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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. Although the major crowd funding sites today, including Kickstarter and Indiegogo , don’t technically require a business plan, they do demand essentially the same information in a project format.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 12, 2010
In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. Specifically we talked about Slide having gotten a $550 million valuation before being sold to Google for $182 million.
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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. Although the major crowd funding sites today, including Kickstarter and Indiegogo , don’t technically require a business plan, they do demand essentially the same information in a project format.
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.
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. Before booking a hotel I always check out Trip Advisor and read reviews. You should, too. (no,
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
This is often management’s fault because a long-deck plus financials that arrive the night before a board meeting don’t allow for directors to properly review them. If I see tons of “update slides” and know that we don’t have an important board decision I might just bite my tongue. Materials should always be 72 hours in advance.
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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