Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

All of these offer the potential for a win-win relationship with a nominal competitor, rather than a win-lose deal, as long as both sides can remain humble and not try to dominate the relationship. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2014

Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about your sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. That says you are competitive today, have a real barrier to entry, and the potential to remain ahead of the competition for a long time.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2018

If you’re talking with a firm that mostly only invests in the San Francisco Bay Area and you’re in Minnesota, you’re probably wasting your time for a seed or A round unless you find somebody at that firm who is from Minneapolis and comes home 2–3x / year already. The next pass is the “competitive pass”?—?have

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

He’s wise, thoughtful and has made money across so many different industries it’s humbling. For all the things he’s likely known for, he probably hasn’t yet built a strong relationship as an early stage venture investor (he invests often in later-stage deals where he is very respected). Competition is fierce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2018

Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about your sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. That says you are competitive today, have a real barrier to entry, and the potential to remain ahead of the competition for a long time.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2019

The hypothesis was, companies are in an extremely competitive environment, and it doesn't matter what company or industry they are in, it's been one of the most competitive environments we've seen in a long time. That competitiveness is driving companies to make better decisions. I'm not surprised at all, and expected that.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 24, 2015

By now most of you know that Chris Sacca invested in what is now thought to be one of the best performing VC funds of all time having invested an $8.4 He has won many over (including me) through his hustle, his relationship, his service approach to venture and the fact that he is, frankly, a very likable and humble guy.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. The longer I do this the more humbled I become.

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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. ” So other partners at the firm might sling mud at your ideas as you go for approval on an investment. Lots of it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

All of these offer the potential for a win-win relationship with a nominal competitor, rather than a win-lose deal, as long as both sides can remain humble and not try to dominate the relationship. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2018

As the soldiers collect the rocks and describe the delectable soup they are making, the villagers begin to view them as something more than mere stones, just as the otherwise sophisticated Kleiner Perkins team’s imagination was ignited by Kaplan’s humble portfolio. Successful, serial entrepreneurs know that honesty is a competitive advantage.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

He’s also candid, humble and helpful. And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. Current round: $3.35mm in Series A by TomorrowVentures (Eric Schmidt’s personal investment vehicle), Saban Ventures, Founder Collective, SK Telecom Ventures. Estimated 15mm downloads to date.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Do you see crowd-ranked lists as ultimately competitive or complimentary to traditional and curated search? 4) One of the reasons we invested in Ranker is because one of the current investors, who also invested in one of your prior ventures, told us, “Clark will go above and beyond to get you a return on your money.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

All of these offer the potential for a win-win relationship with a nominal competitor, rather than a win-lose deal, as long as both sides can remain humble and not try to dominate the relationship. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

All of these offer the potential for a win-win relationship with a nominal competitor, rather than a win-lose deal, as long as both sides can remain humble and not try to dominate the relationship. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive.

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Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

I’ve had many startup founders tell me that their startup literally has no competition,” said Frank Gruber, Cofounder of Tech.Co, Startup of the Year , and Established. “In What startup teams don’t realize is that having competition is good. Don’t forget, homework also includes knowing your competitor. Prepare for Q&A.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. The result is that ideas are no longer in short supply, and no longer a differentiator in competition. The initial monologue usually ends with the question “How much money do you think this is worth?”

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

The Dave I know is very humble. Hell, I can barely manage 10 investments – how could anybody do 500? He had a philosophy that the future competition for startups would be design led and based on data analysis. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. Not the Dave I know.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

When I described to people why I initially invested my calls went something like this, “He’s taken kicks to the face for nearly 2 years and is still standing. EcoMom’s metrics improved throughout this process and that’s when I decided to invest. It soon became difficult to manage the many new investment leads.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2012

In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. The result is that ideas are no longer in short supply, and no longer a differentiator in competition. The initial monologue usually ends with the question “How much money do you think this is worth?”

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. In many instances, it is difficult to gain an adequate return on this time investment, as the knowledge transferred is “lost” once the consultant moves on to their next client. Thus, I am willing to protect their investment from future dilution.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Some will do so in a quiet, unselfish fashion based on Humble Pride , while others will act as A- Players , delivering results while generating negative, unintended consequences. Hands-on management of these teammates is a worthwhile investment, as they have the ability to eventually enhance their productivity to a high-performing level.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2011

In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. The result is that ideas are no longer in short supply, and no longer a differentiator in competition. The initial monologue usually ends with the question “How much money do you think this is worth?”

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

It seem that now, versus a few years ago, it's a lot more competitive to try to get out and acquire a user profitably for an app. Traffic Marketplace, Adconian, TheTradeDesk)--what is it that you look for in investing in a startup? I love that Bessemer anti-portfolio they have posted in their office, of all the investments they missed.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. It’s brilliant, reflective & humble.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. It’s brilliant, reflective & humble.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2010

In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth anything, outside the context of a vision and plan. The result is that ideas are no longer in short supply, and no longer a differentiator in competition. The initial outburst usually ends with the question “How much money do you think this is worth?”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Page 3: Competition. I later learned that they were a spin out from an investment bank. I visited 14 VC’s, got 8 call-backs for second meetings, had 6 firms indicate an interest to explore an investment and possibly submit a term sheet and 3 companies actually say they were ready to write a check. People said, “invest more.”

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Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Do we invest more capital into the business to grow it faster? Use it to push you to move faster, but also let it humble your over-zealousness.

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