Competition Entrepreneur Snapchat Writing 
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JULY 23, 2014
The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.”
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JANUARY 12, 2014
The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. Simply write a great book?
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Right now, when people are communicating using Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and others, those businesses are principally using display advertising and sponsored listings to monetize those users. As a serial entrepreneur, what are you doing differently this time based on what you learned from your prior ventures?
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JANUARY 22, 2014
So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Most VCs are book smart.
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JULY 16, 2013
I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. ” Case in point: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, SnapChat. Should I write off my $2.5 I say ring the freaking cash register.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2016
Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free!
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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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