article thumbnail

Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

They want to see that you have some unique advantage that differentiates your company from others in your industry, and they’d prefer that you have some experience in that industry, which gives you legitimate insight into the problem you’re attempting to solve. Ultimately, these advantages helped us secure the funding we needed.

article thumbnail

Startup Business Model Considerations

SoCal CTO

Team – higher requirements for caliber of team members Product – focus on truly differentiated and not me-too Market – is it really big enough to provide investor returns** Traction – need more users, partners, patents, etc Timing – are you building for yesterday or 2 yrs from now?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

That requires deep value creation that is difficult to do when everyone is using the same tools, even in different ways -- value requires differentiality which requires protection as soon as someone spots the value creation, for it will be copied soon thereafter. Otherwise it's a great idea.

Lean 168
article thumbnail

This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. TechCrunch. GroupSpaces.

IPO 242
article thumbnail

How and Why to Create Smarter Content

Duct Tape Marketing

Now that pretty much everyone gets that content is a must, it’s time to send your content creation and distribution to school to get smarter and more sophisticated. For several years now people like me have been advising you to create educational content as a foundational element of your marketing – and many of you have listened and profited.

article thumbnail

The Direct-to-Consumer Checklist

Austin Startup

Even pre-launch, there’s work you can do here to differentiate yourself. One thing worth considering is that your gross margins will tell you whether certain distribution channels are viable?—?for Have you thought about how potential IP theft would impact your business? How will you take advantage of SEO and SEM?

article thumbnail

Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

This solution clearly differentiated for the sales team, and also ensured quality search results, whether paid or organic. Because she understood the potential for IP-based syndicated content technology, Alex started searching for new and useful ways to put this technology to use.

Product 60