Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2013

Show some traction before funding. Let’s face reality, the angel or VC funding process now takes 4-6 months of almost dedicated effort and time, and usually fails because you don’t yet have a product or customer. Now investors will pay attention, since scale-up funding is less risky and has a time frame. Fail fast and cheap.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Show some traction before funding. Let’s face reality, the angel or VC funding process now takes 4-6 months of almost dedicated effort and time, and usually fails because you don’t yet have a product or customer. Now investors will pay attention, since scale-up funding is less risky and has a time frame. Fail fast and cheap.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2012

Get traction before funding. Let’s face reality, the angel or VC funding process now takes 4-6 months of almost dedicated effort and time, and usually fails because you don’t yet have a product or customer. By using a laser focused approach for the first iteration, you may actually produce something and get a customer without funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

Even when orders are clearly on the upswing, you need more funding to cover inventory and lagging accounts receivable. You have tried all the popular initiatives and quick-fix remedies, including social media, search engine optimization, and content marketing. Persistent profit and cash flow shortages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking. New and relevant content on a regular basis is a major driver in search engine optimization, as well as the inbound and outbound links that blog comments generate. Establish visibility and attract funding sources.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

He found it was difficult to build an audience up, and really looking into the whole search engine optimization necessary for this kind of long tail content. Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Create a business plan online, but don’t wait for funding. Don’t sign up for outside search-engine optimization, public relations or other experts until your business is generating revenue. Too many entrepreneurs still think plans are for investors, and investors are required to build a startup. Both are wrong.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In addition, I do a few consulting projects on the side, in the areas of product strategy, search engine optimization, and intellectual property. On the entrepreneurial and fund-raising side, because the Founder Institute program I attended was based in Silicon Valley, many of my contacts are there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Get traction before funding. Let’s face reality, the angel or VC funding process now takes 4-6 months of almost your dedicated effort and time, and usually fails because you don’t yet have a product or customer. Now investors will pay attention, since scale-up funding is less risky and has a time frame. Think about it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2016

It’s easy to get so pre-occupied with handling the business rollout that you forget to maintain and increase your social media interactions, search engine optimization efforts, and highlighting positive customer reviews on your website. Continually add new marketing and distribution partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2016

Even when orders are clearly on the upswing, you need more funding to cover inventory and lagging accounts receivable. You have tried all the popular initiatives and quick-fix remedies, including social media, search engine optimization, and content marketing. Persistent profit and cash flow shortages appear.

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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

As part of that service launch, the firm will donate 10 cents to the Greater New Orleans Foundation's new Oil Spill Fund every time a user provides feedback on any business, person, event, product or topic on the site until July 23rd, up to a maximum donation of $50,000. The new firm is headed by Michael Harris. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Count on six months from beginning the funding process until a new check is cashed. Always add 20 percent to your best estimate of funding requirements when approaching investors. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Count on six months from beginning the funding process until a new check is cashed. Always add 20 percent to your best estimate of funding requirements when approaching investors. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Count on six months from beginning the funding process until a new check is cashed. Always add 20 percent to your best estimate of funding requirements when approaching investors. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank.

Startup 108

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Count on six months from beginning the funding process until a new check is cashed. Always add 20 percent to your best estimate of funding requirements when approaching investors. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank.

Entrepreneur 105

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2011

Most startups need funding before shipping, and investors expect to see your website to validate your business plan. In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building. Tune your website.

Startup 101

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Most startups need funding before shipping, and investors expect to see your website to validate your business plan. In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building. Tune your website.

Entrepreneur 101

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Count on six months from beginning the funding process until a new check is cashed. Always add 20 percent to your best estimate of funding requirements when approaching investors. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank.

Startup 89

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2010

Most startups need funding before shipping, and investors expect to see your website to validate your business plan. In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building. Tune your website.

Startup 91

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2011

I’ve been working in the online advertising business for about 13 years handling everything from affiliate programs and banner ad campaigns, to search engine optimization and Google Adwords. Was there anything in particular that really drove it home for you guys to implement the idea?

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