Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Based on my experience and data from the field, over seventy-five percent of new startups fail, even with venture backing. Unfortunately, I see good startups fail simply because they don’t have the resources or intellectual property to stay ahead of copycats or big players who see the potential as soon as you step into the marketplace.

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Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

I love the enthusiasm, the boundless energy and the sense of possibility that comes from having an idea that hasn’t yet been beat up in the marketplace of competing ideas, customer contracts, VC skepticism, jaded journalists or fickle consumers who are on the The New, New Thing. Great startups have budgets.

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Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

When pitching to investors, entrepreneurs always seem to start with a customer pitch, then add a slide or two about the business. In reality, they need a separate pitch about the business, carrying over only a slide or two about the solution. First to market” is not sustainable by a startup.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Halla , a venture backed startup, focused on personalized recommendations for the food ordering industry. What were you doing before you started Halla? We ended up all going to three different colleges in the Fall of 2015. The company has raised $1.9M What is Halla?

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Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

This seems like an obvious question but you need to be clear why you’re looking to raise in order to come up with an effective game plan and determine your best funding option. And when it comes to timing, wait until you’ve come up with a working prototype and developed your product before you seek external funding.

Startup 40

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

There are a million ways to make graphics lighter or resize your file without a huge impact on the quality of the slides?—?after I would likely open up your deck, read it again and begin contemplating your company again. after all you aren’t presenting this at TED. What should be in your deck?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2016

They suck up time and are often unproductive or don’t yield the results we expect. What you Before Sets the Course for How Well the Day Goes Make sure you send your financial and operating metrics no less than 72 hours before the board meeting — even better if it can be a week in advance. The bane of many of our existence.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 1, 2016

If you have a team member who was an early employee at Facebook, say that right up front. Forget Your Slides. Have your slides there, reference the key points as needed, but keep the focus on each other — not a slideshow. Read what other startup mentors have to say about attracting investor attention. Talk Up Your Team.

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Slides Startup Entrepreneur Metrics 49

CEO Flow

JUNE 8, 2009

The internet has changed business – in helpful and challenging ways: * We have more information and metrics – and more confusion from all the clutter. * It’s time to start taking regular breaths to reflect on what we’re missing – there is a better way to increase growth more productively. Push System. *

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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. You have built a successful startup, and plan to use the same investors. loan entrepreneur startup investor business plan' Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 100

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

They decide to wake up early to read the materials. In town board members also only scan it because they, too, have morning meetings before the board meeting starts. The deck itself was produced by a committee of functional team lead who were asked to do 5–7 slides each for an update. The meeting starts.

Startup 226

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2012

Not to be confused with The Lean Startup’s Eric Ries, a thought leader in his own right, this Eric REISS shared his many years of experience on how to understand user’s needs, techniques for exceeding user’s expectations and how to improve the overall quality of a user’s experience.

Social Media 101

Social Media Design Los Angeles Media 101

CEO Flow

JUNE 8, 2009

The internet has changed business – in helpful and challenging ways: * We have more information and metrics – and more confusion from all the clutter. * It’s time to start taking regular breaths to reflect on what we’re missing – there is a better way to increase growth more productively. Push System. *

Metrics 66

Metrics Slides Competition Activity 66

CEO Flow

JUNE 8, 2009

The internet has changed business – in helpful and challenging ways: * We have more information and metrics – and more confusion from all the clutter. * It’s time to start taking regular breaths to reflect on what we’re missing – there is a better way to increase growth more productively. Push System. *

Metrics 66

Metrics Slides Competition Activity 66

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

It’s a conversation that creeps up from time-to-time. For a combination of reasons I didn’t end up talking with the CEO in time and the company quickly became over subscribed. Because management is so important I always tell people to make the bio slide the first in your deck. They might want you to start lean.

Startup 360

Startup Venture Capital Invest Slides 360

CEO Flow

JUNE 8, 2009

The internet has changed business – in helpful and challenging ways: * We have more information and metrics – and more confusion from all the clutter. * It’s time to start taking regular breaths to reflect on what we’re missing – there is a better way to increase growth more productively. Push System. *

Metrics 40

Metrics Slides Competition Activity 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Should you have 7 people doing your seed round and why Ron Conway is the S&P 500 of Venture Capital (this discussion starts at minute 59). Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues].

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217