Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

The very mention of the word fundraising can illicit some powerful emotions among entrepreneurs. On one end, entrepreneurs who have (at minimum) built something customers love and are willing to pay for, and the other hand, investors who are looking for the very companies who fit that profile. From Finance to Crowd-Investing.

Invest 100

Invest Startup Technical Review Software Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Many entrepreneurs are paranoid about the partnership approach, and think that M&A is only an alternative for large companies who are flush with cash. Partial acquisition.

Organization 132

Organization CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 132

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2023

Most entrepreneurs are so overwhelmed by the day-to-day challenges of their business that they rarely take the time to work on longer-term strategy (they work in the business versus on the business). Every entrepreneur benefits from critical thinking and learning. Gut reactions are rarely the optimal solution to any problem.

Framework 86

Framework Entrepreneur Startup Examples 86

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2019

Great entrepreneurs are not just idea people and then managers, they are extraordinary leaders. Most investors admit that they invest primarily in people, not ideas, and they inherently believe that they can sense this leadership ability needed to get the rapid growth and 10x return we all strive for.

Coach 96

Coach Framework Entrepreneur Tool 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Most entrepreneurs are so overwhelmed by the day-to-day challenges of their business that they rarely take the time to work on longer-term strategy (they work in the business versus on the business). Every entrepreneur benefits from critical thinking and learning. Gut reactions are rarely the optimal solution to any problem.

Framework 152

Framework Entrepreneur Startup Examples 152

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2014

Yet many aspiring entrepreneurs I know approach it as a fun project, get-rich quick scheme, or perhaps an expensive hobby. As an entrepreneur, you need to start early to implement the discipline and business practices that will lead to success. business entrepreneur first million Scott Duffy startup' Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Framework 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Yet many aspiring entrepreneurs I know approach it as a fun project, get-rich quick scheme, or perhaps an expensive hobby. As an entrepreneur, you need to start early to implement the discipline and business practices that will lead to success. Neither of these approaches bodes well for success. Use personal credit cards for business.

Startup 122

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 122

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2012

A diligent entrepreneur should certainly work the important details for his or her startup, especially when it comes to assessing any negative fluctuations in the business. I’ve taken the liberty of extending these for entrepreneurs, based on my own experience: Showcase your creativity on the front lines.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Template Mentor 94

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Yesterday I had lunch with a really interesting and capable serial entrepreneur who is raising his A round. So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. When times are bad many cease investment activity all together.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur Framework 279

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2015

Great entrepreneurs are not just idea people and then managers, they are extraordinary leaders. Most investors admit that they invest primarily in people, not ideas, and they inherently believe that they can sense this leadership ability needed to get the rapid growth and 10x return we all strive for.

Product 103

Product Coach Framework Entrepreneur 103

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Coming up with a new idea, and launching your startup is one thing, three entrepreneurs do this every second. In this article, five entrepreneurs share their top tips for preventing stagnation and effectively scaling a business. The post How Entrepreneurs Avoid Stagnation And Scale Their Startups appeared first on TechZulu.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Startup Framework Ideas 40

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2017

Great entrepreneurs are not just idea people and then managers, they are extraordinary leaders. Most investors admit that they invest primarily in people, not ideas, and they inherently believe that they can sense this leadership ability needed to get the rapid growth and 10x return we all strive for.

Coach 64

Coach Framework Entrepreneur Tool 64

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O. As I mentioned, this framework is powerful, but none of these elements are free. In any case, reframing the conversation from paid media marketing to the new framework requires a balance, and measurements along the way to better manage return on investment.

Marketing 100

Marketing Social Media Framework Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Invest Cloud Computing 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Yet many aspiring entrepreneurs I know approach it as a fun project, get-rich quick scheme, or perhaps an expensive hobby. As an entrepreneur, you need to start early to implement the discipline and business practices that will lead to success. Neither of these approaches bodes well for success. Use personal credit cards for business.

Startup 127

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 127

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s very easy in venture capital when you’ve seen thousands of companies have read thousands of decks and spreadsheets and been to numerous conferences and exchanged ideas with other investors and entrepreneurs to feel like “you know better” and that’s precisely what we try to encourage Team Upfront not to feel or how not to behave.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Invest Course 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2016

Every entrepreneur and business executive knows that continuous innovation is required to survive, but most struggle with this more than any other challenge they face. Sponsor experiments and measure like new investments. Invest more energy in the “horse you can control.” Innovation driven by the next crisis is not leadership.

Framework 59

Framework Competition Ideas IBM 59

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O. As I mentioned, this framework is powerful, but none of these elements are free. In any case, reframing the conversation from paid media marketing to the new framework requires a balance, and measurements along the way to better manage return on investment.

Media 101

Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. Not an investment philosophy “ I understand the sentiment of this post and it’s how I view AngelList (like email), but I feel like it loses a nuance about AngelList.

Venture Capital 267

Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This has led VC & entrepreneur bloggers alike to similar conclusions: start raising capital early and be careful about having too high of a burn rate because that lessens the amount of runway you have until you need more cash. ” and if anybody gives you a specific number I would be a bit skeptical because there is no universal answer.

Startup 150

Startup Capital Funding Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

I have often said that what separates real entrepreneurs from pundits and bystanders is a bias towards getting things done versus over analyzing things. The startup entrepreneur knows that they’re going to be wrong often. They over think the decision framework. Great entrepreneurs find a way. But here’s the thing.

Startup 335

Startup Technical Review Framework Entrepreneur 335

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI). Ric Dragon, an expert in online marketing, in his classic book.

Social Media 96

Social Media Media Marketing Metrics 96

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Many entrepreneurs are paranoid about the partnership approach, and think that M&A is only an alternative for large companies who are flush with cash. Partial acquisition.

Acquisition 88

Acquisition CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 88

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Let’s set up a framework. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Here’s overall what you need to know.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

A diligent entrepreneur should certainly work the important details for his or her startup, especially when it comes to assessing any negative fluctuations in the business. I’ve taken the liberty of extending these for entrepreneurs, based on my own experience: Showcase your creativity on the front lines.

Startup 103

Startup Entrepreneur Template Mentor 103

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

McKinsey had their “ 7S framework &# and BCG had the “ BCG Matrix &# with cash cows, dogs, stars and question marks. I mean Porter’s Five forces is a useful framework but it’s basically microeconomics with a pretty wrapper. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

Startup 378

Startup Framework Slides Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

Like most startup entrepreneurs, when I began my first company in 1999 I had no formal sales experience. I’m going to set up the framework today and in future posts I’ll drill down into each area. This article originally appeared on Inc.com. This is a very important to do when you first start a company. Unique Selling Proposition.

Sales 393

Sales Startup Resource Customer 393

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

As discussed in Hiring Entrepreneurs, the impact of each new hire during your startup’s early days is tremendous. As noted in Optimistically Pessimistic , successful entrepreneurs are indifferent as to the specific tactics they must employ to accomplish their fervently held strategic objectives.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Framework Custom 279

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2015

Yet many aspiring entrepreneurs I know approach it as a fun project, get-rich quick scheme, or perhaps an expensive hobby. As an entrepreneur, you need to start early to implement the discipline and business practices that will lead to success. Neither of these approaches bodes well for success. Use personal credit cards for business.

Startup 109

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 109

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Many entrepreneurs are paranoid about the partnership approach, and think that M&A is only an alternative for large companies who are flush with cash. Partial acquisition.

CTO Hire 91

CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development CTO Coach 91

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

The company is all about data solutions which combine meaningful application frameworks together. We've been able to go right in to execute on our corporate plan, and are very excited about this next raise that we've done, and to be able to invest money to grow this company as much as we can. How did you get into this?

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Custom Customer 113

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI). entrepreneur Ric Dragon startup social media business'

Social Media 102

Social Media Media Product Metrics 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Many venture firms go even further, by insisting on investing their own key players in an interesting startup, before they commit any funds. I’ve paraphrased a few of their key points here that I support and often recommend: Invest team member time as carefully as you invest money.

Product 58

Product Startup Guide Framework 58

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI). Ric Dragon, an expert in online marketing, in his classic book.

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2018

Yet many aspiring entrepreneurs I know approach it as a fun project, get-rich quick scheme, or perhaps an expensive hobby. As an entrepreneur, you need to start early to implement the discipline and business practices that will lead to success. Neither of these approaches bodes well for success. Use personal credit cards for business.

Startup 63

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Most entrepreneurs are so overwhelmed by the day-to-day challenges of their business that they rarely take the time to work on longer-term strategy (they work in the business versus on the business). Every entrepreneur benefits from critical thinking and learning. Gut reactions are rarely the optimal solution to any problem.

Framework 53

Framework Entrepreneur Startup Examples 53

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2011

Los Angeles area entrepreneurs, investors, and startups have gotten to know Paige Craig fairly well over the last few years, as he's made many investments in the local ecosystem. What drove you move from investing to starting up BetterWorks? Paige Craig: It was a couple of things.

Startup 216

Startup Technical Review Software Review Platform 216