Up and Running
MAY 12, 2015
Getting feedback on your pitch is a great idea; the more people evaluate your pitch before your investors see it, the more chances you have to catch any errors in reasoning, assumptions that are unclear to your audience, or things that just simply don’t make sense or flow well. See Also 5 Sure-fire Ways to Bomb Your Investor Pitch.
crowdSPRING Blog
JULY 10, 2014
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! ” – crowdspring.co/1ls0X06.
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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 22, 2015
Angel investors can teach you a lot about money, whether or not you’re seeking funding from them. I’ve seen this over and over in my dealings as a member of a local angel investment group. What we do at the Willamette Angel Conference is the rule, not the exception. We don’t just reject startups; we explain why.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 24, 2014
You can double that number if you add the amount of money put up by Angel Investors. Angel Investors, VCs and entrepreneurs agree that the success rate for startup companies is dismal. According to the National Venture Capital Association , the amount of money that VC’s invested rose 8% to nearly $30 billion in 2013.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 17, 2010
We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. They also have my favorite company intro video ever. You must watch this short video. Watch this space.
Up and Running
JANUARY 30, 2014
In general, you should expect to show an MVP (minimum viable product), a video, and perhaps some traction for your product. The sessions cover everything that goes into running our startup: raising venture capital, marketing, sales training, product development, technology decision-making, user experience, and user testing.
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