Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

We led off with a discussion about Slide being acquired by Google, which was breaking news in the time slot where we filmed this episode. Specifically we talked about Slide having gotten a $550 million valuation before being sold to Google for $182 million. A recent study said seed stage valuations have been quite static recently.

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Venture Capital Slides Seed Funding Google 232

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2019

His studies show that companies at this stage show five key characteristics, which I believe every startup should strive to achieve from the very beginning: Decision making. The ability to readily make and consistently implement decisions. As a startup, you need to walk before you can run.

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Slides Framework Resource Organization 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The size of the document should be based on your style, but 10-20 pages or slides are usually more than adequate to outline even a complex business. There is no substitute for knowing your customers first hand, and iterating on a minimum viable product to find the most marketable solution. Clemson University professor William B.

Technical Review 126

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2014

His studies show that companies at this stage show five key characteristics, which I believe every startup should strive to achieve from the very beginning: Decision making. The ability to readily make and consistently implement decisions. As a startup, you need to walk before you can run.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Let me be quick to say that a plan doesn’t have be a book, and probably should start as a “pitch deck” of maybe a dozen slides which cover all the right bases. The market scope for your solution should be quantified in non-technical terms, with data sourced from professionals in the industry, rather than your own opinion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2017

His studies show that companies at this stage show five key characteristics, which I believe every startup should strive to achieve from the very beginning: Decision making. The ability to readily make and consistently implement decisions. As a startup, you need to walk before you can run.

Startup 58

Startup Slides Framework Resource 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2013

His studies show that companies at this stage show five key characteristics, which I believe every startup should strive to achieve from the very beginning: Decision making. The ability to readily make and consistently implement decisions. As a startup, you need to walk before you can run.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Slides Framework Resource 97

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

And having frameworks is a useful way to standardize your customer studies so that highly intelligent, inexperienced young people can crank out PowerPoint slides with such authority and beautiful consistency. We called it “integrated strategy.&# I actually think from a marketing perspective it could have been brilliant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2011

His studies show that companies at this stage show five key characteristics, which I believe every startup should strive to achieve from the very beginning: Decision making. The ability to readily make and consistently implement decisions. As a startup, you need to walk before you can run.

Startup 93

Startup Slides Framework Resource 93

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The size of the document should be based on your style, but 10-20 pages or slides are usually more than adequate to outline even a complex business. There is no substitute for knowing your customers first hand, and iterating on a minimum viable product to find the most marketable solution. Clemson University professor William B.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2013

Of course there are scenarios where a written business plan is not critical, but I haven’t seen one yet where a well-written 15-page document, or at least a 10-slide pitch, is a negative. There is no substitute for knowing your customers first hand, and iterating on a minimum viable product to find the most marketable solution.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Writing Slides 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

You have no choice but to jump into solution mode for a bit to see if your case studies on a successful implementation at other customers opens up the person you’re meeting a bit. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Sales & Marketing Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. VC’s have a crocodile aversion as much as the next guy.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Join because you know you’ll be earning less than you could elsewhere at some meaningless job cranking out non-core code, producing Powerpoint slides or shuffling paper. This really conflicts with my view that options are to be put in the top drawer of your study at home and treated like upside gravy. We’re a meritocracy.

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Startup Sales Venture Capital Slides 294

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2010

His studies show that companies at this stage show five key characteristics, which I believe every startup should strive to achieve from the very beginning: Decision making. The ability to readily make and consistently implement decisions. As a startup, you need to walk before you can run.

Startup 52

Startup Slides Framework Resource 52

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

The book is a layman’s guide to understanding how we as humans make decisions and is underpinned by data-oriented studies to prove his claims. No cookies for guessing which reason they use to market to us. But even so, I find it immensely useful to see what companies are getting traction in the angel market.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

From visualization to conception, and actually taking the product to market, a company usually takes about 1-2 years to create. Business Development (BD) worked on a business plan, market research and customer validation. The biz dev finished out the power point slides and tech kept adding more and more to the features.

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Startup Technical Advisors Ideas USC 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Quantify the market opportunity in business terms. For example, “Nielsen projects that the market for smart phones will double every year for the next five years.” Include marketing, sales, and customer rollout plans. This summary if often extracted as marketing collateral, with text and graphics for pitch handouts.

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Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

If I see tons of “update slides” and know that we don’t have an important board decision I might just bite my tongue. It’s one thing to push back against executive compensation but another entirely to help with benchmarking studies and help get board support for a plan. I believe the same is true about boards.

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Startup Help Technical Review Writing 251

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2016

The guests included Robin Wright (a leading expert on Iran), Vali Nasr (Dean of John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies) and Martin Indyk of the Brookings Institute. Another segment was on China’s declining stock market, why it’s happened and what consequences it may have on the world economy.

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