Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Based on my experience, a business plan always adds value to the entrepreneur – most people can’t build a complete plan in their head, and need the process of organizing it on paper to make it consistent and complete. Writing it down promotes both understanding and commitment. You need money, and plan to do crowdfunding.

Technical Review 126

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 126

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

We caught up with Julie Schoenfeld , the firm's CEO, to hear about how the firm's offerings have evolved, an interesting comparison of the firm's software to what Demand Media is doing, and what this new funding will go towards. It's some of the kinds of things Demand Media does, except, for the newsroom. Congrats on funding.

Marketing 232

Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2022

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Assess customer demand. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 115

Startup Resource Training Ideas 115

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2023

Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Find those arenas where your needs are met. Provide a unique point of view.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Ideas Writing 94

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. Early or embryonic stage.

Funding 94

Funding Startup Organization Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. Board rules and governance policies should be articulated in writing and voted upon. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth. Fail to establish adequate structure.

Startup 145

Startup Entrepreneur Mentor Writing 145

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Find those arenas where your needs are met. Provide a unique point of view.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Ideas Writing 126

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Assess customer demand. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. Early or embryonic stage.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Funding Incubator Startup 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

They cite sources like the BusinessWeek story, “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ” and this Forbes article. Based on my experience, a business plan always adds value to the entrepreneur – most people can’t build a complete plan in their head, and need the process of organizing it on paper to make it consistent and complete.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 109

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We had worked at another organization together in online marketing, and learned every aspect of the business, from closing new deals, on-boarding new clients, to building media plans. We started looking at the landscape, and as I was getting my MBA at the time, ended up writing the business plan for ConsumerTrack.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. I’ve been involved with SaaS companies with VCs who don’t understand demand generation, lead qualification, sales coverage ratios, sales forecasting or frankly when deals should be inside sales vs. outside sales.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. Early or embryonic stage.

Resource 94

Resource Startup Organization Incubator 94

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

how should you organize teams in a startup? 41:00 Transitioning from software to writing. 57: 00 How do you rectify company mission and customer demand. what is the difference between a “pivot” or a “double dribble” (changing your business completely)? when is the right time to go big with PR?

Social Media 301

Social Media Startup Metrics Media 301

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2015

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Assess customer demand. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 109

Startup Resource Training Ideas 109

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. Writing down key parameters will force you solidify the specifics, and mentally commit to them.

Ideas 94

Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2014

We were sick and tired of writing up fake descriptions of places to make them sound like they were luxury, when they were not necessarily luxury. Michael Womack: A lot of this is organic, due to the press we''ve been getting. How did you start the company? We just had someone list a tent they put on their front porch. READ MORE>>.

Sites 213

Sites Startup Customer Custom 213

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. Early or embryonic stage.

Startup 92

Startup Organization Incubator Ideas 92

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product." Investors demand more than that. Now that You've Got MVP, It's Time to Think About MVC You can't raise money on achieving an MVP.

Metrics 264

Metrics Venture Capital News Product 264

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2015

Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Find those arenas where your needs are met. Provide a unique point of view.

Social Media 104

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 104

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Assess customer demand. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 57

Startup Resource Training Ideas 57

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Assess customer demand. Take inventory of what you have.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Assess customer demand. Take inventory of what you have.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Find those arenas where your needs are met. Provide a unique point of view.

Social Media 92

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Find those arenas where your needs are met. Provide a unique point of view.

Social Media 63

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2015

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. Board rules and governance policies should be articulated in writing and voted upon. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth. Failing to establish adequate structure.

Startup 103

Startup Entrepreneur Mentor Writing 103

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. Fallacy: Most large organizations are driven by the fear of loss, rather than hope of gain. Your commitments to investors must be significant enough to compel them to write you a check. Fallacy: Yes.

Entrepreneur 272

Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

Thus you end up with Demand Media that booms until Google algorithm changes (Panda) changes send it off a cliff along with many other companies overly reliant upon one “place” and one “promotional” method. Simply write a great book? If you have NO network of promotion for your story?

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 27, 2015

For example, security suppliers will have to re-write firewalls for the new protocol, but without any single organization to set the direction of the deployment of IPv6, approaches will be in constant flux. In addition, make sure to demand native IPv6 from your upstream provider.

Training 40

Training Organization Networking IP 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2011

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Assess customer demand. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

The emerging “cloud focused” IT organizations, and the benefits they are able to obtain. Alistair Farquharson is a visionary industry veteran focused on using disruptive technologies to drive business growth and improve efficiency and agility within organizations. Finding business agility in the cloud. CTO at SOA Software.

SaaS 92

SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Whereas that used to take maybe hours of hours of your time to organize and with us you can just spend a few minutes and you’re done. I spent more time organizing my tax forms, keeping them safe, getting invoices together, getting invoice templates, then getting them out there and tracking down my payment for writing the article.

Journal 90

Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2016

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. Board rules and governance policies should be articulated in writing and voted upon. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth. Failing to establish adequate structure.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Startup Mentor Writing 58

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I finally got around to writing it having read Fred Wilson’s post about what a CEO does. Even three person organizations are political. He wanted more resources allocated to him and he would begin wondering whether he might rise in the organization. Both are basically people businesses. Lived it.

Venture Capital 319

Venture Capital Startup Sales Customer 319

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Price point is undoubtedly a factor (the Samsung fridge goes for $3,600), and there just isn’t much demand for app-enabled kitchens. “Neatly organized food items will be recognized and categorized via sensors. That’s why consumers aren’t clamoring for connected kitchen appliances.

Belkin 92

Belkin Startup Google Press 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2010

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Assess customer demand. Take inventory of what you have.

Startup 53

Startup Resource Training Ideas 53

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I’m a pretty natural public speaker so I can write my presentation the day before and do just fine. So I decided to create a mentorship organization where first time entrepreneurs could spend time with senior execs, seasoned entrepreneurs and VCs. It also applies to other parts of my life such as presentations.

Slides 374

Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374