Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Cash is always hard to find, but in many cases it’s even harder to find access to needed distribution channels, government contract expertise, or the special skills required to deliver your solution. Usually it pays to work in an industry for a while, before you try to fix it. Willing to start today and find resources later.

Intellectual Property 312

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor Viral 312

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. For new car companies such as DeLorean and Fisker, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. New drugs usually fall in this category, due to side-effect testing.

New York City 246

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 246

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

Startups are often distributed entities, so adding and managing freelancers, contractors, and outsourcing firms is not a big step. If you are a typical startup operation, consisting of an unpaid founder and co-founder, both working part-time, outsourcing is not likely the solution to your resource constraints.

Intellectual Property 306

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Software Review Technical Review 306

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

This will involve an analysis of the company’s distribution channels, advertising, and pricing strategy. They will also assess trends in the market and how current economic, political, and demographic conditions relate. Sales and marketing strategy.

Technical Review 380

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Angel Investor 380

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

Even if your company doesn’t sell high-tech products, like Zappos sells shoes, having and using the right technology in the business, for distribution, marketing, and customer support can easily make the difference between winning and losing in today’s high-tech world.

Technical Cofounder 260

Technical Cofounder Technology Management Entrepreneur 260

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

Cash is always hard to find, but in many cases it’s even harder to find access to needed distribution channels, government contract expertise, or the special skills required to deliver your solution. Usually it pays to work in an industry for a while, before you try to fix it. Willing to start today and find resources later.

Intellectual Property 436

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Viral Distribution 436

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. For new car companies such as DeLorean and Fisker, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. New drugs usually fall in this category, due to side-effect testing.

New York City 315

New York City Silicon Valley Startup Bootstrapping 315

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

For example, you may have a product, but not a strong distribution channel. An alliance with a distribution organization enhances the value to existing and new customers of both your solutions. Partnerships work to accelerate growth when the sum of the whole is greater than independent efforts. Find ways to work with your competition.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor Dilution Software Review Distribution 167

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Business leaders with wide relationships are able to more quickly find and close on alliances to fill gaps in their product line, increase distribution, and reduce costs through common components. Very few businesses can grow organically fast enough to stay ahead of competition.

Technical Review 218

Technical Review Software Review Cofounder Social Network 218

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2022

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Distribution 250

Distribution Africa United States Salary 250

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Distribution. How do you distribute your product or service? Some products and services can be sold and distributed online, others require multi-level distributors, partners, or value-added resellers. Common choices include manufacturing in-house, outsourcing, off-the-shelf parts. The key issues here are time to market and cost.

Business Model 256

Business Model Distribution Viral Green 256

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s very unusual for two competitors to have exactly the same strengths – in development, marketing, distribution, or customer support. Capitalize on shared costs and common distribution. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels.

Partner 434

Partner Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Non-Compete 434

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

A nonprofit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. Yet as an active angel investor, I still get this question on a regular basis, so I’ll try to outline the considerations in common-sense terms.

Equity 235

Equity Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy 235

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model. Leverage your customer conversations to predict and validate your business model.

Startup 245

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 245

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

This means staffing and delivering the business legally as an LLC or corporation, completing a website and business licensing, and arranging for manufacturing, distribution, and support. Well before launch, as well as after, all the preparations have to be in place to deliver and support your solution.

Intellectual Property 235

Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Harvest Technical Review 235

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Peers won’t be able to help you much in finding external investors, co-founders with prior experience and industry connections for distribution and marketing. The idiosyncrasies of supplier relationships, distribution and pricing are just as important as the generic elements of time and money management.

Entrepreneur 373

Entrepreneur Chad Incubator Dilution 373

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Startups are often distributed entities, so adding and managing freelancers, contractors, and outsourcing firms is not a big step. If you are a typical startup operation, consisting of an unpaid founder and co-founder, both working part-time, outsourcing is not likely the solution to your resource constraints.

Intellectual Property 238

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Software Review Offshore 238

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2016

The right channel for marketing and distribution is one of the basic “four Ps” of business (product, promotion, price and placement). Treat distribution partners as part of your team. They usually get chastised and declined for ignoring the realities of the retail channel. Recognize that terminating an exclusive arrangement is costly.

Channel 120

Channel Distribution Partner Acquisition 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

In today’s world of distributed data, global reach, and powerful incursion technologies, how do I protect my data and my customers’ data? How can I control a highly distributed technical operation, which changes every day? Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives. Data security. Return on investment.

Technology 206

Technology Agile Architecture Distribution 206

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Term Sheet 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. For new car companies such as DeLorean and Tesla, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. New drugs usually fall in this category, due to side-effect testing.

New York City 202

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 202

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Many innovations are jeopardized by team members and leaders who are hesitant to accept full accountability. Training and coaching.

Intellectual Property 343

Intellectual Property Metrics .Net Social Network 343

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2023

All relationships require hard work, patience, understanding, as well as tactics and strategies designed to make them blossom, just as you have tactics and strategies for marketing, selling, advertising, production, distribution, and customer service. Thus strong relationships are the basis for all the other keys to business success.

Networking 319

Networking Distribution Advertising Partner 319

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2011

In today’s world of distributed data, global reach, and powerful incursion technologies, how do I protect my data and my customers’ data? How can I control a highly distributed technical operation, which changes every day? Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives. Data security. Return on investment.

Agile 230

Agile Startup Architecture Distribution 230

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Partners and distribution channels will take you seriously. In many business arenas, brand-name partners and distribution are a prerequisite to scaling the business. Executing multiple iterations while very small is critical for anyone with a limited budget and runway.

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Startup Stealth Agile 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

To get the visibility and distribution you need will likely require one or two levels of partner relationships and a real model for marketing, events and promotions. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales. Customer support is more than handling exceptions.

Business Model 273

Business Model Customer Angel Investor Bootstrapping 273

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model. Leverage your customer conversations to predict and validate your business model.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Startup Angel Investor Technical Review 283

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model. Leverage your customer conversations to predict and validate your business model.

Startup 161

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 161

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company. She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results. Debate and adjust your offering to better match what customers want.

Revenue 263

Revenue Startup Technical Review Business Model 263

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2023

These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. The pandemic has almost certainly had a profound impact on your customers: they may have altered their purchasing habits, or found themselves with entirely different needs. It's your opportunity to respond to those shifts.

Viral 232

Viral Revenue Distribution Campaign 232

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Nail the business model. Leverage your customer conversations to predict and validate your business model.

Startup 296

Startup Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator 296

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company. She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results. Debate and adjust your offering to better match what customers want.

Small Business 147

Small Business Revenue Technical Review Business Model 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2019

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Distribution 187

Distribution Africa United States Salary 187

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Before you spend big money on inventory and scale over a wide area, make sure you have finalized your marketing, manufacturing, and distribution resources. Use test marketing to identify changes before scale-up. Many new businesses have lost their credibility by not being able to deliver or having a major recall early in the growth cycle.

Marketing 290

Marketing Leadership Differentiation Equity 290

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2023

Before you focus a senior decision maker on your new cloud technology and distributed data, make sure he or she understands how it will lower user privacy exposures, rather than increase them. Customers are always looking for a better user experience, and they don’t want their privacy compromised. Reduce litigation risks and support costs.

Elevator Pitch 272

Elevator Pitch Social Network Agile Technology 272

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Every business needs marketing, distribution, a positive revenue model and intellectual property to survive. You have proven that you can create an innovative product, but creating a business is a whole new challenge. The old adage of “if we build it, they will come” doesn’t work anymore. Aspire to be in control of your own domain.

Intellectual Property 243

Intellectual Property Matching Business Model Cofounder 243

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

A nonprofit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. Yet as an active angel investor, I still get this question on a regular basis, so I’ll try to outline the considerations in common-sense terms.

Angel Investor 132

Angel Investor Equity Technical Review Exit Strategy 132