article thumbnail

6 Reasons Why Startup Prototypes Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

You need to find vendors who can deliver in less cost and time than competitors, and build distribution and support channels. Even at early stages, you can get invention support services from sites like Invention Home in Pittsburg. Basis for working with vendors to finalize costs, manufacturing, and marketing.

Startup 242
article thumbnail

Every Entrepreneur Needs to Start With a Prototype

Startup Professionals Musings

You need to find vendors who can deliver in less cost and time than competitors, and build distribution and support channels. Even at early stages, you can get invention support services from sites like Invention Home in Pittsburg. Basis for working with vendors to finalize costs, manufacturing, and marketing.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

We also have a better known brand than some of our early stage companies, so we can leverage that to help source talent. We maintain a database of these corporations’ priority needs — allowing us to identify early clients for companies we back. This is roughly comparable to PRNewswire’s distribution service.

article thumbnail

DeFi: The Latest in Blockchain Tech

The Startup Magazine

This is performed through software that verifies and records financial actions in distributed ledgers or financial databases, which are simultaneously accessible across a wide range of locations. As mentioned, DeFi is still in its early stages. What is the Future of DeFi?

Finance 158
article thumbnail

This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces.

Partner 240
article thumbnail

What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

article thumbnail

Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups. Building and populating databases of user-supplied information and content (copyright). Measured as a discrete line item in a budget, it might be near zero. Designing and producing marketing and PR materials (copyright, trademark).