Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As a business advisor, I listen to many of you entrepreneurs talking about achieving your dreams, but too few of you have structured that dream, and can express it in a set of specific goals, with a timeline for getting there. Avoid fuzzy goals, like making big money or being a market leader. Celebrate your successes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2012

Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2015

As a model, think high-quality marketing collateral, with text and graphics in columns and sidebars, but focused on the value of your business, rather than selling your product. Skip the fuzzy marketing terms, such as "easier to use," "lower cost" and "disruptive technology."

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch.

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Gust

JULY 23, 2014

So even if my own mother asked me to meet with you, and you were pitching me a biotech opportunity for a $10 million investment at a $90 million valuation, I might take the meeting, but it wouldn’t be particularly useful for either of us. In this case, it’s not a lack of interest, just a lack of time and efficiency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2015

Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2011

Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time. Syndio has over 60 enterprise customers including Nordstrom, Match Group, Target, Adobe and PagerDuty and already more than 1.3

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The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

She previously served as the Chief Product Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Smule , where she remains an advisor to the Board of Directors. Marketing is often treated as a bad word in Silicon Valley. But the truth is that many of the best products are created by marketing geniuses. Prerna Gupta is an author and futurist.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Product Development – Getting Funded as The Goal In a traditional product development model, entrepreneurs come up with an idea or concept, write a business plan and try to get funding to bring that idea to fruition. Do they believe you have a big enough vision and market. Did the VC’s like your team ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

A common request I hear from aspiring entrepreneurs is for an assessment of their latest idea. The best new idea for any entrepreneur should first be based on their own personal interests, skills, and lifestyle, rather than the characteristics of a given market or technology. I can assess execution plans, if you have any.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

A common request I hear from aspiring entrepreneurs is for an assessment of their latest idea. The best new idea for any entrepreneur should first be based on their own personal interests, skills, and lifestyle, rather than the characteristics of a given market or technology. I can assess execution plans, if you have any.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. Remember that you will have total control over who can see this material.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

As an advisor to young entrepreneurs, I find that many are a bit naïve about how the investment process really works. In my first working session with this entrepreneur, I suggested ways to break this request into stages or tranches, based on showing traction, with the first amount in a more affordable range of $50 thousand or less.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It’s one that’s a good fit for you personally, for your target market, and for your location. Test your business idea and do market research*. Define your target market. What’s your market size? How long will it take to get to market? According to Tim Berry , “If you know your market, move on!”

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

A great elevator speech will spark interest in your business and hopefully lead to a deeper conversation. Elevator speeches are a great opportunity for entrepreneurs. What’s the difference between an elevator pitch and an elevator speech? Your target market. Your solution. The value you offer.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 22, 2010

As I listened to him present the problems of matching lithium-ion battery packs to EV powertrains and direct drive motors, I realized that he had a built a product for a segment of the electric vehicle market that possibly could put his company on the right side of a major industry discontinuity. Filed under: Marketing.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Increasingly, entrepreneurs are female, older, changing careers, and racially diverse. The changing face of entrepreneurs and business owners. One issue is identifying who these non-traditional entrepreneurs are, which can make it harder for them to acquire funding. Embrace social media and digital marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

A common request I hear from aspiring entrepreneurs is for an assessment of their latest idea. The best new idea for any entrepreneur should first be based on their own personal interests, skills, and lifestyle, rather than the characteristics of a given market or technology. I can assess execution plans, if you have any.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Executive team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Executive team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Executive team.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Over the past 20+ years, as an angel investor, former venture capitalist and private equity investor, and serial entrepreneur, I have seen and written, a wide variety of pitch decks and business plans. This is where your elevator pitch needs to be embedded. Segment your potential market.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

I’ve heard many entrepreneurs deliver their pitch as if they’re auctioning off their grandmother’s antiques. and Canadian markets. This is a rookie mistake, but many entrepreneurs say this. Were there other cars on the market at that time? Pare it down to the essentials. Customers pay by the hour or by the day.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 13, 2019

If you’re a creator dabbling in the world of content marketing, or a small business owner in need of content, you’ll want to keep Blended Sense on your radar. link] Can y’all give us the elevator pitch for Blended Sense? Having a digital presence is key if you want your business to stay relevant.

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Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Executive team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2010

Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Building for Yourself Instead of a Market “Scratching your own itch&# is how many great ideas begin, but it’s not a business strategy. It’s easy to let your idiosyncratic preconceptions prevent you from observing what the larger market will accept. Have an account?

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2012

There are a couple very strong companies and a few others that may have trouble surviving in crowded markets. But, when it came to the pitch, nearly every one of them earned an “A” for the day. Rae and the TechStars staff prepare companies for the Demo Day pitch from Day One at the accelerator. Some of that is OK.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And make sure to read our recent posts with advice from Mint CEO Aaron Patzer on his advice to entrepreneurs as well ( here and here ). link] Michael Arrington yep, this stuff is gold for entrepreneurs. The first post, From Nothing To Something. How To Get There, is here. Justyn Great post – thanks for this Seth.

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Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

Download Your Free eBook How To Pitch and Get Funded how-to-pitch-and-get-funded.pdf. See Also The 7 Key Components of a Perfect Elevator Pitch. Their free option doesn’t let you store presentations privately, which is a huge concern for any entrepreneur taking a new idea to market. Improve Presentation.

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Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

See Also The 7 Key Components of a Perfect Elevator Pitch. Their free option doesn’t let you store presentations privately, which is a huge concern for any entrepreneur taking a new idea to market. See Also 5 Things Missing From Most Entrepreneur Pitches. Presumably it’s market-priced design work. (If

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