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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

We are purpose-built to not only invest pre-product but also to help accelerate your path to product-market fit with our decades of entrepreneurial and investing experience along with our active CXO advisory board. All are developer first companies respectively in zero trust security, automation, and developer productivity.

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boldstart in 2017, enterprise tech in 2018

BeyondVC

6 portfolio companies raised Series A financings including Manifold , Hypr , and 4 unannounced, 1 raised a Series B (unannounced), and Security Scorecard raised a $28mm Series C. This will be a huge boon in data and security spend in 2018 directly tied to this. 2 exits including yhat (sold to Alteryx?—?AYX

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It's Lonely at the Top? Guidance for the Early Stage CEO

Small Business Force

Or when one of your key employees (at this point they're all key) decides that she really doesn't like "life on the fault line," and is taking a more secure job back in a big company. In fact, if you can, set up an advisory board of three or four folks, who you respect, who've been to the same dance you're at right now.

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It's Lonely at the Top. Guidance for the Early Stage CEO

Small Business Force

Or when one of your key employees (at this point they're all key) decides that she really doesn't like "life on the fault line," and is taking a more secure job back in a big company. Trust me, we've all faced it. But you don't have to face it alone. or without guidance. So let Yoda help. First things first.

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Do It Right The First Time, Part II: Visit the Doctor or House Call?

Gust

Consummate the stock issuances, make any necessary securities filings and issue the corresponding stock certificates. Advisory board agreements. Strategic partnership or distribution agreements. Make escrow arrangements for restricted stock (i.e., Independent contractor or consulting agreements. Caveat entrepreneur !

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Dear Avinash: Search / SEO Metrics & Analytics Questions + Answers

Occam's Razor

Does the distribution match your goals? For example: "How is interest in the computer security category (All Categories -> Computers & Electronics -> Computer Security) and what are the top 100 search terms and the fastest rising brand names / products / searches in that category?" Ready for the next step?

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Case Study: Using an LOI to get customer feedback on a minimum.

Startup Lessons Learned

Once we secured a meeting, we told our potential customers that we were actively developing our web app (implying that code was being written) and wanted to get potential user input into the development process early on. We walked them through what we thought would be the major application of our product.