Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 30, 2013
'The average length of a funding pitch to Angel investors is ten minutes. Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first fifteen minutes. The biggest complaint I hear from investors is that startup founders often talk way too long, and neglect to cover the most relevant points. Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation.
deal architect
JULY 30, 2013
'Most companies will say things like customers are our highest priority. Or quality. Or Investors. Or even write bestselling books about "Employees First". But SAP unabashedly says Our Partners are Job 1. Not sure how else to explain that SAP.
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YoungUpstarts
JULY 30, 2013
'The pivot – at least as far as a startup is concerned – is defined by Eric Ries, author of “ The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses ” as a structured course correction designed to test a new fundamental hypothesis about (a startup’s} product, strategy, and engine of growth.
deal architect
JULY 30, 2013
'I have been reading plenty of stories recently about how technology and automation are killing jobs. And my usual reaction is to think of William Gibson and his quote "The future is already here — it''s just not very evenly.
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Feld Thoughts
JULY 30, 2013
'Fred Wilson had a post yesterday titled Mentor/Investor Whiplash. His recommendations for dealing with it can be summarized as “collect all the data, think about it, discount what investors have to say, and ultimately listen to what the market is telling you over what advisors / investors tell you.” I then read through the comments on the post and was bummed out.
Life Beyond Code
JULY 30, 2013
'Kare Anderson and I have been friends for a while. Every meeting and conversation with Kare is an absolute delight because she is simply a powerhouse of ideas, enthusiasm, energy and a bundle of possibilities. I was not there when these videos were recorded by Japjot mentioned to me that the experience was very similar to that of what we had when we recorded Guy Kawasaki videos – almost no retakes, insights with clarity and compassion.
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The Equity Kicker
JULY 30, 2013
'One of the reasons I moved to Forward was to be in the vanguard of change for early stage company finance. Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger wrote a post yesterday about the disruption of venture capital which lists the changes afoot: Information about VCs on the internet. In the mid-1990s VCs began to have websites, but there were no good resources for entrepreneurs to find out about the venture capital process and learn about individual firms or partners.
Up and Running
JULY 30, 2013
'If you are like me, not a day goes by without you and your startup team needing to manage some conflict. You and your co-founders have different perspectives on what features to prioritize or which business strategy to adopt or whether a job candidate should be hired. No need to fret: a joint problem-solving approach to handling conflict can generate creative solutions and stronger relationships.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JULY 30, 2013
'Tweet I remember approaching the final year of my university degree thinking about what I was going to do next. I was working a casual job at the university, the dot com bubble had just burst, and I was about to graduate with average grades from a business management degree with absolutely no intention of getting a full time job.
crowdSPRING Blog
JULY 30, 2013
'Design is becoming more important in today’s noisy world. Smartly designed products tend to become more popular. Websites with good design practices tend to appeal to more customers. Nicely designed email newsletters and print brochures do a better job conveying the intended message. But what is good design and how can you see it? Here’s a wonderful 40 minute video focusing on the work and ideas of Inge Druckrey , a well-known designer and educator.
SiliconHills
JULY 30, 2013
'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Former Microsoft senior executive and current investor and rancher Mike Maples Sr. answered questions ranging from what he looks for in investments to what it was like to work closely with Bill Gates Monday night at Austin’s Startup Grind at Capital Factory. After his retirement in 1995, [.] The post Mike Maples Talks Investments, Startup Smarts and Bill Gates appeared first on SiliconHills.
Business Plan Blog
JULY 30, 2013
'The Most Common Questions Asked by Investors. Statics show that investor receive thousands of plans a year and will only proceed to the next round with 10% of those at best. Regardless of the type of investor you are targeting (sophisticated individuals, angel groups or VC firms), it is important to be fully prepared to answer every question that they may come up with.
SiliconHills
JULY 30, 2013
'At a birthday party in Aspen, Colorado, Paul Boukadakis and Chris Shaheen couldn’t find a good way to capture all the moments around them. That’s where and when they came up with the idea for a social video sharing application called Ferris. “This app was born out of frustration for us,” said Boukadakis, CEO of [.] The post Ferris Launches Video Collaboration App appeared first on SiliconHills.
Venture Chronicles
JULY 30, 2013
'I had this conversation with @andredurand a few weeks ago. What services does a government provide? - Identity - Central bank-backed currency - Law-and-order (optimally in equal proportions) - Defense. Of course there are more but many of the things we associate with government, e.g. social services, are in fact choices that a citizenry has made rather than a core obligation of government as a necessary means to govern.
Jeff Hilimire
JULY 30, 2013
'I’m a big believer in betting on the person over the idea of the startup. Every startup I’ve invested in has been because of the founder(s) rather than the business plan. When we created Shotput Ventures in 2009 that was our big focus, betting on the teams vs. the idea (though we wanted good ideas as well). My original business partner who created Spunlogic with me in college recently wrote about the same idea on his blog.
Early Growth Financial Services
JULY 30, 2013
'Originally published in Business on Main. Q: What’s one quality you should look for in a potential advisory board member? Why? The following answers are provided by The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses via live video chats, an expert co
Bryce Dot VC
JULY 30, 2013
'A beautiful visual from a fascinating report on Android device fragmentation by our portfolio company OpenSignal.
David Teten
JULY 30, 2013
'I met some time ago with Brad Wisler, co-Founder of SproutBox , and shared with him our research on portfolio value creation by venture capitalists. He wrote a thoughtful note, which I’ve shared below, with permission: David, Thanks for sharing this paper with me. I love the title, which almost perfectly sums up our philosophy. What follows is a bit of a brain dump, but I’d be happy to provide my thoughts in a more formal manner, if you think it would be useful.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 30, 2013
'When Singapore-based Vibease first burst into the startup scene , they unsurprisingly met with plenty of incredulity and shock (and quite a bit of mirth). How could a country as prudish and starved of sex as Singapore spawn a startup that’s pretty much involved with developing a sex aid? Even the judges at last year’s Startup In Asia weren’t quite sure what to make of the teledildonics startup that designed remote-controlled dildos.
David Teten
JULY 30, 2013
'I met some time ago with Brad Wisler, co-Founder of SproutBox , and shared with him our research on portfolio value creation by venture capitalists. He wrote a thoughtful note, which I’ve shared below, with permission: David, Thanks for sharing this paper with me. I love the title, which almost perfectly sums up our philosophy. What follows is a bit of a brain dump, but I’d be happy to provide my thoughts in a more formal manner, if you think it would be useful.
Bryce Dot VC
JULY 30, 2013
'I spent the better part of yesterday digging out from under a pile of emails, calls and messages that had piled up while I was totally offline last week. And by totally offline I mean connecting to anything but the people in my immediate vicinity was the only option for communicating. Absolutely zero cell coverage beyond a satellite phone which was reserved only for emergencies that, thankfully, was never used.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 30, 2013
'by Libby Fischer Hellmann, author of ” Havana Lost ” and “ A Bitter Veil “ Some say the lunatics have taken over the asylum. Until recently, agents and traditional publishers were publishing’s gatekeepers, deciding whose work was printed and whose was rejected. The growth of self-publishing has turned everything upside down now that anyone, anywhere, can publish, market their books, and call themselves an author.
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