Gust

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. Product or service readiness. Waste no time.

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Private Equity 152

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

In addition, founders thinking about starting a company can be overwhelmed by choice, as there are so many problems to tackle with technology, but it could be comforting to know that investors are interested in those areas in the first place.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan.

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Offshore 257

Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2023

It’s becoming increasingly important for every business to have at least basic technology to run daily operations in the current day society. With new technology emerging, we can only imagine the changes it will bring along to the business platform. Thanks to Jamie Miller, Treadmill Review ! #4-

Technical Review 107

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2020

If the shopping process, delivery, and support level does not match their expectations, no innovative product features will compensate. In my experience, the place to start is selecting your desired customer segment first, and then matching it with one of the following generic branding models, to best fit your desired customer segment.

Customer 308

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Offshore 120

VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

With this powerful new technology, we can unlock entirely new types of questions you never thought Search could answer, and transform the way information is organised, to help you sort through and make sense of what’s out there. where rather than sift through noise to find an answer, users will generate a specific result to match their needs.

Generative AI 174

Generative AI Search ChatGPT Technical Review 174

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2019

A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Due to qualms of customers and governments, he sold less than 30,000 of the devices over the next five years.

Technical Review 226

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Today with every city, state and country trying to build out a technology cluster, following Dino’s progress can provide others with a roadmap of what’s worked and what has not. Tech investing is risky.

Early Stage 292

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

My simple answer is that they keep their focus on customers, rather than technology. They present a convincing story that every entrepreneur has the same potential, but most get sidetracked and bogged down by their technology, competitors, and internal organization. They help hiring managers raise the bar for every interview.

Global 308

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VC Cafe

APRIL 4, 2024

How can startups even compete against big tech, scale ups and other startups? Counter position – Kill the value-proposition of the competition with a new, superior business model, which the incumbent does not mimic due to anticipated damage to their existing business. How many of them do you know?

Generative AI 78

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 3, 2020

Leveraging technology within your business model can lay down the path for improved productivity, smoother operation, and increased profits. Here are some of the many ways technology can help streamline your business operations…. Predictive Analytics Help with Better Decision Making.

Technical Review 52

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

Since there weren’t corporate resource for further evaluation, (one of our programs’ constraints was not to create new permanent infrastructures for implementation,) we had no choice but to assign the idea to a business unit and ask them to perform due diligence the best they could. (By Lessons Learned.

Programming 270

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

That’s why I recommend that they find a co-founder who loves business challenges, including marketing and finance. I usually envision a 50-50 ownership split for their efforts, but every engineer believes the technology side deserves the majority share. Fabulous solutions require great technology.

Technical Review 120

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2020

Two, they are able to harness their technologically savvy mindset. As business processes change due to new technologies and innovations, millennials may be in a better place to adapt. It would be tough to match the ingenuity and creativity and technological prowess that millennials are known for.

Entrepreneur 207

Entrepreneur Technical Review United States Mobile 207

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

My friend Ron Ashkenas interviewed me for his blog on the Harvard Business Review. Ron is a managing partner of Schaffer Consulting , and is currently serving as an Executive-in-Residence at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He is a co-author of The GE Work-Out and The Boundaryless Organization.

Business Model 334

Business Model Technical Review Business Plan Search 334

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

By removing physical boundaries, the care delivery modality provides an obvious advantage to more efficiently match geographically unbalanced provider supply with patient demand. . Affordability . Patient-facing cost is a key driver of healthcare accessibility. Scalable Go-To-Market .

Vertical 156

Vertical Software Review Portfolio Demand 156

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2013

Infused with a spirit of continuous learning, these systems are assembled during the business development process and should encompass: 1. Innovation : constant improvements and upgrades such as how one greets a customer or mixes and matches colors in one’s shop; 2.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Small Business Revenue Matching 140

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

This class is built on conducting in-person of interviews with customers/ beneficiaries and stakeholders, but due to the pandemic, teams now had to do all their customer discovery via a computer screen. Several will join the new Stanford Gordian Knot Center which is focused on the intersection of policy, operational concepts, and technology.

Lean 413

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

Picking the right attorney in your startup is as important as picking the right business partner. You can’t underestimate the importance of selecting an attorney who “gets” your business model, your market opportunity, and most importantly, your fundraising and exit strategy. My business partner and I were elated.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

My friend Ron Ashkenas interviewed me for his blog on the Harvard Business Review. Ron is a managing partner of Schaffer Consulting , and is currently serving as an Executive-in-Residence at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan Business Model versus Business Plan'

Business Model 226

Business Model Business Plan Technical Review Search 226

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time. Syndio has over 60 enterprise customers including Nordstrom, Match Group, Target, Adobe and PagerDuty and already more than 1.3 Pretty much in that order.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Seattle Elevator Pitch Equity 62

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Whatever it is, it helps diligence opportunities, win deals or service the portfolio in ways that make the founders and GPs feel good. In exchange for doing this repeatedly, you get to learn the rest of the business. You’ve got some operational superpower. Maybe it’s statistical analysis, growth marketing, or deck making. Blockchain.

North Carolina 90

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2021

You can devise a streamlined, efficient workflow from scratch – but there’s no guarantee the “practice” is going to match the “theory.” But if the tech doesn’t work or the roles aren’t a good fit, even this simple process is going to fall apart quickly. The short answer is no, but it is the gateway to getting everything else you want.

Employee 127

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Here are our best tips that aren’t overly invasive but have a proven track record of attracting a target base matching your products. If your business model allows, offer a personalized gift in exchange for some basic information. Leverage technology. Segment your audience. Give them gifts. Everyone loves a free gift.

Customer 118

Customer Marketing Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 118

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. Debate and adjust your offering to better match what customers want. Align your business model to how your customers want to buy.

Revenue 263

Revenue Startup Technical Review Business Model 263

Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2020

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. 2- More due to uncertainty. Due to the pandemic a lot of people lost their jobs and because of that, people have been forced to look outside of the box — to go beyond of their comfort zone.

Entrepreneur 137

Entrepreneur Technical Review Security Demand 137

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. Debate and adjust your offering to better match what customers want. Align your business model to how your customers want to buy.

Small Business 147

Small Business Revenue Technical Review Business Model 147

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

We are currently seeing the most rapid collapse of retail since the Great Recession, due to the internet changing consumer demand and purchasing patterns. Other models will certainly emerge, and will find new ways to couple data science and business model innovation to get the right products in front of the right customers.

Internet 210

Internet eCommerce Bankruptcy Technical Review 210

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Use your knowledge of evolving needs and technology to add more value than competitors, and introduce clients to each other to build partnerships. They expect reviews and testimonials from other clients. Flexible business models, including value-based pricing, bundling, and custom proposals are the places to begin.

Differentiation 141

Differentiation SBA Social Media Dividend 141

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. I recommend building a strong internal tech stack, to handle the deluge of requests for help you’ll get from companies as you scale.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2012

That’s also why the local blogosphere is rife with food bloggers, so it’s not difficult to find reviews on even the latest eating places in town. That obsession with food had inspired Jon Yongfook Cockle to put together, as a weekend hacking experiment , a website that does a take on content aggregation around food reviews.

Singapore 200

Singapore Aggregator Technical Review Database 200

Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

We don’t just have a relationship with technology, we use technology to find relationships. Newspapers, video dating, website matching services and apps – and to the most direct of all – Tinder. Beer volumes may decline due digital photo filters. The reason Tinder works is simple.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Matching Business Model Technology 48

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. Debate and adjust your offering to better match what customers want. Align your business model to how your customers want to buy.

Technical Review 234

Technical Review Business Model Revenue Social Media 234

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

GroupOn, Zynga, SoundCloud), whereas many are able to continue due to massive investment, and the jury remains out on whether they can ever produce profits (e.g. SnapChat, Pinterest, WeWork, InstaCart, Square, FourSquare, and even Twitter, who has impressive revenue but has still never been profitable).

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Viral Metrics Salary 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business. Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different.

Technical Review 220

Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review Business Model 220

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

I know that advertising is important to inform consumers of offers – the same reason many tech companies use SEM. In-Stream rewards the content producer, Contextual just the technology provider – The funny thing about contextual search like that in Google is that it benefits the tech company and NOT the content producer at all.

Advertising 277

Advertising Technical Review Affiliate SEM 277