Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 25, 2018
The cost of rolling out a business has never been lower – it only takes a few hundred dollars to incorporate a Limited Liability Corp (LLC) online, create your own website, use social media to get attention, and you are in business. Advisors and investors need to see your whole story in as few as ten slides.
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. Present at trade shows and network with your ten-slide pitch to build your following.
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SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. Absolutely.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 29, 2016
On the positive side, friends and family probably won’t be as demanding on your financial projections as a professional investor, and they likely will be satisfied with an initial offer of a convertible note (loan with option to convert to equity later), so you don’t have to give away the store before you get started.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2020
Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers. Set specific targets on the sales channels and marketing initiatives you need, including the use of social media, brand building, franchising, trade shows, affiliates, and distributors.
SoCal CTO
JULY 13, 2010
Creating Incremental Strategic Value - Ask the Angels , June 17, 2010 We can easily overlook the level of demand pull when we are assessing strategic value. Personally, I don't like weighty board packs and I do not wish to inflict slide preparation upon anyone. gave him my favorite, "keep it to six slides." Twittering.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 17, 2011
When I need to give a speech and I’m writing a slide for my deck, I think up the story in my mind that I’m going to tell for this slide. Where do the new entrants like YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, Huffington Post, Boxee, Netflix, Demand Media and other disruptive offerings fit into that equation and how is it changing?
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