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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2019
Image via Max Pixel A question that I still hear debated often is whether a new startup growth strategy should focus on user count or profits. First of all, the glory days of “dot.coms” are gone, when investors “didn’t care” about profitability, and all the big money was focused on user count growth.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2011
Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. He is also an active angel investor in companies like Klout and Meetup. Thank you, John.
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 13, 2013
A question that I often hear debated these days is whether a new startup should focus on growth or profits. First of all, the glory days of “dot.coms” are gone, when investors “didn’t care” about profitability, and all the money went to growth. Myspace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 15, 2017
A question that I still hear debated often is whether a new startup growth strategy should focus on user count or profits. First of all, the glory days of “dot.coms” are gone, when investors “didn’t care” about profitability, and all the big money was focused on user count growth. Even Snapchat is now trying hard to generate revenue.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2013
I work with a lot of startups. I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. Nobody is offering to put you on their scout program and pay you to be an angel investor.
www.readwriteweb.com
MARCH 7, 2011
Before AngelList, investment dealflow was private and networks revolved around a few connected angels and VC? In his post, Roberts says he was not turned off by the quality of startups, but by the investment philosophy pushed by the service. Theres now a heated discussion in the investor class about AngelList. social proof?
pandodaily.com
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. A name like 500 Startups says it all.
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