The Startup Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

But finding the right broker is more than just picking a name out of a hat. Whether they’re handling your stock portfolio or managing something like a Quitclaim Deed —which, by the way, is when you hand over property ownership without actually selling it—you need to know they’ve got your back. Ever wondered what a broker actually does?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

Don''t be swayed by big name firms or other kinds of name dropping. And they should not get to count items in their portfolio that were done at another company/job - yes, that''s quite common, especially in new firms. I (and TechEmpower ) have worked with IBM, HP, Xerox, etc. That says something. How do they achieve that result?

Web Development 204

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 11, 2018

That's when I had a conversation with Max Ventilla, the founder of AltSchool, who at the time was running Aardvark. Give them access to this person's account or maybe a version of their name, like first letter at startup dot com. When I was a startup founder, I had this same issue.

Software Engineering 126

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David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

I regularly meet with other VCs, and based on their criteria, I share with them whichever portfolio companies fit their areas of interest. . Every one-paragraph summary of a company should ideally have: – Company name and website. Subject line: Relevant Portfolio Companies . name], I enjoyed our conversation.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Elevator Pitch Syndicate Syndication 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 24, 2022

She is one of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. Challenges of scaling Jeff and Jay share conversations about growing and scaling subscription businesses with a customer first approach, check out all the episodes. So you're putting together that portfolio. I have a background in investing.

Leadership 78

Leadership Technical Review Fractional CTO Utah 78

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Nowadays nearly every online shop utilizes some sort of product recommendation engine, which is no wonder, as these systems, if set up and configured properly can significantly boost revenues, CTRs, conversions, and other important metrics. Popular Products. Similar Products. Similar product boxes can be based on very different logics.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

Also trending are housewares that are bespoke, unexpected, and conversational. It pertains to advising individuals and even provides solutions to companies struggling to make a name for themselves. You can help your clients create cover letters and portfolios they’ll be confident to share. Thanks to Gary Gray, CouponChief ! #28-

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 121

VC Cafe

JUNE 17, 2020

Peter invested in companies like Cloudera, Elastic Search, New Relic and Zuora, to name a few. In a train ride home, he’s ‘enlightened’ in a conversation with a passenger (Charlie) who makes him understand that being a CEO might be challenging, but it shouldn’t be complicated.

Portfolio 135

Portfolio Conversion Management Restful 135

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 18, 2022

She is one of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. She's the CEO of the tech enabled talent development company, disruption advisors, one of the top 10 business thinkers in the world as named by thinkers 50. So you're putting together that portfolio. This is John Jantsch. You want to balance them.

Leadership 73

Leadership Utah Portfolio Technical Review 73

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. dollars going directly into portfolio companies vs. the funds themselves). LPs See The Over-Valuations and Don’t Like It.

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Venture Capital LP Silicon Valley Marketing 150

Up and Running

JANUARY 15, 2018

In addition to basic equipment such as a computer, phone, and desk, you’ll need to consider the cost of registering a domain name and building your own website. Many freelance web designers choose to use their name as their brand, which on the positive side lends a personal attachment to your business. The basics. Build your brand.

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Web Design Software Review Elevator Pitch 86

Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

Id reached out to him not because I was looking for information on how to pitch an investor, but because of the nature of his investment portfolio: of the six startups Boris invested in thoughout 2014, three are led by women. From the outset of the conversation, Boris was careful with his words, collected.

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Venture Capital Founder Angel Investor Portfolio 90

Hippoland

AUGUST 21, 2016

Portfolio founder: There’s an investor who wants to invest about $500k. Portfolio founder: That’s the problem. I have this conversation all the time with portfolio companies. Even in the rounds that I’ve seen with the biggest names, often there are also no-name investors. me: Oh great! Who is he/she?

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley Portfolio 48

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2018

A name is a label by which animate or inanimate things are called or referenced. When we think about names, pictures or qualities are evoked from the good to the grotesque. Therefore a good business name and slogan are key. Your business name is as important as a good business tax regimen. So, WHAT’S IN A BUSINESS NAME?

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Naming eCommerce Startup Database 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

The Denominator Effect I recently wrote a post about funding for investors to think about having a diversified portfolio , which I called “shots on goal.” In the current market it’s not that hard to find executives leaving: Facebook, Google, Airbnb, Netflix, Snap, Salesforce.com, SpaceX … you name it?—?to On Funding?—?The

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Angel Investor Deal Flow Portfolio Forecast 301

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

Every time my posts ended up there the conversation descended into hate and vitriol and a lot of people that don’t really know me calling me all sorts of names. You call them all sorts of names. If they are interesting I will likely engage – even if you have a fake name. Contrast that with HackerNews.

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Technical Review Reputation Naming Internet 329

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y. Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y. Great post on the most important internet metric of them all – CONVERSION – crowdspring.co/18u6N8Y.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 31, 2020

. #1- Begin conversations. He started by reaching out to 15 people in his network or individuals he wanted to get to know on a weekly basis — just to simply begin a conversation. I will call an individual if I am already connected to them or begin a LinkedIn conversation with them. 1 + 1 = 3! We are all in this together.

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Networking Entrepreneur Social Media Channel 146

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been. look at their portfolio list.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The primary terms for these types of transactions are the valuation cap and the conversion discount. Patent trolls purchase portfolios containing patents and sue companies for infringing them. If a domain name is critical to a brand and the domain is not empty, the best course may be to find a new name. Patent Trolls.

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category. They may decide to acquire the startup in order to hire the team for another project in their portfolio. Deep-dive meeting. These deals usually come with retention packages -- so be careful.

Software Review 120

Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

We therefore ask that each portfolio company include an “inclusion rule” in its HR policies so that at least one woman and/or member of a population currently underrepresented within the company shall be formally interviewed for any open executive position.” The idea came from a full-day session we held last year at Upfront.

Term Sheet 284

Term Sheet Los Angeles Open Source Portfolio 284

Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

The field uses the broader term “gender” rather than “female” because, as the Stanford Social Innovation Review states, “Using ‘gender’ brings both men and women into the conversation. The movement’s objective is to look at the entire financial and social system, not just at women.”

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Private Equity Venture Capital United States Equity 54

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Your company is likely both one step removed from many brand name B2B customers and a step removed from reporters and press that are excited to tell your story. I was reminded of this recently during a Twitter conversation I had recently with my friend Mike Volpe at Lola Travel , who executed this playbook masterfully several times.

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San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

Hearpreneur

JULY 5, 2019

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I came up with my company name by asking myself, what will I be doing often? When I was naming it, I had a few criteria.

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Naming Entrepreneur Southern California Video 119

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2016

He’s seen your design portfolio online and wants to contract for your services to design his new business website if only you can pay his photographer so it’s all on one consolidated invoice. Ideally, these conversations will give you the confidence to proceed. Sounds a bit dubious. But he’s got a good explanation.

Software Review 100

Software Review Email Portfolio Partner 100

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 1, 2011

I take a ton of meetings with people asking me about opportunities in our portfolio. The other thing that was important was that she had obviously taken the time to mention portfolio companies that we were involved in and why she thought they were interesting. I’ve never had anyone just go find the person.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Startup Sales Hiring 144

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Magazine’s fastest-growing companies, and names like DigitalMarketer, Traffic and Conversion, Scribe Publishing, and Real Estate World. Magazine companies, Roland Frazier, talks about how to scale your business through acquisition, the key to recognizing opportunities, and how to strategically build a portfolio.

Acquisition 89

Acquisition Cofounder Audio Portfolio 89

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B

Los Angeles 244

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Mobile Video 244

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. Here the rigor in qualifying the GLG Share members helps, because we want the conversation to be valuable on both sides.

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New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

I advised him to get into deeper conversations with these 50 companies and get a better feel for what applications they would build and how they want to pay for the platform: license, subscription, or transaction fee. We can derive GeoInvenio's business model and pricing model based on that.

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Costa Rica Incubator Silicon Valley India 115

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

If they’re likely to raise a new fund then you might be OK but at least have the conversation with them. So look at the latest portfolio of your VC (not prior funds) and see whether they’ve had exits and how many of their non-exited companies are likely to exit in the near future.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

And it's more of a conversation, and I actually think it's scarier doing workshops because it's unpredictable. And I think so just meeting them, but also John, I think having conversations and some of the time where workshops for me didn't land is where I wasn't connecting with people beforehand. You're going on a YouTube live.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2014

It’s my preferred alternative to Basecamp, which for for me is really only good at allowing you to converse with others related to a specific project. AdBlock gets rid of everything—Google ads, banner ads on websites, YouTube video ads, you name it. After all, how do you know what your competition is doing? Google Alerts.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2012

Since the game of competing is always “where the puck is going” you can have a detailed conversation without completely letting on what your future strategy will be. One VC (I won’t name but with whom I still won’t work today) called Marc Benioff directly. You’ll just sound cagey. Simply don’t bring them up.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Cap Table 316

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Recently one of the startups in our portfolio, eRelevance, failed, as the Austin American-Statesman documented. As I wrote about in my post on Seven critical lessons learned in angel investing , this is painful and you must have a diversified portfolio to practice angel investing and actually make money. No matter the name?—?the

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B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

Not only are they amplifying the data behind why this is a smart business move, but also driving that forward with their portfolio. True to the name, Sputnik ATX takes a formulaic approach to build a ecosystem around their accelerators that propels them to success. Similarly, Dr. Malysheva has advocated for male/female mentorship ?

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