Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions. Complementary skills.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

by David Nagrosst, head of sales for Cyxtera Technologies in Asia Pacific, Australia and Japan. Security-focused code reviews and rigorous penetration testing are also highly recommended. Of all the security threats mentioned here, this is probably the one that requires most due diligence and is the most difficult to identify.

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

Set up a Data Room, with a filled-out Due Diligence Questionnaire (“DDQ”). My recommendation is to take apart an investment report from a mid-sized foundation or a due diligence questionnaire built by an investment consulting firm, such as Cambridge Associates, Mercer or Wilshire. Our pipeline stages are: .

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people. It is not uncommon for startup directors to be more deeply involved in the operations of the business when the company is entering a new market, hiring critical team members or raising capital. Take part in startup investment due diligence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions. Complementary skills.

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions. Complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions. Complementary skills.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I’m a mom, a full-time sales manager, and recruiter. Angels invest in one out of every forty deals they review (2.5%) versus the one out of 400 by VC’s (0.25%). Entrepreneurs need to find a way to get traction (sales) without funding. Wait, you didn’t want to be a sales person? I’m not your average angel.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring. They will review and negotiate all related contracts.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Keep in mind the difference between marketing and sales: to present the product and encourage sales vs. the selling of the product. Operate on due diligence from this point: Identify your potential key crew members — background checks, personal references, past business review are all vital.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 28, 2011

But if you are a competent engineer, sales executive, online marketer or general manager in Silicon Valley, NYC, Boston or other start-up hotspots, the unemployment rate is 0%. CNN recently reported that 40% of the 130,000 job openings in Silicon Valley are for software engineers. 2) Hiring Inexperience. Immediately.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. is an AI bot which helps companies refine their sales pitch to VCs. Sebastian Soler recently launched Knowledge.vc , which uses software and machine learning to enhance deal sourcing and diligence for VC firms.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Manuge continues, “Corl connects to a business’ bank accounts, accounting software, payment processors, and other digital services to collect 10,000+ historical data points that are analyzed in real-time. We have reviewed the application process of other RBI lenders and have not found one that has more API connections that ours.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 31, 2012

The above video shows a normal guy who pretends to be a celebrity by hiring a few bodyguards and a camera crew, and walking around Times Square. All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Hire Smart People Everywhere – [link]. All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Hire Smart People Everywhere – [link]. Apparently, very little.

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mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

Because there is often a lot at stake for a new company, its wise to ask where you will fit in among founders and first hires — and how you can make a direct impact on the companys success. Proceed — if at all — with extreme due diligence and caution. What is the sales strategy? Manpreet Singh , Seva Call.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. Not only because it’s a product that Bplans and Palo Alto software makes, but because before I joined the company, I used LivePlan to pitch and raise my investment capital. Pretend that you are the investor.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Could you talk a bit about the diligence you did during the acquisition? How long into the discussion before you commenced diligence? Due diligence is the most important part of the process because it dictates whether you should move forward with the acquisition, and at what price. Number of new paid accounts per month.

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The Startup Toolkit

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Github – repository for your source code plus task lists and collaboration with your developers. Streak – simple CRM plugin for gmail to manage and share your sales leads. elance – various freelancers (assume you’ll hire several for trial projects before finding good ones). Crowd funding.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Hiring is a chapter unto itself, but it deserves to lead off any discussion of context. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. You can’t be too careful in determining comp packages for your new hires. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! Code Igniter. Code Hosting and Version Control. code spaces (svn). WorkingPoint.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Some additional comments at the end.

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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. Your natural tendency when an investor says yes willbe to relax and go back to writing code. They were helpful in negotiating deals, for example.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

My delusions of coding grandeur quickly subsided and realized that I was not going to hack it. It’s the same process as sales and dating, and I know how to do both, well, at least sales… So, how hard can this be? Additionally, if you want to hire more engineers, how hard will it be to find people using this language.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. They’re going to look first at the sales forecast. That’s a lean business plan.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

The biggest deal I’ve ever done was a sale of a $100,000 website. I was still nervous because I hadn’t really invested that kind of money and negotiated a sale before, so I went to bed that night after I made the offer, wondering whether I was going to follow through with it. 2,000 at the time was probably 5% of my income.

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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. Granted you don’t want to sound like you are interrogating them, but if there is sufficient interest on the company’s part in hiring you, they will expect you to ask those difficult questions.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

This is Sabrina Parsons, the CEO of Palo Alto Software. Things like your secret sauce, things that are specific to how you do business and they are very, very important that you think about them as part of your business and not just things that are done eventually when you’re busting at the seams and you finally want to hire people.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Algorithms will be the heart and soul of due diligence — it’s not just a sanity- check mechanism,” said Matt Oguz, the managing partner of new investment firm Palo Alto Venture Science. We found this out through usability testing and then added the information to the sales copy and the FAQ. Recruit them yourself. A ton of stuff.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It directly affects your ability to sell, to fundraise, to hire the best employees, and to grow. You may also want to consider measuring social media engagement and keeping an eye on your online reviews. Speaking with people who have only glowing reviews is great, but does not paint the entire picture. Social media. Typography.

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