VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. Deepfake Detection – demand for a mobile application that provides deepfake detection, Caller ID, spam blocking and perhaps even live translation or agentic experiences for call handling.

Artificial Inteligence 177

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 177

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 30, 2020

Rosenstrauch, Founder and CEO of FUEL Partnerships. After several months of being forced to shop differently, we believe consumers will demand a combination of speed, value and convenience moving forward. Rosenstrauch is the Founder and CEO of FUEL Partnerships. Post COVID-19 Behavior.

America 222

America New York City Technical Review Distribution 222

ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2023

This difficulty is something that Jatin Mehta, one of the co-founders of SpeedyBrand, is aware of. Before being distributed through a variety of channels, the automatically generated content can undergo additional personalization via SpeedyBrand’s user-friendly dashboard and be edited.

Generative AI 127

Generative AI SEO Artificial Inteligence Forecast 127

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The supply vs demand mismatch is further exacerbated by existing supply concentration in certain geographies (often big cities). By removing physical boundaries, the care delivery modality provides an obvious advantage to more efficiently match geographically unbalanced provider supply with patient demand. . Affordability .

Vertical 156

Vertical Software Review Portfolio Demand 156

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

Success demands testing the solution early and quickly in the market, then iterating to get it right. For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Nail the business model.

Startup 245

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 245

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

With a tactical understanding of two different marketing strategies: demand generation and lead generation. While your competitors pump out gated ebooks and “state of the industry” lead magnets that generate low-to-no intent MQLs, tap into existing demand to build a pipeline of high intent leads.

Lead Generation 107

Lead Generation Demand Audience eCommerce 107

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. 18:05] How does the Founder Space operate? [20:21] He's the CEO of founders space.

San Francisco 95

San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 95

Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

A data-driven approach can help you make accurate and timely business decisions to meet market demands and improve cost-efficiency. However, as a founder of a small business or startup, you’re juggling many things. KPIs Every Founder Should Track. “What gets measured gets done.” .

Founder 71

Founder Retention Metrics Technical Review 71

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

by Lu Zhang, founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund. Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business. Prepare to prove your worth.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2020

To be fair, many businesses had distributed teams even before COVID-19 blindsided us. In fact, according to Founders Forum’s survey of 400+ startup owners, 94% of the respondents were already working from home before the pandemic. In distributed teams, employee engagement is critical. Image Credit: pixaby. Wrapping Up.

Technical Review 200

Technical Review Startup Belgium Software Review 200

NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The pitch: StockTrim is a SaaS API which uses a machine learning algorithm to look at past stock behaviour and project future demand to avoid the common situations of over-ordering, under-ordering or miscalculating delivery times and quantities. A company is more than the CEO / founder, so tell your angel investors who’s in your team.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Startup 103

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2020

by Itamar Gero, founder and CEO of SEOReseller.com . Although these measures can help keep small businesses alive, you have to understand that the high demand and the unprecedented nature of this issue has left the institutions that are actually making the loans overwhelmed. The US economy has not been immune to this.

Small Business 227

Small Business SBA Small Business Administration SEO 227

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As the idea went from innovating on software & systems to launching a company to rolling it out in the field brought on Rahul Gandhi as his co-founder to physically launch the company. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. were more distributed. Seriously, this happens.

Operations 286

Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2014

In the most recent episode, I interviewed Joe Perez , Founder of Tastemade. He has a long career in developing products and companies (such as Pogo, Excite@Home, Demand Media, The Daily Plate and now TasteMade) discussed much about his career choices and lessons. If you don’t know Joe, you should.

Management 292

Management Founder Product RSS 292

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

This value-based model bringing all the right customers to their yard is called demand generation. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue. Like SEO, demand generation is a long game. Demand generation is no exception.

Demand 124

Demand B2B Distribution Channel 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

Success demands testing the solution early and quickly in the market, then iterating to get it right. For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Nail the business model.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Startup Angel Investor Technical Review 283

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

Success demands testing the solution early and quickly in the market, then iterating to get it right. For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Nail the business model.

Startup 161

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 161

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

You might have started searching for a tech-oriented co-founder to help you launch your idea, only to find that your startup can’t afford the ongoing salary for a skilled software developer. Step 1: Test your demand. It may surprise you to learn that the technology itself takes a back seat to market demand.

Web 160

Web Silicon Valley Salary Demand 160

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It’s disheartening, but sadly, this is one experience that many startup founders face. I understand the struggles that come with being a startup founder. You’re getting more users, more traffic, and more demand. How do you keep up with the increasing demand? The good news is that there’s hope!

Design 105

Design Product Churn Rate Architecture 105

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Success demands testing the solution early and quickly in the market, then iterating to get it right. For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Nail the business model.

Startup 296

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 296

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Success demands testing the solution early and quickly in the market, then iterating to get it right. For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Nail the business model.

Startup 286

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 286

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

When Sloan arrived at GM in 1920 he realized that the traditional centralized management structures organized by function (sales, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing) were a poor fit for managing GM’s diverse product lines. If you’re following Tesla, you might be interested to know that Sloan wasn’t the founder of GM.

Michigan 278

Michigan Cofounder Stock Forecast 278

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. If you fail, it’s your loss, not theirs, no matter what the reason.

Technology 206

Technology Agile Architecture Distribution 206

Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Founders assumed they understood customer problems/needs, wrote engineering requirements documents, designed the product, implemented /built the hardware/software, verified that it worked by testing it, and then introduced the product to customers in a formal coming out called first customer ship. customer relationships to create demand.

Lean 120

Lean Agile Business Model Customer Development 120

Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2017

Others believe in the start small, grow strong approach: build a small version of the app, test user demand, and then take it from there. Then, about two weeks before launch, I distributed a survey to those 256 partners. This could have validated their interest and provided me with a tangible proof of demand.

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Distribution Redemption Demand 96

The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

As part of our Founder Interview series, The Startup Magazine caught up with entrepreneur Ola Sars, Founder and CEO of music-tech leader, Soundtrack Your Brand. Ola Sars, Founder and CEO of Soundtrack Your Brand. TSM: What is the most important thing you tell other startup founders? Ola: Stay focused.

Founder 158

Founder B2C B2B Audio 158

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Even with advantages that independent startups can never hope to match, including brand recognition, customers, financial capital, and distribution, I don’t often see the entrepreneurial passion for innovation, agility, and team perseverance exhibited by new startups.

Advisory Board 359

Advisory Board Incubator Dilution Agile 359

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2011

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. If you fail, it’s your loss, not theirs, no matter what the reason.

Agile 230

Agile Startup Architecture Distribution 230

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Every Flexible VC structure allows founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit, growth trajectory, and ownership optionality. . Flexible VC 102: Variations.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

View from Seed

APRIL 2, 2024

At the time, this metaphor really rang true and resonated with both founders and LPs. These brands have been able to run a goldilocks playbook – scaling attractively but not irresponsibly, expanding SKUs and distribution without sacrificing quality, and really cementing their brand love among consumers.

Merger 343

Merger Non-Compete Early Stage Venture Capital 343

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2020

Talking to customers seems like a simple idea, but most founders find it’s one of the hardest things they have to do. Founders innately believe they understand a customers problem and just need to spend their time building a solution. How can you test demand creation hypotheses during shelter in place for the Covid-19 virus?

Customer 418

Customer Business Model Restful Video 418

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

The LexSet Co-Founders (left to right) CEO Francis Bitonti , President Leslie Oliver Karpas , and COO Azam Khan won $250,000 in Verizon’s Built on 5G Challenge The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2020 LexSet serves AI engineers, especially those with limited resources, with a better way to annotate photos.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Los Angeles Cofounder Silicon Valley 63

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

For an entrepreneur to be successful, the business must be able to solve a particular problem and there will be demand from customers. For example, if we look at the food industry today, technology plays a very important role in ensuring quality food are harvested, processed, cooked, marketed, and distributed.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Singapore Artificial Inteligence Myanmar 165

Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2020

Now, data is pulsing through customer experience, conversation, distribution, claims and inspections in insurance, and more. The only remaining limiting factor is the lack of trust by some founders. 14- Rise in demand for innovators. Data is dormant in old-world businesses. Thanks to Ankit Singh, Techugo ! #14-

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Artificial Inteligence 144

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. To that point, we are most excited when our founders are able to go from slide deck to product-market fit and Series A and beyond. AWS Reinvent Survivor Dinner with founders, Fortune 500 execs, and VCs.

Stealth 79

Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

Gust

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. Steve Forbes image via Wikipedia. Data security. Return on investment.

Technology 162

Technology Agile Architecture Distribution 162

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2022

She is the founder of the digital marketing firm Market MindShift. She's the founder of the digital marketing firm Market Mindshift, and author of a book we're gonna talk about today, the Power of Scarcity, leveraging Urgency and Demand to Influence Customer Decisions. And then finally there's really demand related scarcity.

Differentiation 78

Differentiation Demand Distribution Sales 78