Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee). Define some intellectual property. Marty Zwilling.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Every month of the year, approximately 540,000 people start new businesses and become self-employed entrepreneurs. That’s over half a million new startups every month, all fighting for customers’ attention. If someone asked you what your startup does at a party, how would you respond? Create a Compelling Story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. So I thought I would drop back to some essentials in building and nurturing business relationships (most of these apply to personal relationships as well): Build your network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into a value proposition that their customers or potential investors can understand and relate to. This priority applies to big companies, as well as startups. Customer data integrity and security.

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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

JUNE 27, 2012

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. – not just web-based startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. So I thought I would drop back to some essentials in building and nurturing business relationships (most of these apply to personal relationships as well): Build your network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. So I thought I would drop back to some essentials in building and nurturing business relationships (most of these apply to personal relationships as well): Build your network.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

With the recent influx of startups, there is a lot of competition for venture capital funding. Build Your Network POC entrepreneurs typically have smaller networks compared to white entrepreneurs, and women typically have smaller networks compared to men. Partner up. and represent 8.3%

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2014

Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into a value proposition that their customers or potential investors can understand. This priority applies to big companies, as well as startups. Customer data integrity and security.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Work on your elevator pitch. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. So I thought I would drop back to some essentials in building and nurturing business relationships (most of these apply to personal relationships as well): Build your network.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

He’s the founder of four companies, most recently WPEngine , and blogs weekly about startups and geekery. I’ve reviewed hundreds of startup pitches and I can tell you that everyone makes the same types of errors. Both are death for startups. This isn’t important for showmanship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2016

Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into a value proposition that their customers or potential investors can understand and relate to. This priority applies to big companies, as well as startups. Customer data integrity and security.

Elevator Pitch 145

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. To me, this indicates that venture capitalists (VCs) are looking for business, but not from first-time startups. Overall, investors put $7.5 That represents a $1.5

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Work on your elevator pitch. Don’t skip all business social settings. Face time is critical, even with the current rage on social networks, phone texting, and email.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is: how secretive should I be about my idea? This includes investors, entrepreneurs, people who work in similar areas, friends, people on the street, the bartender, etc. (I Eric Stromberg.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the Angel perspective (as a member of an Angel group screening committee).

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Use them to propel your startup into success and growth. Elevator pitches and pitch decks. LivePlan : Full disclosure, we’re the makers of LivePlan—but that just makes us more certain that it’s an essential startup tool. Pressfarm : Find journalists to write about your startup. Accounting software.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

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Life Beyond Code

JUNE 13, 2013

There are fairy tale stories that get reported in the media about the glorious life of an entrepreneur. The details are generally missing as it would be impossible to document the ups and downs of an entrepreneur throughout his or her journey. This article is for people who are thinking of becoming entrepreneurs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 18, 2016

This simple fact led Michael Preysman to create Everlane , an online retail startup that intended to sell “Barney’s quality at one-third the price.” The Tumblr post was shared across the social network ( it now has over 19,000 notes ) and spawned spirited discussions about retail markup among social media and fashion blogs.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

This is even more true for professionals today and no group more so than entrepreneurs. If you don't believe me, think how many times have you described a startup to someone by first describing the background or people involved? Therefore, for those of you planning to be serial entrepreneurs your personal brand is an invaluable asset.

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Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2017

Silicon Valley is on a tear, so it might seem like the US is teeming with startups. But, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research , the number of high-growth startups has been declining since the 90’s. After the turn of the century, startups created fewer jobs than they did before the year 2000.

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the Angel perspective (as a member of an Angel group screening committee).

Angel Investor 179

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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 ). And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. The first post, From Nothing To Something. How To Get There, is here. Seems a bit unintuitive, right?

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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www.quicksprout.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

When I first started investing I did it because I wanted to make more money, but I started enjoying investing in startups because it was teaching me a lot about entrepreneurship. For the last 9 years I have been an entrepreneur and over the years I heard both good and bad stories about investors.

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