Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

In a funding round with 1 or 2 VCs and 15-20 angels or 4-6 seed funds if you gave every investor you financial information and performance metrics your proprietary information would increase in its probability of leaking out. Attends 500startup events. There is a reason for this. Speaks on CNBC. Has written a book on venture capital.

Venture Capital 352

Venture Capital Seed Funding Email Blogging 352

SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

He is a frequent speaker at trade and industry events. Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. Tony has a Ph.D.

CTO Hire 175

CTO Hire Startup Metrics eHarmony 175

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Email updates frequently. And as Rob points out – if you email members with short updates more frequently they are more up to speed when you do need them to weigh in. Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. Make your emails actionable. ” Or, “I sent u an email.

Tips 365

Tips Email Venture Capital Blogging 365

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2020

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. Personally manage cash flow processing and procedures.

Technical Advisors 125

Technical Advisors Startup News Resource 125

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out.

CTO Coach 150

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

But the most important metric has been the deep and lasting relationships that have been built with startups and also between senior executives. There were regular events where experts talked about: fund raising, term sheets, constructing a team, product development, establishing biz dev partners, M&A, dealing with the press, etc.

Venture Capital 287

Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

To check your return on marketing investment, you need to define metrics and a formal process to evaluate progress and cost tradeoffs. Don’t forget seminars and events. They match individual customer preferences, whether it be voice, email, texting, or social media, to close deals. Maximize repeat business with existing clients.

Social Media 56

Social Media Pricing Technical Review Statistics 56

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. This way we keep the questions fresh and up to date with current events. We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

CalTech 91

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

As you accomplish your milestones, send your target VCs a brief email update (think eye-candy graphics and charts, not dense text). If you are deploying a freemium business model, test your upsell strategy on a portion of your users to establish concrete free-to-paid conversion metrics. Ask for money in your initial meeting with a VC.

Venture Capital 236

Venture Capital Capital Research Custom 236

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

VaynerMedia used it for a number of event-based activations. So far, I’ve seen brands use them for events they host. For a ballpark figure of what that looks like, I targeted a city block in Austin, Texas for a book event just last week. The event lasted for four hours, and in total I spent $32.44. Now, anyone can do it.

Custom 40

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

We focus on developing strong distribution channels through social media, search, blog outreach and email programs to accelerate the discovery, sharing and engagement with Funny Or Die content. Defined Success Metrics – Know what you are trying to accomplish and set quantifiable goals. Content is King – Have great content.

Sites 61

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. Generally, I prefer a single table or log that can be queried later that stores events.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Liquidity event: Name at least five companies that might be ready to acquire the enterprise if successful. 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? Order all 3 Berkonomics books for $49.95,a a 33% discount.

Invest 264

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2010

Where they go wrong is focusing on the goal behaviors such as “collect an email” or “add an item to the shopping cart” all the way to “spend $10.00 With goals in place, your metrics have so much more meaning and the time you spend analyzing data will drive more informed decisions geared at improving your conversion rates.

Google 68

Google eBook Mahalo JavaScript 68

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

Startups can pitch through the platform virtually or at live events, while investors run the terms. Startups have always pushed the edge by emailing investors they didn’t know, so overall, there’s been no transformation of the process, except now, with sites like ours, there is now a more streamlined way to do it.”

Invest 83

Invest Platform Entrepreneur Paramount 83

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

How much money will airlines companies, hotel companies or event companies pay me as a referral or for booking? 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. And how much do others providers make?

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

These are the endless stream of email, phone calls, and daily crises which prevent really important accomplishments, like closing customers. Start each day with the highest priority task you need done that day, and leave the emails and phone calls till the end of the day, if you have time. Rest makes you more productive.

Tips 100

Tips Activity Startup Product 100

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. And VC’s are tough customers.

Startup 360

Startup Venture Capital Invest Slides 360

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2023

Idea entrepreneurs are largely driven by the “crisis of the moment” or the next event on their schedule. 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.

Startup 155

Startup Ideas IBM IBM 155

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2020

Idea entrepreneurs are largely driven by the “crisis of the moment” or the next event on their schedule. 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.

Ideas 122

Ideas Entrepreneur Startup IBM 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2015

Idea entrepreneurs are largely driven by the “crisis of the moment” or the next event on their schedule. 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.

Ideas 115

Ideas Startup IBM IBM 115

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2016

Idea entrepreneurs are largely driven by the “crisis of the moment” or the next event on their schedule. 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.

Ideas 53

Ideas Startup IBM IBM 53