Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

There is no magic lever for growth, so several initiatives are required, with metrics to assess value returned. Real growth requires new and innovative ways to find customers, as well as old-fashioned advertising and email blasts. Ask every employee to focus on sales. Shorten the close cycle to grow faster.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

We all know that funding markets have changed for startups. The trends are well understood: more angels, more seed funds, more crowdsourcing and so forth. So I recommend a high-level “state of the company” email a couple of times a year but a message that you assume might get shown to others.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Email readers, continue here…] Second: measure the results of delegation. There are many types of metrics, some very easy to manage. Those include funding, people, training and facilities. Worse yet, failures to delegate make the leader the principal bottleneck in the flow of work through an organization.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2017

The company recently raised $8M in a funding from Evolution Media, Aspect Ventures, Upfront Ventures, as well as a long list of angels. We have them add their name, email address, and input the percent amount. Talk about this funding and what's next for you? What is Stem?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

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. Email updates frequently. Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. Make your emails actionable.

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Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2020

There is no magic lever for growth, so several initiatives are required, with metrics to assess value returned. Real growth requires new and innovative ways to find customers, as well as old-fashioned advertising and email blasts. Ask every employee to focus on sales. Shorten the close cycle to grow faster.

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Search Engine Optimization Startup Social Media Metrics 131

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When it comes to content, the group wants Netflix to increase its funding of trans and non-binary talent, bring employee resource groups into conversations about potentially harmful content, hire more trans and non-binary content executives, and revise internal procedures around commissioning and releasing sensitive works.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

My email back to him was a version of. I got an email recently from a VC who had invested in a company a small amount in a seed round. His fund is > $500 million and I guaranfuckingtee he ain’t calling me if that company is crushing it. You have a big fund. He opted for two big VC funds up North who split $1.5

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. It’s a weekly email we send to AngelList, with 3 high-quality startups who want intros.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2020

They then ask me to help them find investors who can provide the funding they need. In the first five years, these objectives should normally include when you intend to first become profitable, a scaling strategy and target, some short- and long-term milestones, and the key performance metrics you will use to steer and manage the business.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital. David Loo: Ultimately, at the C-level, the CIO requires data metrics and intelligence, in order to compete and make decisions and take actions to further a company's agenda. You're received some funding lately? What is Perspectium?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Yet, in the interest of full disclosure, and an honest intent to save future entrepreneurs some grief and money, I would remind you that starting any business has key dependencies on at least five major elements, including product design and delivery, the right people on the team, adequate funding, a sizable market opportunity, and marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2021

If you can’t state clearly why your startup is the only choice, then it’s time to regroup before spending your hard-fought funding. Cold calls to strangers and email blasts are not so productive. Build a marketing plan with deliverables and metrics. Passion is necessary, but not sufficient for survival.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

Andrwe Bermudez: We were able to get a lot of data using those tools, and then latched onto their email communications. When they saw an email, they could just click here and be done, rather than having to go through the effort of logging into the system. How's the startup funded? It worked well. How did that work?

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the article: Mithril had its best moment yet last week when a portfolio company, Auris Health, sold to Johnson & Johnson for more than $3 billion — returning at least $500 million to the fund. Will “Diet CA-HSR” even get done as feds look to pull back California funding. Some more on metrics design and quantification.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

For this morning's company profile, we thought we'd connect with ShareSquare (www.getsharesquare.com), a newly funded Los Angeles startup focused on QR barcodes -- 3D barcodes -- focused on musicians and entertainers. In that market, there are literally no ROI metrics. The best metrics are estimated impressions.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I know I must have pitched over 200 people trying to raise funding for the company, and although we had raised $1.7M in funding, we ultimately knew last year that the things we needed to prove investors was not going to happen in the time we had left. We had a lot of reasons we had to do a lot of things.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

Professional service providers are incentivized to foster your business, as a portion of the funds you raise will go toward payment of their invoices. Note: If you are unable to self-fund your venture or you have no alternative funding sources, this step is not appropriate. In such cases, you don’t have time to be coy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2016

There is no magic lever for growth, so several initiatives are required, with metrics to assess value returned. Real growth requires new and innovative ways to find customers, as well as old-fashioned advertising and email blasts. Ask every employee to focus on sales. Shorten the close cycle to grow faster.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 15, 2015

If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy. Take the time to shoot them a “what’s up” email monthly, and serious financial reports quarterly. Send that email. ” Well said, Mark.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

Remember that investors fund people, more than ideas. Financial projections and funding. Investors need to know the amount of funding you are asking for now, and what they get. That’s your metric to see if you have their attention. Executive team. Why is your team uniquely qualified to win, and what have they done before?

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Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

Originally funded by the Pasadena Angels , the Company is now backed by “A” list VCs, and growing phenomenally, with tens of thousands of customers. MBO is very metrics driven, and their shareholder reports are dense with detailed, disciplined reporting that remind you that Rick is former Naval officer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Remember that investors fund people, more than ideas. Financial projections and funding. Investors need to know the amount of funding you are asking for now, and what they get. That’s your metric to see if you have their attention. Executive team. Why is your team uniquely qualified to win, and what have they done before?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Remember that investors fund people, more than ideas. Financial projections and funding. Investors need to know the amount of funding you are asking for now, and what they get. That’s your metric to see if you have their attention. Executive team. Why is your team uniquely qualified to win, and what have they done before?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Through ongoing analysis and refinement of existing processes, establishment of standards and metrics, team building and mentoring, Sergey has established a foundation and culture in which developers can flourish. Have you raised any funding yet? Jenna can also search for local events, boot camps, or fitness classes. How many users?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

A quick glance at Crowdfunder provides a peek into an impressively large portfolio of funded startups and small businesses; to the tune of ~8,800 companies, 45,000 investors, and over $66M in deal flow across Startups, Social Enterprise, and Small Business. I see the coming provisions being even larger than general solicitation.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In the process of raising funds to create and develop a business, entrepreneurs make many statements to those they seek to attract as investors. Email readers, continue here.] Metrics and management: What might be the first indication the company will not be able to achieve its goals and objectives? By: Arthur Lipper.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. You may have paid marketing: SEM, Social Media Ads, Banner Ads, email lists, etc. SEO doesn’t just happen – it requires a content strategy, inbound links, relevancy, keyword strategies, etc. It it just more time that they save?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

All it takes is an email address to start receiving our exclusive deals for sports tickets to your favorite teams in your city. We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

This post was prompted by an email exchange I had with a young entrepreneur. Now that you’ve gotten the round done I’d love to get together at your convenience and learn more about your business so I’ll be ready well before you’re next fund raising event. I do understand. I had been traveling. I understand.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

If I’m not mistaken, I may have been the first person to send out an angel “personal intro&# email on AngelList through their new platform when it launched or at least I was one of the first few. But before I sent it I had made 10 private phone calls, sent emails & built support. It worked like a charm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2023

Passionate reiteration of the idea won’t close funding. Managing marketing metrics and the sales pipeline. Effective marketing requires converting ideas to real content, creating programs to educate channels, and managing metrics to see what works and what needs to change. Detailed product specifications and prototypes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2020

Passionate reiteration of the idea won’t close funding. Managing marketing metrics and the sales pipeline. Effective marketing requires converting ideas to real content, creating programs to educate channels, and managing metrics to see what works and what needs to change. Detailed product specifications and prototypes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2015

Passionate reiteration of the idea won’t close funding. Managing marketing metrics and the sales pipeline. Effective marketing requires converting ideas to real content, creating programs to educate channels, and managing metrics to see what works and what needs to change. Detailed product specifications and prototypes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2016

Passionate reiteration of the idea won’t close funding. Managing marketing metrics and the sales pipeline. Effective marketing requires converting ideas to real content, creating programs to educate channels, and managing metrics to see what works and what needs to change. Detailed product specifications and prototypes.

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