Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

This is part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital. My advice with Elephants was that you need to take them head on in your first VC meeting because the VC is already thinking about the issue whether you bring it up or not. I recently wrote a post on how to Deal with your Elephants in the Room during your VC meetings.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

lean startups or even the advent of AJAX. Fast forward a decade and now I had a startup filled with smart web developers. So when some of the younger guys at startups I’ve funded start teasing me about my gray hair and that they’re now designing products for me (as opposed to their moms!)

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Distinguishing constructive criticism from bad business advice Joy of Honesty in Business: A 5-part Series Sacrifice your health for your startup. Tags: Essays advice philosophy strategy. Related posts: Uncommon Interview: Bob Walsh, Digital Entrepreneur How much of success is luck?

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. To generate growth in a startup, it is almost always necessary to raise external capital to run the necessary. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

Let me start by saying two things: Events like this are invaluable to startups because the significant value comes from building the network across portfolio companies and the discussion one can have with your peer group. Greycroft – Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups. And market your brand, not your personality.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. Many startup companies hire advisory boards. My main advice to you if you’re considering it is don’t waste much equity on it. Too bad you’re a startup and don’t have an assistant to deal with all of the administration / coordination of scheduling.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

I wrote a blog post about being hands on where I argued that startup founders need to be hands-on or in my words, “you can’t run a burger chain if you’ve never flipped burgers.&#. I once had a startup team pitch me for an investment where the President of the company led the first call with me on his own.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I believe that true happiness comes from a sense of fulfillment, giving and doing what your moral compass knows is right. Better that you be this person, whatever level of business success you achieve in life. any guesses what the image is from?).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Every town has firms that focus on startups – find them.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Posted on June 11, 2009 by steveblank When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask them to take a walk around the block and ask themselves: Are you comfortable with: Chaos – startups are disorganized Uncertainty – startups never go per plan Are you: Resilient – at times you will fail – badly.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2017

How to spend your startup funds is the most important decision a business faces at this crucial stage. According to 2016 statistics published by the Small Business Administration (SBA) , only about 78 percent of small business startups survive the first year, and only half make it to the five year point. Legal advice/tech support.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 21, 2009

What follows is your startup therapy session. If you could get one solid hour of advice from a guru you respect, what would you discuss and what would be the goal of the meeting? Or email them and see if you can get some advice! Tags: How-To advice introspection planning strategy. Push more out the door.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2018

Brabble also can be used as a standalone technology to drive revenue for large ecommerce retailers via their patented technology called Star Tags. Since we’re talking about raising money, what route do you think startups should take in getting off the ground?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2020

If you want to ensure that they spend their newfound cash on the services and products you have to offer from your startup, you need to go out of your way to appeal to them. Here are just a few of the specialist pieces of advice that are discussed in great detail in this guide: Promote your Instagram on other platforms across the web.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2014

Blogging about related subjects (for instance, providing diet and exercise advice to promote a health business site) can help to draw in extra customers. Others marketing small business startup' Good marketing is practical marketing, and it can help to give business long term resilience.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

If you ask the biggest names in business how they got to where they are now, they’ll all have at least one story about a time when somebody older and wiser gave them some advice that changed their outlook and led to bigger and better things. Business advice seminars and conferences are big business. Podcasts, though, don’t cost a dime.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

If you set around quietly waiting for someone you know to offer you money to fund a startup, you will probably have a long wait. Be honest with naïve family members and friends about the inherent risks of a startup – at least 70% fail in the first five years. Tags: entrepreneurs friends and family fools investors business.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

Businesses often go through change and may require new content on the website (such as COVID-19 advice), plus web design trends often change and an outdated website will always be a deterrent for a potential customer. The post Essential Tech Tips For Businesses appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Add Live Chat/A Chatbot.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

And he recognized it was making his startup feel and act like a big ponderous company. Most decisions in a startup must be made in the face of uncertainty. One of the things he mentioned was that when it came to decision-making he still tended to think and act like an engineer. The same is true in your company.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

We like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and various random stuff! Check out the video above and (my advice?) Small Business and Startup Tips: Cool Stuff for Your Next Trip | crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1pI8Qmc. think twice!

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

It took me 8 startups and 21 years to get it right, (and one can argue success was due to the Internet bubble rather then any brilliance.) No internet, no blogs, no books on startups, no entrepreneurship departments in universities, etc. It took lots of trial and error, learning by experience and resilience through multiple failures.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small business and startup tips: training day! Tips On Defining The Size of a Market for a Startup Business – [link]. Small business and startup tips: training day!

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

Typically, these remote jobs did not require advanced skills – data entry jobs, image tagging, image labeling, customer support, online call centers, telemarketing, online surveys and the like. Out of a sudden, both startup founders and investors started asking themselves ‘’ What is our remote strategy?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good advice … How To Sell – [link]. Small business and startups: engage your customers the old(spice)-fashioned way – [link]. I’m Starting a Company!

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good advice … How To Sell – [link]. Small business and startups: engage your customers the old(spice)-fashioned way – [link]. Good advice … How To Sell – [link].

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

I have to start with a major negative: if you have to ask if your startup can get venture capital, then it almost certainly can’t. Venture capital is a very rarified atmosphere of high-end startups and emerging businesses with experienced management teams, high potential growth, secret sauce, and so on. So that’s my advice.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Useful advice from @guykawasaki about starting a facebook fan page vs. building your own website – [link]. Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors – [link].

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Myth #2: Influencer Marketing Strategies Aren’t for Startups. It’s available for any business, including startups. Since fewer startups are tapping into this option, your brand will stand out from the competition. It’s hard not to when an Instagrammer tags a brand in a post all about their products.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Startup and Small Business Marketing: Website Optimization Mistakes – [link]. Startup and Small Business Marketing: Website Optimization Mistakes – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

In the Beginning … This is a very important post to me because I find myself giving this advice all the time and if you don’t follow [.]. Tags: Start-up Advice startup. .&# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

In the Internet startup space, some companies choose to develop enterprise solutions they hope will attract large corporate contracts. Here are some tips for enterprise startups looking to snag those big enterprise contracts. Loura made it clear that it is a common misstep by young startups but not necessarily a deal-breaker.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Startup Battlefield. Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get? He covers startups, music, social, mobile, health, and education. So, the Founder Institute has developed a solution to this long-standing pain in the ass that all startups experience. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Lessons Building companies is hard work. Tags: Start-up Advice. I started my first company in 1999 in London at the height of the dot com craze. We also had facilities in Dublin, Ireland where our company was initially founded.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups. .&# Perhaps the more failures, the better?

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blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Traindom Traindom Customer Login Sign Up Affiliates Support Information Marketing Conversations 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage October 4th, 2010 § 45 Photo used under Creative Commons from theparadigmshifter So you have a new startup company and want some coverage. Killer Startups 2.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. Everybody seems to like you but nobody seems to be getting out their checkbooks. Most of them are telling you that they just need to see a bit of traction before they’d be prepared to [.].

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