InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online. 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? . “In

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. Throughout a career lifetime, just think of the return on that investment. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious. Business Email and Texting. Business Dress for Success.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. Bruce also experienced a challenging time at school, struggling with the limitations of a 1970’s public school education which emphasized conformity over creativity. [3:27] Self Taught Is Well Taught.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Investor and customer attention spans are short, and both will write you off quickly. Investors realize that the resources and risk required to hit both markets concurrently are great, so they will likely look for focus, or a staged approach. Educated customers ready and able to pay for the solution.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

We led a $4 million investment along with Thrive Capital, GLG and Sound Ventures. It’s actually very easy to spot when a founder has decided to focus on a concept because he or she has “spotted an opening in the market” or building a derivative business that is “Uber for X” or “Airbnb for Y” or “Dropbox for Z.” So Why Imbellus?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. It’s why opt-in marketing databases can be so incredibly valuable for companies like Gilt Groupe, One King’s Lane and AdoreMe. Higher education. Much more data in the full post.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Perform China Syndrome Market Analysis. In order to reasonably assess the size of your addressable market, you must perform a bottoms-up analysis which is based on a number of elemental assumptions. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Grant Exclusivity. Fallacy: Yes.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We spoke with one of those companies-- El Segundo-based ConsumerTrack (www.consumertrack.com)--which is a $30M, bootstrapped an online marketing company which is driving millions of customers to big name, financial customers. Brett Rossman: ConsumerTrack is a performance-based, online marketing company. What is ConsumerTrack all about?

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic that I must immediately spend a small fortune to protect it before I perform any market validation. Once you prove that a substantial, addressible market segment is willing to pay a price for your solution that exceeds your costs, you can consider a licensing strategy.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

15desks.com), a new startup focused on the education market. Zareh Baghdasarian: 15desks is all about managing your educational lifestyle, all the way from early education to your graduate work. If you can imagine, you can have your entire educational life online. What's the market opportunity here?

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. And of those 35 people.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

Venture Hacks is educating entrepreneurs on the game theory of how to raise venture capital. 5) Rincon Venture Partners recently invested in The Resumator , which we identified via AngelList. The core business we have built on is taking out-of-market startups and introducing them to investors. It’s actually quite common.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2018

What's the best way to build a strong portfolio of technology companies, which tap into the broadest markets and avoids the "bubble" group-think of many venture firms? Cross Culture's investments include Mayven, LendStreet, Wonderschool, and Fair, among many other investments. We take a thematic approach to investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. He is very pleasant when he calls and writes.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The VC industry has different segments in it that have different fund sizes, different investment amounts and different risk / return expectations. We need venture debt, factoring companies and public markets. A new group of investors have clustered around writing earlier-stage, smaller checks. That’s a good thing.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

We've obviously pivoted into what I think is today's most exciting media market, which is the podcast world, which is growing at a nice 40 percent annual pace. It's a fairly unique business model for this market, and right now we have two distinct divisions. That was our plan. We have five more shows coming on the luxury side.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Even venture capitalists who sit on boards where they have significant investments often forget this point. They write into their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I use George Bush vs. Al Gore as allegory and I’ve been using it with entrepreneurs for years to sink in a simple point about how to communicate with the market. This does not mean you shouldn’t solve big, complex problems or write complex code. Most Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs I know are more like Al Gore.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. Throughout a career lifetime, just think of the return on that investment. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious. Business Email and Texting. Business Dress for Success.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I kind of think LA is just LA and doesn’t need some clever marketing term. I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. That’s OK with me.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. And of those 35 people.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. Are you thematic in your investing or entrepreneur focused? (11:40-14:15). We’re a busy bunch.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2014

Although this approach requires a significant investment of a startup''s time during the early phases of the patent process, it can reduce the overall time you expend on the process, by creating a solid foundation upon which the IP lawyers can draft the legal language. Do not rely on the IP lawyer to coax such vital information from you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels. Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. Facebook is making big money today, but only after a $150 million investment.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

A small percentage of people in each free-market society generate the jobs for everyone else. Such mini-ventures, as described in Small Ideas, Big Benefits , will not only educate you, but will reduce your risk when you exit the Herd. Keep your write-ups to a single page. There Is No Try. "You

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Business Writing for Email. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. Throughout a career lifetime, just think of the return on that investment. We can find tons of "marketing'' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. It became a huge kerfuffle with many VC partners writing to thank me for the post, which exposed those that gave their industry a bad name. And covered we did.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. We had more than 700 resumes, short-listed 65, interviewed 16 in one-hour meetings had 6 full-day interviews including a presentation by the candidate on a selected market opportunity and we did 3 finalist dinners to test cultural fit. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Business Writing for Email. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. Throughout a career lifetime, just think of the return on that investment. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2011

Throughout a career lifetime, just think of the return on that investment. Business Writing Skills. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. Throughout a career lifetime, just think of the return on that investment. We can find tons of "marketing'' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious. Business Email and Texting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. Throughout a career lifetime, just think of the return on that investment. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious. Business Email and Texting.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 18, 2015

As is the case with future options, a well-managed company can reasonably estimate the amount of investor capital it intends to raise in the future, along with an estimation of the valuation(s) at which such investment(s) will be made. This variable is obviously an educated guess, at best.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2010

Throughout a career lifetime, just think of the return on that investment. Business Writing Skills. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. Disruption of Education. “Online education is truly going to kill us.” Internationalization of Technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2015

I often write about the best strategies for startup fundraising or how to manage startup financing and optimize for growth. Here are three of the most common: When you’re incorporating — Business structure is an important decision with financial, investment, and tax implications.

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