Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

As a teenager he experimented with writing & producing his own rap music and received a lot of feedback from elders that he had a talent with words. He studied the errors that other people had made and tried to improve on them. He’s holding back for now, but he’s clearly studying what’s going on in technology.

Entrepreneur 356

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Email 356

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Round sizes of > $100 million or more now account for 47% of all VC dollars (62% if you count rounds > $50 million) This has made venture capital significantly more valuable for VCs and LPs who invest in the best companies As part of our study we noticed a trend many have spotted but few have explained?—?why

Venture Capital 328

Venture Capital Invest Seed Funding Startup 328

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

The prices of angel deals have recently crept up, VCs have also gotten their checkbooks out again, frothy deals are happening and people are feeling bullish. VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

A more important question, then, for an aspiring entrepreneur, should be what to study in college for maximum value, rather than whether to drop out or stay. Don’t forget business writing and communication. Writing a business plan is the only way to determine if you even understand what your dream is all about.

Entrepreneur 149

Entrepreneur Tips Writing Coach 149

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. Product is simply about defining a physical good or service that would be valued by consumers of the product more than existing alternatives based on functionality, quality and/or price.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Noah Auerhahn: ExtraBux helps consumers get the lowest prices online, by integrating online discounts into a comparison shopping engine. Did you have any prior background in this, and what were you two studying? Noah, thanks for the interview. For people who haven't heard of ExtraBux, what is the site all about?

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

A more important question, then, for an aspiring entrepreneur, should be what to study in college for maximum value, rather than whether to drop out or stay. Don’t forget business writing and communication. Writing a business plan is the only way to determine if you even understand what your dream is all about.

Writing 111

Writing Coach Incubator Entrepreneur 111

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

A more important question, then, for an aspiring entrepreneur, should be what to study in college for maximum value, rather than whether to drop out or stay. Don’t forget business writing and communication. Writing a business plan is the only way to determine if you even understand what your dream is all about.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Tips Writing Coach 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2018

A more important question, then, for an aspiring entrepreneur, should be what to study in college for maximum value, rather than whether to drop out or stay. Don’t forget business writing and communication. Writing a business plan is the only way to determine if you even understand what your dream is all about.

Startup 97

Startup Writing Coach Incubator 97

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own. Pricing information. Communicating with the developers who write code. Defensibility in Software.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. Every time I approached Network Solutions (or any technical group in Accenture) they wrote me off as “a business guy” since I studied economics and was on the Accenture “business track.”

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

All-in-all one study found that “1 in 5 people who receive an Internet coupon redeemed it;” so clearly digital couponing is more than just “another distribution channel,” as some analysts have previously stated. A study conducted by Rice University’s Jesse H. As the combination of the three provide the ultimate benefit.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Creating a strong value proposition requires substantial customer insight, thorough study, an understanding of the real value of intellectual property, thoughtfulness, and several iterations. Unfortunately, we read far more poorly written business plans at Main Street than good ones.

Funding 106

Funding Startup Entrepreneur Activity 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2015

If you can explain the problem to a mentor, or even write it down, you will more likely get to the root cause quickly, and avoid emotional and blame-infused responses. Whether you are charting new territory for pricing models or technology, there is rarely a perfect solution. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly.

Mentor 105

Mentor Entrepreneur Technical Review Satisfaction 105

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. As a startup this is often the one true source of strong leverage in a negotiation to: Get a better price, get a longer-term commitment, get PR commitments and so forth. PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Startup Customer Custom 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2014

If you can explain the problem to a mentor, or even write it down, you will more likely get to the root cause quickly, and avoid emotional and blame-infused responses. Whether you are charting new territory for pricing models or technology, there is rarely a perfect solution. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Mentor Technical Review Satisfaction 102

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you’re raising a round where a new lead investor would invest $5 million the VC fund must have no less than $100 million and if you’re looking for them to write $15–20 million as the lead their fund realistically should be at least $400 million. can I get 20 minutes to swing by” is a good way to engage.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product. On the card I usually write the date, where I met the person, how I met them and what value I can bring to the table.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2010

Her academic credentials include an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a BA degree, cum laude, in Economics and Asian Studies from Brigham Young University. That will change, though, and I see it happening now with hot pricing in certain segments. Stephanie also speaks Spanish and Japanese.

Venture Capital 65

Venture Capital Capital Entrepreneur Competition 65

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

We'd do a Series A, and participate in the Series B, but when companies hit breakout, we would call a late stage VC and have them price the deal, and do all of that. We can now write $20M, $25M, and $30M checks to existing, breakout companies in our portfolio. With this fund, we do not have a cap limit on late stage investments.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

If you can explain the problem to a mentor, or even write it down, you will more likely get to the root cause quickly, and avoid emotional and blame-infused responses. Whether you are charting new territory for pricing models or technology, there is rarely a perfect solution. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly.

Satisfaction 53

Satisfaction Marketing Mentor Entrepreneur 53

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Also, you mentioned an interesting rails session that you attended last month about security, and we've been studying Google's web app security guidelines. Fortunately, after turning down Jeff, we co-led the first priced round in RingRevenue (now known as Invoca ), along with Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Many retailers report $100,000 is the minimum price of entry. The price of a retail app varies depending on the developer and features; nevertheless, it’s a big number. App development agency NN4M writes in its blog that customer conversion rates are 1.75 This is certainly on the high end of the spectrum.

Mobile 40

Mobile Sites Customer Custom 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. If you can’t get product released and validated then do user studies. I am always an advocate of setting a price.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. Market Size.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

We were looking at it, and saw that if we could take all these off-the-shelf sensors, and put it all together, and write some code, and make a user interface, it''s basically done. Our first project was 3D imaging of the heart, so that doctors could study a pacemaker and defibrillator recall from the Alfred E.

Startup 262

Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. It’s true this was much bigger in the dot com era but I’ve studied the data and know that over the past decade these numbers are right. So I prefer to watch what works first and pay a higher price to get in when it’s proven.” billion each, $7.5

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

Participants spend their time soaking in hot springs, eating delicious and healthy organic Ayurvedic inspired meals, stretching out each morning with two hours of yoga, staying grounded through guided meditations, exploring new ideas in workshops, writing, drawing, sharing in group discussions and being present. You have many prices?

Pricing 86

Pricing Coach Email Startup 86

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

If you have the proper mechanisms to accurately calculate your Cost Per Customer / Lifetime Value Equation, you will happily purchase as many customers from affiliates as your cash flow constraints will allow, as long as the average acquisition price is less than the customers’ average lifetime value.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

BIO president and CEO Jim Greenwood (pictured), a former Congressman-turned-lobbyist, told an audience, “We are fighting back,” and unveiled plans to put some of the blame for high drug prices on insurance companies. The new prices don’t reflect rebates and discounts.

Incubator 67

Incubator Thousand Oaks Screening Pricing 67

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2016

We have reduced our discussion to a reality TV show or People Magazine and thus we debate the price of Marco Rubio’s shoes, the length of Hillary Clinton’s bathroom breaks and whether being born in Canada should exclude Ted Cruz from the presidency. The featured a leading analyst from a bank who has been writing on the topic lately.

Pricing 150

Pricing Slides Press Study 150

Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2017

There is no Obamacare replacement, at least not as of this writing. The Senate Republicans are fractured, with a handful of conservatives and moderates each giving a cold shoulder to their chamber’s version of healthcare reform, the Better Care Reconciliation Act.

Writing 56

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