serial entrepreneur.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 1, 2017

The appeal is obvious: crowdfunding lets creators and entrepreneurs raise money directly from their community and potential customers, and unlike the traditional approach of funding through VCs and investors, crowdfunding money is truly no strings attached. Learn more tips about executing a successful crowdfunding campaign at TechCo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. Of course, everyone is happy when the numbers keep going up, but the data needs to be mined constantly for deeper meanings and trends. annual review business entrepreneur metrics startup'

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Oh, they didn’t cover that in your Stanford CS course? I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2011

It takes much the same preparation to make you the best entrepreneur, or the best job candidate. Of course experience is the best teacher, but you need to get the job to get the experience. If you adopt a defeatist attitude or wait for the job to find you, entrepreneurs will quickly see this, and you will be defeated.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. In stead of doing my typical big long post with 10 PR tips (like I did there), I’m going to break them up into individual (I hope more digestible) chunks.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Scott sat down with us last week and gave us some hints and tips about finding angel investment nowadays, and how the economy has affected local angel investors. Scott Sangster: I'm a serial entrepreneur, and I have been angel funding personally. Of course not. We actually saw lots of startup activity in Los Angeles last year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Many experts will tell you that you can’t succeed as a part-time entrepreneur, as any good startup will require a 100 percent commitment of your time and energy. Thus I often recommend that entrepreneurs keep their day job until the startup is producing revenue. But the entrepreneur lifestyle is still more fun, even part-time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2020

I recommend that every entrepreneur and small business investigate and implement as many as possible of his seven new business force multipliers that I will paraphrase here: Information sharing through social media networks. Of course, the concept of force multiplication goes far beyond your startup networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. Traction means forward progress.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Entrepreneurs constantly have to capture the attention of larger companies. These people are employed to keep entrepreneurs out, maintain order and reduce disruptions. A startup is far more likely to respond to an inquiry, especially if they are in your industry yet are not competitive. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. To cap off our 6th year at SXSW and follow up on last year’s amazingly successful Trend Lounge , we knew this year had to be bigger, better, more engaging, and of course, even more fun. Founders, Entrepreneurs, and Celebrities, Oh My!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. Traction means forward progress.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Why ADD Might Actually Benefit Startup Entrepreneurs. I wrote about that experience in my post, “ The Yo-yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur ,” in which I described an experience that some entrepreneurs has told me mirrored their own so much they found it scary. Turning the Urgency Addiction into a Competitive Asset.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

You’ll have no idea when you’re off course. Most people under estimate the challenge of winning “share of mind” the least understood concept with tech entrepreneurs. But there are other reasons people churn – low product quality, inability to understand the value of the product, costs, competitive products, etc. In 6 months?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2010

One of the toughest and yet most important questions you will be asked by savvy potential investors is “What is your sustainable competitive advantage?” Yet many entrepreneurs, maybe in their passion for their new product, gloss over this one, or even announce that they have no competition. Proven team with inside relationships.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

It is surprising how often entrepreneurs forget this simple fact. If taking part-time evening courses is not possible, seek out an online curriculum. As noted in Frugal is as Frugal Does , entrepreneurs on The Fringe only spend their cash on items that add value to their adVentures. Money Is Time. but They Make Great Guard Dogs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. Here are some tips to keep in mind for the big day. tip: write it down when asked / parked). Congratulations. What could go wrong? A lot, actually.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Timing your startup - Chris Dixon , November 7, 2010 I never had the opportunity to invest in YouTube but I have to admit that if I did I probably would have passed (which of course would have been a huge mistake). love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. 10 Blogging Tips. Here’s why. Make it unique. Not so bad.

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