ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Well, there are multiple nuances to the answer.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

In addition, the customers best served by the SPOTS solution are those who do not keep inventory, but rather have to manage multiple suppliers after an order comes in. In addition, I had the feeling that the product is being scoped out without input from a critical mass of customers. Jay does not have that yet.

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

The most common tactic we’ve seen from large corporations is providing a package of benefits for startups in order to build relationships with early-stage companies. This promotes the company’s core services to new customers, and hopefully locks them in as permanent customers.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. So at any point, if you are trying to raise money, and you are hearing from investors that you are too early and have too little validation, it may be a good thing. Well, it turns out that with about $900,000 and 12 months, Siobhan can get to paying customers.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This is an open opportunity for an entrepreneur to build a custom solution. Today, the telecom industry charges customers based on fixed price business models for data services. SurgeForth has since graduated to paying customers, and is making good progress. Cion has 18 customers and is considering funding.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. The first step is to develop some reference customers, something all early-stage startups should do. Telesales simply don't work without reference customers. Rangrut.com.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

This company provides a crowdsourced customer service solution to enterprises. Gio pitched it to me as a crowdsourced BPO, but I think he will have more success if he simply focuses on customer service as his core value proposition. They already have several customers including some telcos, and are at about $350,000 in revenues.

Cloud 115

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

“Early-stage business is becoming less of an art and more of a science,” he adds. The eight startups – covering the gamut of B2B, C2C, B2C and even B2B2C – are: AskAbt , from India, have a platform to manage real-time crowdsourced queries.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks. Back in 2004 - 2010, he would routinely send me early stage companies to check out as part of his diligence process. Upwork had truly life-changing potential.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Singapore-based early-stage technology seed fund Golden Gate Ventures has announced investments into cloud-based inventory and sales management SaaS solutions provider TradeGecko , online grocer RedMart and mobile payment provider Coda Payments. This marks Golden Gate Ventures first investments since its founding in February this year.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

So we’ve got scholarships for people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend—early-stage entrepreneurs, particularly those from beyond Silicon Valley; staff from small non-profits; and students. Early-stage entrepreneurs; people participating in startrup incubator or accelerator programs; and bootstrappers.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

which will help with recruiting employees, finding the best partners, fast-tracking distribution in key countries, and landing marquee customers. Unlike other countries, China’s business environment is quite insular and having the right investors can be the reason you’re able to connect with important potential customers or partners.

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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.

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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.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India. in idea-stage and side-hustle founders using a Convertible Income Share Agreement, or CISA.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Some recent trend posts on my blog include There's a Trend To Spot In Groupon's Growth Rate , Customer Service and the Social Web , SaaS Enabled BPO and Near-shoring and U.S. That customer is typically searching on Google, and Michael needs to orchestrate his SEO, blogging, and guerrilla p.r. peerbackers. efforts to get them.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Leveling the playing field, companies like Uvik, a start-up in digital payments in India, are providing access and affordability to everyday entrepreneurs from every corner of the globe to build their dream. By providing a contactless mobile payment interface, millions of unbanked customers can accept payments using NFC technology.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself. PerBlue develops and markets its own game, and today, is at about a $35,000-$40,000 per-month run rate from 200,000 users.

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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. At the end of the session, each left with specific action items. Photo by mjamesno.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

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. Detailed segmentation analysis and target customer definition at a fairly granular level. A customer acquisition strategy that is pragmatic, and.

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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. In the case of J.J's business, the customer is the Network. Mava Consulting.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

When you’re an early-stage startup that hasn’t raised any institutional money you end up doing almost every job function of the company yourself. This can often happen when there is a good product built but no real customer adoption yet. We had 6 developers, 1 head of product management, 1 QA in India and me.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You’ve got entrepreneurs and founders who are really – a lot of them are in the very early stage of their startup. You worry about all of your staff, you worry about their reputations, you worry about your own reputation, you worry about the people who gave you money, you worry about the customers who entrusted you.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I want to know how many customers exist out there who would be likely buyers of the O-Port products, at what price-point, and what does that add up to? I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. I asked him several times what exactly is his TAM (Total Available Market).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Accenture opened massive operations in India & China and continued its industry dominance. If you know what your customers need, deliver against that promise and provide a product or services that has economic value you’ll do well. I suspect when the wind calms down Bryce will be well positioned.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But if youre in the US for example, then your development cost will be anything from 5-10 times higher than offshoring to India or Eastern Europe. Our offshore development team is in India and the result has been excellent because we followed a disciplined process in both selection and ongoing development.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Klyati Trehan , a design student from India created a phenomenally impressive project, combining science and typography to visually represent 26 inventions that have changed the world. Creating Customers for Life: 50 Resources on Loyalty, Churn, and Customer Retention | Help Scout – crowdspring.co/1lD094d. 1lD0q6Y.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

For early stage companies, the stakes are even higher, and finding a great country manager is the single most important element of a successful launch. I was empowered to continue doing what I had been doing, but with a much larger budget and support from a team that shared my same passion.“ Thus it is not only about the money.”

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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. Next, you have to deal with the daily crisis of product development and acquiring early customers. And that’s just to get started. Let me know what you think.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I want to know how many customers exist out there who would be likely buyers of the O-Port products, at what price-point, and what does that add up to? I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. I asked him several times what exactly is his TAM (Total Available Market).

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I want to know how many customers exist out there who would be likely buyers of the O-Port products, at what price-point, and what does that add up to? I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. I asked him several times what exactly is his TAM (Total Available Market).

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Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 10, 2003

A number of my portfolio companies outsource development to India and other locales. In the cases that I have seen work, my fund’s companies ended up sending over a core team of developers that wanted to move back to India. This gave us instant critical mass and the all important transfer of corporate DNA and culture.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

If you are in the very early stages with your company and there are no major reasons (e.g. And if you don’t have US business activity, then get a beta customer for initial footprint. I’m from India and lucky to be part of the Winter Silicon Valley 2010 session. If not, raise locally. Do the corporate flip.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 21, 2021

In early 2017, while the company only had single-digit revenue, it was already operating in North America, Europe, India and Japan. Typically, it would take an early-stage start-up 12+ months to land a deal like this.

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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. When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

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. Check out our starter program.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I was on an airplane 2-3 times / week meeting potential customers, investors, employees, business partners and the press. Dinners were consumed with customers or in hotels and often past 10pm. Immediately following the closing of the round I flew out to a big real estate conference in France to meet with prospective customers.

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