ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with. Rangrut.com.

Silicon Valley 114

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. This, of course, doesn’t mean that we discourage entrepreneurs to seek financing. This is where numerous ventures fail.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 23, 2018

Berry’s passion is driving India forward as a global leader in the digital industry. There is nothing worse than launching a business and then wondering where all your customers are. Know your finances. Be smart with your finances. Agam Berry is an Indian entrepreneur whose expertise lies in digital marketing.

Entrepreneur 196

Entrepreneur Social Media India Startup 196

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Closing a deal with an enterprise or a corporate customer is a major boost for any business, small and big alike. It all depends on the way you invoice your customers. See Also: When Does Invoice Financing Make Sense? Your customers will most likely require a purchase order (or “PO”) number on your invoice.

Software Review 60

Software Review Singapore Metrics India 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

I asked her not to assume that investors will be investing in this business idea, at least not until she can acquire some level of validation, which means tens, if not hundreds of thousands of customers, and several partnerships with daily deal sites. Gnosis India. Venture capitalists today don't exactly practice venture capital.

Channel 115

Channel India Bootstrapping Silicon Valley 115

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Some of us might stay in denial, but the fact is, times of crisis open new channels in context to market and user expectations. It won’t just help you establish an early relationship with your customers, it will also give you a clearer picture of your vision and core functionalities. MVP can be a vital ingredient in doing so. .

Startup 246

Startup Cofounder Differentiation India 246

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. Brainscape. Note, I said, validated.

Dilution 114

Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

million in venture financing. No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

Custom parts can also sometimes lead you down a rabbit-hole of building your own equipment to build those custom parts (and yes, I’ve had multiple companies that have had to do this!). This introduces new risks in terms of forecasting, financing, and logistics. What channels work best for you product?

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

My professional career spans three countries: India, Saudi Arabia and the United States. My career spans customer service, engineering, finance, product development, marketing, sales, and corporate functions. I'm grateful for the opportunity I have. When push comes to shove, they are the first to be laid off.

Saudi Arabia 166

Saudi Arabia Green Leadership Framework 166

Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

Founding a company is a sheer act of will and tenacity in the face of immense skepticism from everyone – investors, customers, friends, etc. You literally have to take your vision of the opportunity and against all rational odds assemble financing, and a team to help you execute. And that’s just to get started.

Founder 308

Founder Silicon Valley RSS China 308

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

One was extolling the wonderfulness of their multi channel campaign tracking. No amount of great multi channel tracking will save this company, they suck at the basics. Not your api driven integrated massively multi channel attribution analyzed campaign lifetime databases. My passion for the customer is, as they say, legendary!

Analytics 99

Analytics Web Campaign PPC 99

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Bhupendra has built a product and has started engaging a few customers. My key advice to him was to focus on acquiring customers, and getting a thorough positioning exercise done based on segmentation, competitive analysis and market sizing to identify a segment where competition is less active and the product is particularly effective.

Senegal 117

Senegal Nevada Bootstrapping Silicon Valley 117

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. And that is what I advised J.J.

Vertical 115

Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Hacked Zappos Customers: Beware Phishing Scams. Subscribe to the Business channel. Google Offers Free Wi-Fi in India to Access Social Networks. Money and Finance Lists. World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. Trending Stories. iPhone Emoji Fun: Can You Decode Our Emoticon Film Titles?

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Finding money online (principally online lending) has not seen the same level of explosive growth in the US, although in Europe and India there has been real growth in microlending (including “pay day loans”) from companies ranging from Wonga to SKS Finance. Yet these platforms are only two to three years old.

Internet 114

Internet eCommerce Advertising Flash 114

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

for the app and has 30,000 customers. He asked me if he should offer the app for free to get more customers. You then become dependent on outside financing, and that is a slippery slope. Michaeline is a 1M/1M premium member, trying to make decisions around fund-raising versus growing organically using channel partnerships.

Business Model 122

Business Model New Hampshire Dallas Entrepreneur 122

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The premium lounge includes an online curriculum addressing the common topics specific to very early stage entrepreneurship; private roundtables that many of you have requested; customer, channel partners, and investor introductions; media and analyst access; and a variety of other value-added services to make our entrepreneurs successful.

Startup 113

Startup India Silicon Valley Incubator 113

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. Google Custom Search Engine. Customer Relationship Management. great web customer acquisition tutorials. customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software. Codeacademy. Steve Blank.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

The show airs on SiriusXM Channel 111 (weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Ajay : We had done some customer discovery to validate that there was a need in the American energy market to become dramatically more efficient with hydraulic fracturing. Steve: You needed to translate that to a real customer problem?

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Cofounder Seed Capital Texas 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

The show airs on SiriusXM Channel 111 (weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Ajay : We had done some customer discovery to validate that there was a need in the American energy market to become dramatically more efficient with hydraulic fracturing. Steve: You needed to translate that to a real customer problem?

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Cofounder Seed Capital Texas 120

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

The company sells to the marketing departments of corporations, has 50 customers, and is already profitable. We discussed its growth strategy, and my advice is to build the ad agency and interactive marketing channels as the primary growth driver. global market a strong channel through Silicon Valley. A mistake, in my opinion.

Malaysia 114

Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

OrangeScape positions itself as an Application Platform As A Service (APaaS) provider, and has some marquee customers in India including Unilever, Citibank, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Sterlite. They will now be leveraging the 1M/1M-Persistent channel to go to market in the United States. Building new apps is also not as simple.

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley Massachusetts 114

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

He is looking to raise money now, but I must say, his financing strategy made me cringe. Distribution Channel for Product Companies. Then Amit Gurung pitched a business plan to create a distribution channel for product companies trying to cater to the rural base-of-the-pyramid (BPO) market in India. Photo by designkryt.

India 115

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 115

mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

What’s the first thing you want a customer to think in regard to your business? After all, what good is word-of-mouth if your customer tells a friend, “You really should look up my caterer for your next event. Adding this qualifier instantly tells potential customers what your business is all about. Set the tone. 2 followers.

Naming 97

Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

At today's roundtable we saw three very nice businesses, each with pilot customers, and each working on real problems. Antonio has 100 trial customers at the moment, and is looking to figure out exactly what his company positioning is going to be. All this, could, potentially, be done without external financing.

Partner 117

Partner Belgium Portugal Bootstrapping 117

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. ” Take advantage of being on-demand and allow customers to try and buy your service with as little friction as possible. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. 16 comments: BdH. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I’ve built a loyal customer base and by selling directly through image consultants, stylists, at shows and on my website I am able to give my clients top quality at almost wholesale affordable prices. (I I have encountered numerous companies with bad customer service, or bad financial management, or unprofessional stuff, you name it.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Or the founders have taken on a small amount of seed financing, just enough to get them into the market. If our aim was to raise financing and employ these people directly, we’d have burnt through $5-7 million before launch. There are a couple of good reasons a company should consider bootstrapping its market entry.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. Talk to your customers. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing. 30 million market?

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing. 30 million market?

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Occam's Razor

APRIL 19, 2010

Create happy customers. They are the reason we call the web the most accountable channel on the planet. I'll consult with my finance team. In your web analytics tools you'll bump into dimensions when you are either creating custom reports (love this!) Business objectives can be quite strategic and high level.

Analytics 138

Analytics Metrics Web Framework 138