Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

In a market where there is always another great deal to evaluate, why sign up to one where you know there are going to be bruised egos from the get go? What expectations do you have about valuation? It is not uncommon for a VC to ask about your price expectations in this fund raising process. The “how much have you raised?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

New technology markets and paradigm shifts have traditionally been bad bets when seeking investors, since these were known to take decades to develop, and cost lots of money. Steve Jobs proved it with the iPhone, and Elon Musk can’t produce his electric cars fast enough to keep up with demand. Concept marketing is critical.

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Marketing Demand Examples Social Media 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2022

They are not having the impact they expected, and they are not feeling the personal satisfaction they need for next level motivation. Even though you will never be great at all tasks, some are important enough that it's worth the extra effort to learn more, practice, and achieve minimal competence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2020

Yet, for those with more realistic expectations and the right motivation, the entrepreneur lifestyle can be the dream life you envisioned. As a builder of new things and people development, you are not afraid to speak out on significant issues and world challenges. People see you as great for demanding customers and team bonding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Most aspiring entrepreneurs are convinced that their idea and passion are so great that failure is not a possibility. If there is no competition, there is likely not a market. Every potentially successful product has competition, or an alternative, or customers with no interest in change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Here are some key strategies that I recommend to every worker today: Develop and highlight your competitive differentiation. Today, customers and future managers put a higher value on relationships, and expect to know you from industry conferences, social media, or recommendations from peers. Develop the courage to move on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

As an active angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. Great entrepreneurs have learned how to realistically assess and manage both sides of the coin in the following business opportunity and risk categories: Strategic.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

This is smart because amazing board members can be transformative with important advice and access and can also help attract other great board members (and team members). This is the norm and unless you have a hugely competitive round it’s not worth fighting. Bad board members can make business very unpleasant.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

In the initial phases of any new market you’re developing a product (hopefully with a minimal set of features), getting feedback from customers, refining your product based on user feedback and then re-launching your product. Markets develop for a complex set of factors that are often beyond all of our control.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2014

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. Development schedule and checkpoints. A product plan must include the timeline and milestones involved in product research and development.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When a product is truly unique and demanded a retailer willingly promotes and sells it en masse in part because it does get margin on the good but also because it brings customers in the door who spend on other products. If you’re in the market for pure functionality and you value the lowest costs, Amazon will always be a great bet.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand. These are great times for raising money the moods in funding companies is cyclical and if you miss the window it may make the future more difficult.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Many questioned whether it could survive under the fail whale, inevitable competition from Facebook, founder fighting, fights with 3rd-party developers let alone become a revolutionary business that could make money. When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. Far from it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2016

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. Development schedule and checkpoints. A product plan must include the timeline and milestones involved in product research and development.

Product 55

Product Startup Summary Entrepreneur 55

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

Yet, for those with more realistic expectations and the right motivation, the entrepreneur lifestyle can be the dream life you envisioned. As a builder of new things and people development, you are not afraid to speak out on significant issues and world challenges. People see you as great for demanding customers and team bonding.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Organization Customer Custom 101

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maximize cash flow. Mix things up.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Sales 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2018

Yet, for those with more realistic expectations and the right motivation, the entrepreneur lifestyle can be the dream life you envisioned. As a builder of new things and people development, you are not afraid to speak out on significant issues and world challenges. People see you as great for demanding customers and team bonding.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Organization Customer Custom 66

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. Keep users engaged throughout design and development. Results show that when users are engaged throughout the development process, a number of key system requirements are identified that would otherwise be entirely missed.

Design 61

Design Product Customer Custom 61

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2014

Yet, for those with more realistic expectations and the right motivation, the entrepreneur lifestyle can be the dream life you envisioned. As a builder of new things and people development, you are not afraid to speak out on significant issues and world challenges. People see you as great for demanding customers and team bonding.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Organization Customer Custom 102

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

It’s these different perspectives that have allowed us to create a great product and great partnerships. Who do you view as your biggest competition? We were the first to develop solution purpose-built for this industry and with a lot of hard work and a lot of feedback, we’ve gotten things mostly right. You’re right.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maximize cash flow. Mix things up.

Startup 94

Startup Outsource Development Sales Social Media 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2015

As an active Angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. Great entrepreneurs have learned how to realistically assess and manage both sides of the coin in the following business opportunity and risk categories: Strategic.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Startup Marketing Customer 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2017

As an active angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. Great entrepreneurs have learned how to realistically assess and manage both sides of the coin in the following business opportunity and risk categories: Strategic.

Entrepreneur 68

Entrepreneur Marketing Customer Custom 68

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

We realized that technology was very powerful, and could help us connect with great fans on the other side. How big do you expect your operations to be here in Los Angeles? So it's going to be a sales team, a business development team, and helping our relationships with YouTube and Facebook. their priorities are different now.

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Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maximize cash flow. Mix things up.

Tips 92

Tips Startup Services Outsource Development 92

Jason Nazar

APRIL 2, 2016

I’ve developed it over the years by running Docstoc and helping thousands of folks start and grow their businesses. But sometimes there’s a great deal of value in Beginning with the End in Mind. Communicate expectations clearly, build buy-in and hold everyone accountable (most of all themselves). Leadership / Management .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2014

As an active Angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk or no competition. Great entrepreneurs have learned how to realistically assess and manage both sides of the coin in the following business opportunity and risk categories: Strategic.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Marketing Customer Custom 93

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

1) Expect Independent Channel Sales Reps To Perform Missionary Sales. Thus, you must first create the playbook by which an independent sales rep can readily sell your product, including: identifying objections and developing strategies to overcome them, creating reference accounts and establishing meaningful customer adoption.

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Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner. We talked about who the great firms in Europe are (Index, Accel) as well as the hottest seed investors: Robin & Saul Klein. FTC is considering an investigation into Apple’s anti-competitive practices. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Due to Rapid City’s off-the-beaten-path location and small size — it’s tucked among the Great Plains, about 25 miles from Mount Rushmore, with a population of approximately 74,000 — the destination doesn’t typically enter the conversation for ICPC, which draws about 1,400 attendees. “We We were able to get all that accomplished.”.

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Coach Technical Review Carson Networking 75

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Those expectations were probably too high, in terms of the CPA. I think that's too bad, actually, because what search does is capture demand very specifically for your product--but broadcast will generate demand for advertisers. That will be a great low rate, but you only ran 1/5th of your schedule.

Google 124

Google Advertising Media Startup 124

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Co-founder and CEO Mark Weidick was VP and General Manager of Cisco’s TelePresence Video Exchange where he was responsible for a team of 150 developers that built and supported video exchange platforms for AT&T and other Service Providers. Co-founder and lead software developer Anil Kumar was a led software engineer for WebEx.

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Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

However, in the world of startups, relationships that go beyond a casual acquaintance can provide your adVenture with a significant competitive advantage. two people involved in commerce, such as a salesman and a buyer, business development executives jointly crafting a deal, etc. This talent is further described in Great Expectations.

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Startup Organization Allegis Commerce 113

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.

Startup 40

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To say that the tech elite were cynical of Hulu’s launch would be an understatement , but by the time it launched just a few months later it was getting great reviews. Because they are anti-competitive most countries ban cartels. I have personally always felt a sort of cognitive dissonance regarding Hulu.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car). China’s middle class is expected to grow to some 650 million by 2010. with demands for new products and services. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America.

Startup 89

Startup Patents Offshore Demand 89

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2015

Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply. I summarize here my interpretation of his key points: Take heed of serious next generation customer expectations. Upgrade to modern information technology tools.

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Customer Custom Social Media Outsource Development 97