Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

In the last few years, perhaps in reaction to the business integrity issues leading to the recession way back in 2008, I am seeing a renewed focus on other less tangible attributes which can set your startup apart. Too many early-stage companies are so desperate for customers that they operate in a frantic and random sales mode.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 15, 2013

2006-2008 was a mini-bubble period where gen 1 social networks Bebo, Myspace and Facebook were the big story and investor interest in business models was at an all time low.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. We can derive GeoInvenio's business model and pricing model based on that. You can select the business you like best through a poll on the 1M/1M Facebook page.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec. MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point Map of VC Investments Open Source Business Model Entreprenuer Network ► February (10) Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Combined with the usual summer slowdown, some are already raising the spectre of 2001 or 2008. Financially, they have to reserve capital to support large portfolio companies that account for big portions of the portfolio and thus make less early stage investment. The “venture recession” of 2016 is in full swing.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec. MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point Map of VC Investments Open Source Business Model Entreprenuer Network ► February (10) Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec. MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point Map of VC Investments Open Source Business Model Entreprenuer Network ► February (10) Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec. MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point Map of VC Investments Open Source Business Model Entreprenuer Network ► February (10) Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec. MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point Map of VC Investments Open Source Business Model Entreprenuer Network ► February (10) Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios. Bottom of the sales funnel.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec. MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point Map of VC Investments Open Source Business Model Entreprenuer Network ► February (10) Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Her upcoming campaign of reaching out to 100,000 moms will be one of the first concerted efforts to actually test her business model. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. She wants to sell these products on her site. PowerStores.in.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec. MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point Map of VC Investments Open Source Business Model Entreprenuer Network ► February (10) Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# To that I say baloney. Advertising.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. At 11 a.m.,

India 126

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Today, the telecom industry charges customers based on fixed price business models for data services. Next week, we will delve once again into e-commerce businesses and explore how niche e-commerce is transitioning into Web 3.0. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

In the last few years, perhaps in reaction to the business integrity issues leading to the recession back in 2008, I am seeing a renewed focus on other less tangible attributes which can set your startup apart. Too many early-stage companies are so desperate for customers that they operate in a frantic and random sales mode.

Startup 120

Startup Early Stage Vertical Sales 120

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec. Where I use LinkedIn: * I definitely use LinkedIn for Specific Requests - Ex. event I did last fall.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? Im still not convinced that "gut feel" isnt a good way to invest at the early stage, but this can certainly get rid of over-thinking and provides diversification and investments in entrepreneurial teams that would be otherwise overlooked. ► 2008. (14).

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

And EVEN if you ARE an experienced entrepreneur, all but just a few VCs still want to see customer validation, business model validation and traction, before they will invest. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Next comes the topic of angels.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Media Fragmentation and the Growth of Small Publishers » April 07, 2008. Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless. Posted by Steve on April 07, 2008 at 12:57 AM | Permalink. Assistant Edge.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. ► 2008. (14). This could include 2 short meetings and a couple of phone calls. ► May. (1).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. You have to know your business model.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2016

This was an obstacle I encountered while at Roozt.com, the Etsy-style platform for social entrepreneurs we launched in 2008. They constantly evaluate their systems, frameworks, and processes to determine whether they’re operating in the most effective manner for where they are now.

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

They assume that the tasks that they are performing during the early stage of startup development are the same tasks that will be performed during the next and very different stages. They assume that their skills will remain as valuable to the startup as they are right now. But such a best-case approach is hazardous.

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Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 15, 2011

innovation is heavily suffering right now – almost anything is a business model. when many vaporware and vapor-businesses crash or fade away they leave damage, possibly fueling the recession (remember 1999-2000? whenever investors jump in late (now) many bad things happen.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Finally, we’ll zoom out and assess the big picture: how various categories of company may be impacted long-term, how this crisis compares to 2008 (and what that means for early-stage founders), and the industries and business models that are now prime for growth. Those things all got created in 2007, 2008.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&#

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Are you refering to the various early stage platforms that are popping up? ► 2008. (14). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. April 12, 2012 3:16 PM. Daniel Sisson. Steve Bennet.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. I’ve already started the business modeling. Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto. Venture Financings we Discussed.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

Thursday, May 29, 2008. To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. ▼ 2008. (14). The last blogger in Silicon Valley. What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

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Tim Keane

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

« Paying attention to the business model: Whos in charge here? » November 11, 2008. Madison, WI -- Here' are two downloads to my presentation from last week's Early Stage Symposium, "What Entrepreneurs and Angels Want To Know About Each Other. Two Rules: No Ask, No Get. If Not Now, When?

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thursday, November 13, 2008. This got me thinking about the business model that Mike Keiser has built at the resort and a lecture began to form in my head. cant wait to go back, which is clearly goal #1 in the list of critical success factors if anyone is still following the business model tangent. ▼ 2008. (14).

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Telecom O2 learning to move at the speed of the internet 500 Startups and their accelerated feedback loops on what works, and what doesn't work in early-stage investing. The Lean Entrepreneur offers new thinking, tools and activities that help organizations identify and act upon business model challenges in a waste-eliminating manner.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Tuesday, February 12, 2008. As early stage investors, our goal is to eliminate as much risk as possible with the least amount of cash spent. February 14, 2008 7:46 PM. February 15, 2008 2:08 PM. April 14, 2008 12:48 PM. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

Kennet has a white paper on that summarizes why bootstrapped businesses are the best. ► 2008. (14). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ► May. (1). ▼ March. (1).

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