Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

In this context, there are at least six stages often included in the scope of R&D to narrow your focus: Search for new technologies. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Expanding the product line. Business commercialization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

In this context, there are at least six stages often included in the scope of R&D to narrow your focus: Search for new technologies. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Expanding the product line. Business commercialization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. That should equate to an adequate valuation for a $2 million follow-on Series-A round, without giving away all the equity.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Brand marketing is concerned with objectives such as: Brand tracking , identity, and recognition; Improving brand awareness ; Building brand equity ; Understanding and influencing consumer perceptions about the brand. Post-launch, product marketers focus on improving sales enablement and work to drive demand and adoption of the product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

But startups require money upfront for product development and later to scale. Risk capital takes equity (stock ownership) in your company instead of debt (loans) in exchange for cash. At its core Venture Capital is nothing more than a small portion of the Private Equity financial asset class.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2014

At the end of the month, we’d evaluate the partnership and discuss equity. I knew that there were issues with my potential partner, but I also knew that the company would grow at a slower pace if I had to start the co-founder search from back at square one.

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David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

A startup called Corpora made headlines for all the wrong reasons after tech bloggers ran an image search to find the company logo. You want your company to show up first in the search results whenever someone is looking for a product you sell. First, any branding and SEO equity you built up under the old name are jeopardized.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

After all, sweat equity can make up for a trim marketing budget, but it would be hard to make up for cuts in product development and customer service without sacrificing customer experience. Current and new customers care a lot more about product or service quality, and the value of your item.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2014

A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

The Enterprise: Business Model Execution We know that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. It describes the product/service, who is it for, what channel sells/deliver it, how demand is created, how does the company make money, etc. The question is – why?

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 2, 2019

Marketers refer to this concept as brand equity. It’s the idea that a brand’s name and perception have unique value separate from the value of the products and services it offers. Many aspects help build brand equity, such as brand image, brand loyalty, and brand associations, to name only a few. Think back to brand equity.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 21, 2019

If there is no record of revenues, see the “The Berkus Method” available with any search query for valuing the business before revenues. The more you ask for – the more equity you give up. To raise $2,000,000, you must give up 50% of the post-investment equity (the current value of $2,000,000 plus the investment of $2,000,000).

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Gust

MAY 11, 2014

A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors.

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Seed Money SBIR Dilution Government 164

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

In late April 2010, VentureBeat published that Blippy credit card numbers were published on Google search: [link] followed by Blippy’s response. The investment will be used for product development initiatives. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures. Wildfire Interactive.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

These are the four stages of a product we’ll be focusing on. . However, on a more granular graph, the introduction phase would be preceded by a product development stage. This stage is used to determine the viability of your product and confirm when it should go to market. Establishing strong brand identity. Consistency.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

They’re looking to be paid properly in the context of the overall salary structure, including cash, benefits, and equity, and to be paid commensurate with performance. Your Product Plan must fit into context of your overall business mission. What will most upset them is what they perceive as unfair treatment.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 30, 2014

Marketing the site and creating a business behind the product proved much more challenging. To thrust our venture forward, gain business skills quickly, and increase our chances of raising capital, we searched for an accelerator program. Accelerators are short entrepreneur training programs designed to jump-start new businesses.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

But if you are going to have somebody who's developing a product, developing a new technology, designing, or going out into marketing and figuring out new ways to market, you really need a thinker. You can also reach out to me on virtually any of the social networks, just search for Steve Hoffman or founder space.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Geoffrey Moore Author of Crossing the Chasm and four other books, Geoffrey Moore has been thinking about high-tech product development longer than most of have been doing anything on a computer. These highlights focus on the key points I took away from my favorite talks. An excellent presentation from a brilliant guy.

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 23, 2012

But you can still reel in good people - if youre generous with your equity. Pinterest can hire, Square can hire, Dropbox can hire - these companies have a clear demand for their products and are becoming market leaders," explains Naval Ravikant, founder of startup advice site Venture Hacks. Need $25,000 for product development?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

By establishing a company dedicated to inventive and speedy product development, I am able to use cutting-edge technologies and consistently innovate faster than competitors. All of a sudden, I felt the need to reach out to her but Facebook yielded no results and Google had a billion search results. 11- Enjoy software products.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2010

It is the ultimate product development get-started guide to Lean Startup. It is the ultimate product development get-started guide to Lean Startup. If youre in that boat, today my friends at Appsumo are trying a new experiment that just might help you out.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. There are 110,000 monthly search queries looking for "stretch mark(s) removal."

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I write this post to put you out of your miserable technical co-founder search and give you some realistic options. In hindsight, the $3,000 we spent basically served to keep us busy while we continued to search for a co-founder. I still believe the guy writes great code but we just weren't getting anything useable out of him.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This morning Seth Godin published a post titled Debt, equity and a third thing that might work better. That’s when you find one or more (future) customers that help fund your product development in exchange for input into the process and free or highly discounted use of the software.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 16, 2015

In the first couple of months the focus should be on making sure the idea is valid, requiring the following activities: Development of the company vision and strategy. Search for a point of deep emotional resonance with customers – research work. First iteration of the product vision. First iteration of company messaging.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning,” rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want.

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Lean Startup Metrics Private Equity 167

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. There are 110,000 monthly search queries looking for "stretch mark(s) removal."

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Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. There are 110,000 monthly search queries looking for "stretch mark(s) removal."

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Whether this sale is going to be an LBO or a Private Equity transaction, or a sale to a strategic buyer, the process of selling to the buyer is critical, and overlooked. Its amazing how fast this happens, especially in companies with short product development cycles in non-medical industries. What can we do to their revenue?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Offer equity instead of cash. Everybody should be selling. Selling is an honorable profession. Everyone from the receptionist to engineers is selling. Not just about expenses, about increasing revenue. Voluntary salary reduction program. Pay attention to where your cash is. All cash in most secure possible instruments.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Only talking to real-life people will help you figure out whether you’ve got a good product, or just a solution in search of a problem, or a product in search of a market. We went door to door and even rented a kiosk in the mall to get feedback to see if people would use a product like ours.

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bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

In brief, startups succeed because there is strong alignment of interests among all parties, especially with the people who are actually building the product. Development shops who work for $100+/hour and take no equity are poor partners in a startup. 5 Points: You have a development shop that will work for equity.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Startups don’t have access to the same resources or brand equity. September 2013 – Ryan Holiday publishes Growth Hacker Marketing and urges people to build growth into the product itself so that it’s a self-sustaining, scalable growth machine. An Epic List of 100 Growth Hacks for Startups by Search Engine Journal.

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 10, 2017

Unlike the much maligned case of a clueless business guy searching for indentured servants, he delivered real value and had secured a shocking number of customer commitments before the thing was built. But because they have equity, cofounder screwings are different. Two thoughts: First, they’ve earned that equity.

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