Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Don’t expect them to believe your $100M revenue projection, if you are still waiting for the first revenue dollar. Build qualified advisory board. If you can convince a couple of domain experts, or a couple of experienced executives to join your board and be your advocate, that’s traction. Only real results count.

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

Do you wish there was a product to help companies “Get things done” by leveraging your own employees, your employees’ networks, and more broadly other influencers around you? . As a VC, I’m interested in working with companies with large-scale revenue potential, and that’s the company we envision. Q: Who’s on the team?

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

Looking 4 entrepreneurial product mgr/biz-dev killer 4 a network-based service. Do you wish there was a product to help advocacy organizations and companies “Get things done” by leveraging their own employees, their employees’ networks, and more broadly other influencers around them? . Do you want to make America functional again ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Don’t expect them to believe your $100M revenue projection, if you are still waiting for the first revenue dollar. Build qualified advisory board. If you can convince a couple of domain experts, or a couple of experienced executives to join your board and be your advocate, that’s traction. Only real results count.

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Up and Running

MAY 14, 2019

And then there are government regulations, strategic planning challenges , changing tax codes, organizational growth, membership, revenue, and other barriers. For these reasons (along with many others), networking is one of the most important tasks for new nonprofits. Trouble connecting. Getting to know you. Host an event.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Flexible VC: Revenue -based. Of the Inc.

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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. The 10 year bull market where every company’s revenue chart is up and to the right is over.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

As the former CEO of a professional expert network , I’m a firm believer in the value of speedy access to relevant experts. I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2021

We have a handful of trusted mentors we utilize sort of like an advisory board. In over six months, my mentor helped me develop a passive way of earning revenue by detecting the opportunity in the market. 28- Helps in networking. Photo Credit: Ryne Lambert. Thanks to Sally Stevens, Fast People Search ! #26-

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

Janvest: First, JANVEST is a combination of best practices from leading Angel networks and VC funds. Ultimately it is up to the Management Team, Advisory Board and Board of Directors to make the investment decisions, manage the capital investments and oversee portfolio company development. Janvest: Yes.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

And in an increasingly social and networked world — not to mention an economy where every dollar of revenue is critical — this type of third party validation is more important than ever. These may include references, referrals, testimonials, serving on advisory boards, and participating in your customer communities, he explains.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So, like in most things, is who you know and networking and finding out the next person in line, the next person in line. I mean, it’s easy to talk to very little bands and just say I feel like the amount of revenue for you is very little. Patrick: You know, I think most start ups are not like that. Jason: It’s possible.

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OnlyOnce

AUGUST 12, 2021

As I’ve gone about building our business at Bolster, including leading several dozen board searches for companies of all sizes and stages from pre-revenue to public, I’ve noticed that there are still a lot of questions among company leaders about board-building best practices.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 11, 2022

By ignoring customer referrals or not incorporating customer referral program ideas into your marketing strategy, you're missing out on a valuable source of revenue. The lunches and get-togethers are offered as a thank-you, but the networking that occurs can be mutually beneficial to you, your business, and your referral champions as well.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

Lean on your professional networks too. Who are you connected with on LinkedIn or friendly with at networking events that could make a good prospect? It contains the story of your property, mission statement, sponsor benefits, demographics, marketing plan, goals, media opportunities, advisory board, and the sponsor fees.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Exit strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Exit strategy.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

As I’ve helped entrepreneurs find their own product-market fit and connected them to potential clients, investors, and Advisory Board members, I’ve spent a lot of time telling them about the “cool kids”. But Shop.org is where you go to learn and network. it isn’t easy. so sales deserves the ultimate respect.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Steve replied, “You have to decide if you’re running an incubator whose goal is revenue or teaching students a methodology that will last them the rest of their lives. Additionally, meeting with speakers grants students an opportunity to develop networking skills.

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Exit strategy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Check it out here. John Jantsch (00:01): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. Hey, I want to give a shout out to another member of the HubSpot network, the success story podcast, hosted by Scott, the Clair.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

If you can really help the company, offer to serve on their Advisory Board for common equity in addition to your preferred equity investment. The entrepreneurs are very interested in protecting their common and maximizing the value of it, so you are aligned with them as an Advisory Board member on maximizing its value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Steve replied, “You have to decide if you’re running an incubator whose goal is revenue or teaching students a methodology that will last them the rest of their lives. Additionally, meeting with speakers grants students an opportunity to develop networking skills.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2016

Your company produces solid revenue – what advice do you have for companies struggling to keep things even revenue-wise? Once we started to grow, getting distributors etc, we had to succumb to terms, but for the first couple of years, we were able to grow the company on the revenue stream. The answer isn’t always VC’s or angels.

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

For our Portfolio Partners, VC and PE board members, our pledge to you is that we will make it easier for you and your firm to both drive successful on-demand executive placements for your portfolio company CEOs, and to manage and expand your firm’s network of flexible executive talent.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

We’re at 70 people, and we’ll do $40 million in revenue this year and should get to cash flow breakeven this quarter. ” Sales (and/or customer acquisition in a multi-sided market) becomes achievable by a sales force (or network effect or virality) without heroic efforts from the founders. It sounded like he was living the dream.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 6, 2018

For example, we recently hired Ryan Cush as our Chief Revenue Officer and he has been a game-changer for us. As mentioned in my podcast with Autumn Manning on culture , I still very much view one of my top priorities as CEO in this way. I am constantly thinking about whether we have the right people in our company.

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

For our Portfolio Partners, VC and PE board members, our pledge to you is that we will make it easier for you and your firm to both drive successful on-demand executive placements for your portfolio company CEOs, and to manage and expand your firm’s network of flexible executive talent.

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Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 7, 2014

In this context, I define “second phase” as: growing beyond 1-2 employees and over $250,000 in revenue annually. But to scale past your initial network, you’ll need a thoughtful business development plan. 4 steps to move into the “second phase” of your business: - Define your end goal. Find a mentor.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 29, 2009

Who/Team – give me some context of who you are, your backgrounds, success/failures so I can get an idea of your ability to deliver and surround yourself with experienced talent, also include any board members or advisory board members that may be relevant (1 slide). What's the problem?

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community. When we pivoted from fabulis to Fab, from gay social network to design, we made the decision within 10 days to focus exclusively on our new One Thing, and we set a rule that not one person on the team could still do the old thing.

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BeyondVC

DECEMBER 15, 2005

Lesson #3, if you sell into a large financial services player, either be well networked, come in through a partner, enter from the bottom up, or go to revenue generating groups with money and buying power. On the top down approach it is all about having credibility. This takes time but can be doable. What does this mean for me?

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Advisory Board. It’s a San Francisco Bay Area forum for networking, jobs and education for over 500 Product Management professionals. APIs provide a way to “federate&# web services from a single website to a distributed network of 3rd party sites. He was having too much fun at Sun and turned me down.). Carpe Diem.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

If you plan to seek funding, you should describe your advisory board here, as well. That means you need to prepare for the ups and downs of inconsistent revenue. Networking. An essential marketing tool in any real estate professional’s toolkit is networking. Operating plan. Where to begin? Set up a CRM.

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