Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. In that context, I offer you my latest collection of popular investor-to-entrepreneur terms and concepts. Frothy is good for entrepreneurs. Seed-round investment.

Startup 57

Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? I call that providing habitsmonthly habitsto help individuals do better, make better decisions, and who need strategy and strategic implementation of this on regular basis.

Content 150

Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. Much of this is unfounded – some is not. the link is here.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

Here are some key things I look for in the name, with some expert help from Alex Frankel and others: Unique and unforgettable. Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. Make some sense.

Google 117

Google Custom Customer Sample 117

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 16, 2016

My thesis is that it will become a major I/O computing metaphor or as this field is sometimes referred to HCI ( human-computer interaction ). Today I am so excited to announce our latest investment in the category —  Nanit  — which is a smart baby monitor. The objective behind Nanit is to help parent “sleep more and monitor less.”

Invest 150

Invest Course Startup CTO Hire 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. According to a recent social media industry report , 92 percent said that social media is important to their businesses, and more than half report it helped them improve sales.

Media 59

Media Marketing Social Media Resource 59

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

Scott Saunders, the CEO and co-founder, of the company is hoping to change that, by providing tools to consumers to help pay off their debt and achieve their life goals. The company already had momentum, and $350,000 in revenue, providing a special process to help banks communicated with defaulted borrowers. 500 company.

Startup 197

Startup Ideas Southern California Social Network 197

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Referring Traffic / Press. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Referring Traffic / Press. make sure you maximize the potential for referring traffic: 1.) Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts). Search Engines.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

They trust the judgment of the VCs to source, finance, help manage and then create some sort of exit for the investments that they make. But I used to jokingly refer to bridge loans as “pier&# loans. So my view is that VCs and entrepreneurs need to make tougher choices. But no doubt their bodies feel the stress.

Startup 290

Startup Funding Venture Capital Pricing 290

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

In that same post Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret where he argues to make things open, he defines only one group of people that you may want to avoid having a conversation with: The handful of people in the world who might copy your idea are entrepreneurs just starting up with a very similar idea.

Startup 211

Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2010

and then sub categories underneath. Make sure to denote which sub categories are the most important by making them bold, italic, shaded in yellow, whatever. 2) the other reason I mention it is that a large part of your process ought to be outbound emails/FB/LinkedIn/Twitter messages to friends asking for their help.

Startup 301

Startup Examples Sales Pricing 301

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

In that same post Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret where he argues to make things open, he defines only one group of people that you may want to avoid having a conversation with: The handful of people in the world who might copy your idea are entrepreneurs just starting up with a very similar idea.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2012

But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to help the thousands of startups that fall in this category. You need to demonstrate innovative approaches, more knowledge, more productivity and superior results to get the references you need.

Satisfaction 91

Satisfaction Patents Outsource Development Services 91

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to help the thousands of startups that fall in this category. You need to demonstrate innovative approaches, more knowledge, more productivity and superior results to get the references you need.

Product 91

Product Services Satisfaction Patents 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

Here are some key things I look for in the name, with some help from Alex Frankel and others: Unique and unforgettable. Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. Limit it to two syllables.

Startup 104

Startup Google Custom Customer 104

InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

Six outstanding entrepreneurs have created this sweet flavor of success in one of the most beautiful places on earth – Santa Barbara, California. As Emmy Award winning comedian Bill Grundfest aptly points out in this video , entrepreneurs should seek the intersection of the things they enjoy doing and the tasks which will make them money.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Startup Sales Entrepreneur 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

I enjoyed it there, but they eliminated the apparel category so I decided to worked for a family owned apparel company. Kyle: How did you get started in the entrepreneur world? We’re not just helping consumers, but also smaller boutiques who may not have the level of exposure as larger shops or may not even have a website.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Media Sites 99

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Referring Traffic / Press. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Referring Traffic / Press - The web is interconnected, and traffic flows among sites that interlink. To make sure you maximize the potential for referring traffic: 1.) Search Engines. Social Media. Refreshing Content.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Here are some key things I look for in the name, with some help from Alex Frankel and others: Unique and unforgettable. Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. Limit it to two syllables.

Company 108

Company Companies Google Custom 108

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I would mostly lump me in that category. 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. In Bijan’s post he references Bryce Roberts who recommends getting up and white-boarding.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

None of those 5 investors is sufficiently motivated to help you in tough times. Sure, if you become Zynga everyone of those 5 investors will be helping you. And I always encourage entrepreneurs to do reference checking. Yes, I include many micro VCs in this category. Here’s my guide to how to do that.

Venture Capital 314

Venture Capital Startup Invest Pricing 314

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. Unpaid Search – Never pay a consultant to help you achieve a higher search ranking. Paid Search – Customers which click on sponsored ads associated with search keywords fall into this category.

Custom 164

Custom Customer Advertising SEM 164