Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Modern investors love to first read a two-page summary of your business plan, formatted like a glossy marketing collateral sheet, with text well laid out in columns and sidebars, and a couple of relevant graphics. You may have already found several articles, web pages, or books about writing the perfect executive summary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2023

Being very visible in the startup community, I still get an amazing number of badly written emails, rambling executive summaries, and business plans with one paragraph per chapter. As a general rule, text messages or emails from a smartphone should never be used for business purposes with someone you don’t know well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Modern investors love to first read a two-page summary of your business plan, formatted like a glossy marketing collateral sheet, with text well laid out in columns and sidebars, and a couple of relevant graphics. You may have already found several articles, web pages, or books about writing the perfect executive summary.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

My experience personally reviewing over three hundred executive summaries each year, all sent to me unsolicited, seems to bear out the truth in Tyson’s statement. Mike Tyson: brilliant business savant. Everybody’s got a plan – until they are punched in the face,” famously stated boxer Mike Tyson.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 19, 2014

And in all cases, simply sending in an executive summary of the business plan via email or filling in an application for funding on a website lowers the chance of success to near nil. I receive three hundred unsolicited executive summaries a year, and my investment group, Tech Coast Angeles, sees over one thousand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2020

Being very visible in the startup community, I still get an amazing number of badly written emails, rambling executive summaries, and business plans with one paragraph per chapter. As a general rule, text messages or emails from a smartphone should never be used for business purposes with someone you don’t know well.

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Berkonomics

MAY 11, 2017

As a professional investor in early stage companies, I have long discounted long, detailed business plans in favor of a concise “executive summary” followed by a believable spreadsheet-based financial forecast projecting three to five years into the future. It’s time to speak of some sort of business plan.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Most sophisticated investors ignore them, focusing their attention on an entrepreneur's pitch and presentation materials, financial forecast and executive summary. As such, the primary goal of your executive summary is to open the door to an in-person meeting. Entrepreneurs routinely seek my advice regarding their executive summaries.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Don’t be limited by only non-real-time communications, implied with emails, texts, and online forums. Internally, you may need a video summary report of monthly value. Start now to set yourself apart as a leader and generous citizen of your professional communities, and you can take yourself much further than you may have dreamed.

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Berkonomics

MAY 17, 2011

“Never handle a paper twice” may be extended to include reading and acting upon emails, messages, and any written distraction. . By trying my best to adhere to the “never twice” rule, I quickly delete most copy-all emails not addressed to me, and all junk, but handle each personally addressed email as it opens in the reading pane. .

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

I cannot tell you how many times I have seen executive summaries of business plans in which the entrepreneur seeks $5,000,000 to build the business. Four reasons you should reconsider. Entrepreneurs have a vision for what and how to create and build a great business. How does this comport with “skin in the game?”.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

We provide you with a report, written for a business audience, that includes: Executive Summary: We grade your architecture, source code, process, and teams, and provide a brief rationale for each grade. Detailed Findings: For each of the areas in the executive summary, we provide the details.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 11, 2018

Indeed, emails from suppliers seen by TechCrunch confirm that one of the suppliers mentioned in the Bird release still intends to fulfill planned orders from a direct Bird competitor. In summary, it seems like Xiaomi and Ninebot are screwing someone over. had signed initially signed (and then revised) with its large Chinese suppliers.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 3, 2022

. “This latest data demonstrates that the SMB rent crisis has reached a new and concerning 2022 pinnacle, regarding both rent delinquency and soaring rent costs,” Alignable explains in a summary. Please fill in your email. Sign up to the Tech.co newsletter. Please fill in your name. Please verify before subscribing.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2012

The firm claimed the granting of a motion for summary judgement in the US Federal Court in California will help it in its effort to convince the courts to prevent these companies from operating the services that infringe RPost patents. RPost had sued the firms in 2011. RPost claims it has 35 patents covering electronic signatures.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

My experience personally reviewing over three hundred executive summaries each year, all sent to me unsolicited, seems to bear out the truth in Tyson’s statement. Email readers, continue here.] “Everybody’s got a plan – until they are punched in the face,” stated boxer Mike Tyson. Anyone can build a good – or great – plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2023

I found a good summary of the bad habits that can cause failures to finish in a recent book, “ How to Finish Everything You Start ,” by Jan Yager. For example, you may have customers waiting for a call-back on an issue, or a team member waiting for your work before they can move forward. Trying to do too many tasks at the same time.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2010

I get these frequently via Twitter, Facebook or email. I provided my email address and he sent me a 688 word email (e.g. I felt I had committed so I read and responded to the email. SHORT : Whether you know the person or not – if you’re asking for help, a favor or an intro – keep your email VERY short.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

The truth is the process isn’t over until after the employee starts with the company, updates her LinkedIn profile and emails all her friends. Here’s specifically what happens: The employee gives you a verbal commitment, an email accept or in some cases even a signed offer letter. In fact, it’s worse than that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors. In summary, bootstrapping means living within your means, watching costs carefully, finding alternatives to cash for building the team and expanding the business infrastructure.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. I would likely open up your deck, read it again and begin contemplating your company again.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Although this debate will continue for ages, I tend to fall on the side of betting on the jockey, simply because it has been a rare business plan that did not change again and again seeking a successful model in the marketplace. What if you see a great idea but no team to execute?

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Although this debate will continue for ages, I tend to fall on the side of betting on the jockey, simply because it has been a rare business plan that did not change again and again seeking a successful model in the marketplace. What if you see a great idea but no team to execute?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. In summary, a startup with no website, or a website with no credibility will kill your business. Offer support assistance and guarantee. Publish the terms of your support, return, and replacement policies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. Email marketing. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

Serious investors expect founders to have their homework done before the first interaction – documented executive summary, business plan, and financial model. How many people do you know who have a thousand emails in their inbox, or just a few awaiting follow-up for over a week from people who matter? Investor negotiations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors. In summary, bootstrapping means living within your means, watching costs carefully, finding alternatives to cash for building the team and expanding the business infrastructure.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2014

The day after your board meeting I would recommend you send out an email with a summary of your understanding of the key decisions reached so that it is memorialized. I would have the legal board minutes sent out within a week of the board meeting and ask for unanimous approval via email immediately. Ratify early.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

If you want the whole deck you can find it on SlideShare but I’ve written up a short summary with commentary below. Maybe add your email to receive the next post delivered to your email box? Still reading? The second half of this analysis coming soon!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Being very visible in the startup community, I still get an amazing number of badly written emails, rambling executive summaries, and business plans with one paragraph per chapter. As a general rule, text messages or emails from a smartphone should never be used for business purposes with someone you don’t know well.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I cannot tell you how many times I have seen executive summaries of business plans in which the entrepreneur seeks $5,000,000 to build the business. Email readers, continue here.] Entrepreneurs have a vision for what and how to create and build a great business.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2020

Without physical branches, it’s a digital-only service, with assistance and support available via live chat, as well as phone and email. This is according to the UK Payment Markets Summary 2019 report published by UK Finance, a collective representing the banking and finance industry in the UK. How does Monzo work?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

I usually judge people’s reactions not by the comments section of my post (where people are a little bit more polite so you get selective bias) but by the private emails I get. In summary, tons of early-stage M&A is driven by only one thing: CEO ego. Naturally some didn’t. “I need somebody to run operations.&#

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Remember: In-Person > Web Conference > Phone Call > Email > Data Room If you run a good process and if the investor is truly interested (even if busy and doesn’t respond as fast as you’d like) then each major step of analysis on their side can be a series of documents you trade them in exchange for more proof of engagement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2022

I recommend one or more early discussions of mutual objectives, with a written summary of goals and expectations from the mentee to the mentor, with timeframes and milestones. This means being respectful and diligent about scheduling and keeping appointments, and returning emails and phone calls.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] And great management is able to morph a company to adopt without destroying the culture of the company in the process. What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. Email marketing. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups.

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