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Why it is hard for VCs to say ‘no’ and why that ‘no’ could be good news for an entrepreneur

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They speak about how they love to help entrepreneurs build successful companies, yet when I ask them to give me feedback on my business plan or idea, they usually don’t even bother writing me back. And if they do, they complain about lack of global potential or misunderstand my product completely. “Do Image credit: Thinkstock.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

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They charge $9, $29 and $59 per agent per month and I am eager to see bootstrapped, scrappy Freshdesk morph their pricing structure to aggressively compete with them. The company already has paying customers and a validated business model. Zendesk is heavily financed by Benchmark and Charles River and has 10,000 customers.

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Strategy Roundtable: Do Not Spray and Pray

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Her upcoming campaign of reaching out to 100,000 moms will be one of the first concerted efforts to actually test her business model. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). She wants to sell these products on her site.

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

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Today, the telecom industry charges customers based on fixed price business models for data services. I pointed Zubair to a couple of case studies of bootstrapping using services to get more of his core product built; in parallel, I will help him pursue institutional funding. Cion has 18 customers and is considering funding.

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Practical Strategies For Starting A Business

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John Jantsch (02:29): So I'm curious, how did you get into the business of advising startups? Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. You know, could you look at my business plan? So you are your, your business model.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Not Coming To The Rescue Of Victory

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We're trying to bring the lessons we have learned in Silicon Valley to a million entrepreneurs. Let me remind you again: 1M/1M aims to reduce infant entrepreneur mortality: 600,000 companies go out of business every year in the United States. Globally, this is a much larger number. Please try to understand why.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Menlo Park and The Silicon Valley Renaissance

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One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. On the topic of business models, Spencer proposed building traffic and then selling the company, which I pushed back on. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.