Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 21, 2013

He was part of a team that came third in a competition to create a new product, pitch it and even find customers for it, all over a three-day weekend period. I explain what Angel List is, what syndicates are and which people''s syndicates I have joined so far. I then have a ramble about using Angel List to invest in startups.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2020

You can even tell the product to flag any credit card numbers. That way, in case a credit card may have accidentally made its way into a file on your network, the product can find that for you. The application will automatically support any Unicode text from Russian to Chinese to Hebrew to Swedish. Cross That Off The List Right Now!

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2016

Additionally, it is critical to make sure to syndicate out descriptions rich with keywords. Syndicate Content Out, Build Links In. The key is not to get lost in activities that don’t add value and to find the most productive use of your time and especially money. Why wait when you are losing customers right now? Trevor Sumner.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, 8 have been pre-product or pre-seed style rounds. This is not what Nextview is about.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Founded in 2007, PredictAd’s product puts an emphasis on monetization, by showing contextual ads on the autocomplete drop-down in the search box – this old Mashable post by Ayelet Noff tells their story. Fribiz , a syndicated virtual currency platform launched this week. Miscellanous.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. Individual investments are limited to less than $100,000.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

Therefore we needed them to think and learn about two parts of a startup; 1) ideation - how to create new ideas and 2) customer development – how do they test the validity of their idea (is it the right product, customer, channel, pricing, etc.). Customer Discovery in the Real World. You need to propose disruptive solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Their computers then merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Companies like iHeartMedia, SiriusXM, and Spotify are investing in and leading the evolution of audio, focused on music streaming (on-demand and lean-back modalities), podcasting and content production. Products that were previously not inherently social, will embrace community, stories and sharing to increase stickiness and drive revenue.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). What is striking about these syndicates is that nobody had any meaningful capital, which forced syndication and cooperation. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2014

Magentooffers flexible, scalable eCommerce solutions, it’s Community Edition is free and includes a number of key features such as: an admin panel, user profiles, installation wizard, email notifications, product catalog toolkit, sales reports, themes, SSL support and more.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment. Go Boulder! File sharing?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Apply to local angel investor groups. Request a small business grant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. Individual investments are limited to less than $100,000.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Where your product or service fits into the market. Depending on which channels you use in your marketing, this might include: Newsletters; Blog posts; Company social media channels; Personal social media accounts ; Influencers; Company and industry podcasts; YouTube; Paid ads (Google and social media); Messaging apps; Syndication platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product). I’m excited to see what Nick can product. It now seems that Mark is more firmly in control. I like technical founders so this wasn’t an issue.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

But some professional groups often have special characteristics that can best be served via a distinct community with SaaS products that extend deeper into their daily worklives. All of us at NextView are psyched to support the company into it’s next phases of growth along with the rest of the investor syndicate. million times.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

We quickly realized that getting the right furniture to maximize productivity was harder than it should be. Rather than pursue a career in fine art, gallery art, or the commercial art industry my fascination with functional art and design pushed me to create the product illustrate offers today. 17- For better product performance.

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View from Seed

MAY 3, 2022

Unlocking inventory of products that could be resold & reused so that they will be resold & reused. These two “Forbes 30 Under 30 List” entrepreneurs have spent their entire careers focused on building marketplaces within the secondhand resale economy, including product & leadership roles at Mercari, which went on to IPO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Apply to local angel investor groups. Request a small business grant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2020

Typically, individual investments will be less than $100K, but a group of angels may syndicate multiples. Their interest is in a business which has proved the viability of a new and innovative product, and even sold a few already, and are ready to scale the business. Decisions are based on the startup team vs the product.

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Early Growth Financial Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Gene Marks Gene is the leading expert on small businesses, with an active readership across multiple syndication platforms. Martin Zwilling Martin has 30 years of executive experience in all aspects of building a company: including product management, marketing, and software development. Small Business 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

But honestly 10 extra hours in the office each day we would be there is way more productive. Success often comes from doing a few things extraordinarily well and noticeably better than the competition and is measured in customer feedback, product engagement, growth in usage and ultimately in revenue growth. Year in, year out.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 21, 2021

For product pages that are seasonal, have low inventory, or out-of-stock items. For example, many product pages might be similar with just a few minor tweaks. product pages.) For publishers who syndicate content. Example of “Products” rich result. When you have landing pages with thin or very similar content (i.e.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Stuck in a meeting which wasn’t productive. The service trends these Net Meeting Scores over time, benchmarking meetings to other people’s, teams’, and companies’, while also providing actionable recommendations that can result in real change & improvement in productivity. Meetings can suck. I know that you’ve been there.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

To be fair Apple designs products in a holistic fashion… iStuff is remarkable not just for the physical product design but for the software user interface. But my bet is that they’ll find some interesting new ways to indirectly drive their core ad business by virtue of the platform and not just their own product.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. Clutter includes: toxic people, time drainers, unnecessary events, and non-crucial product features.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Any great business starts with an entrepreneur who develops a value hypothesis in order to test and identify core product value, which is a real and substantial solution to a valuable client problem. Entrepreneurs are intimately familiar with their products. They help improve people’s lives by creating innovative products or services.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2019

team, market, product, stage/traction) but also the potential deal itself (i.e. how much the company is raising, valuation expectations, round/syndicate dynamics, etc.). During the debrief, we would discuss not only aspects of the company (i.e.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Startups with large, lifecycle VCs included in the seed round syndicate did not reach Series A faster than those who did not. If a lifecycle VC was involved in the seed investor syndicate, the Series A was noticeably larger, at a $5.9M Foster product development and marketing which creates organic (or somewhat organic) user traction.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Syndicate Funding on AngelList – A Company’s Perspective – crowdspring.co/Sl0HEA. Product lessons we can learn from Google+ | Inside Intercom – crowdspring.co/1o6ZpYG. Why Products Created By Ad Agencies Fail | Co.Create – crowdspring.co/1lDryD6. Do Entrepreneurs Get Better With Age? |

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Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

Srivastava leads Verizon’s innovation outpost (their Silicon Valley R&D center) in Palo Alto focusing on building products and services powered by big data and analytics. I presented them to our chief product officer and our CTO. ” Let’s define an MVP, a minimum viable product. Steve : And they need to agree.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I see emails from angel syndicates all the time for companies I hadn’t even given 2 seconds thought about investing and I get full info, pitch deck and info about the round size and timing. But let me tell you for free. That’s a huge problem. Information leaks. The Pottery Barn Rule Can Save You. Every great investor knows this.

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

The partners at NextView hold sessions more than once per week to push the participants’ thinking and actions to strive towards making significant advances finding true-product market fit. We proactively look to build friendly syndicates for our Seed investments, and welcome collaborating to build together.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I wish every blog used Disqus and I wish every website that syndicated content would create an integrated commenting thread the way that Business Insider does. When Quora went into Beta and became the “hip product to have access to&# in Silicon Valley I felt compelled to play around with it. It’s an awesome implementation.

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