Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 I have seen really great product people espouse the death of the business plan. This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. Ajax was the new buzzword and many companies went overboard.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2015

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. As a startup investor, I view any evidence of a victim mentality as the kiss of death. People deliver excuses rather than results.

Startup 116

Startup Entrepreneur Class Coach 116

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Kiss of Death ConTraps.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2012

Within this section, investors look for footnotes referencing external sources, or quotes from notable domain experts. Absence of these raises a big red flag. Yet most startup teams have no idea where to start, and what kinds of data to look for, in building this key section of their business plan. Visit your local university library.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Research Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2013

An entrepreneur’s passion for an idea often prompts them to blame others or external events for setbacks, rather than themselves, so that they can maintain some semblance of self-esteem and control. Entrepreneurs or managers who claim to be able to do multiple things at a time must never use this as an excuse for poor quality.

Startup 105

Startup Examples Organization Entrepreneur 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

An entrepreneur’s passion for an idea often prompts them to blame others or external events for setbacks, rather than themselves, so that they can maintain some semblance of self-esteem and control. Entrepreneurs or managers who claim to be able to do multiple things at a time must never use this as an excuse for poor quality.

Examples 98

Examples Organization Entrepreneur Course 98

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

All private equity groups go about due diligence in their own way, but there are a few key areas of focus that entrepreneurs should always expect: Team strength and health. The kiss of death is for investors to find unanticipated competition you neglected to mention. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. Waste no time.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Startup Writing Competition 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2011

Openness is part of the business culture of entrepreneurs and technology centers around the world. Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Course Media 101

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. They have relationships that are hard for entrepreneurs to build. Shame they didn’t like his suggested name for the company: DreamWorks SKG-MM.

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Find any common ground between you and them as the basis for building rapport but be careful to not come across as a kiss ass. photo courtesy of Atlanta Braves. This is part of my ongoing series “ Pitching a VC.&#. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. It’s a fine line. It’s a fine line. Let them guide you.

Venture Capital 238

Venture Capital Slides Startup Sales 238

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2010

All private equity groups go about due diligence in their own way, but there are a few key areas of focus that entrepreneurs should always expect: Team strength and health. The kiss of death is for investors to find unanticipated competition you neglected to mention. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Review 90

Technical Review Writing Competition Tips 90

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2010

Openness is part of the business culture of entrepreneurs and technology centers around the world. Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship.

Startup 91

Startup Search Engine Optimization Course Media 91

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”. Fallacy: Such abstract extrapolations are meaningless.

Startup 242

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Within this section, investors look for footnotes referencing external sources, or quotes from notable domain experts. Absence of these raises a big red flag. Yet most startup teams have no idea where to start, and what kinds of data to look for, in building this key section of their business plan. Visit your local university library.

Research 88

Research Marketing Statistics Startup 88

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

In reading the comments on Bijan’s blog and having discussed this so many times, I know some entrepreneurs only want to talk with VCs that think that Powerpoint causes leprosy. I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. That notes only told part of the story. I’m comfortable with introductions and then getting into the demo.&#.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

Xconomy

JULY 15, 2016

Our San Diego editor Bruce Bigelow penned a personal goodbye to entrepreneur Larry Bock, who died last week of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. Senate’s kiss-off of the “Cures” vote—the package of bills that was approved in the House of Representatives last year. The week started on a reflective note.

News 40

News Technical Review San Diego Startup 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. Running up big losses or trying to grow extraordinarily fast through paid marketing initiatives that have long payback periods will be the kiss of death for you.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This duality of Bro relationships results in circumstances in which your Bro is also your Bro Foe, as discussed at great length in Kiss of Death. This is a reposting of a ‘classic’ popular post. Bro – abbreviation of “Brother&# , meaning friend or dude. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Startup 113

Startup Organization Allegis Commerce 113

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. Conventional wisdom is wrong. The CEO weighs in with his perspectives, the head of product management disputes his conclusions and the marketing VP has a different take.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335