Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

These are the people who want to see ROI studies (business), read NY Times reviews by David Pogue or WSJ reviews by Walt Mossberg (consumer). Here are some examples of heroes in action: A testimonial / quote from a hero on the banner on the home page of your website with their image and a link to a case study on how they used the product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Solicit funds from friends and family. Use crowd funding. Set expectations accordingly.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Solicit funds from friends and family. Use crowd funding to build reserves.

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Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Solicit funds from friends and family. Use crowd funding. Set expectations accordingly.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. All-in-all one study found that “1 in 5 people who receive an Internet coupon redeemed it;” so clearly digital couponing is more than just “another distribution channel,” as some analysts have previously stated.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

And more recently he has turned that into a fund called CrossCulture VC such that many in Silicon Valley and beyond now know Troy as well. Influencers are inundated with requests for their time and have to develop filters of whom they trust and therefore who can refer them deals.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

For a high-volume seed fund that adds many portfolio companies every year (such as our friends at 500 Startups who invest in over 100 distinct companies annually), the cost of a bad affirmative decision (a false positive) is quite low, since it accounts for a relatively small portion of their total fund. Subject: Reference for Twilio.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

You can push for guarantees that the client or partner will appoint a minimum number of staff to rolling out your product, you can ask them to spend hard dollars on co-marketing, you can ask for commitments to case studies or reference calls or PR releases. I have often asked for funding for this accelerated development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers. Target income and expense by year, including funding. Here I recommend a 5-year projection of revenues, expenses, and funding requirements. Budget time and dollars for each.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Now, Microsoft-owned GitHub is gearing up to remove these references to slavery by naming primary code repositories “main” instead of “master.” A new poll from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found that it’s going to be a close election. These changes will go into effect on October 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2012

Every investor I know can tell you at least one story about a great startup team that failed, even though it was well-funded and staffed with qualified and smart people. Team accountability refers specifically to the willingness of team members to call their peers on performance or behaviors that might hurt the team. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Summary Study Organization 106

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Executive function refers to a number of mental processes that are required to regulate, control, and manage daily life tasks. I study for tests last minute. And I studied every statistic on the back of every baseball card and memorized batting averages, ERA and even birthdates and such. I rush the last 20%. I have ADD.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2011

Every investor I know can tell you at least one story about a great startup team that failed, even though it was well-funded and staffed with qualified and smart people. Team accountability refers specifically to the willingness of team members to call their peers on performance or behaviors that might hurt the team. Marty Zwilling.

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Summary Study Startup Organization 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

According to most studies, getting into angel investing without being prepared to make a total of between 20 and 80 investments is a good way to lose ALL your invested capital. My second, six years later, took only $2 million in VC funding. Marty: How has the business world changed since you first started?

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

They say they’ve treated “thousands” of women in Los Angeles and have more than 250 referring providers, such as OB-GYNs, at this stage.). While the clinic’s original founder has left, the entire clinical team was retained — and Origin gained an existing loyal client base.

Startup 140

Startup Los Angeles Platform Research 140

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I’ve been an avid user of Plug.DJ’s music discovery site since early 2012, have discovered a ton of music there (which, by the way, I’m still listening to today) and originally covered their $1.25M in seed-round funding from Javelin Venture Partners. Today, I give you a glimpse into their whirlwind success. About Plug.DJ.

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Startup Product Sites Tool 107

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. At Sony, he didn’t feel like he could “steer the ship” and get his ideas heard so he left and started GUBA, GUBA had no seed funding. at a level of specificity you don’t always find in VCs.

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. graph consists of a set of nodes connected by edges.

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