Document Email Entrepreneur Metrics 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2018
These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.” If you’ve got the skills to be a strong entrepreneur then it shouldn’t be too difficult to find people who know a partner at a VC firm and if you can build relationship with them you can get introduced.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? There is a reason for this. Is this investor on AngelList?
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 12, 2021
Cold calls to strangers and email blasts are not so productive. Many entrepreneurs I know faithfully monitor social media to quickly respond to problems and react to customer feed back, both positive and negative. Build a marketing plan with deliverables and metrics. Use social media for marketing, not just feedback.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 8, 2018
As a long-time advisor to entrepreneurs and business owners, I rarely find someone who doesn’t proclaim that the business world is changing rapidly, with new technology, new customer expectations, and new cultures. You need to communicate quantified and updates goals quarterly, including the metrics to assess progress and success.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
So how do you use financial projections as valuation metrics when you know the odds of those being accurate predictors of the future are so very unreliable? I thought then that the best way to value a start-up is to give value to those elements of progress by the entrepreneur or team that reduce risk of success.
SoCal CTO
APRIL 8, 2010
Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents? In response he sent me a competitive analysis.
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 8, 2014
And for the entrepreneurs who have tuned in, he also gives some insights into best practices for those looking to raise cash, so you don’t want to miss out! Chance is a local grown entrepreneur with a 15 year track record. His dual experiences, both as an entrepreneur and investor yielded him double the frustrations.
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