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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

InfoChachkie

Real World Executive Summary Template. Competition. Who do I write the check to and where do I send it? For instance, a services business or an opportunity with limited growth potential might be a good fit for an Angel investor, but not a venture capitalist. Any errors or omissions in the subtext are my own. Management Team.

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DreamSwapp | Remember Your Dream & Achieve It

Tech Zulu Event

We have a configurable alarm that reminds people to write down their dream when they wake up. In the search page, users can view/edit/delete their dreams and also share with a unique website link that displays the dream in a simple template via social media (e.g., Template: I just had a (feeling) dream about (theme)!

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Give Your Teams Swiss Army Knives

Both Sides of the Table

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. We called it PUCCKA.

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

Both Sides of the Table

I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. The initial Apple/AT&T deal was of course limited to the geography in which AT&T operated and thus after its initial success Apple had a template for exclusivity agreements in other countries.

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The 4 Partners Early-Stage Startups Need

Tech Zulu Event

I often write about the best strategies for startup fundraising or how to manage startup financing and optimize for growth. Whether it’s something as extensive as filing patents, more simple trademark registrations, and or putting appropriate documentation in place, don’t ignore this and don’t rely on boilerplate online templates.

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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

Startup Professionals Musings

A business plan is the outward facing definition of the business you hope to drive with your hardware solution, with a hardware overview in the intro to highlight customer value and competitiveness. Call out your top competitors, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantage, including patents, trade secrets. and trademarks.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register?

Frank Addante

What if there was another competitive cash register on the market? Sure, theres a wave of new technology solutions that have come into the market that are competitive with DoubleClick, but, they are unproven. After writing this, I think I smell something. Whats the cost of not having it? Ahh, maybe Im just being paranoid.

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