Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Visualization is so important to help yourself & others conceptualize ideas. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a long post, so I put an executive summary here if you want to get the point without reading all the detail. If you plan to read the post you can skip the summary if you want. It’s how you codify your ideas.

Writing

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2013

Based on my own experience and feedback from friends, every investor is approached by at least ten entrepreneurs with a “hot idea” for a new business, for every one who has a real “plan” for a new business. In fact, you can find websites full of ideas, like these “ Free Innovative Ideas ,” by serial entrepreneur Kim E.

Ideas

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

When someone introduces me to an “idea person,” I automatically jump to the down-side conclusion that this person doesn’t do follow-up. Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. The idea time for most executives is in the shower, or during other non-work activities.

Ideas

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

And if you had the right credentials to lead people to believe that your next idea was more likely to be right than other people’s ideas then you were certainly backable. It’s why I love the idea of the FailCon conference and hope to speak there one day. And ideas you have to drive acceptance.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2012

Based on my own experience and feedback from friends, every investor is approached by at least ten entrepreneurs with a “hot idea” for a new business, for every one who has a real “plan” for a new business. In fact, you can find websites full of ideas, like these “ Free Innovative Ideas ,” by serial entrepreneur Kim E.

Ideas

Berkonomics

APRIL 24, 2014

Often I see executive summaries from entrepreneurs who have never managed any form of business, or even managed employees in their past life, and who don’t know the first thing about business formation and managing for growth. I used to tell them to find a partner with knowledge in business creation and management.

Coach

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Summary notes, as always, provide below. He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He came up to Bill after the event and said, “clever idea, we should do that with you.&#

Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2010

When someone introduces me to an “idea person,” I automatically jump to the down-side conclusion that this person doesn’t do follow-up. Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. The idea time for most executives is in the shower, or during other non-work activities.

Ideas

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Quick summary: Be careful not to have too many co-founders. But not anal if one founder who shares equity graciously with early employees who are treated as “co-founders” My idea startup team is heaving on tech personnel but also has strong product management. There are no “right” answers – just opinions.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2012

A startup begins with a great idea, but all too often, that’s where it ends. Ideas have to be implemented well to get the desired results. That’s why investors invest in entrepreneurs, rather than ideas. Good implementation requires a plan, and a good plan and good operational decisions come from good people. during that period.

Ideas

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Do they bet on the entrepreneur (jockey) or the business idea and plan (the horse)? What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? Early stage investors have been arguing over this for years. This is serious stuff.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. When the early teams: angels, lowercase capital & first round capital funded Uber they had no idea it would be one of the most revolutionary ideas of our time. Far from it. It was an early and smart bet.

Funding

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2014

I know that purists will hate the idea of pre-meetings. The day after your board meeting I would recommend you send out an email with a summary of your understanding of the key decisions reached so that it is memorialized. I acknowledge you will get conflicting advice from people who hate the idea of pre-and-post meetings.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Modern investors love to first read a two-page summary of your business plan, formatted like a glossy marketing collateral sheet, with text well laid out in columns and sidebars, and a couple of relevant graphics. You may have already found several articles, web pages, or books about writing the perfect executive summary.

Summary

SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. What's Going to Go Wrong A lot of founders don't really understand Lean Startup principles. What's going to go wrong?

CTO Coach

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO. Some of these influential speakers included Kevin O’Connor, founder of FindTheBest.com & DoubleClick and Simon Dixon, CEO of Idea Engineering.

Class

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Or if you’re pinched on time the summary is below and the time coding can help you watch a brief snippet on topics that interest you. 27:45 Eric: The thing that is supposed to fail fast is your bad ideas, not your company. Most people are working on failing ideas. what lessons can we draw from Steve Jobs successes?

Social Media

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The gist of MG’s argument is that he’d rather work with people who are openly critical of his ideas if it helps him to perform better than to have a bunch of “yes men” around who just say what a great job he’s doing. In Summary. I agree with that mentality. ” My response? You get argued with.

Press

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

What I love about my job is getting to see teams of super-early-stage companies develop ideas that while raw have potential to make an impact on the market. For a well-funded A or B round company I have recommended “ leveling up ,” which entails many things but in summary I tell people to “act your stage.”

Outsource Development

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context.

Product

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. TWIVC Summary – Richard de Silva. The idea was right but the timing was early and required a pivot into being a software company. I’m now back & ready for action. Thank you. (if

Capital

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2013

Having a broad base of support in any organization is always a good idea. In summary, VC partnerships are like any organization. I told him that if he did get the support of those partnerships that should be a lesson to him to keep all partners updated on an ongoing basis.

Venture Capital

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I cannot tell you how many times I have seen executive summaries of business plans in which the entrepreneur seeks $5,000,000 to build the business. There are so many resources for early money to validate an idea, turn it into a product and increase the value of the company before professional investors come into the picture.

Resource

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2011

Here is a quick summary of my POV: When you start a company a 50/50 partnership seems obvious. They don’t have an idea. So emotional is the topic that people often want to debate me based on the title before they’ve even heard my point of view. But … if you have very big disagreements about funding, risk levels (e.g.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Or, as always, summary notes available below. But, in fact, I would rather have an executive summary than a pitch deck. And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. Was it David Cohen’ Idea? And how do you know David? “It

Venture Capital

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

When someone introduces me to an “idea person,” I automatically jump to the down-side conclusion that this person doesn’t do follow-up. Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. The idea time for most executives is in the shower, or during other non-work activities.

Activity

Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2017

When I listen to a pitch from an enthusiastic entrepreneur or read the summary of a business plan, one of the first questions I ask is about the strength of the competition. For most brilliant new ideas and business plans, the competition is merely to do nothing. Surprisingly, many entrepreneurs immediately respond.

Competition

TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

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Software Development

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Watch the 30-minute interview to hear why but summary notes below. In Clayton’s new books he takes on similar themes with the three major ideas being: How to be sure … 1. .” Such was the quote of Clayton Christensen followed by, “… in the end I’m excited to see that happen. Have a Happy with Career.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

A summary of what we discussed is below: Not 100% in order of the video, but close. And if you don’t plant the seeds they will fill it with their own ideas. All of this is covered in more detail on the TWiVC video above (and much of it is covered in text on this blog on the “ Raising VC &# tab).

Venture Capital

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Do they bet on the entrepreneur (jockey) or the business idea and plan (the horse)? What if you see a great idea but no team to execute? Email readers, continue here…] What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance?

Venture Capital

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

What''s the idea behind FieldLevel? I was in the entrepreneurial program, talking about ideas on how some of the best entrepreneurial ideas come about, and discussed personal pains of ours. When they''re in there, they put in a summary of an athlete. What makes it really different, is our platform empowers coaches.

Coach

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Or read the quick, informative summary below the image! Here’s a summary of our interview. Matt is one of the most transparent, focused & honest startup guys you’ll meet. You can watch him on YouTube , download in iTunes (for gym or commute) 3/31/11 edition.

Acquisition

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

The obvious starting point is the cross-pollination of ideas and talent. So when Tim floated the idea of chipping in a small amount to our fund I was immediately excited at this new relationship. There is no question in my mind that getting the startup community located within close proximity of each other has enormous benefits.

Startup

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Clark’s responses. If someone is investing in me and my idea, I simply don’t want to let them down. It is always great to quickly raise money with your idea, but far more often than not, it’s a long haul (of) relationship building with investors. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Google

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

During signup, the professional is prompted to enter their profile into a form, with an upload box for a resume, fields for awards, skills and certifications, and then a textbox - 500 characters max - for their professional summary. It can empower them to express their ideas more effectively and confidently, no matter what they’re writing.

Generative AI

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Here is a summary of a half-dozen of the most common models: Facebook model. You can innovate in technology, markets, and customers, but inventing a new business model is a bad bet. Try to relate your business model to one that’s already successful and understood.

Ideas