Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Smart entrepreneurs highlight their own positives in competitive positioning, rather than competitor negatives. I highly recommend that you screen your business plan and your executive presentation carefully for variations on any of these themes, and remove them. Spends time denigrating key competitors. Your future depends on it.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

There's more competition, but there's a lot more available to you as a developer. We were able to present at the screenings in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego, and met lots of very interesting people who asked lots of great questions. Are the tools really there now for you to be able to do that? It's never about technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

So interacting with you in person is paramount. It’s your job to find a continued way to stay on the radar screen of the VC. The only way to get VCs to move is to make sure subtly that they feel a deal is or may become competitive. You need to create a sense of competition. They are buying YOU.

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