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The Startup Magazine
JUNE 1, 2023
By Daniel Sokolovksy, Co-Founder and CEO, WARP and Troy Lester, Co-Founder and CRO, WARP The dissolution of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was more than just a bank collapse, it was a reality check for both startups and the VCs that fund them. As a founder, ask yourself – does your business actually warrant VC funding?
The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 6, 2021
Develop a Business Model. The great managerial guru, Peter Drucker, liked to say that the purpose of a business is to keep and create a customer. Achieving that in profitable ways is the purpose of your business model. New businesses often do not have the capital to attract top talent.
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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
MARCH 11, 2014
Welcome back to Smart Bear Live … the show were Jason speaks with entrepreneurs looking to improve their businesses. Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster.
Ben's Blog
APRIL 28, 2010
In this post, I describe why we prefer to fund companies whose founder will run the company as its CEO. As we looked at the history of great technology companies, we discovered that founders ran an overwhelming majority of them for a very long time, including: Acer—Stan Shih. The innovation business. Siebel—Tom Siebel.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JULY 7, 2016
When investors interrogate founders, these interrogatives arise, but with a twist: Adding the word “why” in front of each. But also you de-risk by aligning the solution to the founder’s existing abilities, for example in using whatever language/framework the founders are already adept in. When → Why now?
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.
infochachkie.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. Unlike employee training costs, which can typically be spread over years of service, the relative return from training a consultant is modest and pricey. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.
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