The Next Web

JANUARY 20, 2014

Social security, drivers license, PIN and… domain names? Who would have thought, say 20 years ago, that a defining name, marked with at least two periods and three W’s would be defining characteristic of our digital profiles? Domain name scams can come at you from multiple angles. Registrar switcheroo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. Distribution. How do you distribute your product or service? What is the need you fill or problem you solve? Target market. Who are you selling to?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. Distribution. How do you distribute your product or service? What is the need you fill or problem you solve? Target market. Who are you selling to?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

In the torrent of real and fake news, what’s his competitive edge other than name recognition? If you deliver exactly the same results at the same net cost to the customer via a SaaS product, you may get a tech multiple 10X higher. I’m aware of a sophisticated venture investor asking an entrepreneur about his CAC, and he had no answer.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2018

The success of luxury online fashion retailer Net-A-Porter and its merger with Yoox, as well as the increased visibility of platforms like Farfetch and the like, have proved them wrong. Four main retail models are currently leveraged by luxury brands, namely: In-house, fully-owned platforms. That assumption is now being challenged.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

So, if I were going to invent something, I’d probably start by creating an affordable jeweler’s workbench, not least because I’d be able to test it, and because I already know all the distribution channels I’d need to hit in order to sell it. See Also: Market Research Resources for Entrepreneurs. Do market research to minimize risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2010

To be sure, a number of well-known tech titans started more-or-less this way: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Hewlett-Packard, to name a few. First of all, we all know that the age distribution in the U.S. In recent decades, most net job creation can be attributed to firms that have been around for five years or less.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

…suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. Fully remote distributed companies used to be a rarity. Zoom, Slack, Trello, Jira, and Microsoft teams – are all suddenly household names. Here is remote work in the time of COVID-19.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

It’s pretty close to the one I had as an entrepreneur, which was – Pray it Will Work. Your brains have been rewired to process all this Net-based information. The Net is like we invented writing, the printing press, radio, TV and the Internet in the same decade. — First, my congratulations. Your degree is a big deal.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 24, 2013

I suspect if you’re a net addict as I am, you spent more online last year than ever before too. You’re a crazy person if you have a product to sell and you don’t look at the World Wide Web as one of your top priority distribution channels. The 7 Online Shopping Criteria Every E-Commerce Entrepreneur Must Meet.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I recorded a CD in 2006, and got a distribution deal through a subsidiary of Sony. This was when I brushed off the skills I learned during my college internship and founded web design and SEO company 12khz (this name was a marketing disaster! I later changed the name and I was off and running. My Career in Music.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 11, 2019

In the entrepreneur world we hear a lot of talk about entrepreneurs and businesses needing to be “global from day one” Investors and business commentators lament our lack of large global businesses and say the “three-B” (bach, ‘Beemer’ and boat) mentality of Kiwi business owners is holding us back.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I then ran a crowdsourced contest on crowdSpring to come up with ideas for the name. CrownTV is a spinoff of that name.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

Kirsten Saenz Tobey : My name is Kirsten Saenz Tobey. Kristin Groos Richmond : My name is Kristin Groos Richmond. So we are now very well-versed in being parents and entrepreneurs. So you might as well be tired both as a mom and as an entrepreneur." Pretty soon it will be too late. You're going to be tired anyway.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2014

Techstars has become a power player in places like Boston, Boulder and Seattle: The program, known as a startup accelerator, takes entrepreneurs and offers them office space, funding and advice, taking a stake in the companies in exchange. ” —FCC chairman Tom Wheeler on net neutrality regulation. Not all will make it.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

The vast majority of business owners and entrepreneurs aren’t business experts. At the top of the page, right under your business name, include a one-sentence overview of your business that sums up the essence of what you are doing. You can always use the appendix of your plan to provide more specific details. >

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. To say categorically that MBA equals “not entrepreneur” is a foolish assumption, just like saying Masters in Philosophy equals “not entrepreneur.”

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. To say categorically that MBA equals “not entrepreneur” is a foolish assumption, just like saying Masters in Philosophy equals “not entrepreneur.”

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

I thought it was a great description and encourage every entrepreneur who has never been through the sale of a company to read it. It 1993, I sold my first company, Feld Technologies, to a company called Sage Alerting Systems (which, after several name changes, became AmeriData Technologies.)

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

Appsumo is an daily deals website for the coolest web apps and other digitally distributed goods. This is what they say about themselves: We are an distribution channel for companies that help entrepreneurs start, grow, optimize, and scale their businesses. Net Referrals: 6,656 pageviews. Net Referrals: 6,656 pageviews.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. On Describing His Current Work without Naming His Fund/Investments. It is the entrepreneurs that are singing their heart out, playing the instruments, et cetera. Dan has a B.A.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 14, 2012

You want to know my net worth. One of the most popular searches about me is “ mike michalowicz net worth.” For the longest time I did the same net worth searches on authors, entrepreneurs, celebrities, neighbors and friends. We then wrote out our distributions from there, on the bank starter checks. I totally do.

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.Net Securities and Exchange Commission California Angel Investor 167

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

A new startup named Bootstrapp has an interesting challenge: introducing recommerce to India. Distribute regularly. Entrepreneur Insider Social Media Analysis and Opinion' Co-founder Saptarshi Nath says email is a great way to education customers on what they do. Make it visually engaging.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 13, 2014

Nor do I purchase ad space in the Yellow Pages and hope that talented entrepreneurs let their fingers do the walking until they find me. As a result, my network inevitably ends up connecting me with great entrepreneurs and great investments. It’s “Entrepreneur. Again, those are Information Age approaches. Product Strategist.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

The percentage rake is the amount that the marketplace charges as a percentage of GMS (gross merchandise sales), which typically represents net revenues for the marketplace. When evaluating new marketplace investments, we are naturally biased towards entrepreneurs who understand the strategic rationale behind the argument for a lower rake.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

For family offices / high net worth investors: the fact that some funds succeed with high returns motivates those with gambler mentalities to chase hot managers or to think that they can use their luck / smarts / intelligence to find the best managers. Chernick : However, net alpha is negative for asset allocators.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your job can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. Thanks to Rusty Foster, Bow Tie Strategies ! #3 3 – 2 Things.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

6:56) A look at how many biotech companies and non-biotech entrepreneurs have pivoted to work exclusively on COVID-19. (7:35) Eric Ries : You were one of the first people who when the crisis was breaking, I saw your name all over Silicon Valley, in the Y Combinator forums. 7:35) Sam gives advice for investors looking to help. (11:45)

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Investors are looking for proven entrepreneurs to enter this emerging market and they will get well funded too. What we do on a daily basis is a thousand times more secret than your "stealth" startup and we can still talk about it in more general terms than most "stealth" entrepreneurs talk about their project. This is utter bullshit.

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Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

To build the online media giants of tomorrow, companies need models where the costs of both content and distribution are near zero. This traffic has significantly more value than topical traffic, and excels at attracting endemic advertisers in the key verticals of travel, auto, tech, financial services, real estate and pharma, to name a few.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. 2) Market . 11) Exit .

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

First Name. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. and Groupon Inc., —has naturally won support from entrepreneurs. The username entered is already associated with. another account.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Difficult is good (about working with “difficult&# entrepreneurs) – [link]. “The median net return to VC fund investors has not been positive for any vintage year since 1998″ – [link]. Can you name all of the scripts? Where the name of every country comes from – [link]. Truly fantastic.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Whether their queries are satisfactorily answered or not, by “word of mouth,” your name will go around a business arena. Utilize new media platforms, social media power, and blogging to distribute your knowledge by an information-sharing process promptly. Technology Leverage. Enlarge Your Network.

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Philippines Audience Entrepreneur Social Media 100

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

If you asked 100 people to name a place where you frequently wait, even when you are on time for your appointment, how many would say the doctor’s office? Brighter has rapidly achieved national scale with distribution to tens of millions of insured patients and over 100,000 providers. They also allow online booking.

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Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur? If you’re a young entrepreneur, than congrats! Just start today, cool?

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 8, 2013

The only thing that kinda sucks about this place is that they don’t carry The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur or The Pumpkin Plan. Send A Net. On behalf of your client, send a bed net to a family in Africa —where every thirty seconds a child dies from malaria. For just $10, you can send a net and save a life. It’s simple.

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