Brandanew

AUGUST 19, 2016

And as a follow-up in today’s post, we’ll be sharing how to effectively use WordPress as your CMS (Content management system). WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems and offers great versatility. Effective usage differentiates you from those who fail to get productive results.

PHP 100

PHP Widget HTML Portfolio 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

And while there is a narrative that most LPs only want to invest in the long-standing Silicon Valley brands that have existed for the past 40 years, there is evidence that many LPs understand that it is possible for new entrants in our industry to stake out grounds of differentiation.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital LP Silicon Valley Marketing 150

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 31, 2024

Since then, I’ve received 200+ inbound leads (and counting). Have backed close to 20 emerging GP's over the past 5 yrs & looking to add 3-4 more to the portfolio this year. As one fellow VC said to me, “Raising a fund for an emerging manager in 2024 might be one of the hardest things you can do”. DM's open.

LP 73

LP Differentiation Deal Flow India 73

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Smart is simply not a differentiator. I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been. It felt like there was a wavelength with management and somebody wasn’t on it. And let’s be clear – in almost every company there is executive management fighting. FourSquare.

Portfolio 364

Portfolio Chicago Sales Incubator 364

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. VCs crave the ability to help portfolio companies. You should read it.

Advisory Board 365

Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We might help a management team deal with a vexing strategic question or a thorny negotiation but these are mostly tactical. For some of my more skeptical portfolio companies I simply asked them to run a trial of inbound sales calls and they were shocked. That’s why I often say The role of VC is “chief psychologist.”

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Fractional CTO Cofounder Early Stage 150

Cracking the Code

MAY 2, 2019

To get an insight into how successful start-ups approach team building, we spoke to Sylvain Utard, employee number 1 and VP of Engineering at Algolia, an Accel portfolio company. Sylvain: Because we don’t have the visibility of a consumer brand or a well-established enterprise company, we focus on what differentiates us.

Part-Time VPE 48

Part-Time VPE Engineer Retention API 48

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

They could try to figure out how to do logistics, warehouse tracking, photo-processing and route management. They literally can’t respond to our core differentiator. Our portfolio company Ring had a new “security doorbell” which is truly a new market. At their scale this would be hard but doable. Competition.

Startup 150

Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

645 Ventures 645 Ventures makes deeply-researched investments in institutional Seed to Series A rounds for exceptional companies who demonstrate stellar early results in the areas of market validation, product differentiation, team strength, and brand narrative. These sectors generally leverage the Internet or software in a fundamental way.

Private Equity 48

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

portfolios. If you plan to charge more than them I need to know how your product will differentiate to command a premium. Great product managers who are not great business people still often fail. They are the most important document you can prepare to align your management team on where you THINK your business will go.

Business Plan 334

Business Plan AJAX Venture Capital Technical Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Of course it’s much harder to identify “emerging managers” who it turns out have been some of the best performers over the past 5-7 years such as Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, First Round Capital, True Ventures, Greycroft, Foundry Group, Thrive and Upfront Ventures. and the bigger funds can’t get in directly.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I’m sure the management team & board over there know that they need to focus on what comes beyond mayors, badges & check-ins. I use technology precisely to try and develop an intuitive feel about what will work and what won’t” The management team got it. I’m interested to see where they take it next.

Startup 313

Startup Guerilla Silicon Valley Portfolio 313

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Spend some time understanding their preferences, any portfolio gaps and the right terminology to use in your plan. The management team. Management team. Management team. Central to any investment opportunity is the management team. Investors understand that the full management team may not be in place.

Business Plan 93

Business Plan Technical Review Initial Public Offering Due Diligence 93

VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2022

Sequoia’s “Adapting to Endure” Sequoia presented this deck to a group of portfolio founders and it quickly spread online to founders worldwide. We may see many VC funds increase their reserves strategies to triage their portfolio through this high-bar Series A environment.

Venture Capital 184

Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation Startup 184

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

supply chain management, marketing), but not a good product. VCs without experience (which can come from either investing or operating) often struggle to differentiate between a good product and a bad one. VCs often use executives in relevant portfolio companies to do this expert review.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Product Venture Capital Valuation 123

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2012

Sulaiman Sanni and his partner Ben Lamson were both working for Meltwater Group, a large, well known Software as a Service company, Su as a social media consultant and Ben as a sales manager. “The way we differentiate ourselves is that we’re much more than a platform. As Su says “We were both in good positions.

Small Business 142

Small Business Advisory Board Employee Entrepreneur 142

Pascal's View

MARCH 12, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Please differentiate between the governance of a VC fund versus the governance of companies in a VC fund’s portfolio? The VCs want capital efficiency, which means they want management to do more with less.

Government 28

Government Portfolio Technical Review Due Diligence 28

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Using our portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, services, and consumer products, we seek to develop the most creative, innovative, and profitable entertainment experiences and related products in the world.”. The key words in this mission statement are “entertainment” and “experiences.”

Differentiation 217

Differentiation Portfolio Matching Operations 217

Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Not yet profitable but invaluable to developers worldwide, the decade-old company bootstrapped, differentiated from formidable competitors GitLab and Atlassian’s BitBucket, weathered leadership upheavals, and eventually ingested lots of venture capital which helped them weather the challenges they faced.

Acquisition 71

Acquisition Azure Open Source Seattle 71

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2011

What started originally as how can VCs differentiate themselves to stand out, quickly became an Entrepreneur’s wish list from its VCs. Be proactive about training management teams – people are the most important asset, right? Host workshops and help establish a strong management team within your portfolio.

Technical Review 101

Technical Review Due Diligence Hosting Harvest 101

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2021

The majority had dedicated more time to guiding the portfolio companies through the pandemic. . While always core to diligence, social validation behind a business and management team became even more critical determinants of fit. Communication with management teams has become higher touchpoint, shorter form, and more transactional.

Venture Capital 350

Venture Capital Cofounder Early Stage Seed Stage 350

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

And these ideas have ways of seeping into board discussions with portfolio companies as in, “have you ever thought about trying A, B or C?&# And the product itself is invite-only so they can control volume and everybody has expectations managed. You have tons of differentiation. But life doesn’t end. Life goes on.

Early Stage 380

Early Stage Stealth Marketing Startup 380

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 29, 2018

by Tesma Gwee, Senior Marketing Manager at ZomWork. Like many of us, you’re probably managing several projects at once (some of them could be your scope of work) and still saying ‘yes’ to your boss or client. (I I can really empathise.) It’s part and parcel of every job. Yep, you heard that right.

Non-disclosure Agreement 147

Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence B2B Differentiation 147

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

If you choose your name well and it represents what your customers value in you then it will be memorable, differentiated and meaningful. We have a few portfolio companies going through brand changes. We are trying hard to live up to the guidelines we laid out for our investors, our portfolio companies and our community.

Ireland 324

Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

Then from the mid 2000s, value add began moving beyond the partner to the firm as VCs began employing people who’s full time job was helping their portfolio. The most common strategies are to provide networking services and content to portfolio leaders so they can be more effective in their jobs. . Building platforms.

Portfolio 84

Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 11, 2021

With minimal risk and critical savings, you can start your portfolio investment. What Is Portfolio Investment? Portfolio Investment covers a wide range of assets that include stocks, government, and corporate bonds. The power of taking risks and the time frame are the key elements determining the portfolio.

Stock 52

Stock Securities and Exchange Commission Portfolio Dividend 52

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2012

This also requires a huge investment to get to critical mass, and real work to differentiate and sell premium services to users locked-in as free. Portfolio pricing. Here your objective is to make money with the portfolio, some with high markups and some with low, depending on competition, lock-in, value delivered, and loyal customers.

Business Model 282

Business Model Revenue Portfolio Differentiation 282

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2014

This also requires a huge investment to get to critical mass, and real work to differentiate and sell premium services to convert users to paying customers. Here your objective is to make money with the portfolio, with high markup and low markup items, depending on competition, lock-in, value delivered, and loyal customers.

Revenue 287

Revenue Startup Business Model Retention 287

Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 27, 2013

Today''s IPO by Tremor Video is seen by many as a harbinger for the adtech community (full disclosure: Tremor Video is a Flybridge portfolio company). Less understood is that managing digital advertising is far more complex than its analog counterpart. Rightly so. As DataXu''s Mike Baker likes to say, Mad Men have become Math Men.

IPO 36

IPO Advertising Software Improvement Differentiation 36

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 31, 2022

Luckily, you can access a specialized solution for wealth managers to take care of operations, billing, and compliance. Clients look for professionals offering the latest technologies while incrementing their portfolios. Most importantly, let your service quality be the key differentiator for achieving client retention.

Finance 59

Finance Retention Differentiation Portfolio 59

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 28, 2021

And then when it comes to being a leader, hiring, and managing that’s really the biggest area where they struggle. More About Certified Marketing Manager Program Powered By Duct Tape Marketing: Check it out here. And we even have great tools for accounts receivable management. What’s your advice? [16:29]

Small Business 101

Small Business Entrepreneur Green Community 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2013

This also requires a huge investment to get to critical mass, and real work to differentiate and sell premium services to “convert” users to paying customers. Here your objective is to make money with the portfolio, with high markup and low markup items, depending on competition, lock-in, value delivered, and loyal customers.

Product 290

Product Revenue Business Model Retention 290

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

I immediately reached out to the founder and CEO, Katrina Lake , who had previously worked for another Benchmark portfolio company in the fashion space, Polyvore. The special differentiation of the company gives it not only the opportunity to be a leader in its field, but also the opportunity to revolutionize an entire industry.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

How do they currently meet your target market’s needs, and how will you differentiate your product or services? Management plan. This section outlines your legal and management structure. A photographer’s calling card is their portfolio and work samples. Sales and marketing plan. Build a web presence.

Business Plan 64

Business Plan Small Business Administration Hiring Social Media 64

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

But they are also a tax on your time with portfolio companies, looking for new investments, running your shop and honestly they are a tax on your family life. I guess if you’re in high-volume, low-differentiation mode perhaps this is efficient for you. Inbound is seldom differentiated dealflow. Pay attention.

Cofounder 374

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 374

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

He points out that there is absolutely no proof of relativity between them, as the numbers show, adding that a good investment manager focuses on the long-term value of the holdings he or she manages, not the economy. It’s one of the differentiators that should guide individuals when they are looking for investment advisors.

Founder 133

Founder CPA Dividend Exit Strategy 133

Version One Ventures

AUGUST 21, 2014

Considering more than 1/3 of Version One’s portfolio are marketplaces, I appreciate just how much a strong community can be one of the most powerful differentiators and growth drivers for marketplaces. How can you best manage a community so it contributes to your growth? Here are a few tips: 1.

Community 152

Community Differentiation Framework Portfolio 152