Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

You may know how much to pay in cash or equity for your new VP Engineering. Ask for help reviewing your press release. Ask them to mention you to the press, speak about you on stage when they do public events, whatever. Always seek input. You may have an opinion on your market-entry strategy for Europe. Assigns tasks.

Tips 365

Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

” Matt Ocko also revealed to Silicon Beat that they have been getting a lot more press inquiries due to the number of deals they were doing. 35+ Equity Partners on board. Bogue told Silicon Beat;”There is great opportunity, we feel like we’re at the front edge of a tectonic shift that will be caused by Big Data.”

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. Letters of intent or endorsement. Show personal investment.

Funding 112

Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. Letters of intent or endorsement. Show personal investment.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. Letters of intent or endorsement. Show personal investment.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 101

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. o Put a timeframe/money – competition in the picture. If you need money to even hire a developer [means you cannot even excite one person to put in some sweat equity – not a good sign about your ability to motivate people.].

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I suppose I should have imagined that this line would get more press than all other comments combined. But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). Fair enough.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. Letters of intent or endorsement. Show personal investment.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

Yet despite his ability to raise over $1 billion of private equity and to build an organization that is worth $5 billion as of this writing, Mason was shown the door. Groupon raised seven series of private equity before going public. Money raised from friends and family typically come with few constraints and very simple terms.

Venture Capital 45

Venture Capital Capital Anthem Startup 45

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

As a VC I of course want you to come see only me because that means I have no competition and have time to properly get to know you. If you fold simply because they haven’t responded to your last two emails you won’t have success in business development, sales, press, recruiting … anything.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

I get to do a deep dive on their business model, product roadmap and competitive positioning. When your site crashes and you get slammed by customers and in the press – you’re all in the sh*tter together. The upside for entrepreneurs is the equity in their business. The upside for VCs is this carry.

Venture Capital 312

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur 312

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

You don’t have unlimited equity to dole out. She can anticipate reactions to price increases or product changes by customers and she can sustain competitive challenges because she knows the customer will stick by her. What I’m talking about is making tough decisions. As a leader you live in a world with limited resources.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

million users making it considerably larger than some of its peers that have historically received more tech press inches. Competition: McAfee , Symantec. Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. I would also note that they claim 2.1 Employees: 27.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. When you account for competition for talent, the difficulty of retention, the cost of living and the difficulty of rising above the noise – there are many advantages of staying put.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Jody soon met with Dave McClure who ended up immediately writing a check as a placeholder investment and offering help to get EcoMom press coverage. To conclude, I note that we’re all in the same ecosystem (angels, seed, VC, growth equity, IPOs) and should view each other as collaborative even though we sometimes compete.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Machine Learning / AI They discussed many topics ranging from protection of the press to what Mark looks for in an entrepreneur to investing outside of Silicon Valley and of course Trump and sports. And he believes with less companies going public there is less competition. He said if Instagram went public. So here ya go, boys.

Artificial Inteligence 105

Artificial Inteligence Study Press Netflix 105