Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Technical due diligence typically starts with a full one or two day review with the engineering and product marketing staff. Founders with bad credit, active lawsuits, or recent bankruptcies dramatically increase the risk. A dysfunctional team, or even one naysayer in a critical position can stall your investment.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I owned a mortgage company when the mortgage industry crashed and lost almost everything pushing me to the brink of personal bankruptcy. I thought of disrupting the SEO industry by using data to have clients rank high on search engine results page. I don’t just focus on helping businesses grow by ranking them higher in search engines.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Additionally, small businesses are at a higher risk of bankruptcy because of the potential of large chain stores putting them out of businesses and the increasing use of online shopping; therefore making a strong online presence crucial to stay in business. Brand Loyalty. Generate Leads.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Technical due diligence typically starts with a full one or two day review with the engineering and product marketing staff. Founders with bad credit, active lawsuits, or recent bankruptcies dramatically increase the risk. A dysfunctional team, or even one naysayer in a critical position can stall your investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Poorly calculated LTVs can become BVs (bankruptcy values). In general I find that raising large amounts of money when you haven’t figured it out ends up papering over problems more then helping solve fundamental issues in the business. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2020

And this mercilessly pushes them toward the bankruptcy. And the reason behind its bankruptcy will be obscured sales. Elvira Gavrilova is sure that by putting too much effort and finances into production and not paying as much attention to sales, the business people violate the essence of the business itself.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

While we ramped up our content this year and increased the number of posts on our blog, we’ve realized that it’s also important to make a pivot now, and ensure that our content is optimized and will begin to rank on search engines. Thanks to Andrea Loubier, Mailbird ! #11- 11- Pivoting to a standardized service.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

Considering how incredibly popular Harley-Davidson is today, it’s hard to believe that the motorcycle company was ever on the verge of bankruptcy, but it’s true. Harley-Davidson experienced near-bankruptcy from 1969 to 1981 when the American Machine and Foundry (AMF) bought the company and turned it upside down. Harley-Davidson.

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Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2012

However, bringing in the right kind of experience at the right time can mean the difference between bankruptcy and glory. For example, for engineering managers the comprehensive knowledge of the code base and engineering team is usually more important and difficult to acquire than knowledge of how to run scalable engineering organizations.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It is particularly helpful for companies hiring someone to handle money and can help them avoid pitfalls like large debts or bankruptcy filings. In addition, certain professions like engineers, doctors and stockbrokers are required by law to undergo a fingerprint background check before applying for a professional license.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And without a steady, sustainable stream of new customers, cash reserves will dwindle, revenues will dry up, and bankruptcy will inevitably ensue. It’s also worth mentioning that the reasons a particular channel, whether it’s social media, paid ads, or search engines, outperforms another might not always be clear.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Salon C Register: SXSW badge required The Texas Startup Manifesto SXSW Report on Trust: Gov’t, Tech & Media with WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner Join the legendary Dan Rather, Heather Brunner (WP Engine), Jess Clifton (Edelman Digital), moderator Richard Edelman and host Hugh Forrest (SXSW). 3:00PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

—> Individual company bankruptcy risk —-> Traditional Equity VC . Early-stage: Cofounder with engineering/ product background from top-tier university or major technology company. For simplicity, we didn’t include a separate column for convertible notes (e.g., Flexible VC. Traditional Revenue-Based Investment.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Through these experiences, I discovered my passion for leadership development and championed it into University of Toronto Engineering in two ways: a program that equips graduate students with leadership theory and practice, and what is now an institute for leadership education in engineering – the first of its kind in Canada.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The deal could not materialize — and now the situation is such that the success of Netflix was one of the primary reasons behind the bankruptcy of Blockbuster. As well, Yahoo didn’t care to build a robust search engine feature on its platform. To learn more about Yahoo, we search on Google.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

I signed on, because I had owned a world-class engineering company. Their collective ignorance started the company down a path that sounded smart but pushed them toward bankruptcy. The few I talked to had a general sense the business was struggling, but none of them knew just how bad things had gotten.

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Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2012

However, bringing in the right kind of experience at the right time can mean the difference between bankruptcy and glory. For example, for engineering managers the comprehensive knowledge of the code base and engineering team is usually more important and difficult to acquire than knowledge of how to run scalable engineering organizations.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

Startups are filled with enormously talented people – often product people & engineers. There is always a tomorrow – even after bankruptcy. In my interview I talked about the biggest stress that really comes from startups – dealing with all the other people with whom you work. A second act.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Engineering Serendipity Making real connections starts with having the right people in the room. Join us at this interview and hear how WWE co-founder Linda McMahon fought back from bankruptcy to build her company into a publicly traded entertainment and media powerhouse. Serendipity is what SXSW is all about.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2019

Consumers rely on search engines and pay-to-play rating sites to find legal counsel. (Share with us what problem you’re solving). With more lawyers in the US than ever before, marketing legal services has become increasingly difficult. Attorneys have a lot of options to market their services to consumers, but not all are effective.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

If no financing happened then this “note&# may not be converted and thus would be senior to the equity of the company in the case of a bankruptcy or asset sale. They might not replace an engineer or two that quits. It starts as a debt instrument (e.g. a loan) that is later converted to equity at the time of the next financing.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. He was ultimately approved after several years of application and soon progressed to the position of vice president of engineering at Cisco. Eventually, the company was led to global dominance by Alfred P. It cost him $4.8B

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

They recently exited their investment in Gaikai for $380 million while their rival OnLive (who had raised > $200 million) just went through bankruptcy. GaiKai had 50 such engineers, which was a large part of its success. 41:45 As a publisher, did I have to do a lot more engineering work to make it available for Gaikai?

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Having an electrical engineering background, I knew there had to be a better way and I could help build it. Upon realizing that approximately 80% of medical bills contain error and that medical debt was the leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S., I knew this was not an accurate way to track critical vital signs.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 1, 2011

If a great engineer quit, that was my fault. At Loudcloud, when the dot com bubble burst and subsequently sent most of our customers into bankruptcy, it crippled our business and devastated our balance sheet. Unlike a hired gun that comes in and blames all of the problems on the prior regime, there was literally nobody for me to blame.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Mr. Geleerd acquired the stadium out of highly publicized bankruptcy and turned around its financial position and ultimately engineered the sale back to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2005.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

Universities ; including the business, design and engineering schools in the Catholic University of Chile who are hard at work teaching and encouraging their students to think big and to start companies. Applied engineering (top 10 annual challenges from the mining companies). food science? cellulose outputs? video games and film?

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

JH: I think this varies widely from publication to publication, but that I have seen this gap widen as tech moves from its disruptor status in the economy to a more significant role as a primary engine of economic growth. Check out her ode to Skymall , written as it filed for bankruptcy last year.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2018

Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy when Steve Jobs came back and turned it into a business school case study success. As ex-Apple engineer Gautum Baksi noted about Apple’s obsession with finding the right color , They go pretty far outside the box. Image courtesy of Apple. Case Study 4: Apple. They go far with different ideas.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Surprisingly, the engineers, consultants and teachers are even more interest in generating «free earnings» than the IT experts. Freelance work exists even in the construction industry. It is much more cost efficient for a construction company to hire freelancers than to keep regular builders staff on the payroll all year round.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 16, 2017

The wages of persistence in the face of overwhelming odds is personal bankruptcy and piles of debt. She owned a house (well, a mortgage), plus she had a spouse making a similarly high salary as a senior engineer. It will take months, and in some cases years, to recover. So strike that — we were rich. Just not rich *enough.*

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Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2009

Signs of Success One of the things you do right in a startup, is you move from one cheap and cramped building to another as you grow, with desks, cubicles and engineers piled cheek to jowl. Engineers were packed in cubicles or desks right on top of each other? Now every engineer can have their own office.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

In America, Silicon Valley’s cycles of creative destruction and renewal continuously spawn many new challengers– by funding multiple startups that compete relentlessly until they reach dominant self-sustainability, acquisition by a competitor, or bankruptcy.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

By comparison, traditional VC has a bankruptcy rate of 30-40%. We determine a salary cap with the founder based on a software engineer in the closest major city. According to Indie.VC collateral, all 8 are still in business, with 2 follow-on investments, 3 “breakout” companies, and 1 returned 5x initial investment.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

From a personal perspective, this presented a compelling engineering challenge. Meanwhile, I was doing a great job creating content for my website and ranking in the search engines – so good a job, that people wanted to hire me to handle their content and SEO. But I was bad at the “business” of being a motivational speaker.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 23, 2004

One observation that I discussed with some others is that the very principles that made companies successful during the bubble period are the very ones that would land you in bankruptcy court during any other business period.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. TruthFinder and Intelius provide basic background vetting.

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