Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2022

You may think it’s great that demand exceeds your supply chain, but customers only remember it as a loss of your credibility, and will tell others. Remember that the largest customers are often the slowest to pay, and the most likely to demand support and return concessions. Establish an advisory board of experienced peers.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Within the entrepreneurship ecosystem, “scaleup” challenges differ from startup challenges and demand unique solutions. Led by former Apple project manager Brian Brackeen, Kairos set up an Endeavor-facilitated advisory board. The Endeavor network provided Brian access to several high-quality enterprise connections.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We are purpose-built to not only invest pre-product but also to help accelerate your path to product-market fit with our decades of entrepreneurial and investing experience along with our active CXO advisory board. ABM/Demand Gen), Richard Crowley (Slack, Ops Architect), Misha Brukman (JanusGraph, co-founder).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Many startups have an advisory board of sympathetic people with industry expertise, or people who enjoy mentoring, or people who donate a few services on the come. Once you take investment, you will also have a fiduciary board, with the responsibility of making the company successful. Demands on your time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2020

It’s easy for you to blame someone else in the organization, economic conditions outside, or even overly demanding customers, when things are not going well. I believe that every business, whether public or private, needs to engage an advisory board or outside directors for a regular review.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

Projected enrollment growth and market demand can also be tricky to estimate. Write about the market and how you’re fulfilling demand. If you’re in a neighborhood that has 2,000 kids you still have room for a few daycare centers to serve demand, assuming around 10 percent to 20 percent of parents will enroll their kids in daycare.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2015

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. If your startup is not quite ready for a formal board of directors, then I would recommend you start with the less formal advisory board.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2016

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. If your startup is not quite ready for a formal board of directors, then I would recommend you start with the less formal advisory board.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 1, 2018

Sitting on a corporate advisory board is one of the best resume-builders an entrepreneur can ask for. Your First Board Position. If you’re not sure you agree with what an otherwise well-run organization believes, think twice about pursuing an advisory board position. So is every board member. That’s okay.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Ongoing momentum requires a move to mainstream, or even late adopters, who demand simplicity in your base function. No matter how much energy, experience, and passion you have, there is always more you can learn from an Advisory Board of external experts or a mentor. Utilize outside expertise and mentoring.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Santa Clara University shares their demand dividend structure. . Disclosures: Blue Future Partners is a member of the Advisory Board of ff Venture Capital , where David Teten was formerly a Partner.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

You see, the demand for “startup advisors” were going through a little bit of a boomlet. A sales and marketing tactic as much (or even more) than a customer development one, try setting up a Customer Council Advisory Board. You don’t even need to do anything and we’ll give you equity. It would be a big help for our fundraise.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

His first reality reset is that now, maybe for the first time, he really has a boss, or several bosses, and often very demanding ones at that. Your startup is now part of someone’s portfolio, and here are a few of the ways in which you should expect to be monitored by your investors: One or more seats on the Board.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 24, 2018

Take note of what was presented the year before, as organizers won’t program a repeat unless there’s a huge demand. Public voting makes up one-third of the scheduling decision-power (with the PanelPicker team and the SXSW Advisory Board covering the other two-thirds). Push into uncharted spaces with your session idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

His first reality reset is that now, maybe for the first time, he really has a boss, or several bosses, and often very demanding ones at that. Your startup is now part of someone’s portfolio, and here are a few of the ways in which you should expect to be monitored by your investors: One or more seats on the Board.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. I always recommend that a startup create an advisory board of two or three outside experts, who have connections to even more resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

Build an inside advisory board of influencers and experts. If Bill Gates has agreed to be on the board of your software startup, that’s major traction, even with no paying customers. Show evidence of growing and unsatisfied customer demand. Visibility increases over time are traction.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Our founders realized that investors needed to learn interactively, on-demand, on very specific topics, and in an atmosphere of trust. In some cases, that relationship grows into something more than conversation – like joining an advisory board, investing, partnering, or even joining the team. It started in healthcare.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Good governance practices demand that nonprofit boards review and make amendments to their bylaws annually to ensure sound leadership. Creating an executive board, advisory board, or emeritus board. Changing the board’s voting rules. Adding rules for virtual meetings and hybrid meetings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2016

Moonshots are simply efforts that demand breakthroughs that are not possible within business-as-usual practices. It’s time for the executive team and advisory board to commit the necessary funds and people resources to complete the plan. Finalize commitment to the plan at all levels.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

Network Redux looked for non-traditional access to capital and financed 100 percent of servers and storage required to meet customer demand, which enabled the company to continue to grow by double-digit percentages. Big companies that invest in small businesses play an important role in creating jobs.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 28, 2019

From our hard working and talented employees, ‘smart-money’ investors, to our Advisory Board Members that include Gerry Calabrese founder of Hoxton Spirits or Tomasz Fajfer European Financial Director of Sephora and ex Board Member of Costa Coffee.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2020

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. I always recommend that a startup create an advisory board of two or three outside experts, who have connections to even more resources.

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Welcome to Bolster, the on-demand executive talent marketplace. We are creating a platform that is the new way to scale an executive team and board. Their Boards frequently jump in to help, but those efforts can be a little ad hoc and inefficient. We are here to make it easier for you to: Bolster your executive team.

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Welcome to Bolster, the on-demand executive talent marketplace. We are creating a platform that is the new way to scale an executive team and board. Their Boards frequently jump in to help, but those efforts can be a little ad hoc and inefficient. We are here to make it easier for you to: Bolster your executive team.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Innovation – particularly anything that can be patented or protected – will separate your Company from the competition, increase demand for your products or services, and increase your equity when it comes to thinking about your exit strategy. Develop an advisory board. You don’t know everything.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2016

Their demands don’t end there: as well as speed of response, they want quality and convenience—a fast ordering process means same-day delivery. Simon is also an independent company director and has served on a number of advisory boards with technology focused companies in early stage (A or B) funding.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2016

We brought a product to the market that you cannot find anywhere else, and in addition a product there is a need and high demand for. This made it possible for us to demand payment on order and consequently we had almost no A/R for the first couple of years. Sometimes a great advisory board can be just as useful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. I always recommend that a startup create an advisory board of two or three outside experts, who have connections to even more resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2018

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. I always recommend that a startup create an advisory board of two or three outside experts, who have connections to even more resources.

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The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 29, 2012

I get regular intros & feedback, and they endure minimal demands on their time. Don’t rush to “fill” your advisory board. I also try to grab a coffee with each advisor about once a month, which I stagger so that I meet with a different advisor every week. 2] Don’t quote me on this!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2015

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. I always recommend that a startup create an advisory board of two or three outside experts, who have connections to even more resources.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 2, 2023

You know, fractional, one of the benefits, I'm sure we'll get into this, but one of the benefits for business is for fractional professionals is that a company either may not have the budget or they may not have the demand Yeah. This kind of came about as demand people were asking about it. For a full-time person. And I said, Hmm.

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www.startupcfo.ca

MARCH 16, 2012

Turns out there was huge demand for that. Some other thoughts on this: Active advisors can play a role : Many startups put together “ advisory boards ” filled with people who have a sprinkle of options and provide no value. One way to deal with these issues to hire part time executives.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 13, 2010

So well versed that he is in high demand throughout the world performing weddings and other Hindu ceromonies in his retirement, giving any donations from his activities to charity. This is why a good advisory board and board of directors is key to a success of a business. Large ears signify listening capacity.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Make an advisory board, and this is a chance to get some important mentors on board. Make sure what you're doing is engaging and demanding but not wholly outside of your skills as your business will almost certainly take over your life once you get started. Thanks to Robert Zeglinski, BreakingMuscle ! #9-

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