Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

Entrepreneur 113

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

Develop 70

Develop Development Product Startup 70

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

Startup 123

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

Startup 53

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 53

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

As an example, a few years ago I worked for small software company selling an expensive enterprise workflow product. If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Of course, for a strategic alliance to work, you must take precautions.

Company 96

Company Companies Startup Examples 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

As an example, a few years ago I worked for small software company selling an expensive enterprise workflow product. If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Of course, for a strategic alliance to work, you must take precautions.

Startup 90

Startup Examples Custom Customer 90

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). Folksonomy.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Yet, despite his exceptional courtroom theatrics, you would be foolhardy to hire good old Johnnie to review your software cross-licensing agreement. If you are charged for every nanosecond you spend with your lawyer, consider finding one who is willing to “invest” more aggressively in your success. Money Is Time.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Affiliates invest the up-front marketing expenses required to attract customers. Cost Per Click (CPC) or Download (CPD) – As the name implies, advertisers pay only for clicks on its advertisements or when a user downloads its software, case study or whitepaper.

Custom 164

Custom Customer Advertising SEM 164

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. I know you’re not a tech guy and haven’t done anything other than an HTML course you once took, but if you’re inspirational and a leader you’ll find somebody to moonlight for free to get your prototype built.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

This 15-20 year prospecting, as a general rule, requires a long-term investment strategy by the government. As I earlier suggested, part of the problem is due to the organization of Washington, DC, right down to fiscal years and annual budgets. academic scientists, which is necessary to a point, of course. Army, for example.

Education 45

Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45