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MARCH 19, 2015
He’s dubbed the approach “ pretotyping ,” and it shares many of the same principles as both its similar-sounding (if later-stage) cousin, prototyping, as well as the more well-known lean startup movement. NVV: Lots of entrepreneurs reading this will think about the lean startup movement when they hear about pretotyping.
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OCTOBER 24, 2019
Some very early dollars may be required to assemble the early team, in which case I’d lean towards bringing on some angels who are willing to invest in a company at a very favorable price.
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MAY 21, 2020
And it’s even more likely in light of the current Covid crisis that company development and subsequent fundraising timelines will be longer in the next several years than in the past. How hard should CEO Founders lean into this reset story? Sometimes those time-periods are extended ones.
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MARCH 1, 2016
All of these stories are useful for recruiting, internal alignment, and business development—they really serve as analogies for different types of startups. Because then, when you go back to the same capital market for your Series A, and say, “We are raising this A to do Y,” you’ll have a lot of folks leaning in. then go do X.
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FEBRUARY 23, 2021
At this point, the investor and the entrepreneur work together to develop their perfect list of potential partners, and then do targeted outreach to try to bring this investor into the round. The classic scenario is when a VC has a signed term sheet to lead a round, but has left room open for another meaningful investor.
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JULY 24, 2015
The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. bijan : there’s a danger in leaning on pattern recognition. Ben Yudysky (@BenYudysky) July 21, 2015.
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MARCH 8, 2016
What are some common, early mistakes entrepreneurs make when developing their company’s brand identity and message? My advice is simple: Go talk to someone who understands earned media (mainly press) long before you have a need for it — in many cases before you even have a fully developed product or brand.
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