Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 26, 2013
I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. The funding rounds will also build customer confidence and they’ll help journalists feel air cover in writing your more important pieces when you brag about customers, traction, revenue or whatever. This is true on all of the major tech blogs. Funding is news.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). Obviously I agree.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 22, 2015
The good news is that recent big company financial woes and layoffs have generated a flood of candidates with real experience seeking positions at startups. As the founder, you won’t have a finance chief, a marketing staff or a requirements manager. Everyone must know how to listen, talk and write.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 1, 2013
Of course, you can’t predict everything, but writing down what you know will identify existing problems sooner, and allow other team members to help. If you try to vary the number of employees to match, that costs even more cash for hiring, firing, and layoffs. Sales volumes are still ramping up while marketing expenses are at max.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). Obviously I agree.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 17, 2016
Of course, you can’t predict everything, but writing down what you know will identify existing problems sooner, and allow other team members to help. If you try to vary the number of employees to match, that costs even more cash for hiring, firing, and layoffs. Sales volumes are still ramping up while marketing expenses are at max.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 10, 2010
I would take all of the one-on-one conversations that I have with entrepreneurs from the things I’ve learned and just write them up for anybody to read. It might be a VP of Sales, Marketing or Technology. Trust me, if they were doing layoffs they wouldn’t keep you an extra month just to be nice.
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