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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. This time I'm getting to know Mark Geller ( LinkedIn , @markgeller ). Tell me a bit about your background. For me, it's a matter of degree.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Should You Pay Up for Team or Traction?

Rob Go

As an early stage investor, should you pay up for team or traction? When you are thinking about joining an early stage company, how should you be evaluating the risk of the overall company? How should you be weighing the presence of a great founding team vs. early signs of traction? The Founders Perspective.

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Should Seed-Stage VCs Pay Up for Great Teams or Great Traction?

View from Seed

When you are thinking about joining an early stage company, how should you be evaluating the risk of the overall company? How should you be weighing the presence of a great founding team versus early signs of traction? Traction for Consumer, Team for B2B. This question isn’t just relevant to investors either.

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a16z Podcast: Growth in Turbulent Times

Ben's Blog

Finally, we’ll zoom out and assess the big picture: how various categories of company may be impacted long-term, how this crisis compares to 2008 (and what that means for early-stage founders), and the industries and business models that are now prime for growth. Brian : There’s a couple things about this, though.

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How do seed investors benchmark startups?

Hippoland

When I was an entrepreneur, I had no idea how this all worked. In this post, I’m going to very *simplistically* dive into some high level categories and talk about how early stage investors consider each. Do you have virality built into the product? Obviously, their milestones and KPIs are very different.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. 2) Market .