Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and investing in the brightest and most driven entrepreneurs we have access to and helping guide them as they build amazing companies and industries. She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership, And all the platform stuff.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Tuesday, December 7, 2010 -- Cloud Made Easy: A Practical Guide to Success in the Cloud. Software Society. Cloud Made Easy!

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Technology Council TCOSC IBM IBM 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2010

Due in large part to the current economy and an ultra-competitive job market, a Gen-Y entrepreneurial tsunami is already upon us. At a small company, there will be blocks of time where the intern doesn’t have someone to guide them through every step of the assignment, challenging them to take initiative. to pull their weight.

Competition 96

Competition Startup Technical Review IBM 96

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

That your projections are ridiculous (see below); we'll guide you later however. That your valuation expectations are laughable (again, we'll guide you lower.); Get some competition going for your deal and then you'll see more pricing flexibility. Unrealistic projections only make you look bad, uninformed and show bad judgment.

Invest 113

Invest Guide Competition Pricing 113

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? Because they produce the “ LUMAscapes ” which are essentially visually guides to all of the major players in a technology market. Do I have data or facts to present so the story has legs? ” Of course not.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2011

Amarillo’s advice is consistent with my comments in the Startup Competition ; get to know your competitors on a personal basis, while appearing as innocuous as possible. Be vigilant and keep your eyes on your competition, especially when they are dealt their hands. The same is true with poker. Be like Huck.

Startup 207

Startup Entrepreneur Competition Guide 207

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This scares some business owners, given that following the tried-and-true path seems to offer more security, but when you succeed, it becomes one of your biggest competitive advantages. The post Be a Unicorn: The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Your Startup Like a Pro appeared first on TechZulu. Why is the work you do important?

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Guide Startup Marketing Template 105

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. This one comes straight from football.

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Coach Metrics Training Guide 192

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. Online travel guide that is served up in-stream with restricted data size in the same was as Twitter. -

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Other investment bankers insist that the company create competition for a deal, even if the buyer has already submitted a letter of interest to the seller. Competition opens the deal to more public access, slows the deal and could give competitors wind of an otherwise confidential process. In my experience, the answer is….

Invest 156

Invest Competition Pricing Guide 156

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The most competitive startups do both, all the time and every time. In today’s competitive world, with its accelerating rate of change, no competitive advantage lasts long. The only sustainable competitive advantage is creativity. Creativity is the ultimate competitive advantage.

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Competition Netflix Ideas Metrics 135

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

This post is a short guide to what I’ve learned: 1. I was talking a month ago with a founding team who was lamenting the fact that their competitors got way better coverage than they did when they felt that their traffic numbers were > 2x the competition. It’s a continual process.

Startup 349

Startup Writing Press Blogging 349

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Let a good moral compass guide you. We all need a guiding light when adversity strikes. Yet, it is something any startup founder can acquire as an advantage in the ever-more-competitive business world. Building decisiveness requires eliminating fear, procrastination, and the urge to please everyone.

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Entrepreneur Guide Activity Design 138

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 13, 2011

In todays complex business environment, superior leadership skills are crucial in achieving and sustaining competitive advantage. Human Resource executives are uniquely situated to identify ongoing workplace issues and guide senior executives to be more effective leaders.

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Coach Guide Resource Competition 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

You simply cannot teach competitiveness; people either have it or they don’t. Hire people that refuse to lose and have the competitive drive that is essential in achieving greatness. Competition makes everyone better; it makes people think of new solutions to problems, new ways to innovate, and new ways to succeed.

Coach 160

Coach Tips Competition Pricing 160

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The panel features six key players in this fast-emerging and competitive industry who will help guide the audience through a topic that is especiallyintegral to the fabric and future of Los Angeles.

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Southern California Guide Los Angeles Education 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Here’s my non-conventional guide to improving them. Then competition. Too much changes in two months in a pure startup and you want investors and board members there to guide you through many strategic decisions. The first 7 years I was running them and the past 3 years I’ve been attending them.

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Startup Slides Guide Writing 331

Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2023

If you are responsible for forming a board, managing it, or evaluating its collective performance, consider these three important modes of engagement as you guide… Generative thinking: Do you have board members who often ask “why?” Today, we cover an ideal board’s collective mindset. or “What if…” Or “What are the alternatives?”

Company 156

Company Companies Ideas Competition 156

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2010

The best survival guides tell you how to be proactive and avoid the probabilities of ending up in a worse case scenario. Several whole books have been written on this subject, such as “ The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide ” by David Borgenicht and Mark Joyner, so you should consider this article a simple introduction.

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Guide Startup Resource Entrepreneur 50

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas. Hitchhikers Guide to Hypermonetizing the "3rd Wave". Collaboration Over Competition: Competitors as Business Partners. Entrepreneurism / Monetization competition, ecommerce, small business. . The financial services industry has been shrouded in mystery for decades.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The Entrepreneurs Journey: Finding, Launching and Growing the Next Big Thing takes participants on a guided tour from developing the creative idea for a new business to delivering a high market value start-up. The Graziadio Schools first ever all-day entrepreneurship bootcamp arrives in Malibu this Friday. The See [link] (more).

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Entrepreneur Pepperdine Malibu Southern California 100

SoCal CTO

APRIL 25, 2017

That post and How to Find Programmers for You Startup - a Field Guide both lay out a lot of the tactics that will prepare a founder for important early conversations. It's really hard to find and super competitive to find developers who are going to jump on a concept and build it. That's not going to be a successful outreach.

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Email Startup Develop Development 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Packaging, pricing & discounts – In the early days of my first company we always had “list prices&# we quoted to customers and of course we were always willing to negotiate based on who the client was, how important the business was to us, who the competition was and how well the deal was negotiated.

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Sales Pricing Startup Customer 296

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

I actually believe being public offers a long-term competitive advantage for the best run companies (and Darwin deals with those that aren’t meant to be special long-term). Of course you should read the book so I don’t bastardize his arguments but two (of the six) guiding principles come down to competition and science.

Competition 150

Competition Venture Capital Invest Organization 150

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

" When asked about the competition he feared most, Bill Gates is alleged to have said, "the two guys inventing away in a garage somewhere." If you are indifferent about your solution and its impact on your users, it will be difficult to maintain the stamina necessary to guide your startup to a well-orchestrated exit.

Startup 268

Startup Tips CTO Coach Technical Review 268

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2022

Outbehave Your Competition to Create Customers for Life ,” offers eight key principles for defining and managing the experience to keep it consistent and profitable: Keep every employee on stage, delivering an experience. They have to out-behave and outperform your competition. Gregg Lederman, in his classic book, “ ENGAGED!:

Customer 123

Customer Custom Services Training 123

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2018

as this theme guides all talks, discussions, meetings and presentations over the two days. The event includes keynotes, fireside chats, presentations, panel discussions, tech demos, startup competition, innovative exhibitions, daily DJ music and performers and the best networking in the hotel's Sinder Lounge. See [link] (more)

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Marina Del Rey Entertainment Santa Monica Venice 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 30, 2018

as this theme guides all talks, discussions, meetings and presentations over the two days. The event includes keynotes, fireside chats, presentations, panel discussions, tech demos, startup competition, innovative exhibitions, daily DJ music and performers and the best networking in the hotel's Sinder Lounge. See [link] (more)

Marina Del Rey 100

Marina Del Rey Entertainment Santa Monica Venice 100

Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

Included in a business plan are financials, competitive landscape, marketing plans, and projected sales to name a few. As your business grows, a business plan serves as a guide to help you track, monitor and evaluate your progress. From Basic Berkonomics: Available Amazon, B&N, berkus.com and booksellers everywhere.

Startup 166

Startup Guide Help Mentor 166

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A few years ago, I enjoyed one of Guy Kawasaki’s first books, “ Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition.” But every so often, I try to give them a reality check, just to keep their feet on the ground and their nose to the grindstone.

Entrepreneur 174

Entrepreneur Sample Guide Ideas 174

Xconomy

APRIL 11, 2019

In an awards program, it can seem like a competition, but in the Commitment to Diversity category, many of the finalists are in fact collaborating with each other or share common roots. For example, finalist Silvia Mah is also a co-founder of one of the other finalists in the category, Ad Astra Ventures. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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San Diego Guide Competition Examples 83

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Utilize quantitative analysis to guide and inform your decisions but do not allow the numbers to dilute your passion. Fortunately, his mom instilled in him a tenacity and sense of purpose that successfully guided him “across the fields.” . 2) Heart Over Head. “I I never get the accountants in before I start up a business.

Tips 264

Tips Startup Guide Media 264

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

They've got a program called Springboard, which helps really young companies get set up with mentors, and guides you through the startup process. Back to the service itself-- you've got lots of competition in the space, how are you going to get above that noise? Jonathan Simkin: Certainly, it is extremely competitive.

UCSD 185

UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2015

With competition innovating fast, is Periscope the Meerkat killer at launch? Both Meerkat and Periscope are innovating at a rapid pace and feature parity will be reached within weeks, but let’s hope Twitter keeps the firehose open for friendly competition in the twitter live streaming space.

Guide 40

Guide Competition Screening Mobile 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

But of course it’s hard to advise people that they should do PR without a guide to how to do it on the cheap or how to do it at all. It’s why in this article I advise that people “market today not futures” because you don’t want your playbook in the hands of the competition. When to start PR?

Press 319

Press Startup Writing Training 319

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

It’s my guide to understanding when you’re being gamed. Sure, you need to be competitive on price. Sales people will always tell you how far ahead the competition is. Treat them well and they’ll love working with you. Treat them like the rest of the company and you’ll struggle to hold on to them.

Sales 316

Sales Startup Pricing Customer 316

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2015

Let a good moral compass guide you. We all need a guiding light when adversity strikes. Yet, it is something any startup founder can acquire as an advantage in the ever-more-competitive business world. Building decisiveness requires eliminating fear, procrastination, and the urge to please everyone.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Guide Activity Design 112