InfoChachkie

MAY 29, 2012

He made it clear that this approach would allow the band to re-cut a few of their demos, which he would use to persuade the label to sign the band to a full-fledged recording contract. Attitude – During the early stages of their careers, emerging entrepreneurs must conform to their customers’ realities. Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2009

I’ve sat through a lot of VC pitches and having been CEO of an enterprise software firm for many years I’ve also sat through many customer meetings with sales teams. Example: VC , “Do you really think that customers will pay $5,000 / month for your product when there are free versions of X,Y,Z on the market ?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Along the way many things came together: being able to find the right people, getting great customers, having lots of luck, being in the right place at the right time. From day one we focused on customers. Since then we’ve iterated on trying to provide our customers what they wanted next.

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