Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2014

These approaches allow your startup to grow more rapidly, save costs, but costly mistakes can lead to business failure. I was impressed with his summary of the top ten outsourcing mistakes made by entrepreneurs, followed by real guidance on how they can and should be avoided. Be flexible. Maybe it’s time for some smart outsourcing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2023

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

It is simply the most important way to proactively control your career development and how the market perceives you. I was 23 and had been programming computers, designing computer networks and selling software for 10 years. That was fine with me – the market is the market. That was the market. It is neither.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

So you might hear 9–10 “no’s” in the early stretches of your fund raising process. You’ve lost your swagger because after 10 “no’s” you assume that everybody is going to see the same potential flaws in your business. “I Confidence sells 10. It is CRITICAL that you not let this get inside your head. Land and expand 11.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. In terms of stack ranking I recommend you force yourself to have no more than 8–10 “A’s,” 8–10 “B’s” and the balance 20–24 should be “C’s.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. Like with many consumer brands geared toward women, we buy in not just because of the marketing, but because of the product itself. Glossier’s commoditized feminism aside, it’s no easy task to launch a $1.8 And who cares?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens. In stead of doing my typical big long post with 10 PR tips (like I did there), I’m going to break them up into individual (I hope more digestible) chunks.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

What sized team can I afford in order to sell, market & provide service to these customers? In the case of MakeSpace we had huge initial successes in New York City as Rahul led the scaling of our drivers, our trucks and our warehouses and we figured out the right price points to beat the local competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

However, they seldom acknowledge their mistakes. What’s The Worst Mistake? Mistakes can be categorized as “false positives” or “false negatives.” Jeff Lawson < *@twilio.com> 10/5/15. Most importantly, it just doesn't feel right to us to hold positions in competitive companies. > -jeff. . <Note:

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

This is part of my ongoing Sales & Marketing Series. In fact, many of these people can adjust the company presentations on the fly as you roll out new product features or can reposition versus the competition as they get feedback from customer losses. They should be owned by marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Yet they see warning lights flashing, based on a still fragile global economy, and volatile markets ahead. Violent market swings usually hit public companies first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

If I’m sent a stack of 10 resumes the first thing I look for is how long the person has been at their past 4-5 jobs. But in a competitive job market you’re less likely to get the chance to tell me your sob story. If you’re in a job interview own up to your mistakes. You’re on the borderline.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

I have to say that I didn’t take the question to mean that convertible debt had won for the entire market, but either way it’s clear that convertible debt has become an increasing trend. If you’re the “first money in&# usually there is still product risk, market risk, financing risk and execution risk.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 2, 2016

Make the culture about something bigger than business ( watch : 10 Lessons Startups Can Learn From Superheroes ). Make their product different and better than the competition. Great at generating PR and buzz for the company (ppt: Marketing and Publicity for Startups ). Fierce competitiveness, hate to lose. Intangibles.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

He clearly met this goal, as the average tenure of Skate One’s 150 employees is nearly 10-years, with a number of folks who have been with the company for two and three decades. Powell: To experiment, I needed about 10 molds. This is the scary time, when you sign that check for 10 or 20,000.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Whilst the tide is turning, there’s still a need to educate startup founders about the competitive advantage well-designed products and services can bring. I see design as a direct route to free marketing through the positive word of mouth it helps to generate. I set up a regular design meetup for startups, UX Café , for this reason.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

According to an Ernst & Young report , the number of startups that have gone public in the US over the past decade is down about 75% from the previous decade, to about 10% of startup exits. Violent market swings usually hit public companies first. In developing countries, like China and India, the statistics are reversed.

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Jason Nazar

JULY 1, 2016

There’s Not Enough Focus on the Product – New companies are obsessive about product-market fit, because it’s their lifeblood. Strategic conversations become dominated by budget forecasting, brand consistency, & market positioning. Entrepreneurs blindly forge ahead, often not knowing enough about the competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I called the meeting a 10/10 because we had a great 90-minute discussion in which we had great rapport. And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. How big is the market? I funded them 8 weeks later. Mobile app? Competitors?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

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 ;-). SEO marketing vs. social marketing. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

I called the meeting a 10/10 because we had a great 90-minute discussion in which we had great rapport. It’s the same as in any sales-oriented meeting and make no mistake raising money is sales. How big is the market? But admittedly I like some orientation about the market before I see the product.

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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. Although I had lived and worked in more than 10 countries – it wasn’t good enough. This company is back on the market raising money again.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I freely admit this (along with nearly everything between 1999-2000) was a mistake. rounds and still be competitive. 10 million post money) and therefore if we sold for $100 million dollars one day your gain would be approximately $1 million). This is mostly true. It kind of reminds me of sales employee bonus plans.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

If you have a team of 10 people then by definition 90% of the time spent on activities is not put in by you and on a team of 100 it’s 99%. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round). A great leader has a close enough relationship with investors to get through hard times or mistakes.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

The bottom line is that you should raise to accelerate growth and in order to optimize market timing. There’s plenty of capital out there, but there’s also a lot of competition for startup funding. They’re typically issued at a 10-20% discount to equity depending on the timeframe; higher range is for longer timeframes.

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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. Although I had lived and worked in more than 10 countries – it wasn’t good enough. This company is back on the market raising money again.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Don’t and you might make one catastrophic mistake that leaves you in the annals of Effed Companies. Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options. o Put a timeframe/money – competition in the picture. Given the bank more “warrant coverage.&#. Something so simple. And he said ok got it.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2024

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

4 times / 100 means if a customer uses your app frequently (say 10-20 times / day) then they are crashing nearly every day. I see this mistake all the time, actually. But there are other reasons people churn – low product quality, inability to understand the value of the product, costs, competitive products, etc. Is it 4/1,000?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. I like how Mark Suster handles the question in 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups. I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9. You’ll get suggestions for improvements. "Good luck with that."

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Admittedly, that last part is an exaggeration but they were bad enough that I am writing this essay in the hopes that you will read it and not make these mistakes. So when we come across an entrepreneur who cannot resist using 20 words when 10 would suffice, it’s painful, really painful. Q: How big is your market?

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