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Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. In my view, understanding due diligence can only improve information flow, and leads to a better long-term partnership with your investor. Remember that up to this point, the investor has primarily seen and talked to the founder and CEO, and studied written documents.

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Understanding the Dreaded Investor Due Diligence

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. In my view, understanding due diligence can only improve information flow, and leads to a better long-term partnership with your investor. Remember that up to this point, the investor has primarily seen and talked to the founder and CEO, and studied written documents.

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Can you create a great customer case study?

Berkonomics

Studies have shown that attention spans for engaging a reader or listener have fallen from eleven seconds to eight seconds on average. The case study: the best way to reach your target. A good case study quickly lays out the pain, the players, the search, the solution, and the pain-reliving effect after implementing the solution.

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Champion Technology Names Execs For Cybersecurity Startup

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Santa Monica-based Champion Technology Company , a developer of cybersecurity software, has named Jess Richter as Chief Revenue Officer, and David Aucsmith and Michael Kluse both as as Senior Advisors. Champion Technology is developing cybersecurity automation and orchestration software.

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A good case study is worth many paid ads.

Berkonomics

And the best way to do this is with the placement of a case study, a story told about and by a satisfied customer with something to say about how your product solved their problem or pain. A good case study quickly lays out the pain, the players, the search, the solution, and the pain-reliving effect after implementing the solution.

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6 Ways To Improve Your Odds Of New Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus I was pleased to see my own insights covered in a new book, “ Why Startups Fail ,” by Tom Eisenmann, a Harvard Business School professor, who has mentored many more entrepreneurs, and authored more than a hundred HBS case studies from real-world startups. It takes the right team to build a great business.

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Scam and Cyber Crime Defense

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Clean Technology Council. Detective Timothy Lohman reviews current trends and scam case studies. It's virtually impossible to exist in modern society without submitting personal information online. Everyone is accustomed to sharing precious personal information and needs to understand their actions put them at risk.