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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

But we weren’t optimizing for dilution – we were building a $1 billion+ company and we wanted the runway to succeed. My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. We ended up agreeing a term sheet for $16.5 Yes, this was stupid.

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

When we pivoted from fabulis to Fab, we pivoted towards building a business around the unique tastemaker talents of one of our founders, Bradford Shellhammer. Have amazing co-founders who are better at what they do than you could ever be. Founders need to personally own something big themselves. It’s that important.

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What is Brand Identity and How To Create a Great One: A Complete Guide for Marketers and Businesses (2019)

crowdSPRING Blog

Your brand positioning explains how your company differentiates in the marketplace and how you are different from your competitors. If your brand tries to be too many things at once, the message becomes scattered and the brand grows diluted. For example, Charles Revson, founder of Revlon, always used to say he sold hope, not makeup.

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