Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

You can sell products and services online without fancy face-to-face sales pitches, you don’t have to rent out an expensive physical storefront, and best of all, you can make sales while you sleep! In fact, it’s estimated that online sales will hit $4.8 The most critical part of the online sales process is payment.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

What tech stack should a microinfluencer use? Many investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory. Tech stack. Superhuman **, my email client.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2019

It will mean all your tools use the same data set, creating synergy between payroll, accounts, leave management, performance review and other HR processes. Technology is always evolving, too, so you should look for a provider that’s active in improving their product (this includes security). NZ Sales Manager. Automation.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2013

Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Good reminder from Fred Wilson that your instincts should sometimes guide you when due diligence does not – [link]. 4 Ways to Get Customers to Open Your Emails | Entrepreneur – [link]. Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Since 2015, her company, Barney, has guided over 150 media, marketing & tech companies through acquisitions. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Look, if you work in sales, wanna learn how to sell or just peek at the latest sales news. What does your sales and marketing team look like?

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Blog Blazers: 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets → Book Review: Finding a New Career that Values Your IT Knowledge Software Development If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. If you’re in this position drop me an email and I will send you my copy. Check out my book Like this post? at 9:03 am [.]

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Before booking a hotel I always check out Trip Advisor and read reviews. It’s hard for angels to assess whether or not to invest because they often have day jobs and can’t commit to the kind of due diligence that most VCs go through. When I want to go to restaurants I check out Zagat and Yelp.

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Scott Edward Walker

MAY 22, 2015

Last week, my client closed the sale of his company for approximately $65 million. Indeed, we started the sales process nearly two years ago — so when the wire hit, he was a happy man. Below are three significant tips for entrepreneurs that I learned from the sale (and from my 20+ years of doing M&A transactions).

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Every question below has been asked via email, comment or Twitter over the past four weeks. Could you talk a bit about the diligence you did during the acquisition? How long into the discussion before you commenced diligence? I added prominent calls to actions on the most visited pages to funnel people into the sales flow.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. New Communications Review. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Most tech start-ups fail.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. If you shoot from the hip, you’ll be shooting your own foot most of the time.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. Are These Your Slides? I quickly leafed through them and replied, “Sure they’re our original slides.

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack. For example, one LP told me she prefers customized emails from fund principals, as opposed to a bulk-mailed quarterly update. Set up a Data Room, with a filled-out Due Diligence Questionnaire (“DDQ”). Our pipeline stages are: .

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 30, 2010

Why not ask people who may have entrepreneurial, operational, sales, marketing, etc. Of course, that’s different than trying to come in 3 weeks later with just one more customer if my initial concern was executing a sales plan in a market with hundreds of thousands of potential customers. backgrounds at startups?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2019

For instance, some focus solely on technical support, and others that work specifically in the marketing industry. As you know, not all of the emails, phone calls or texts we receive are always worth responding to. Some virtual assistants specialize in a particular industry or specific task. They help filter communication.

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David Teten

APRIL 13, 2021

As Greycroft said in an essay : “Since we were a small fund, it would have been overwhelming to us and our small administrative staff to set up the meetings and follow ups, fill out questionnaires (which for the most part fall into a dark hole), and respond to the myriad of questions which occur during the due diligence process.

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

I worry about everything: money, sales, engineering, support, and recruiting. No customers no sales, no startup. Most people try to get through the day, especially if you’re applying for some tech job at some poor startup. 2 comments Mint Life Know your money. Live your life. The right answer is, “We’re a startup.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In most cases, these applicants for equity funding must be rooted in technology to apply to this limited discussion. Email readers, continue here… ] The Angel Capital Association (ACA) lists over four hundred member groups, located throughout the USA. Friends and family investors. How many angel groups are there?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. I always made them commit in an email to the day they would ship documents and then I’d hold them too it. I’d send them their email and point out the docs were late. Any deal.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2014

All parties need to perform due diligence to ensure that the assumptions are correct, that neither partner has financial issues which could affect the partnership, and that the opposite partner has the skills to contribute to the partnership. Email readers, continue here.] Access to new technologies. Is it by committee?

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

It also assumes the entire value of the investment is captured for investors at a sale of the company in the time specified in the term-sheet. This results in a range of sale prices; in this example from $118.6MM to $21MM. This results in a range of sale prices; in this example from $118.6MM to $21MM. Let’s start at the end.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital. My favorite part of pitching to them was the due diligence process. I was the CEO of both startups, so it was my job to pitch to the angels. 51 percent).

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Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2014

You may be a manufacturer or a distributor and you can buy the products that you sell for pennies on the dollar because one of your suppliers is having a fire sale. It’s automatically taken out of your account either a percentage of your sales or a fixed amount. No minimum sales from the sales standpoint.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Outbound Squad, hosted by Jason Bay, and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. There was, uh, this time I was, had a business for sale.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. . Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Remember again that the three major steps to a sale are: Why buy anything?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

This article picks up from that point onward, discussing the challenges we ran into once we went into operation mode, the invaluable lessons that only first-hand experience can teach, the exit strategy which was the $250,000 sale of the website, and finally my overall concluding thoughts on the entire experience.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Your goal was to preserve your cash while you turned these guesses into facts and searched for a repeatable and scalable sales model. Reply Week 2 – Customer Discovery & Listening « Iain’s Chips & Tech , on November 6, 2009 at 9:44 am Said: [.] Raising Money Using Customer Development « Steve Blank [.]

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I’ve built my email list through that as well. I’ve got a subscriber base of about 40,000 emails as well, and it’s the centerpoint for everything I’ve done and the exposure I’ve gained. I have a few contractors to do the technical side of my work and a customer support person, but that’s it. I don’t actually have any employees.

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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. Consequently, I either needed a tech co-founder or to pay someone to develop the product. Thus, I embarked on the journey to find a technical co-founder.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

We’ll also be sending out a follow-up email after this webinar and we will be recording the broadcast and making it available as well. The number one job you’re going to have is as a sales and marketing guru. You also need to look at whether or not you need to update your technology skills prior to you leaving your corporate job.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Angels whove made money in technology are preferable,for two reasons: they understand your situation, and theyre asource of contacts and advice.

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VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

Foundry reviewed these terms before committing to invest and both FG Angel’s $ 50k and the syndicate member’s total amount are under the terms of this note. A smaller group performs due diligence on each deal before they invest and makes a deal by deal decision whether or not to participate.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. Make sure you’ve done the due diligence on all of these areas of your business. Pretend that you are the investor.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

You may also want to consider measuring social media engagement and keeping an eye on your online reviews. Head this off at the pass: once a customer makes a purchase, send them a short email asking them about their experience. Email and customer feedback forms. Understanding your customers.

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