Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. Revenue is Not Revenue is Not Revenue.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

It’s the result of several decades in high tech, three years as an investor in a local Oregon angel investment group , some consulting in due diligence for venture capital, and my experience as founder and co-founder of successful ventures. What I say here is my opinion and mine alone. Closeness.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

A good example is the marketing technology sector. If you bill for your technology services on a percentage of ad spend, you are guaranteed to look like an agency that deserves a revenue multiple of 1–2X. Heck, there was no venture capital in Dixie in that era. There was no thought of enterprise value.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. No, thanks.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The Curious AI Company , a General AI company whose first venture is waste sorting (the very definition of unsexy but lucrative), reportedly aims to sell its AI software as a toolkit. What might these technologies do? Machine learning in cyber security has already attracted a substantial amount of venture capital (e.g.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. I know you’re not a tech guy and haven’t done anything other than an HTML course you once took, but if you’re inspirational and a leader you’ll find somebody to moonlight for free to get your prototype built.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

She has spent twelve years in startups and built three successful companies without venture capital backing. Her previous startup, a real estate tech company, was acquired in 2019. 17:06] What’s been the hardest part from a tech perspective? [18:37] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

How do they currently meet your target market’s needs, and how will you differentiate your product or services? basic infrastructural costs like phone and internet service, invoicing software, etc…. times the size of the global venture capital industry today. Competitive analysis. Sales and marketing plan.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Published on: July 13, 2011 Posted By Angie Tags: Elizabeth Knopf , Finding A Co-Founder , FounderDating , Sorced , Technical Co-Founder , Tips & Tricks. My delusions of coding grandeur quickly subsided and realized that I was not going to hack it. Thus, I embarked on the journey to find a technical co-founder.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. Even pre-launch, there’s work you can do here to differentiate yourself. How will you take advantage of SEO and SEM?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Of course we have to believe that there is a viable market, a differentiated product offering and a chance to build something defensible but if you do those basics right you still get crushed without an amazingly talented founder. Hardware + Software The world is filled with investors who will tell you, “We don’t do hardware.”

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Companies that successfullyleverage acqui-hires can save years of work and gain a competitive advantage by adding skilled technical and operational talent, deep local market knowledge and an accelerated time-to-market. The larger the size differential between the two companies, the easier the acqui-hire will be.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

For example, Palo Alto Software focuses primarily on helping small businesses realize their dreams of starting a business. Many people reading this guide will already have an idea of what that is – perhaps a tutoring agency, or a restaurant, or a software company. Week 1 – Get the ball rolling.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Most frequently people use this phrase in association with personal technology devices (heart-monitors, exercise accessories, sleep monitors, etc) that allow consumers to take direct control of their health information. Technology to the Rescue? The subject of the “consumerization of healthcare” has been around for many years.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 22, 2015

I have to admit, I’ve seen some judges of graduate-level business plan competitions care about IRR, but never an actual angel investor during actual due diligence. And it gets worse—a lot of angels, in a lot of tech business markets, prefer high growth and deficit spending to profits. You’re out of school now. Get a clue.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

This way no one leaves the network due to excessive fees, yet you end up with a higher average rake over time due to the competitive dynamic. And when prices go up due to bidding and competition, the suppliers blame their competition not the platform (part of the genius of the Google AdWords business model).

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

You’ve paid your dues. It will be much easier to differentiate yourself from all of those other generalized consultants if you specialize. Computer/technology consulting. Helping clients with software and/or hardware issues. times the size of the global venture capital industry today. Think about it.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. To make it successful, Apple will need to upgrade the quality of its content and start differentiating mobile and home video content. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software.

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bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

Read the scenarios and give yourself points accordingly: 3 Points: You actually do not know any software developers. 5 Points: You are developing software for government or major corporate clients. A group of contractors or motley crew of devs probably won’t just due to conflicting personal interests.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

Recently, Palo Alto Software CEO Sabrina Parsons hosted a webinar for our Bcast members on how to use LivePlan to create a better business plan, pitch your idea to investors, and track your business. Think about this as well, those high tech, high growth companies we all hear about all the time, Uber, and Twitter, and Airbnb, they all plan.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Software 2.0: How the use of internet is transforming the software industry. To win in this new space, software companies need new marketing skills. for a demo.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

billion multi-stage venture capital firm focused on IT-related investments… I also serve on various investment committees, including for the St. Jude Children’s Cancer Hospital and the Stanford Medical Center, and teach entrepreneurship and venture capital at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Instead, let’s separate the upside and downside of “building feature X,” and clarify the outcome of those two aspects: UPSIDE: Unique position in the market, leading to new deals won through differentiation. If we do feature X, we earn more deals (through differentiation). lack of copy/paste, poor call experience).

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Nuclear Weapons Laboratories which used supercompurters to run their hydrodynamics codes to simulate what went on in the first microseconds in a nuclear weapon and the National Security Agency (with Cray putting in a special population count hardware instruction) used to facilitate decryption of codes. Ardent 3: Supercomputer Porn [.]

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. After leaving Juno, he founded his own software company, Fog Creek Software. Defensibility in Software.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

So if Internet and mobile technologies can be used to change real estate or transportation, why not healthcare? ” It’s worth noting that our primary focus was on technologies that aided and improved primary care, which is about half of the U.S. He is one of Silicon Valley’s legendary venture capitalists.

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