View from Seed

JANUARY 6, 2021

When a company is pitching a VC, there is typically one partner who is the advocate for the deal and is shepherding the process. Part of what I like about working with my partners is that I really believe that our collective decision-making is better than our decision-making as individuals.

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Partner Distribution Founder Acquisition 180

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2020

The opportunity here is in improving communication channels through the plethora of tools that technology and the internet offer. This will help you fill gaps within your operations that have been created either by losing employees or outsourced partners. Adding value can also mean reimagining your product distribution.

Small Business 227

Small Business SBA Small Business Administration SEO 227

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Sedibeng’s primary market advantages are their company culture, consistent “quality” branding, traditional brew recipes, and commitment to rural distribution. Sales channel relationships. Hire an intern. Hire for growth. See Also: The Complete Sedibeng Breweries Business Plan. SWOT analysis for Sedibeng Breweries.

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Botswana Business Plan Oregon Distribution 148

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Continually add new marketing and distribution partners. Some startups hire more people to delay automation, or spend money wildly on new tools for the future. Aggressively enter new markets and sales channels. If your website isn’t pulling in the growth you need, expand to Amazon and other channels.

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Startup Social Media Metrics Viral 335

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 13, 2024

I need to hire people. So if you like recording videos, maybe you have a YouTube channel if you like writing copy, maybe you're on LinkedIn if you like making funny gif, maybe you're on Instagram. (04:21): Many of my team's been distributed. But then my customer was, Hey, great, but what I don't have systems. Yeah, exactly.

Software Review 78

Software Review ChatGPT Technical Review Small Business 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2012

Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden. The proactive solution is to hire sparingly, and spend the time and effort needed to hire existing experts in all cases. Probably 80% of the startups I know have found human resource issues to be the most treacherous.

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Advisory Board Forecast Early Stage Product Development 240

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

They are tasked with “getting deals done&# so they race around talking to tons of potential partners inking anything from channel sale deals , product integration, international distribution agreements, co-marketing arrangements, M&A discussions, etc. what is the best channel to reach these people? -

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

And they tell us over and over again that they just care about four things: Hiring and developing a great team. For this reason, we’ve partnered with Guild members who have experience across different kinds of customers, business models, and distribution channels. Building a great product. Getting more customers.

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation.

Acquisition 332

Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2011

Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden. The proactive solution is to hire sparingly, and spend the time and effort needed to hire existing experts in all cases. Probably 80% of the startups I know have found human resource issues to be the most treacherous.

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Advisory Board Startup Forecast Early Stage 232

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. The theme of this episode is how to scale unicorns. Jonathan Siddharth . David Zhang. Have we become soft?

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2020

Continually add new marketing and distribution partners. Some startups hire more people to delay automation, or spend money wildly on new tools for the future. Aggressively enter new markets and sales channels. If your website isn’t pulling in the growth you need, expand to Amazon and other channels.

Social Media 329

Social Media Metrics Viral Channel 329

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Silos also exist between external partners, such as agencies and consultancies. Or, if the content team is producing awesome content but not distributing it across email and social channels, you’re once again missing an opportunity to maximize the ROI. Set clear responsibilities across partners. And they stick to them.)

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Metrics Campaign Channel Advertising 132

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Whether your new software is ‘in the cloud,’ an online download, or distributed on a CD through various direct and indirect distribution channels, the process of localization is still a time consuming, manually intensive, and expensive effort. Despite all the hype and free tools, there still is not ‘an app for that.’

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Software Distribution Europe Database 200

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Social media marketing for startups : How to use social to launch, position your messaging and get distribution. Startup Hiring : How to attract, hire and retain the best people. YouTube has its own channel dedicated to educational content at YouTube EDU. For example, check out this GE Skillshare school. Codecademy.

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Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 7, 2011

However, with my handbag company charm and luck , to grow our business we realized we needed to find sales partners to handle our sales. Business Mindset & Goals With looking for salespeople in the fashion industry, our mindset was that we were looking for partners. One of my personal goals has always been retention.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Traction can simply mean showing that you’re making progress with customers, product development, channel partners, initial revenue as a proof point, attracting well-known angel investors, winning industry awards / recognition. They hire key staff. Unfortunately there is no real objective measure.

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Technical Review Term Sheet Venture Capital Revenue 309

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. You will hire (over time) and manage a field and inside team of Sales Directors and Market Developers, including for each direct report creating and managing goals directly tied to Company goals. I tried to make it a little more entertaining than your average job RSS feed.

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Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

They will be your best friend when things go unexpectedly wrong with the channel or when something breaks. More mature DTC brands are finding success with a broad range of marketing channels?—?paid When is the right time to diversify your sales channel mix? And something always breaks.) These add up very quickly.

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Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Use this chapter to describe your current team and who you need to hire. Does each business partner own an equal portion of the business? You don’t need to be on every social media channel, but you do need to be on the ones that your customers are on. Distribution. Retail Distribution. Read more ». Management Team.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In Netflix’s case this is their DVD distribution business. If you haven’t followed this check out what’s happened with Netflix’s biggest content partner who has withdrawn from the service. new arrivals plus library versus just library) or even create channels (i.e. They dithered for years.

Los Angeles 329

Los Angeles Revenue Retention Acquisition 329

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

Moreover, the indicators that show founders are ready to take on new capital in order to progress to the next phase of company-building – be it hiring, expanding into a new market, launching a product or more – can vary from company to company. They are going to hire people. What are Series A companies going to spend their money on?

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2010

Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden. The proactive solution is to hire sparingly, and spend the time and effort needed to hire existing experts in all cases. Probably 80% of the startups I know have found human resource issues to be the most treacherous.

Advisory Board 125

Advisory Board Startup Forecast Early Stage 125

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

But there’s an important paradox facing small businesses and startups – effective content marketing requires the creation of consistent, high quality content AND a strategy for distributing/promoting that content across social networks and the Internet. from Velocity Partners. ensure that the content is high quality.

Small Business 94

Small Business Marketing North America Distribution 94

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Jourdan Urbach, Managing Partner of Brandt & Co. Distributing content. Today, I do this manually.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Up and Running

MAY 9, 2022

It’s a document that can easily be distributed across multiple communications channels, encourages employee engagement, and leans into uncovering issues and competitive advantages for your business. The audience for an internal business plan is typically your business partners and employees. Make use of your internal plan.

Business Plan 160

Business Plan Forecast Lean Channel 160

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 30, 2018

Believe that channel partners will accelerate sales. Here’s how they put it: I see this play out in new markets again and again: Pre-chasm enterprise startups throw time and resources at indirect sales channels (including OEMs, etc.) This practice is particularly common in fintech.

Software 106

Software Startup Channel Early Stage 106

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

janryan (@janryan) | Twitter Kerry Rupp Kerry is a Capital Factory Mentor and founding partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in women-led companies in the sustainable consumer and consumer health verticals. Jennifer Aldoretta (@JAldoretta) | Twitter Joseph Beard Partner Perot Jain, L.P.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 48

Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Successful pinball companies didn’t hire Hollywood talent. Meanwhile our company was pouring an enormous amount of dollars into building tools and video compression technology, while also hiring a lot of high-priced Hollywood talent like art directors, and script and story editors. Instead I said, “Oh, OK, glad it’s all under control.”

Silicon Valley 207

Silicon Valley RSS Video San Diego 207

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Local crop dusters meant they could hire existing planes and simply attach their Hyper-spectral camera to any crop dusting plane. As a bonus it meant the 1,400 aerial applicator companies could be a potential distribution channel partner. This is a big idea. They didn’t need drones at all.

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Customer Algorithm Customer Development California 316

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2019

We never discriminate in our hiring decisions and we make a concerted effort to bring unique individuals with varied backgrounds and perspectives into the fold. We’ve created 51 jobs to date with plans to hire for more than 50 additional positions over the next two years.

San Diego 153

San Diego United States Turkey Leadership 153

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

In most of my hardware companies we’ve had to hire a CFO who has experience with a hardware business way earlier than we would normally consider hiring a CFO at a software company. If you plan to launch through retail channels, then different retailers may have their own packaging requirements to meet their specific store needs.

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 16, 2023

Through such networks, you could partner with other businesses for promotions, sharing mailing lists, distribution channels, and suppliers of goods that complement your services. Hire professionals to perform routine maintenance tasks, including fumigation, renovation, and repairs for your office.

Advertising 52

Advertising Social Media Security Cost 52

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

In most states, an LLC or Corporation must settle its debts before any distributions can be made to members. After debts have been paid, the remaining assets and cash reserves should be distributed to the owners/members in proportion to ownership interest. Again, no assets can be distributed until all debts have been settled.

LLC 68

LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Luckily, I teach with two great VCs, Mar Hershenson of Pear Ventures and Jeff Epstein of Bessemer Venture Partners who both put together presentations unraveling the mysteries of how and why startups raise money. You may be in a multi-sided market with other customer segments/partners that are critical to your business.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429