Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
I thought I’d try to look at it from a different lens, that of the entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur you should assume that. They’re not in search of price fixing or collusion, they’re in search of diligence information about the company. So what is an entrepreneur to do? People call each other.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 21, 2014
In short, more and more entrepreneurs are signaling their price expectations earlier in their seed fundraise process. In theory, there are three levels of pricing for an entrepreneur to potentially signal to a prospective investor: 1. And as my partner Rob Go likes to say, “Time kills all deals.”).
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Genuine VC
JULY 30, 2012
In theory, there are three levels of pricing for an entrepreneur to potentially signal to a prospective investor: Lower than “market.” This approach is almost never a good idea. By definition, all entrepreneurs should think that their endeavor is truly exceptional. Above market.
David Teten
MAY 20, 2013
It gives us instant credibility, high visibility in the search engines, and significant traffic, even apart from the value of the services we have built on top of it.”. As an entrepreneur, you can identify un-monetized or under-monetized domain names, and then approach the owner with your startup idea.
David Teten
MAY 20, 2013
It gives us instant credibility, high visibility in the search engines, and significant traffic, even apart from the value of the services we have built on top of it.”. As an entrepreneur, you can identify un-monetized or under-monetized domain names, and then approach the owner with your startup idea.
Tim Keane
AUGUST 20, 2009
Who the entrepreneur takes money from (see this post ) is always more important than the terms. " The problem has been that too-high valuations and too generous terms have spawned painful down rounds that squash the entrepreneur and his early investors. If the entrepreneur can bootstrap.
Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 10, 2008
As all good sales VPs will tell you, the compensation plans of the sales team will drive behavior, so it is critically important that you structure the sales and account management plans to align with the key metrics of your business: CMRR, Churn, and Cash flow. ” Gary Messiana, Bessemer Entrepreneur-In-Residence and former CEO, Netli.
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