Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Marketing/Sales/Partners. Sales channels, sales and marketing partners. – No partners identified. ++. Key partners in place. This article was originally written in May 2001, revised extensively in January 2011 and again October 2011. Competitive products are weak. Key beta testers identified and contacted.

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Up and Running

JULY 7, 2014

Oliver Emberton is the founder of Silktide, a successful British software company founded in 2001. If you want to start a business, just do it, Oliver says. This is counter-intuitive to how most people think about business planning. Rather, get started with your plan and adapt as you go.

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2015

Over the past few months, with the help of my friend Jeff, from the University of Oregon, I’ve been looking at academic research on business planning—the actual science around planning and how it impacts both startups and existing businesses. See Also Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

Speak with potential customers, speak with industry experts, speak with potential partners?—?validate I’m convinced that if I hadn’t made the decision to “Stand & Deliver” and focus, which is so important for a startup to do, Coremetrics would have failed in 2001 and almost no one reading this post would have ever heard of the company.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Also, working with a consulting CTO will prepare you for finding and selecting a permanent technology partner. Avoid delay by using a consulting CTO on a short-term basis while you are searching for a permanent technology partner. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were!

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 18, 2010

It made more sense than our 60 page business plan predicated on a B-school class and a supernatural ability to predict the future. Well, it just so happens that we’ve fitted Ross’s 2001 Subaru with a flux capacitor, gotten our hands on some plutonium and we’re about to hit eighty eight miles per hour!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

When my father had his business plan all set up, he brought it to the rabbi and got a benediction for a successful business. When he left the neighborhood, he decided that because he got a benediction from the rabbi in Crown Heights, he’d name his business (CrownTV’s parent company) Crown Heights.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

Little did I know at that time that I would use some of the information to start my own business – develop a business plan, get a business license and so on. After retiring in 2001, I also joined a ladies networking group, On Purpose Networking for Women (OPN).

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved. There is a silver lining to the recent volatility: a more rational market separates out the noise – for both investors and teams who are looking for experienced, long term partners.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved. There is a silver lining to the recent volatility: a more rational market separates out the noise – for both investors and teams who are looking for experienced, long term partners.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

JULY 26, 2015

As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved. There is a silver lining to the recent volatility: a more rational market separates out the noise – for both investors and teams who are looking for experienced, long term partners.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

After a few months, the demo site won a business plan competition. Im trying to create a technology enabled recruiting service for an unproven business model. Partnering with me at that stage was speculative at best. Even though the business is making money now, its still a big risk for anyone involved. Newer Post.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

million for the year, which is the first time it has been below $5 million since 2001, a sign that capital efficiency will be even more important than it has. Of course, the most important funding statistic to an entrepreneur relates to one specific company, and whether there is sufficient capital available to build and scale his business.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

” I’m quite sure with this article you alienated not only few potential customers or partners but also some existing ones. I once ran a startup company partnered with a US company. Your analogies are flawed as it shows both your lack of understanding of.NEt and even the fast food business. March 25, 2011 at 7:16 pm.

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