Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

All of these are competitors in terms of speed, price, or luxury. So what are some of the key points that you should highlight in your investor slides to convince investors that you indeed do have a long-term competitive advantage over other alternatives in the marketplace?

Competition 166

Competition Funding Startup Patents 166

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. Prices are creeping up and angels are feeling bullish. Minutes 11-13.

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Venture Capital Slides Seed Funding Google 232

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I recommend a ten-slide pitch to start, reviewed by friends and advisors, to be expanded to a ten-to-twenty-page business plan with opportunity sizing, cost and price details, competitors, marketing and sales strategy, financial projections, and resources required. Make sure your solution is defensible and unique.

Ideas 94

Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2013

There''s been a revolution in the last few years with the dropping price and increasing accessibility of 3D printers--those devices which let you print practically anything using just your own personal computer, 3D software, and a special printer. It dawned on me that I could, with 3D printing.

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Startup Slides Orange County Design 241

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2021

They are ready to pay the price. They never think they have "arrived"—because they know that once they think that, they'll start sliding back to the place from which they came. moment when their vision becomes clear. Suddenly they realize what they really, truly want to achieve. They find their passion. The best want it more.

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Training Slides Pricing Entrepreneur 121

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Management teams whisk through slides trying to get through a presentation to share how great things are going and they are eager to get through the meeting so they can get back to their real jobs. Once you prepare the deck each department that contributed slides feels compelled to get it’s half hour of time presenting their progress.

Tips 212

Tips Slides Startup Technical Review 212

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. Partnerships, distribution channels and pricing models should be included. “If

Product 103

Product Slides Customer Custom 103

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

I call this “arming & aiming&# your sales teams where you need to standardize both the assignment of territories, industries & accounts (aiming) as well as the process of selling, the collateral, the legal agreements & pricing. We moved toward more standardized pricing (e.g. less negotiating & haggling).

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Sales Pricing Startup Customer 296

The Quigley Report

MARCH 4, 2008

These firms most definitely do look at public stock market valuations as a measure of how to price a private company. The tightening of valuations for later stage financings (particulary the mezzanine or last round before going public) is having a cascading effect on the pricing for earlier rounds. And guess what?

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Startup Slides Marketing Clearstone 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

One of the biggest mistakes I see at board meetings is what I call the “filibuster board” in which the executive team spends 2 hours going through 100 slides and runs out the clock with no discussion. What Should We Talk About at Board Meetings?

Startup 234

Startup Slides Venture Capital Course 234

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

We’re talking of course about next week’s vote on Proposition 61 in California, an attempt to control drug prices in the nation’s most populous state. There has been only a little slide , however, in the state’s projected rejection of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.). million) to GlaxoSmithKline ($4.5

Company 40

Company Companies Pricing Slides 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

this seems like amongst the most valuable investment available because it’s not necessarily fully priced like a public-market investment. Here are some simple slides that outline the point: a. If you get into a high-growth company and you have asymmetric information on how the management team is performing?—?this Want some context?

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Funding 292

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Most of them are completely mundane such as choosing which: bank, office space, 1-year lease vs. 2-year lease, logo, URL, pricing structure or which VC. I said (out loud), “I sure wish that some of the time that went into these PowerPoint slides would have gone into meetings with the COO, CFO or CMO of [Elephant Customer].&#

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Let’s start with the money slide: 10 years ago there was about the same money pouring into VC as found its way into startups but in the past two years 2.5 Leaving aside China, oil prices, Syrian refugees, a presidential election and all of the things that might feed into general market fear – this chart is telling.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Course Marketing 150

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Will Price , October 11, 2010 Georgians Should Vote No - Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby , October 28, 2010 Free Software for Managing a Lean Startup - Platforms and Networks , January 17, 2010 Purpose Driven Life - Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur , July 26, 2010 Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2018

They are ready to pay the price. They never think they have "arrived"—because they know that once they think that, they'll start sliding back to the place from which they came. " moment when their vision becomes clear. Suddenly they realize what they really, truly want to achieve. They find their passion.

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Training Slides Pricing 99

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I put up this slide as part of my discussion. One of the points I tried to make is that as venture capital investors as an industry we seem to have a healthy disdain for public market investors. You can read it in VCs discussions about hedge fund managers, activist investors or the need to have dual-share voting structures.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Slides Capital Funding 150

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

I was horrified, because I had all these people sending me money -- so I doubled the price, because I didn''t know what else to do. In three weeks, I have a 300-order backlog, so I doubled the price again.". I''m not hiding behind any slides. So, I took an afternoon and that''s literally what it took to put it together.

Startup 223

Startup Yahoo Santa Barbara Slides 223

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

As a startup advisor and investor, I recommend a pitch deck with about 10 slides backed up with a written business plan of approximately 20 pages, both containing quantified answers to the following key questions. What is the business problem you are solving? Don’t degrade competitors, but use their specifics to highlight your advantages.

Invest 108

Invest Startup Slides Equity 108

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

One, is an upright, traditional looking microscopes, where you look at glass slides. We've created an alternative, a hybrid microscope for the price of one. Eugene Cho: We have developed the first and only hybrid microscope. There are typically two types of microscopes.

Tech Coast Angels 124

Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2013

Once they see you have developed credible traction, they can grab your space with less cost (meaning lower price) than you had to put into developing it. Even after you bring chaos under control, you face an ongoing challenge to avoid back-sliding. Don’t count on your IP to save you. Employees stop innovating.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Slides IP Technology 105

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2016

They are ready to pay the price. They never think they have "arrived"—because they know that once they think that, they'll start sliding back to the place from which they came. " moment when their vision becomes clear. Suddenly they realize what they really, truly want to achieve. They find their passion.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Training Slides Pricing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Once they see you have developed credible traction, they can grab your space with less cost (meaning lower price) than you had to put into developing it. Even after you bring chaos under control, you face an ongoing challenge to avoid back-sliding. Don’t count on your IP to save you. Employees stop innovating.

Startup 100

Startup Slides Entrepreneur IP 100

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

One, is an upright, traditional looking microscopes, where you look at glass slides. We've created an alternative, a hybrid microscope for the price of one. Eugene Cho: We have developed the first and only hybrid microscope. There are typically two types of microscopes.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Certainly a slide or two needs to carry over describing the product and features at a high level. Business model showing costs, pricing, and margins. Unfortunately, customers look for value in solving their problem, and new technologies alone scare them, so these solutions don’t get bought by customers, or funded.

Product 58

Product Slides Entrepreneur Invest 58

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2009

As one might expect, while this UMPC may be light in weight, its price tag is a bit hefty at $830. At the LeWeb conference, my fellow Traveling Geek - Ewan Spence - tempted me with a sneak peek of the PsiXPda pocket computer. It has a touchscreen AND a backlit keyboard for conference environments. Storage: 16 GB SSD. ports (one mini USB).

Slides 40

Slides Conference Screening Pricing 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

By that time, I had figured out the cadence of pricing for hotel rooms, and had been traveling back and forth between LA and San Francisco for three or four days each week. Plus, prices were starting at $180. I did that for three hours, and decided, I guess I am up, and looked around to find another place to stay.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mobile Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2011

Once they see you have developed credible traction, they can grab your space with less cost (meaning lower price) than you had to put into developing it. Even after you bring chaos under control, you face an ongoing challenge to avoid back-sliding. Don’t count on your IP to save you. Employees stop innovating.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Slides IP Technology 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2014

All of these are competitors in terms of speed, price, or luxury. So what are some of the key points that you should highlight in your investor slides to convince investors that you indeed do have a long-term competitive advantage over other alternatives in the marketplace?

Competition 93

Competition Startup Patents Slides 93

Tech Coast Venture Network

OCTOBER 25, 2010

As a consequence, small businesses should be able to get competitive insurance plans and better pricing. After the 2014 tax year, smaller businesses purchasing insurance through a state exchange will receive a credit for as much as 50% of their contributions, also on a sliding scale.

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Slides Startup Study Resource 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. And here is your moment of zen … the full deck with many additional slides. An abbreviated version of this post appeared yesterday on TechCrunch. “There’s something going on in LA.”

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

We set our sites on our IPO price and then worked back to our current valuation and showed potential employees what we thought they could earn (with all legal caveats) if the company was successful. Options are gravy - I lived through the first dot com era where we used stock options as a recruiting tool. We’re a meritocracy.

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Startup Sales Venture Capital Slides 294

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2010

My partner and I, Cliff Elion, have a patent pending neck technology, which enables the guitar to be made at a very accessible price point, and also have probably more functionality and connectivity than any device in history. In You Rock mode, it will map away all the wrong notes, so as you slide down the fretboard, you still sound good.

Orange County 244

Orange County Startup Slides Paramount 244

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

VentureHacks laid out the debate in a truly awesome interview & PowerPoint slides if you really want an in-depth understanding of the issue. How this works: I try to set a price that feels like a fair balance between GRP and the company. In these cases we proactively offer to lead their next round of financing.

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Seed Funding Funding Venture Capital GRP Partners 298

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Note the full presentation deck with additional slides can be found on SlideShare here or you can simply scroll through it at the bottom of this post.]. Public-company tech investors creates competition in late-stage financings and these investors can afford to be less price sensitive if they choose.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The days of mass production and commodity pricing as an asset are gone. They stick in our minds and help us remember ideas and concepts in a way that numbers and text on a slide with a bar graph won’t. The result is a win-win situation, with more profits for the business, satisfied customers, and happy employees at all levels.

Customer 55

Customer Custom Slides Commerce 55

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2009

If your valuation is already too high then seek approval to let them invest at a price lower than the current value. It’s OK to have the advisor slide where you glance quickly over the names. At a $2 million valuation this is 0.5% of the company – about right. Just don’t lay it on thick.

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Startup Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 306